Wood

Original Wood Aliens. Lead Wood Alien

Called on Earth: The Seirios

The basic personality is some cross of the style sense of James bond; good wines, beauty, art and great gambling with a love of politics and people with the hearty earthy nature of main dwarf character Gimli in the movie Lord Of The Rings played by John Rhys-Davies or Brian Blessed as a Hawkman, Prince Vultan in Flash Gordon. They have a tendency to be Shakespearian in their actions, speaking and body language.

They love the Earthling's books, The Art Of War, The Book Of Five Rings, The Prince, and How to Win Friends and Influence People but only in a political or corporate way. The have great honor and morals and will never break a contract but you had better read the fine print! You want one as your best friend or running your bank or even as a boss but you don't want to have to gamble or fight for power with one. They are never happy until they have put you in your place, above or below them does not matter but knowing is VERY important, they are a pack people much like wolves. They are not violent but don't shy from a fight for the right cause.

Only top leaders of firms, greatly accomplish and honored or political leaders, head of the pack, breed, others can not due to natural hormones and have no interest in sex. Instead of sex drive, they have a drive to become leaders and gain power and status; if that is not possible then to support the leader, who is often a close relation, is almost as good. This is true for both sexes. Seirios have about 6 babies per season and thus leaders have very large families. Mates stay together until they are upstaged for their place of power in their pack often this does not happen until the leader gets sick or old thus "marriages" are long term affairs with big celebrations.

Challenges for leadership must come in person. This has had the tendency to stabilize the interstellar Seirios community. Just as packs have a hierarchy so do the packs themselves. Pack leaders meet in super pack meetings to establish super packs with its own leadership hierarchy and rulership. The hierarchy here is established much like the normal pack rulership with prestige of the firm and personal accomplishments being seen as valuable.

War-like? No never, the other side will walk out of the meeting happy to have given the Seirios indefinite rights to half their planet.

They live in the Wood Rounded Hills City.

They love Administration, licenses, taxes, university, banking and running things.

They make and run the best computers and are great programmers. They love databases.

Look like a T. Rex with a lab dog face and a long tail. The base of the tail is more Rex and the end more dog.

Their hands have 3 digits on the ends of weak but dexterous arms.
They dress well.
They like to wear jewelry in their ears and bracelets on their wrists. These show their respect, wealth, honor and prestige in their society. This is very important to them. They are honest and would never wear costume jewelry.

They tend to work in political, or law fields, some are bankers.
They are high in charisma.
They find risk taking to be great fun and make great gamblers. Their games tend to be intense, fun and very completive. They love poker and all games of chance that involve bluffing, charm and power struggles or give them a change to show off their greatest skills.
They are good talkers and make good salesmen too.

They like to be in packs with a good leader and clear rules.
They are fun loving and happy to meet anyone they think of as a friend.
They wag their tails when happy and curl them up when tense.
They mint the money. Some might call them greedy but really they are just connoisseur of fine things and power.
They love to look at the sky, the sun, the stars and the planets. They build many sky sculptures like Stonehenge or sun clocks often with a wispy Art Neovo look.

They are mentors to the Fighting cat race, the Leonapeds, always helping them to calm their fights and keep the peace. They suggested the ranking system used to keep the peace among the Leonapeds.

They get help from the Octo people. The Octos advise them about coming dangers and give them minerals to mint money from at a good price.

The humans work for them through paying highly for their permits of commerce.

They work for the crabs bringing them wood and other resources needed to make crab technologies but only in balance with nature and art.

Wood Hills City
The Seirios live here.
Administration, licences, taxes, university
Growth, spring, blue-green, windy, shouting, anger, intelligent, charismatic, goatish smell.
Living permits, compasses, logging of wood, taxes, trade permits, travel permits.

Layout
The city is about two kilometers square.
It has fast underground rail to Earth City near the center of town.
Roads lead to Metal and Water city.

Look of the outside buildings
This is a city built high on the hills, never on top but always with a good view and a nice breeze. The homes are make of cement and are painted mostly earth yellows and brown. They have the look of a Greek hill city but in yellows and browns. It is orderly but a bit of a maze at the same time, roads snake around in a direct but a natural curving way. There are works of art and pagodas in an open spidery Celtic art nouveau designs with a real touch of earthy nature.

Inside the buildings
The insides of public spaces are rich and strong, they have the look of a rich dark wooden lawyer's office with open spidery Celtic art nouveau designs to things.

The private homes are nice and made for group living. They tend to frame doors and windows and other large spaces with natural wooden logs with flowing Celtic patterns.
They love to swim and have grand hot pools like the romans did but with light foresty art.
Monuments to the Sky.

The City has many sky sculptures from simple sundials to Stonehenge like monuments.