Species
The Orun
The non-humanoid indigenous people of the far pocket — grieving, not hunting.
In full
Vast, slow, grief-anchored beings who communicate by pressure and vibration; the translator fails on them entirely. The Endurance's crew first misreads them as the threat, then learns they are an indigenous remnant being exterminated. Their leader — 'the Keeper' — seals the Span behind the crew at the cost of his life.
Key facts
- Vast, slow, grief-anchored; communicate by pressure and vibration.
- The translator fails on them entirely; contact comes through transmitted grief.
- Indigenous to the far pocket; being exterminated by the Ascendant.
- Their leader, the Keeper, seals the Span at the cost of his life.