Zsaleans

The Zsaleans (pronounced Say-lee-ins) were a race of Humanoids, who were autotrophs, getting power directly from their sun. They were once natives of the planet Zsale, which is now the Planet Herul. Zsaleans usually ranged from 6 to 7 feet in height and had orange skin (literally orange, not tan). Like Namekians, Zsaleans only drank water, and that was what they needed to survive. Zsaleans commonly dressed in robes, and usually had short hair, or shaved their hair. They could also grow facial hair. Zsaleans were asexual, and reproduced by transferring their cells into a bulb like plant, which they vomited up. The bulb like plant would open, sprouting a new being a day later, after the Zsalean transferred some of its cells into it, via a plant like feeler that sprouted from the Zsaleans veins. There were only male Zsaleans, no females.

Zsaleans typically lived a lifespan of 100 years, and matured faster than Humans, reaching adulthood at five years of age. They were a peaceful race and only got involved in wars if they were attacked first. They were ruled by a monarchy and had an autarky, as an economic system. They were isolationists and made things themselves, rather than trading with others.

After a civil war with the Heruloids and their king, Ith, many Zsaleans were possessed and used as hosts by Heruloids, creating the new Herulean race. The last king of the Zsaleans was Samrata, who was possessed by Ith, becoming a Herulean. The Zsaleans home world was taken over by the Heruloids, and renamed Herul.