The Templar Remnants

Upon first look, The Remnants appear to be a small but very organized civilization, peacefully living on their 'new' home-world, Jove. Despite the seemingly timid nature of the Remnants, some people may know of their history and how lucky they are to have even this single colony, what use to be know as 'The Templar Caste' were an advanced, dominating force that spanned across solar systems, having no qualms with destroying any aliens they came across with little remorse. The Templar believe that countless millennia ago, an ancient race they call 'Creators' (Completely original I know, give me a break.) were at war with another force, before the Creators eventual defeat, they created and left behind 'guides' in the form of etchings and tomes to be found in various ruins across the stars which detailed battle tactics in both space and ground-based warfare, blueprints for advanced technology and what seemed to be stories detailing evil things other alien races have done, which the Templar have been searching for and finding since they first discovered space travel and while the Templars had no proof these guides were meant for them, their threatening nature and stubborness convinced most people to never question it.

As the years went on and they continued their conquest, a large number of Templar civilians and military began to hold a strong hatred toward their people's ways and wanted a more peaceful, tolerant way of life, however constant protests and pleas did nothing to change the minds of the higher officers that lead the race and after a period of apparent peacefulness attacks were made on Templar ships and Colonies, by their own people. The once great race split into two sides and a full-blown civil war soon erupted, this conflict raged on for many years and caused the death of countless soldiers, even the command staff eventually split as a portion of them showed their true, 'good' colors. With billions dead, both sides of the war started ceasefire negotiations, however in their weakened state the various alien races saw this as an opportunity to strike, one of the most devastating enemies being the Aturor, insect-like nomads that made short work of the disorganized fleets, the Templars being defenseless against the onslaught brought upon them, it didn't take long before the attackers assumed the Templars were effectively extinct now.

Soon after the news of their destruction broke out to the joy of many different races, a small fleet bearing the emblem of the Templar quickly warped out of one of the battlefield toward the nearest Templar planet still habitable. Commander Ezekiel Belial (Bonus point if you can tell where the name came from) lead what fraction of his people remained to safety, eventually landing on the mostly intact planet 'Jove' where some of their people still lived, quickly settling into the colony, having expanded it with the resources on hand to accompany the extra people. Due to the mix between Loyalists and Rebels on the planet tensions were high as both sides blamed each-other for the destruction of nearly their entire race, however the remains of the military policing the city made sure that fights were never serious. Ezekiel now spends nearly all his time searching for anymore pockets of his people across the universe, being the only high ranking officer left, he remains the best hope for the continued survival of the Templars.

The Templar are very human-like in looks and shape, with certain differences being apparent depending on the planet an individual was born and raised on, examples include desert-like areas giving way to darker skin and planets with high gravity cause decreased height, but heavier and more defined muscles. Templar have very generous life-spans, the average being almost 300 years, compared to a regular human they age slowly, adulthood being reached at around 40 years old. Though a rather defining 'aspect' of their race and one that is often the base of jokes about them is that they are slow to develop mentally, akin to their naturally slow aging, a Templar must spend alot of time doing and learning a task in their early age to get it right without help, however upon reaching adulthood their ability to learn is similar to a normal human's. Templar are resistant to most posions and diseases aswell as being naturally durable due to millions of years of evolution in tough environments.