Kaylar

The Kaylar, also called Kalar, were a caste of Rigelians from the planet Rigel VII and part of the United Colonies of Rigel.

Biology
After centuries of specialized breeding, the Kaylar developed to be quite different from the average Rigelian, being a good deal taller and stronger.

They were a large and physically powerful people with an average height of over 2.5 meters and weighed over 150 kilograms.

The Kaylar were noted for their aggression and were capable of a battle-frenzy that made them hard to stop with non-lethal weapons.

Culture
The Kaylar of Rigel VII were primitive and savage, while their civilization was limited to towns, some agriculture.

The Kaylar preferred to be nomadic and unsettled however, and slaves and mercenaries soon fell back to this state when their owners' empires collapsed.

They were strongly territorial and xenophobic, and there had never been a successful contact that didn't end in bloodshed. The Kaylar preferred their solitude.

Their most advanced weapons were catapults, swords, spears and other primitive hand weapons. Kaylar warriors and construction workers wielded large swords and axes in addition to energy weapons.

They were expert in the ways of Rigel VII's powerful and erratic tides, however, and many were skilled mariners. They could sail across the dangerous oceans on ships that were huge in size but quite light, long, narrow, and shallow-bottomed. They were also known for skills in construction.

The Kaylar also typically had heavily decorated left arms.

History
The Kaylar were suspected to be originally native to Rigel V, but were taken as mercenaries and slaves and settled on Rigel II, IV, and VII, where they quickly returned to nomadic life-styles once their masters' empires collapsed.

Historically, the Kaylar played a major part in Rigel's warlike society.