Difference between revisions of "Llellewyloly"

Starport	B	Good: Spacecraft Construction, Overhaul, Refined fuel
Size	4	Small (6,400 km, 0.32g - 0.46g)
Atmosphere	3	Vacuum (very thin)
Hydrographics	4	Wet World 40%
Population	A	High (30 billion)
Government	B	Non-Charismatic Dictator
Law	D	Extreme Law (paramilitary law)
Tech Level	B	Average Stellar (large starships)

Primary Star

F7 V M2 V

Atmosphere

Very Thin

Off-world presence

Yes

Zoetic individuals

Yes

Source

Reference

The Traveller Adventure 143.

Canon

Yes

Also see

The Llellewyloly of Junidy (Spinward Marches 3202) are a Minor Non-Human Race with a Non-humanoid appearance and technologically sophisticated sophonts.

Biology (Physical Sophontology)[edit]

Llellewyloly (pronounced "LEL-uh-wi-Low-lee") have five multi-jointed limbs which function as hands and feet interchangeably. Their main sensory organs are also located on the limbs. The spherical central body is covered with long, coarse hair.

Many body features are adaptations to the extreme temperature variations of Junidy's day. Respiration occurs across the entire spherical body surface and is adapted to Junidy's very thin atmosphere. Consequently, Llellewyloly venture unprotected only into similar very thin atmospheres; in other environments they require whole-body protective suits. "Dandies" (or "Dandelions") as they are colloquially known, have a great phobia of non-native environments, meaning that "Dandies" stick to low gravity, low pressure environments with similar atmospheres to Junidy.

Evolution & Environment (Epigenetics)[edit]

This species originated on Junidy (world) and evolved intelligence naturally.

They developed intelligence in response to extreme climatic change and interspecies competition.

Climate & Ecotope (Environment)[edit]

This species holds the following environmental preferences:

Terrestrial planet
Temperate-cold climate
Forest and swamp ecotopes
Low gravity
Very thin atmosphere

Anatomy & Physiology (Phenotype)[edit]

Sophontologists studying this species have discovered the following data.

Body Plan (Morphology)[edit]

Zoophytoid

Non-humanoid
Radial symmetry (r-ial)
Pentapod (5-ped)
- 5 limbs used for dual locomotion-manipulation "arm-legs"
Body consists of two segments (modified craniopod)
- Torso with brain and viscera
- Abdomen with limbs

Biochemistry (Function)[edit]

This species has a conventional carbon-water based biochemistry.

Respiration (Reaction)[edit]

This species employs a conventional respiration cycle consisting of:

Oxygen-nitrogen inhalant
Carbon dioxide exhalant

Images[edit]

Basic size and shape comparison for examples of Humaniti and Llellewyloly

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

No information yet available.

Social Organization[edit]

Llellewyloly have a complex society with many dimensions of social precedence; the same individual may be entitled to high status in one situation and low status in another, and to make an error concerning propriety is a serious matter.

The Holluwe of Junidy and the Oeyullo Oeyullo are titles of significance among Llellewyloly.

Language[edit]

Hulloyuo-co is a synthetic language trilled and whistled by the Llellewyloly. Inflection and/or suffixes modify nouns and verbs.

Llellewyloly Names[edit]

These three rules work with Llellewloly nouns:

Adjectives come first, as in Anglic (big starship).
Nouns can act like adjectives (dog star).
Possessives come after, as in Greek (starship mine).

Adjective List[edit]

  Bright	Ully-yuoll
  Distracted   Ellul-yuoll
  High         Cuoll
  Low          Yuoo 
  Terrible	Llouclhhe
  Young        Looucyll

Noun List[edit]

  Caldera.    oullou
  Heat.       oullu
  House.      uleou
  Mountain.   ollo.   (also mountain range)
  Mouth.      ou
  Person.     ouco
  Star.       ully
  Starport.   ully-hoyuo
  Starship.   ully-clhho
  Volcano.    oullou

Pronoun List[edit]

  Person.    Singular.  Plural. 
  1st.       Cy.        Ooe. 
  2nd.       Yu.        Loull.      
  3rd.       Hou.       Hehoi.  
  "It".      Llo.       Hehoi.

Possessive Suffix[edit]

The word col is an identifying particle with many functions. It works like Anglic "a", "of", and "that".

Uleou-col-cy, "my house", literally house-of-me.

Relationals[edit]

Modifying nouns, which act like adjectives, express spatial and temporal relations.

<X> cellollo, "Front of the <X>"
<X> cellyllou, "Atop the <X>"
<X> cellyy, "Inside the <X>"
<X> cellhoullo, "On the <X>"

Example

Inside the starport. Ullyhoyuo cellyy, literally "starport, inside it"

Verbs, and Nouns from Verbs[edit]

Verbs are rich with suffixes that can generate many new nouns. For example, this one incomplete set of derivational suffixes generates many nouns:

 -co	Passivized noun from verb (to draw => a drawing)
 -yuo	Abstracted noun (to die=> death)
 -llo	Agentive noun (to steal => thief)
 -llow	Habitual noun (to speak => a speaker)

Verbs and Derived Nouns
Word	Verb	-co	-yuo	-llo	-llow
clhhocollo	act	acting	action	actor	con man
ohyllu	arrive	arriving	arrival	passenger	schedule
hou	assess	assessment	cost	Merchant	assessor
hlloi	be	being	existence	person	Scout
lloullyuolo	begin	beginning	starting point	student	dependent
ellul	distract	distracting	distraction	distractor	nuisance
yll	fight	struggle	fight	Soldier; Marine	Mercenary
clhhyuolulo	free	freeing	freedom	freedman	Rogue
ooo	go	leaving	travels	traveller	wanderer
hew	have	having	possession	owner	collector
coucol	rest	resting	rest	sleeper	dead person
ully	shine	shining	sheen	achiever	star
hulloyuo	speak	speech	language	speaker	talker
llyuolulo	stop	obstacle	stopping point	stopper	controller
lyyou	think	consideration	thought	thinker	council
lluwcoo	write	book	writing; inscription	author	writer

Grammatical Notes[edit]

Nouns as Predicates[edit]

Any noun can act as a standalone predicate. For example, ouco "person" can also be translated "it is a person", and Cyouco means “I am a person”.

Small Sentences[edit]

Since nouns can act as stand-alone predicates, sentences can be as small as a bare subject or a bare object. Subject + Object also works. If there is a verb, it appears at the front of a sentence.

Bare verbs work too. Where there is a verb, subjects are often implied, using context to infer them.

So the sentence structure is:

 (Optional Verb) - (Optional Subject) - (Optional Object)

Astrography[edit]

This race is primarily located in the following areas:

Spinward Marches Sector
- Aramis Subsector
- Rhylanor Subsector

Homeworld[edit]

The homeworld of this race is:

Junidy (Spinward Marches 3202)

World Listing[edit]

Significant communities of this race are known to dwell within the following systems and worlds:

8 of 8 World articles in Llellewyloly

Celepina • Crout • Fosey • Harvosette • Junidy • Rethe • Rhylanor • Treece •

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References[edit]

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

Frank Chadwick, John Harshman, J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. The Traveller Adventure (Game Designers Workshop, 1983), 84,143.
Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 31.
Rob Caswell. "Beginners' Luck : Guide to the Domain of Deneb." MegaTraveller Journal 1 (1991): 22-26.
Dave Nilsen. The Regency Sourcebook (Game Designers Workshop, 1995), 39.
Martin Dougherty, Neil Frier. Behind the Claw (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 104.
Martin Dougherty. The Spinward Marches (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), 70,72.
Marc Miller. Aramis (Mongoose Publishing, 2012), 87,91.
Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 546.
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