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In General

— Jool

A prominent culture who mysteriously look exactly like Earth-humans. Their reputation does not make this comfortable for Earth-humans, though.

Bizarre Human Biology: Stronger, faster and more durable than humans, with one hell of a Weak Sauce Weakness.
Clean, Pretty Childbirth: Female Sebaceans are engineered to gestate in a fraction of the time it takes humans and give birth immediately with almost no need for recovery. This causes Aeryn a great measure of anger and anguish because a Human-Sebacean hybrid causes her to go through a Screaming Birth.
Fate Worse than Death: They have poor tolerance for heat, but too much causes what they call the Living Death. Their nervous systems and minds progressively shut down as the condition worsens, but their bodies remain alive. Aeryn considered it so bad that she once told Crichton to kill her rather than let her succumb to it.
Human Aliens: Almost indistinguishable from humans as far as surface appearances go.
Transplanted Humans: They are eventually revealed to be descended from proto-humans abducted, genetically modified, and transferred across the galaxy by the Eidolons.
Weaksauce Weakness: Sebaceans have a very poor tolerance for heat, and suffer brain damage and death at temperatures that would be simply uncomfortable for most species.

Breakaway Colonies

In General

A Sebacean group who broke away from the Peacekeepers to lead a less militaristic and more libertarian lifestyle.

Didn't See That Coming: According to Aeryn, Peacekeepers wrote them off for breaking away and expected them to die out. They instead prospered, so much so that the Peacekeepers keep trying to sway them into an alliance against the Scarrans.
The Emperor: Empress Novia — manipulative and stubborn, but strictly neutral.
Matriarchy: Of the Original variant. While it's clear that the Regent has power, the Empress is clearly the one in charge. Downplayed, as its clear that succession law does allow male Emperor.
Standard Royal Court: Not quite to the extent of Decadent Court, but the influence of Prince Clavor and the Scarran ambassador certainly brought it close.
Taken for Granite: Immediately after marriage, the future Empress and her Regent are petrified for the next eighty cycles, allowing the current Royal Couple to finish off their reign peacefully while their still-conscious successors absorb all the royal court procedures going on about them. Thanks to the calming influence of psychic communication, this would seem to work quite well.
Team Switzerland: Once they became prominent, they took to this role no matter what the Peacekeepers or Scarrans offered. As Novia said, siding with one would lead the other to invade, so continued neutrality at all costs ensures their prosperity.

Empress Novia

Played By: Tina Bursill

Fantastic Racism: She refers to Scorpius (a Scarran half-breed) as an abomination.
Mama Bear: She freely considers Clavor an idiot that would destroy their society, but as Tyno observed, he's still her son. When Clavor is killed, she wants every possible person that could've been involved to pay dearly for it.
Manipulative Bastard: She's run the political game for a long time and its plain to see.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: She's just trying to make sure the kingdom survives.

Princess Katralla

"Pieces of different kindling often build the strongest fire."

Played By: Felicity Price

Law of Inverse Fertility: She can't become Empress unless she has an heir, but her brother poisoned her DNA to make her incompatible with all Sebacean males. Good thing Crichton isn't a Sebacean.
Nerves of Steel: She doesn't show any pain when being Taken for Granite, while Crichton found it incredibly painful, although the process is calibrated for Sebacaeans and not humans, which might have been the cause of Crichton's pain.
Starcrossed Lovers: She's in love with Counsellor Tyno, who reciprocates, but their incompatible DNA means they can't be together. Crichton points out that since she's already been impregnated with his DNA it no longer matters who she's compatible with, allowing her and Tyno to be together at last.
Stepford Smiler: She pretends to be compliant with her mother's manipulations, but she's incredibly frustrated by the whole thing.

Prince Clavor

"I Will become ruler".

Played By: Felix Williamson

Big Bad Wannabe: He sees himself as emperor material and someone that Crichton and others should take seriously, but he's a whiny royal that's propped up by Cargn and not even half as smart as he thinks he is.
Bullying a Dragon: He frequently insults Cargn, despite the Scarran being much more powerful than he is. Its what gets him killed.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He does care about his family, even if he cares far more about gaining the throne. He'll poison Katralla's DNA, but he never considers killing her and everyone knows it.
Spoiled Brat: He's a whiny moron constantly throwing a temper tantrum when things don't go his way.
The Unfavorite: His own mother calls him an idiot. She's not wrong.

Councillor Tyno

Played By: Matt Day

Nice Guy: Downplayed. He almost never smiles, but he's nothing but helpful to the people around him and he carries no resentment toward Crichton for almost marrying Katralla. Crichton points out himself that Tyno is a "good man" who will take care of Katralla's child since Crichton won't be around for them.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Consistently the most rational of the royals, from recognizing how dangerous Clavor is to helping out the heroes where he can. Unfortunately, the rules and orders of the Empress prevent him from taking as much action as he'd like.
Starcrossed Lovers: He and Katralla are in love, but they can't be together because he can't provide her with an heir.

Dregon Carsinova

Played By: Aaron Cash

Casanova Wannabe: His attempts to woo Aeryn are laughable at best.
Meaningful Name: His name's close to The Casanova, but not enough to make him one.

Unaligned Sebaceans

Rylani Jeema Dellos

Played By: Sam Healy

Scorpius's mother, she was an unfortunate Sebacean female that was captured by the Scarrans as part of their supersoldier program.

Break the Cutie: Rylani was just an innocent woman embarking on a pioneering expedition to colonize new worlds until their ship was assaulted by Scarrans, everyone aboard was killed (including her husband) and she was taken prisoner. Then it got much worse.
Death by Childbirth: The effort to give birth to Scorpius and her already broken mind brought her life to an end.
A Fate Worse Than Death: According to Scorpius's caretaker, the gestation destroyed her mind and made her plead for death.
Happily Married: The scene we see of them together wasn't an actual memory for obvious reasons, but Scorpius says records he obtained suggest she truly loved Ghebb Dellos and was happy to build a life with him.

Rape as Drama: She was raped in a effort to produce a Scarran-Sebacean hybrid, by the very Scarran who killed her husband.