Subspecies Description

This subspecies of Cielioid has a larger than usual brain, and typically lacks reproductive organs.  After reaching maturity, Philosophers often undergo elective surgery in order to cripple themselves in some significant way, as learning to accept limitations is seen as beneficial to the contemplative life. For this reason, it is common to see this subspecies without eyes, or legless, or without vocal apparatus, or deaf, or without arms.

Philosophers tend to command positions of high respect and authority.  Many are high-ranking bureaucrats, leaders of the Official Schools of Philosophy, priests, or advisers to the Imperial Court.

Philosophers tend to live longer lives than most Cielioids, with an average lifespan around 250 years.