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The Cultivar

Grown in labs from blended genomes: no navel, no scars, never sick. Born trained.

ON THE ORCHARD: Kellen Nine

Cradle from orbit

Cradle from orbit. Development art.

HomeworldCradle
RegionPheli
CultureNot a people so much as a product. Cultivars have no culture of their own, so they borrow.
ReputationSeen as weapons. Treated as property.
If you visitCradle is a sterile white ring, quiet and bright, where no one has ever sung.
Story hookCultivars learn what a sunrise is from the people they work with.
Cultivar body study: front, side and back views
Cultivar body study. Development art; bodies are still in review, so a picture may not match every word yet.

Six possible individuals

How different can one people look?

Every person in a people has a body of their own. These are painted studies of how far the Cultivar can stretch: tall, tiny, wide, long-limbed, odd. Explorations, not final designs.

Painted design studies of Kellen Nine, labeled with option letters. Exploratory art.
Exploratory · not canon Kellen Nine, six proportion studies. A Longform, B Compact Power, C Strider, D Reach, E Barrel, F Spire. Full size ▸

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