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|name = Quill | |name = Quill | ||
|image = Quill_real.jpg | |image = Quill_real.jpg | ||
|origin = Rhodia | |origin = [[Rhodia]] | ||
|individuals = [[Andrea Quill| | |individuals = [[Andrea Quill|Miss Quill]], [[Orla'ath]] | ||
|first = For Tonight We Might Die (TV story) | |first = For Tonight We Might Die (TV story) | ||
|appearances = [[Quill - list of appearances|'''''see list''''']] | |appearances = [[Quill - list of appearances|'''''see list''''']] | ||
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== Biology == | == Biology == | ||
The one Quill known to have visited Earth, Miss Quill, was outwardly indistinguishable from humans, ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'') but this was only because her true form was disguised. She claimed her true appearance could make [[human]]s scream. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Joyride (novel)|Joyride]]'') | The one Quill known to have visited Earth, [[Andrea Quill|Miss Quill]], was outwardly indistinguishable from humans, ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'') but this was only because her true form was disguised. She claimed her true appearance could make [[human]]s scream. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Joyride (novel)|Joyride]]'') | ||
They had a more alien appearance originally, although it was not clear whether one form shown was their true form, or simply one imagined by [[April MacLean]] when she learned of Miss Quill's origin. In that form, the Quill, appropriately for their name, sported long quills or spines on their bodies, which sprouted from at least their heads and shoulders. Their skin was primarily reddish brown, with black, zigzagging stripes, and pale white on the lower part of the face. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'') | They had a more alien appearance originally, although it was not clear whether one form shown was their true form, or simply one imagined by [[April MacLean]] when she learned of Miss Quill's origin. In that form, the Quill, appropriately for their name, sported long quills or spines on their bodies, which sprouted from at least their heads and shoulders. Their skin was primarily reddish brown, with black, zigzagging stripes, and pale white on the lower part of the face. ([[TV]]: ''[[For Tonight We Might Die (TV story)|For Tonight We Might Die]]'') | ||
== Culture == | == Culture == | ||
Quill | Miss Quill told a [[Lan Kin]] recreation of [[Orla'ath]] that Quills did not have souls. "Orla'ath" said that they did, and also said the Quills believed they died with them. According to "Orla'ath", "all Quill sisters" would try to kill each other in the nest, to test each other's strength. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightvisiting (TV story)|Nightvisiting]]'') | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
According to [[Charlie (For Tonight We Might Die)|Charlie]], Prince of [[Rhodia]], they mismanaged their economy, and grew resentful of the [[Rhodian]]s' success. | According to [[Charlie (For Tonight We Might Die)|Charlie]], Prince of [[Rhodia]], they mismanaged their economy, and grew resentful of the [[Rhodian]]s' success. Miss Quill added, though, that the Rhodians ate up all of the planet's resources, leaving them with little to work with. The Rhodians did their best to help, but in the process made them so dependent that they could never recover. | ||
The two peoples were eventually at war with each other. The Rhodians won. The punishment they received was considered cruel by Miss Quill, but Charlie found it just: they released a creature into their brains called an [[arn]], which, once it dug itself in, would [[telepathy|telepathically]] link the host to a particular Rhodian, and force them to become their effective [[slave]]. | The two peoples were eventually at war with each other. The Rhodians won. The punishment they received was considered cruel by Miss Quill, but Charlie found it just: they released a creature into their brains called an [[arn]], which, once it dug itself in, would [[telepathy|telepathically]] link the host to a particular Rhodian, and force them to become their effective [[slave]]. | ||