Torgte

The Torgte are a race known for their powerful minds and exceptionally slow lifestyle.

Biology
An average Torgte stands at between eight and nine feet tall. They have a large frame but relatively little musculature. The Torgte have very large heads with broad faces and their skin has a greenish-grey pigment.

The most unique aspect of Torgte physiology is how their brains function. The Torgte brain processes and stores nearly all the information it takes in. A Torgte would be able to remember even the most minute details from a walk in the Plagtar Memorial Park, the exact scent of a bloom of blorgush flowers or the expression on the face of a young child happily playing with their blorg-dog. The downside of having such powerful minds in the necessity to process information. After the aformentioned walk in the park a Torgte would require a hour or two of peaceful contemplation at home, perhaps in a cozy and familiar chair with a cup of tea in hand.

History
The Torgte evolved on Borchegbe, which had an extremely non-hostile environment. This environment led the Torgte to become a very passive species, food was plentiful and they had near no natural predators.

Culture
The Torgte are a peaceful folk. Throughout their entire history there only a few dozen major wars have occurred. Torgte culture is centered around science, literature and philosophy, all of which are thoroughly mulled over at all times. A conversation in Torgte culture is more like a series of vague musings on ideas and the universe. One speaker will present a carefully constructed sentence and then the other Torgte will carefully consider it's meaning, before meticulously constructing a response. Minutes can pass between words in even a lively Torgte conversation.

Torgte politicians are often elected based just as much on stamina as political views. Torgte political debates can last for days at a time as sides make point after counterpoint. Opposing parties may stew in silence grimacing at each other, formulating the perfect argument to top the opposition. The most extreme example of this is the famed summit on the Treaty of Gol'Gal at the end of the War of the Sacred Oats which lasted eleven years, long enough to still be ongoing when the Second War of the Sacred Oats broke out.