Salusian

The Salusians are an alien race belonging to the Salusian Empire.

Biology
The Salusians are a humanoid mammalian race with procyonidae features.

History
A group of Salusian scientist discovered a malevolent alien entity named Casnada that subsisted on the souls of living beings, posing host after host to kill. The military police of the empire managed to capture it, and were transporting the creature to a safe location. Their vessel passed by the planet Earth, when they encountered a technical malfunction that sent their ship heading to the planet. The crew attempted to warp through the warp to avoid, but only managed to phase through the planet and into the underground world of Evana. The vessel crashed in the prehistoric world and Casnada managed to escape and possess of the Salusian onboard. The only survivor of the crew was Commander Astra who was injured. Astra needed assistance used a drone to bring help to her. Help came in the form of a young human girl named Shanna.

She was brought to the crashed shipped where she found Astra who explained her circumstances and mission. Casnada having found native lifeforms such as the Kiri, began to attack them, taking over the body of Shanna's adoptive father Ator. Casnada drunk on the souls of those he killed, turned to attacking the Snake People. Shanna learning of the deaths of members of her adoptive tribemates at the hand of Casada pursued him.

Both she and Astra joined together to capture him but ultimately Shanna was forced to kill Ator to end his madness and free her father.

Culture
The Salusians are a spacefaring culture and were noted to be warriors.

Source

 * Shanna the Firehair (2020)