Grome

The Grome are a religious humanoid race from the planet Gromahk, they are members of the League of Non-Aligned Worlds and have a presence on the Earth Alliance Babylon 5 diplomatic station.

Biology
Grome are humanoid in bodily layout, their primary distinction is their boney ridges which wrap their faces, they reproduce identically to Humans bar the fact their young gestate completely in 10 months rather than 9, the Grome have been in decline, following the usage of biological weapons in a civil war in 2059 which has caused the genetics to begin degrading, causing each generation of females to become increasingly less fertile, if action is not taken, this my inevitably lead to the extinction of the species.

Culture & Society
Grome have a male dominated society, they treat females like property, their society has requirement for marriage, males are required to be wed before the age of 25, typically taking at least one wife but polygamy is common practise among their kind, females may only take one husband and they must be married before the age of 18, if a male or female is not wed by the set ages, the Marga Chulda will arrange a marriage, divorce is a concept in their society though the female/females are given no compensation, homosexuality does exist in their species but it is punishable by death.

The Grome have several forms of entertainment, they have the standard forms such as art, theatre, markets and celebrations of faith held throughout the year, their forms of visual media are entirely controlled by the government, they have literature though it is subject to high level of censorship, samizdat government critiques are a favourite of the lower classes.

Marga Tain is the largest of the Grome religions, it is polytheistic and they are known to worship a figure known as the Margus or Spokesman of the Gods.

History
Grome civilization began in the year 261 BC.

Their civilization went into a civil war in 2059 AD, biological weapons where used and has caused defects in later generations

The Grome became spacefaring in the year 2191 AD, and where welcomed into the League of Non-Aligned Worlds.

Grome terminology index

 * Klu: Around the same time as an earth year
 * Marga Chulda: Grome government
 * Margus: Spokesman of the gods, leader in governmental and religious affairs
 * Peetcha: A fermented fruit drink
 * Vorl: Grome currency