Galra (Voltron: Legendary Defender)

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Galra are a species that feature in Voltron: Legendary Defender.

History

The Galra were an extraterrestrial species of blue-furred and skinned humanoids that were native to the planet Daibazaal. Ten thousands years ago, a young leader by the name of Zarkon came to power and led his people as a warrior king who sought to protect them from preying pirates that terrorised the local systems. During this time, they encountered the people of the local systems which included Altea that was ruled by the alchemist King Alfor. The two became fast allies and met fellow comrades in Trigel, Blaytz and Gyrgan where they worked together to protect the local systems. One day, a comet struck Daibazaal that contained an ore that held trans-reality properties with all the Galra being evacuated from the impact site. Alfor offered his worlds scientific capabilities with an Altean scientist named Minerva being dispatched to study the comet. From it, they determined that it had limitless potential that revolutionised technology that enhanced the Galra forces. The experiments revealed the existence of a substance called Quintessence that offered the potential for life everlasting. Alfor's science had also fashioned the ore from the comet to create new craft for them with these taking the form of lions that developed a symbiotic relationship with their pilots. By this point, an energy based lifeform was being studied as it emerged from the rift by the comet but the creature went out of control threatening to break free from containment. Zarkon, Alfor and the others piloted their ships in order to stop the creature after it broke free with Galra forces attempting to hold it back but unable to do so. The lion craft themselves struggled until their vessels urged them to go into formation to form Voltron where the giant robot destroyed the creature. From that time, the lions and Voltron led by Zarkon served as protectors of the universe with an era of peace and prosperity emerging. However, Zarkon and his wife Minerva sought greater power with them continuing their experiments on the comet along with Quintessence despite the warnings of King Alfor. To continue their goals, they intended to enlarge the rift on Daibazaal but required Voltron to do so with Alfor and the others refusing to aid Zarkon in this endeavour. Afterwards, Minerva was stricken ill due to her experiments with a desperate Zarkon seeking to save her. He decided to trick Alfor and his former colleagues claiming that the rift had destabilized his homeworld and that he needed Voltron to destroy it. Their attempt to do so with Voltron's sword simply catapulted them past the rift where Zarkon placed himself and his wife into that realm where they seemingly died. They were brought back but the actions of Voltron had enlarged the rift which began to consume the planet. The Galra were forced to abandon their homeworld with Alfor and the others destroying Daibazaal that was their only alternative to ending the threat of the rift. The Galra armada conducted a funeral for their rulers with the bodies of Zarkon and Minerva on-board their ships. However, the encounter in the other universe transformed Minerva and Zarkon who were changed forever. The pair were resurrected with them seeking to gather unlimited Quintessence and become immortal. Upon his reawakening, Zarkon told the Galra people that the Alteans had destroyed their world and that they sought revenge against Altea for this with them waging war against their former allies.

For the next 10,000 years, the Galra Empire continued to rule where they invaded worlds for Quintessence that was stripped from the planets.

Within Zarkon wounded, knowledge of his state was hidden from the rest of the empire with the official line being that the emperor was alive and secretly directing their forces. To rule in his stead, he summoned his son Prince Lotor to return and head the Galra Empire under his command. During this time, factions formed within the empire that sought to usurp the throne from Lotor.

Overview

In appearance, the Galra were a race of humanoids of varying sizes that had purple fur over most of their skin that blended with their hair on their scalps. Common characteristics were their purple-to-gray skin tones, long limbs, yellow eyes, pointed cat-like ears and prominent canine teeth. Galra tended to be nimble with long arms that aided them in fights.

They were capable of breeding with other races such as humans and having offspring.

Leadership of the empire was held by a figure who held the position of Emperor. It was said that only pure Galra were able to hold this position with half-breeds not allowed. If their leader was killed, the Galra relied on the use of the Kral Zera to determine a successor as this was a ritual of succession.

Long ago, they were noted to had held a servant class with fraternisation with this lower class being frowned upon.

In the military, personnel when conducting a salute spoke the words "Vrepit Sa!".

A key resource used by the empire was a substance known as Quintessence that generated the highest known energy per unit volume in the universe. It was attracted from planets with raw Quintessence being refined into fuel for Galra technology.

The Galra Empire's military largely relied on bipedal automatons known as Sentries. These robots were capable of acting as guards, army units, pilots, and general workers with them capable of speech and communicating with each other. For certain tasks, the Galra made use of small floating robotic Drones that were deployed on assigns such as patrols, attacking enemies or for repair assignments.

Within their arsenal were the large Zaiforge Cannons that were defensive weapon systems used by the empire. These large platforms were powerful energy cannons able to fire over incredible distances where they could be used to destroy enemy fleets or destroy massive asteroids. The Zaiforge had thrusters allowing it to adjust its position and had defensive turrets to attack enemy fighters and strong energy shields to prevent boarding or destruction. A new weapon they had created was a viral weapon that was designed to re-program organic matter to follow a set use of functions. Once deployed, it took the form of a chemical mist that dosed an area where it turned plants against the Galra's enemies and could be programmed to take the form of a giant beast.

One great weapon of destruction was the creation of Robeasts that were powerful creatures who were created with a combination of dark magic and technology with them being empowered with Quintessence. They came in a variety of appearances and had a range of unique powers but were all giant mecha able to devastate worlds. Robeasts were animated by choosing a sapient being to become the base that served as the intelligence of the creature. Typically, gladiatorial slaves or disgraced Galra commanders were punished by having their minds placed within a Robeast with the artificial body being animated by their minds whereas their originals became lifeless corpses.

Members

• Zarkon :
• Haggar :
• Lotor :
• Prorok :
• Throk :
• Senda :
• Narti :

Notes

• The Galra shared the name of the antagonists from the original Golion series.
• Zarkon's race was unidentified in Voltron: Defender of the Universe with them simply calling Planet Doom their homeworld though they were part of the Drule empire.
• In the episode "Hole in the Sky", an alternate reality was shown where the Alteans became an aggressive empire under Empress Allura who led them to defeat the Galra uprising after the death of her father with her disappearing thousands of yeas ago. After her loss, the Altean Imperium expanded where they stripped their enemies of their will turning them into submissive servant races under the pretence that this brought peace to the universe. The Altean Imperium ruled their reality with them facing resistance groups but sought to expand their domain into other realities.

Appearances

• Voltron: Legendary Defender:

External Links

• Voltron Wiki Entry

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