Treens
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- See treen (disambiguation) for other meanings.
The Treens are fictional, usually green-skinned, aliens who lived in the northern hemisphere of the planet Venus in the Dan Dare stories. They are described as "reptilian" and are similar in appearance to some versions of the theoretical Dinosauroid.
Their leader was the Mekon.
In their present state they are mostly unemotional without the usual human feelings about the sanctity of life. For a very long time they were in a stalemate war with the Therons.
In ancient times, they lived as savage jungle tribes permanently involved in tribal wars amongst themselves, until in a major war the Therons occupied the northern hemisphere by force in an attempt to civilize the Treens. The attempt failed and the Therons later abandoned the Treens to their own devices.
Soon after, Treen scientists created the first Mekon as a 'super-brain' to rule over the Treen race. The Mekon developed Treen society into a highly organized militaristic logic based society where orders are obeyed without query, and which is usually in a state of hostility with the Therons and Earth, both of whose lands they have on occasion occupied. Their capital city is called Mekonta and is on islands in a lake: this may be been inspired by Tenochtitlan.
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