Ba'ul

• Kaminar High Council

• Unknown

• Humanoid

• Unknown

• Unknown

• Skin covered by a black, smoky, oily substance
• Long tendrils on their heads
• Spindly limbs & digits
• Protractible spines along their backs
• Glowing Red Eyes

• Kaminar

• Isolationist in nature

• Kelpiens hunted the Ba'ul nearly to extinction, leaving fewer than 260 Ba'ul alive
• The Ba'ul used advanced technology to reverse the situation
• All post-vahar'ai Kelpiens were exterminated
• The Ba'ul enslaved the remaining Kelpiens
• The Ba'ul created the Great Balance belief system
• Kelpiens were taught to fear vahar'ai
• Kelpiens believed they must submit to ritual sacrifice to protect the planet
• 2257: After Saru underwent vahar'ai, the Ba'ul captured him and his sister, Siranna
• In an attempt to preserve the Great Balance, Saru escaped captivity
• Saru used Ba'ul technology to trigger vahar'ai in all Kelpiens
• This action ended Ba'ul dominance over the Kelpiens
• By the 31st century, both species had formed an alliance & joined the Federation