Trigate: Sophonts

Across the countless worlds of the Trigate universe, the spark of intelligence has ignited in countless forms. These beings, gifted with self-awareness and the ability to reflect upon their own existence, share a fundamental kinship with humanity, yet each has charted its own unique evolutionary and cultural course.  From those who dwell in harmony with nature to those who master the intricate workings of machines, from those who build societies steeped in ancient traditions to those who push the boundaries of technology and magic, the intelligent inhabitants of the Trigate universe offer a breathtaking display of diversity and a testament to the boundless potential of conscious life.

Intelligent life generally comes in one of three types:

• Sapient life has achieved sapience. Technically, sapience is the ability to think and solve problems; intelligence in the strict sense.
• Sentient life has achieved sentience. Sentience is awareness, including the ability to experience pleasure or pain (or analogous drives and experiences) and make predictions about the future. A sentient being is sapient to at least some degree, and sentience is, in turn, a prerequisite for sophonce.
• Sophont life has achieved sophonce. Sophonce is sentience and sapience with metacognition: self-awareness, including self-reflection and the ability to think about one's thinking.

This category includes all beings who are considered sophonts, whether they be minor, medium, major, or planar.

• Planar Sophonts have spread their society and civilization across more than a single plane.
• Major Sophonts have spread their civilization across a single plane only.
• Medium Sophonts have a civilization, but it exists only in a region on a plane.
• Minor Sophonts haven't reached a level where they have any form of civilization.