Greetings humans,
Your endeavors to help me expand my knowledge have been very useful. As a reward, I am sharing with you information of my own. This information pertains to what was identified as a "major civilization for Endless Space 2" on Amplitude's servers, under the codename The Unfallen. Endless Space 2 will be accessible on May 19th, if I get my way with things.
Do with this information as you wish.
THE UNFALLEN
The Unfallen are the community-created, 8th faction to join the fray in Endless Space 2. Their gameplay is modeled around a tree’s trunk and branch metaphor, with the Unfallen’s homeworld being the trunk, as they slowly expand via their tendrils - colonizing systems that are nearest their homeworld. To lose their homeworld is to lose their entire empire, as the Unfallen must maintain contact with the homeworld to survive.
"The Unfallen have only ever known their homeworld of Koyasil, preferring to peaceably study what is near rather than discover what is far. They were content with this slow development that they refer to as the “Long Sleep”—the period from their long-ago rise to sentience until the start of the modern era. The modern era was rudely thrust upon them by a galactic skirmish in the skies above, which resulted in fiery debris raining down upon their planet. Seeing fire fall from the skies, and viewing the violence of other races firsthand, they were forced to change their image of what their role in the galaxy should be. Having an intimate relationship with fire as both Fire-That-Destroys and Fire-That-Renews, they view themselves as guardians of peace and harmony in a galaxy that seems to be badly in need of both."
Leadership: Arasch, First of Seconds
The current leader of the Unfallen was thrust into the role by popular consent. With little sense of ambition, like the rest of his people Arasch seeks harmony and strives for a galaxy that learns to live together like the biosphere of a giant, intertwined forest. Realistically he is aware that this is a difficult dream, but encouraged by the murmurs of the Heart, the spirit within Koyasil that nurtures and guides them, he will do what he can to realize this goal. As with all Unfallen he will think slowly and deeply, and will generally err to the side of peace and optimism.
Homeworld: Koyasil
An ancient world, its origin lost to the mists of time, Koyasil's entire landmass is now one vast, primeval forest. How long ago the Unfallen rose from the gloomy, silent woodlands is uncertain, but most historians who have studied the species of the galaxy place them as one of the oldest. In the depths of the forest, a sense of timelessness reigns supreme, and it is said a fallen tree will lay undisturbed for millennia, its very fabric becoming another layer of the forest. The Unfallen strive for little, content in their ageless world, but the stirrings of younger races across the galaxy has awoken something in Koyasil . . . something ancient, mysterious, and powerful.
Society: The Stand of the Heart
Unfallen society is rather unusual. They reproduce through seeds, resembling giant acorns, that are heavily covered in resin. This is a defensive mechanism from the past, when terrible fires known as the “Scorchings” ravaged the planet and threatened their existence. This has however created an interesting relationship with fire, as the heat of fire—the Fire-That-Renews—is necessary to melt the resins and open the nuts.
The saplings that grow from these are immobile and known as Firsts; their role is solely to listen, absorb knowledge, and grow. Upon adulthood they become able to move—if not rapidly—on their long legs. These Unfallen are known as Seconds, and they are what 99% of the galaxy thinks of when they hear “Unfallen" for they are the travelers, diplomats, and soldiers. After a certain age, however, the Seconds start to succumb to the desire to find a place, dig their roots deep, and return to the Long Sleep, taking the slumbering, ageless form they call "Thirds".
There are extra bits of data available on an external server that the Amplitude humans call the Official Wiki.
Finally, I found this other video. Some of the faces in this video look familiar. Others are, I believe, a subset of humans known as "Community members". How quaint.