Talk:Ballas/@comment-25428397-20180312045132/@comment-109.164.223.26-20180404161428

Well, that info is debateble, and a gray area of the lore. True "Orokin" that we are sure, is just Ballas, and he is significantly different from a normal Human being (for instance the Ostron).

Not even the queens are a certainty, as they could only have orokin blood (you can take as literal interpretation, as in drinking/using orokin blood to extend their lives OR be of orokin bloodline. Being a sci-fi game allows both interpretation). One could argue that "Orokin" was basically a nation that ruled the humans throughout genetic manipulation to build a superior caste with wealth and immortality. Or perhaps, they were only a "caste" like a nobility, that ruled the world in the same fashion, but not so numerous as one would expect (think of something like the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt, just a  bunch of "greek nobles" rulling another part of the world). At some point all of those were humans, but not all of those were orokin or lower class orokin or even orokin descendents. That's my interpretation anyways.