Drutan

Drutan is a fictional term used in speculative fiction to denote a humanoid species, culture, or place. The name has appeared in multiple, unrelated works, and there is no single canonical Drutan.

In different works, Drutan may be depicted with a variety of traits and roles, including interstellar travelers, diplomats, conquerors, or scholars. Descriptions of appearance, abilities, and social organization vary by author and series; some stories feature Drutan homeworlds or cultures with distinctive languages or customs, while others treat Drutan as a more generalized alien group. Because of these varying depictions, there is no universal profile that applies to all uses of the term.

As a result, references to Drutan typically require context from the specific work in which the term appears. Scholarly and fan discussions about Drutan focus on how the term illustrates the way speculative fiction constructs alien peoples and places without a single, fixed template.