Liberata

Liberata are a fictional alien race featured in the Defiance multimedia franchise. They were first seen in the Defiance video game, published by Trion Worlds and Human Head Studios. They are also one of the seven established races of the Votan collective as featured in the Defiance television series on Syfy. Although a few Liberata have been featured throughout the series, the most well-known among them are Bertie and Jered Kikema.

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The Liberata are one of the seven alien races of the Votan Collective that came to Earth seeking to terraform a new home for themselves. They are intelligent, humanoid beings, that are short in stature. They breathe nitrogen rather than oxygen, but generall exposure to an oxygen rich environment does not appear to harm them. Concentrated doses of oxygen however are lethal. To the unwary eye, sexual dimorphism makes it is difficult to distinguish gender between male and female. Joshua Nolan made note of this after he told the story of how the principal of a school gave him a kiss and he couldn't determine the gender of the Liberata that kissed him. In the town of Defiance, there are two Liberata of note. One is Bertie, who is a surly house servant employed by Rafe McCawley. The other is Jered Kikema, who was a bartender at the NeedWant for seven years up until the time of his death in 2046.

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 * Bertie: Bertie is a male Liberata and is a gruff and surly man. He is the personal house servant to Rafe McCawley and is usually seen puttering about the McCawley residence, cleaning up after meals or serving drinks.


 * Jered Kikema: Jered Kikema, usually referred to as just Jered, was a male bartender who worked at the NeedWant. He had worked there for at least seven years and was employed by the original owner, Hunter Bell. Jered witnessed Mayor Nicolette Riordon and Doc Yewll murder Bell after he had discovered that Mayor Nikki was secretly an Indogene masquerading as a human. Jered helped Riordon and Doc Yewll cover up the crime by hiding Bell's body in a hollow wall in the back of the bar. Years later, after ownership of the NeedWant passed on to Bell's widow, Kenya Rosewater], his body was discovered when several [[Irathient teenagers (Alak Tarr among them), accidentally broke through the wall, revealing the rotted corpse. Riordon, having since retired as Mayor, feared that Jered would expose her, so she murdered him by giving him an overdose of oxygen. With Doc Yewll as her accomplice, they made Jered's death look like a suicide.

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