Xener means traveler in Funkey. In the late 40th century, Funkeys were obsessed with space travel. They spent millions of coins, on missions that accomplished very little. The last flight missioncrashed and remains intact to remind them of this frivolous program. But the Xener still believed that space is the final frontier.

It was the Xener experience with travel that helped the guild of master technicians build the firstportals. Their intention was to boldly go where noFunkeyhad gone before o the furthest reaches of space. But they found the portalsill equippedto reach that far. An unexpected benefit was using these portals for travel throughout Terrapinia.

Now the Xener spend most of their time playing space video games, honing their skills, waiting for the day they return to space.