INFO: Blubreen were amphibious near-Humans from a planet in the Ploo Sector.
RACE: Blubreen
HEIGHT: 1.7 to 1.8 Meters Tall
SKIN: Ranges from purple to red, multicolored mixed
DISTINCTION: Amphibious, aquiline features, webbed fingers and toes, gills, smooth-skinned skin, no internal skeleton, stronger than normal humans
LANGUAGE: Blubreen
HOMEWORLD:The planet Oceanus is a dynamic place, on the edge of the Outer Rim. Blubreen are the indigenous species that live in the oceans of Oceanus, they are usually of the mindset that deep attentiveness to one’s environment is the key to staying alive and prospering. It is a basic teaching of Shindaleria, the Blubreen goddess. More than that, it is a key to survival, where the only true place to exist is somewhere in the food web.
In the oceans of Oceanus, the nearly exclusive source of food is through hunting. As such, Blubreen tend to be rugged, strong and often quite stoic. Hunting needs demand small bands, wide territories, and thus significant spaces between each settlement. Because of this, Blubreen tend to be reserved, private and sometimes secretive.
BIOLOGY AND APPEARANCE:Blubreen are a exotic-looking but attractive race, standing some 1.7 to 1.8 meters tall. They are far stronger than humans. Instead of an internal skeleton, minute calcium deposits in each cell provide an intricate network of thin supporting "bones" throughout the body. Not nearly as strong as human bones, but pliable and difficult to break, this configurable net essentially can form joints anywhere on a limb the Blubreen desires. The four fingers of Blubreen hands have webbing connecting them, they are also mutually opposable and more flexible than their human equivalents. Any missing body part will regrow, taking up to a year to replace a lost limb.
Over their immensely long history of living in the bays and outer bays of various coastlines on Oceanus, Blubreen have developed a number of physical characteristics which seem to give them an advantage in their aquatic environment. They possess a layer of fat which protects them from the cold depths of the oceans. Also, their bodies tend to have long linear features which assist them in moving through the water with both speed and grace, they also have a form of echo location they can use in their environment.
Patterns of blue, green and silver shapes cover their skin. These colors stand out dramatically in any surface environment, making Blubreen easily discernable. But such coloring makes excellent camouflage in their natural home.
Blubreen also have gills many people assume that the Blubreen gills allow them to live and survive in the water as they do. Most, however, do not realize these gills are for actually breathing and filtering air. The reason Blubreen can survive in water so well is due to their radically increased lung capacity. This makes the Blubreen akin to creatures like dolphins and whales which also seem to have terrestrial cousins.
Blubreen can most often be seen wielding a trident, as it is the primary tool used in aquamarine hunting, followed closely by the vibro weapons. Blubreen, both male and female, grow quite adept at using the trident and vibro weapons since a great deal of their survival depends on the efficient use of these weapons. Blubreen also tend to carry a small dagger, used mostly in opening shells or clams. These weapons are most often made from the resources of the great oceans. Similarly, when Blubreen go to battle, as they did against the misguided sharks in the year of 1,385 BBY, they wear protections found in their aquatic habitat. Turtle shell shields are a fine, yet rare and precious example.
CULTURE AND HISTORY:Blubreen are typically distrusting of the landwalkers, or the breathless, as they are often called. In the past this would have been due to a simple lack of interaction and fear of the unknown. However, since the death of Carocsa, the Blubreens’ beloved holy man, at the hands of Empire, the potential for trust has been greatly drained. Not only this, some Blubreen have become resentful about the need to rely upon Humans and their settlements. Others may feel entitled. Some, perhaps those most in tune with their Shindalerian wisdom, remain balanced and reflective throughout it all.
RELIGION:You’d have to ask around for months in the depths of the bays near Dregar to find a Blubreen who didn’t profess some level of faith in Shindaleria. A Blubreen caught worshiping the beligerent Mist, goddess of storms and aquatic chaos, would be lucky to be outcast rather than imprisoned or attacked.
APPEARANCES:Episode I Adventures 1: Search for the Lost Jedi (First appearance)
SOURCES:None
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