their literature and music are popular galaxy-wide.
H’nemthe
Stats:
Willpower 3, Cunning 1
WT 8+Brawn, ST 10+Willpower
85 XP
1 rank in Coercion or Discipline
Heat Sensitivity: Once per encounter as a maneuver,
sense the presence and emotional state of everyone
within short range.
2 genders available:
Female:
Sharp Tongue: Deal +2 Brawl damage as wounds,
and have the Pierce 2 and Vicious 1 qualities.
Male:
+15 XP
Physiology:
Reptilians of a rough pink, orange, or blue-gray skin,
the H’nemthe are best known for one trait: the
females have tongues that are as sharp and as
deadly as swords, which they use to kill the males
after mating. 95% of H’nemthe are male at birth,
although the females make up for this with a
significantly longer lifespan. Their face has large black
or green eyes and a notable beak above their mouth.
Their face is also very bony and ridged, with four
head cones at the top. These cones can sense
minute heat differences and allow a H’nemthe to read
the emotions of others and predict weather. They
have three-fingered hands with claws.
Society:
H’nemthe are mostly peaceful, artistic, and
philosophical. Poetry is a venerated tradition, and
They live in a highly structured direct democracy, and
virgin females are especially protected due to their
rarity. Most of their leaders are also female, as males
often don’t survive long enough to fulfill their duties.
The society is closed off and somewhat a mystery to
the rest of the galaxy. Though they rarely leave their
homeworld, those that do are often musicians or
artists. Under Imperial control, a handful have also
joined the Rebel Alliance. It is almost exclusively
males who are found offworld, as they can grow upset
by their inability to find a companion amongst their
own kind. Females mating with other species is much
rarer, with the first ever known exception being fairly
recent in M’iiyoom Onith, who mated and killed a
Gotal named Feltipern Trevagg. This unique event
has made her into a celebrity on H’nemthe.
Into the Netherworld:
For all their brutal ways, H’nemthe are surprisingly
romantic. Males are willing to face certain death in
order to reproduce, which they believe gives them
major rewards in their afterlife. Though otherwise
timid, males devote much of their lives towards finding
a partner. They believe that after death, they become
angels with the sacred duty of guarding their offspring.
Females have strictly vegetarian diets until their first
time mating, in which they get their first meat: their
lover’s eviscerated body. The H’nemthe do not find
this to be brutal and view death as a mere change in
form. Prior to their mating, H’nemthe couples
traditionally write epic poems for one another, which
are then recited publically in a last tribute to the
groom, then reproduced in ornate calligraphy.
Homeworld:
H’nemthe come from a planet of the same name. It is
very green due to its heavy forests, but it has a rapidly
fluctuating climate due to the tidal pulls of its three
moons. It includes the carnivorous plant m’iiyoom,
which is also called the Nightlily.
Language:
H’nemthe is also the name of their language, which is
one of squeals and squeaks. This makes it irritating to
most other species, so their popular musical
compositions are mostly instrumental. The written
form is much more visually pleasing, written in a
continuous line. As they are generally well-educated,
H’nemthe typically learn Basic.