Unreviewed Dathomirian Skydancers

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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To Create an Avian Species on Dathomir
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GENERAL INFORMATION

• Name: Dathomirian Skydancers
• Designation: Non-sentient
• Origins: Dathomir
• Average Lifespan: 20-25 years
• Estimated Population: Planetary
• Description: The Skydancers possess a fearsome look to them, capable of installing fear into smaller prey. Their white feathers are in fact fur, allowing them to filter out the heat that radiates heavily on Dathomir. Their eyes are red in color and possess a 'beak' filled with razor sharp teeth; and a tongue that has a sticky substance designed to trap and hold prey much smaller than their traditional food source, such as insects and small arachnids.

PHYSICAL INFORMATION

• Breathes: Type I
• Average Height of Adults: 0.762 meters
• Average Length of Adults: 1.2192 meters
• Skin color: Pinkish (Featherless)
• Hair color: White w/ Black Tips
• Distinctions: There is very little distinctions that separate the males from the females. The males have a more defined color of white to their fur, almost snow white in color. The females have a more reddish tint to their eyes than the males.
• Races: N/A
• Force Sensitivity: Non-Sensitive

Strengths:

• Extremely Fast: In terms of speed, there is no aerial species that can rival them. They are, in terms of apex concepts, the top guns on Dathomir.
• Venomous Bite: They possess a slight neurotoxin in their saliva. The toxin is not powerful to kill, but can incapacitate not only small prey, but species equal to their size, and slightly stun species bigger than themselves. The toxin, more or less, helps breakdown the flesh for easier consumption; and prevents the prey from trying to scamper away.
• Split Tail Impaler's: As their tails begin to wind down toward the end of their bodies, it begins to split, and at the ends are two powerful and staggering appendages capable of piercing flesh. It is a defensive mechanism they implore to prevent being caught and eaten by much bigger prey.

Weaknesses:

• Skeletal Fragility: Like most avian based species, they too harbor a fragile skeletal system and can be easily crushed with little applied pressure.
• Poor Eyesight: As a 'bird of prey', they have poor vision. Due to their speed, they must act quickly to catch their prey, keeping close contact when tracking them.
• Parthenogenesis: This is a type of asexual reproduction where females can produce eggs, and offspring, without fertilization from a male. When this occurs, normally in areas where males are lacking in quantity, the offspring produced are born extremely weak, possessing a high mortality rate that kills eighty-five percent of the offspring that hatches.

CULTURE

• Diet: Carnivore
• Communication: They communicate through body language and clicking sounds from their 'beaks'.
• Technology level: N/A
• Religion/Beliefs: N/A
• General behavior: When two Skydancers choose one another through the ritual of courtship, they are mates for life. They work together to raise their young; the male stays at the next guarding the eggs, whilst the female goes out to hunt for food. Skydancers love to hunt, even when they're not looking for food. It's almost like a game of cat and mouse to them. Despite they group together in flocks, they do not pack hunt. They tend to stay away from other species, for the exception of their prey, and will live in the same area or region all their lives; treating it like a personal hunting ground.

HISTORICAL INFORMATION

The species was never indigenous to the planet of Dathomir. It is believed they were brought over from Peridea when the first Dathomiri first settled on the planet of Dathomir many eons ago. As they did on Peridea, they flourished in the barren wastelands and mountain regions of Dathomir. Quickly they took over the regions they lived, quickly outnumbering the other flying animals, pushing them outward.

They mainly hunt for small ground-based animals, other birds, insects, and arachnids; but will scavenge for food if presentable. They are rarely seen outside their regional habitats but are hunted by the Nightsisters and Nightbrothers for their meat, that has a high concentration of protein and other nutrients.