Muphinz
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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a native species for Ahk-Ourobha
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- Name: Imkrasa
- Designation: Non-sentient
- Origins: Ahk-Ourobha
- Average Lifespan: Several dozen years
- Estimated Population: Planetary
- Description: The Imkrasa are large reptilian predators covered in thick boney plating that protects them from many conventional weaponry. They are somewhat renowned across the planet as being the most unpredictable and perhaps most deadly predator on the world due to living in places most consider safe and thus let their guard down.
- Breathe: Type 1
- Average Height of Adults: .7 meters
- Average Length of Adults: 7.2 meters
- Skin color: Gray, Green, Slate, Black
- Hair color: Black, Beige, Green
- Distinctions: The truely remarkable thing about the Imkrasa is their ability to hold their breath for days at a time. This combined with a highly advanced biological water-recycling system means the Imkrasa can remain hidden for up to a week in a single spot.
- Races: N/A
- Force Sensitivity: Non-Sensitive
- Apex of Ambush: The Imkrasa is a master at ambush, evolved for countless milennia to perfect that specific strategy. Only scanners tuned to look for them can find them on a regular basis, and trackers unskilled in Ahk-Ourobha's wildlife frequently miss the signs of an Imkrasa's presence.
- Stone Hide: The boney plates covering the Imkrasa are incredibly durable and have been known to take a few blasts from hand held blasters. The most conventional way of dealing with them is to strike at the vulnerable underbelly, but persistent blaster fire can do the trick just as well.
- Tire Easily: The Imkrasa are ambush predators and while capable of impressive speed and strength, that virality does not last long. Prolongued combat, longer than two or three minutes often tires the creature out.
- A Beast of Habit: Once one is trained to spot Imkrasa they become almost obvious. The patterns of vibration sensing hairs on their body are very similar and if one can spot that pattern among the brush you can find Imkrasa consistently.
- Diet: Carnivore
- Communication: Imkrasa communicate through deep hisses, roars, and growls
- Technology level: N/A
- Religion/Beliefs: N/A
- General behavior: Imkrasa dwell in the loose soil of the northern continent of Ahk-Ourobha, digging underneath plant life to hide in ambush for passing creatures. Sometimes, especially if they have eaten recently, Imkrasa are known to allow animals to pass over them without problem to allow local life to believe the area to be safe before ambushing an unsuspecting creature seemingly at random. The battle is typically quick and brutal with the Imkrasa using their powerful crushing jaws and powerful claws to rend and rip at their prey. Afterwards the Imkrasa consumes the creature whole, consuming their blood for liquid sustenance which their advanced water recycling systems purify.
The Imkrasa are one of the deadlier species on Ahk-Ourobha, having a reputation as a powerful beast which sees them as prime hunting targets for off world bush hunters. Once they had been hunted to near extinction by The Republic and the Galactic Empire in an attempt to 'subdue' the planet but in the centuries since the Bedlariim have taken great effort to breed them back to pre-republic populations. While many unfamiliar with Ahk-Ourobha may chastize the Bedlariim for this action, the Imkrasa serve a vital role in the north pole's ecosystem by keeping herbivore populations low to prevent over feeding and destruction of plant life that the north pole relies on.
