Sentinel of Harmony
LUSHI
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a living organism that can be used in weaponry.
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- Name: Lushi
- Origins: Tython
- Other Locations: N/A
- Classification: Single celled organism
- Average Growth Cycle: 1000 years average. The organism forms on dead organic material and takes its soul into it. The organism dies when the force energy of the soul is exhausted, but it can be supplemented by taking on the force energy of others. This energy must be given willingly, as the Lushi are not intelligent enough to take it themselves.
- Viability: Lushi require little to flourish, only a dark environment and a soul to feed on. The plant is unable to sustain darkside corruption. If corruption were to occur, the Lushi would die.
- Description: A single celled organism born from the soul of the recently deceased first created by the Je'daii of Tython. They have a malleable form which can change shape and tensile strength. Though simple minded, Lushi can be commanded by those who form force bonds with them.
- Average Height: 3 feet (malleable)
- Average Length: N/A
- Color: Blue
- Nutritional Value: None
- Toxicity: Highly toxic if ingested, though typically not fatally, but safe to touch.
- Other Effects:
- Malleable, capable of taking many forms.
- Transitional tensile strength, capable of shifting between solid and liquid form.
- Force attuned
- Distinctions: A blobby mass that typically can be found in dark locations. If not with a host, the Lushi is most typically found in caverns. The loss of knowledge about how to create the organism and the near destruction of Tython has made the Lushi incredibly rare.
- Malleable, capable of taking many forms.
- Transitional tensile strength, capable of shifting between solid and liquid form.
- Force attuned.
- Resistant to lightsabers.
- Long lifespan.
- Simple minded being. Must be commanded by another force attuned being.
- Rendered incapable of shifting form by force dampeners like void stone.
- Incapable of shifting form under water.
- Slug thrower rounds will reduce it to a liquid state.
A plant based, single-celled organism born of force alchemy, created by the ancient Je'daii in the years before the force wars. The Lushi are force attuned beings grown from the souls of fallen lifeforms that live for thousands of years, consuming the force energy contained within their gelatinous forms until all the energy within is used up, at which point it will die. The Je'daii would form force bonds with these life forms, commanding them to take the form of blades not to dissimilar to force-imbued blades, able to shift to the preference of the wielder. The use of Lushi in combat was seen as a taboo by many Je'daii, the harnessing of souls after the passing of beings being frowned upon. Still, a select number of families retained the tradition, with wielders of Lushi feeding their force essence to the being on their deathbed before the organism passed to the care of their descendants. Limited knowledge on the creation process of these beings and the many cataclysms that ravaged the surface of Tython has made the Lushi incredibly rare, forgotten by most modern force traditions.
