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Pictured: A sketch of female and male specimens.
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
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- Name: Meepies (plural) | Meep (singular)
- Designation: Semi-sentient
- Origins: Pylos Satnik
- Average Lifespan: 4-6 years
- Estimated Population: Planetary
- Description: A short-statured semi-sentient species native to Pylos Satnik, Meepies are fungal creatures known for their short lifespans, rapid reproduction, and ability to transfer memories and knowledge through generations. They are revered among Pylantians for their cyclical yet eternal existences, with some being kept as pets or companions.
- Breathes: Type 1
- Average Height of Adults: 0.30 meters (1 foot)
- Average Length of Adults: N/A
- Skin color: Come in virtually any and all colors of the rainbow.
- Hair color: They do not have hair. If you see one with hair, it is wearing a wig.
- Distinctions: Similar to Pylantians, meepies have strong sexual dimorphism. Males have a vaguely humanoid shape with two arms and two legs, a mushroom cap on top of their head, which possesses a face with three vertical eyes and a mouth. Females by contrast are smaller with a long body, lacking a head or arms, with six stubby legs and one single eye below the mushroom cap.
- Races: Meepies do not have races.
- Force Sensitivity: Non-Sensitive
- Non-threatening, kinda cute creatures that get along well amongst themselves and with other species
- Fast reproduction to make up for short lifespan
- Ability to pass down memories and knowledge through each generation
- Short lifespan
- Did not evolve any defensive capabilities due to lack of natural predators
- Diet: Decomposers; feed on dead organic matter to recycle nutrients.
- Communication: Gestures and pheromones; their faces are humorously inexpressive.
- Technology level: Primitive
- Religion/Beliefs: Limited capacity for complex faith systems, although they do have a reverence for the rebirth process (roughly akin to a belief in reincarnation) and have been observed engaging in ritualistic behaviors such as funerary rites and courtship.
- General behavior: Motivated primarily by a desire for food and comfort. They are semi-sentient, and thus capable of using tools such as smoking pipes, drums, walking sticks, and other simple tech. They are highly cooperative with other members of their species, living and traveling together in families or clans. They mate for life and play an active role in raising their young, with adult children in turn helping to care for their aging parents and other relatives.
One of a few different species native to Pylos Satnik who bear the trademark extreme sexual dimorphism the planet is known for, meepies are peaceful beings who play an important role in the ecosystem. They consume dead organic matter, which makes them useful to Pylantians as living garbage disposals. Meepies are often found near rubbish heaps and landfills, which serve as a plentiful source of food. Some are kept in homes as trash-eating pets, with Pylantian families occasionally raising multiple generations of meepies. They are much loved by Pylantians, who find their stoic, expressionless faces funny and cute. Their ability to pass down memories has also drawn the attention of scientists, who have been unable to figure out how they are able to inherit knowledge.
