Tsavong Kraal
Character
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Name: Vaghrokka
Designation: Non-Sentient
Homeworld: Yuuzhan'tar
Language: None.
Average height of adults: 3 meters
Average length of adults: 9 meters.
Skin color: Usually blue, but can vary.
Hair color: None.
Breathes: Type I
Strengths:
[+] Strong Chitin Armor: The Vaghrokka's chitin armor retains the same exact properties as the Vonduun Crab, a species brought from the Yuuzhan Vong galaxy.
[+] Fast For An Animal: The Vaghrokka can scuttle at nearly 100 kilometers per hour, making it one of the fastest land animals on Yuuzhan'tar.
[+] Can Climb Walls: The Vaghrokka can climb walls with it's strong grasp and sharp talons, as it is of light weight.
[+] Two Long Mandibles For Attacking: The Vaghrokka captures it's food with two long mandibles located at it's mouth, capable of crushing durasteel.
Weaknesses:
[ - ] Allergic Reaction: The creature is allergic to bafforr pollen and will die if not introduced to an environment cleansed of bafforr pollen.
[ - ] Racism: The creature has been genetically engineered to reject non-Yuuzhan Vong riders and in rare cases, even attack them.
[ - ] Long Reproductive Cyles: The Vaghrokka takes an absurdly long time to reproduce due to the male species being incredibly inept at attracting females. 1 out of every 3 males are born homosexual.
Distinctions:
-Unique Mandibles located at it's mouth
-Horned head
-Chitin armor
-Looks like a beetle
-Four legs
-Flat, crab-like tail.
Average Lifespan: 70 standard years.
Races: None.
Estimated Population: Only found on Yuuzhan'tar, the Vaghrokka is estimated at a total of 70,000 individuals.
Diet: Omnivore. Primarily vegetation, but is also known to feed on garbage and smaller insects.
Communication: Most manners of communication are portrayed through physical signs and motions made by the beetle, but it is also known to make a "chitter" sound through it's mouth.
Culture: None.
Technology level: None.
General behavior: The Vaghrokka beetle is a creature of solace, usually not trained for combat. However, they make for perfect steeds by the Yuuzhan Vong, and if adapted enough to the perils of combat, can be trained. Wild Vaghrokka tend to roam the swamps, forests and open plains of Yuuzhan'tar, scavenging for whatever food they can find. Because of their innate ability to consume anything and their biological strength at processing anything in their stomachs, the Vaghrokka usually do not go hungry. However, due to this complacency, Yuuzhan Vong soldiers tend to starve their Vaghrokkas prior to battle so they become extra hungry and willing to devour enemies on the battlefield with their huge mandibles.
The Vaghrokka are terrible at mating and general tend towards fighting among themselves for mating partners. Female Vaghrokka just tend to sit around waiting for a mate who never comes, because males will fight each other until both are dead or both have forgotten fighting for.
History: The Vaghrokka are very distant relatives of the Vonduun Crabs and their armor would be highly sought after if they were better at reproducing. However, the Yuuzhan Vong found they fit better as warsteeds due to their innate armor and their lack of reproductive qualities, whereas Vonduun Crabs were a dime a dozen. Most Vaghrokka were relocated to Zonama Sekot after the war, but several more populations were moved to New Yuuzhan'tar upon it's creation from before the four hundred year darkness, where they slowing increased in population count and took to the environment of Yuuzhan'tar like fire to kindling.
Notable Player-Characters: None.
Intent: Created to be my character's mount but can be used for other characters or the Yuuzhan Vong species as a hold for whatever purpose.
