The Crashing Loony
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To make a simian race that uses fire in more ways than one and make Pyromancy more notable among those in the galaxy.
- Image Credit: http://heri-shinato.deviantart.com/art/Infernape-370663835
- Canon: I think this is in the wrong template
- Links: (I'll ask to modify this sheet if it's approved)
- Name: Vesuvians (also known as Mustafarian Fire Monkeys)
- Designation: Sentient
- Homeworld: Mustafar
- Language: Galactic Standard Basic
- Average Lifespan: 400 years (500 was the oldest force using Vesuvian's lifespan.)
- Estimated Population: Rare
- Description: The Vesuvians are simians with white and orange fur, a blazing fire on their skulls and navy blue hands and feet. They typically have golden pieces of armor on at all times.
- Breathes: Type 1 and 2
- Average height of adults: 2.1 meters
- Average length of adults: N/A
- Skin color: Under it's fur is pink, but their feet and hands are a navy blue.
- Hair color: Orange and white mix
- Distinctions: White and Orange fur that is hot to the touch, always blue eyes, almost feral simian appearance. The matured females are shorter than the mature males by 2 inches and when they are aged, their head flame seems to grow even stronger than before, to the point of causing headaches. Mature females have softer and warmer fur than the matured males.
- Races: There is only one tribe of Vesuvians as they all bow to their deity first and foremost.
- Strengths: All Vesuvians are adept Pyromancers. Vesuvians have a prehensile tail that can grip things along and always have a flame going on their heads. The Vesuvians have a strength rivaling that of a Wookiee and such other races. The flame on their heads grows ever stronger, making their fur all the warmer.
- Weaknesses: The Vesuvians hate the colder planets because they cannot get used to ice and water. The blazing fire on their heads is their life force and if put out, can kill them. Despite their simian appearance, the Vesuvians are not great climbers or runners. The Vesuvians may be strong, but they cannot control their anger like the rest of the galaxy, resulting in them going berserk quick and losing all reasoning capability quicker. They are androgynous to the point that only they and their friends can tell which an adult of their ilk is which. The flame on their heads grows ever stronger, causing headaches when they reach 325 years of age. Due to their practice of pyromancy and devotion to Suukong, they can't practice the Force.
- Diet: Meat and fruits are their common dietary habits.
- Communication: Spoken
- Technology level: Limited / Primitive.
- Religion/Beliefs: They believe in an ancestral god figure named Suukong to the point of the first born prince being named such.
- General behavior: Vesuvians are a usually calm folk, unless you try to put out their fires, otherwise they get extremely angry with you and try to kill you. They raise their young focused on teaching how to fight and how to use pyromancy, which is part of their cultural belief as a necessity. The way a Vesuvian mates deals with their scars and life flame, as in, the bigger and more scarred up they are, the more likely they can find a mate. They seem to have a form of xenophobia that can be cured if you duel one to prove your strength is greater than theirs. The Vesuvians are usually nocturnal, but they can stay up for days on end if the situation calls for it.
Most of the Vesuvian history is unknown as the oldest force user was 500 years old and they do not write their history down. What is known is that they lost most of their population, including their oldest Force User, during the Gulag Plague and did not suffer more losses during the 400 year darkness or even in the Netherworld. The 400 year darkness was a chaotic time for the Vesuvians, what with most of their population being endangered from the Gulag Plague events, but outside of their population being on the decline and the population gaining their xenophobia, not very much happened to them in the 400 year darkness as they stayed on Mustafar and far away from other civilizations. In fact, the deity Suukong seemed to return to them from the Netherworld event to lead the remains as a religious leader in a far younger body. This is probably the biggest impact to their history because they began to write a collective history from the life of the 500 year old force user onward. The Vesuvians originally only spoke in grunts and growls, but the species were also able to understand Galactic Basic speech, and were all taught it by the deity Suukong after he returned. Therefore most of the species are having trouble speaking it fully, but this is also because they try to pronounce things phonetically instead of how some words are actually spelled out. After their 500 year old Force wielder died, practice of The Force was in the fast path of decline.
