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><i>Species Name</i> - Vygun ><i>Physical Description</i> - >Height at Shoulder – >Males: 5’-5’8” feet >Females: 4’8”-5’5” feet > >Height at Top of Skull – >Males: 6’7”- 7’6” >Females: 6’2”- 7’ > >Weight – Ranging from 125 to 175 pounds on average. > >Vyguns are bipedal, with anatomy very comparable to a >human. <i>All</i> vyguns have male chests (pectorals, >abdominals), though females are less bulky than males, >and none have nipples. These chests are long and >sculpted, with pushed forward pectorals and skinny >around the waist. Their upper arms are just a smidge >longer than human length, generally held paralell to >the body until the elbow, when they’re bent forward. >There is a good deal of sleek muscle on the upper arm, >but little on the lower. The wrists are almost petite. >The hands are smallish, and laced with at least twice >the nerve endings as a normal human, giving them an >extreme sense of touch that they manipulate when >constructing things. Upon each hand are six digits >instead of five – a thumb and five fingers. They are >sculpted like a human hand with two middle fingers. >Upon the end of each is a blunt claw. It isn’t >retractable in the least – it doesn’t seem to be made >of keratin, but instead hardened skin coating a >pointed bone beneath. There’s no line to distinguish >claw from fignertip – they don’t even regard the bony >tip as claws, merely part of the finger. Below the >upper arms, a little below the middle of the chest, >are another set of arms. They’re much smaller – fully >extended they’d be a little longer than the upper arm. >A little thumb and two stubby fingers, with tips >similar to the normal fingers, are at the end of this, >forming a small hand. Off the wrist of this hand is >another finger, very long. From it stretches a thick >membrane, attaching to another small digit at the >‘elbow’ of the small arm, and again on the flesh of >the waist. It is like a tiny bat’s wing, mostly for >show. The legs of the vygun bear two knees and an >ankle each. They’re held very bent and are a little on >the short side because of it, but the muscle is thick >all over these limbs, which are actually very long >when unfolded. The middle leg section is the shortest, >the bottom is the longest and thinnest. Each foot is >leathery and creased, three-toed, with a triangular >sole (the skinny side attaching to the ankle) and >three broad, flat toes, each capped with the hardened >‘talon’. They walk flat-footed. The waist and hips >flow right into a tail that’s held at a slightly >downward angle from the body (but mostly >perpendicular). It’s as thick as the lower leg at the >base, and is as long as the neck, head, and chest >combined. At its tip are a pair of curious growths, >smooth, hard, skin-covered crescents. They are thick >and look much like pincers. On the inside edges of >these they’re not so smooth – the very bone is >serrated. These are hollow, so there is a trench >between the two jagged edges of either crescent. > >The gestation period is roughly eighteen months, >largely due to the fact that a baby vygun (called a >whelp or, more fondly, a squeak) is almost completely >developed when born, like a miniature version of an >adult. Since they are born with a completely >functioning digestive system, there is no need for >females of the species to have mammary organs. Vygun >youths grow relatively fast, fully developed by the >age of twenty and fully matured by thirty, out of >their two hundred year life spans. > ><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href=http://vorpalmuse.topcities.com/species/vygun/colo >urchart.html>Colour Chart</a> > ><i>Temperament</i> - >Vyguns are playful and analytical. They think through >any bump or tangle in their plans, no matter how >small, in order to live life to the fullest. They are >very skilled at solving problems and making everything >just fit together, so they rarely get bogged down with >work. If setbacks arise unexpectedly, they have the >ability to work around them on the spot. A strong >point is their creativity – they can offer very unique >and wild solutions to problems. When the work is done >and the plans are perfect, vyguns love nothing more >than a good time. They have large bases of friends and >spend most of their time around others of their >species. Or any other sentients… or, well, anything >that can put up with their chatter, be it animate or >not. All throughout their lives, vyguns seek >knowledge. They are curious, setting away from home at >a young age and always looking for new experiences and >adventures. Needless to say this gets them into >trouble at times, but they’re fond of the phrase ‘What >doesn’t kill me only makes me stronger’. Normally >they’re calm, laid-back, easy going, and let the flow >of life carry them through most of the way. (Until a >problem arises. They violently attack those.) So it’s >difficult to send them into a rage, but it can be >done, and that’s prominently when they don’t want to >be bothered or when they’re younger. Some vyguns, on >the other hand, though still ‘into’ life, take things >in the opposite direction. Rather than laid back and >mellow, they're intense, vibrant, and immersed. Two >sides of the same coin. Vyguns have amazing work >ethics and are often drawn into whatever project they >happen to be working on at the time. When they’re at >work and are disturbed, they tend towards screaming at >the offender for a few minutes, or until they leave, >then forgetting all about it and settling back into >work. At times, they can be provoked into a very >competitive nature. All vyguns will be competitive >when the situation calls for it, as in a race or >something that’s actually designed to be a >competition. They retain their agreeable nature during >many events that humans would make competitive, like >doing the best on a written test. When fighting, >either aerial or otherwise, vyguns will adopt a cold, >toothy grin and a hard, determined face, making a >serious game out of the whole thing. > ><i>Culture / Technology / History</i> - >A vygun is proud to be a vygun. Their species >dominates Magaol like the humans dominate Earth, >though they're rather well accepted by the other >sentient races of the planet, who aren't quite as >prolific or technologically advanced as the vyguns. >They live about two hundred years, so their culture >and technology has taken twice as long to develop as >that of Earth - it's suspected that the species is >roughly fifty thousand years old, having lingered in >the hunter-gatherer period longer than humans. Now >they are space-age creatures, owning the vast >stretches of space around their solar system and >stretching fingers far beyond. > >As said, a vygun is proud of their species's >accomplishments, and they share a sort of kinship with >any of their own kind. This has lead to a surprisingly >war-free history, and a rather homogenous culture >despite geographic seperation. What few cultural >differences there were disappeared with the uprising >of cities, which concentrated the species as well as >linked them to the rest of the planet. > >Neither gender dominates. This may be due to the vast >similarity between them - only height differentiates, >and not by much. The entire species is rather >androgynous, at that. There is little class >distinction, as well, tying back into the whole 'we >are all one species' idea. However, their culture is >largely influenced by the actions of the two space >cores - The High Fleet and Low Fleet - of Magaol, so >anyone who gains recognition in either is often >admired by the entire species. > >Relationships are very loose - vyguns do not mate for >life. There is no such institution as marriage. They >are rather hedonistic about romance; they operate on >an 'anything goes' policy. Multiple mates, same-sex >relationships, 'friends with benefits'.. this is all >part of the relaxed idea of love. Having a child is >often out of a desire to prolong the bloodline rather >than out of love, since vyguns don't have any serious >or lasting romance.

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