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Wheblon
Wheblon are small furry bipedal creatures who originally came from a small planet in the outer reaches. Their ability to climb has earned them an honored place among ship crews. +2 to Climb
Telflen
Telflen are small humanoids who were once entirely subjugated by the illarth. They are short, agile people with purplish skin and yellow eyes.
Lifespan | Height | Weight | Speed | Home System |
300 years | 4 ft | 80 lbs | 25 ft | None |
Telflen
- Average life expectancy: 300
- Age of adulthood: 30
- Height: 4′
- Weight: 80 lbs
- Speed: 25
- Darkvision 30′, regain 2 extra HP per night of rest.
Telflen were brought to the galaxy by the illarth. Some Telflen escaped and became rooted in spacer culture. They have no planet, no allegiances, save that they all hate the illarth and many will do anything to free some of their enslaved brethren.
They are quick to laugh and quick to anger. They do have a predisposition to see things negatively and this leads to many of them to be snarky and melancholy. They love the arts, and often excel at making things. They have little culturally to bring them together as the illarth stripped their memory, leaving them with no history. This has caused many of them to be extremely interested in other races’ histories, a possible search for meaning or a spark of connection to their own lost past.
Telflens are short and slim, making them good recruits for working in the rigging or crowd nests. They tend to be hardy, which is why the illarth may have chosen them as slaves, providing easy food that readily heals.
They have various tones of red to purple skin and their hair is black to darker warm colors. Their eyes look like milky yellowish mirrors, which many find unsettling. Two bony horns protrude from their foreheads, curving back and twisting over their scalp.The enjoying garish and colorful clothing.
History
Telflen know little of their history due to their imprisonment with the illarth. In their search for a cultural identity they have been known to take on the beliefs of the other cultures of the galaxy. They have an affinity with the elflings, and find their views of the universe as chaos compelling.
Home System
Since the Telflen came with the illarth it is assumed that they originated in a system within the original illarth galaxy. In this galaxy, they have preferred to stay our in the void, and have no large settlements on planets.
In Voidspace
Telflen fill many jobs in the Verse, from captaining a privateer ship to running a shop on an asteroid port. They have many skills and specialties, though their small bodys make it hard for them to perform some heavy jobs.
Beliefs
The Telflen have no strong universal dogmas, having come from the void of illarth enslavement. They delight in other cultures beliefs and have adopted many spiritual beliefs according to the part of the galaxy they reside in.
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