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Added Anatomical Sketches (courtesy of Alieth <3) and improved on 'Description' and 'Physiology'
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
[[File:Malvus.png| | [[File:Malvus.png|150px|thumb|<small>Malvus (LD S2E5 '[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/An_Embarrassment_Of_Dooplers_(episode) An Embarrassment of Dooplers].')</small>]] | ||
Mizarians are tall humanoids, with the average height of an adult ranging from 5'10" to 6'3". Their skintones vary from pure white to grey and to pale blues and purples, but they all share the defining skin folds that most readily identifies their species. Because of their skin folds, they, as a species, share a comparatively wrinkled complexion, punctuated by their complete lack of body hair. (Some Mizarians, presumably Hybrids, have demonstrated the capability to grow facial hair<ref>https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Malvus</ref>). | |||
Male Mizarians also develop mental folds - or 'chin tendrils' for the the alien observer - that start growing during puberty and continuously grow throughout the male's life, albeit at a very slow pace. The general lack of body hair has caused them to always wear robes of a soft and warm fabric while in public. These robes are called Yael-robes, and are thin enough that they can be worn underneath whatever uniforms a given Mizarian might otherwise wear while in an official capacity. The Yael-robes have traditionally been kept in dull colors, such as grey or brown, but brightening up the robes to pale nuances of yellow or blue has become fashionable, and many conservatives on Mizar II blame this on the outside influence of alien fashion. | |||
==Physiology== | ==Physiology== | ||
[[File:MizarianAnatomicalSketch1.png|200px|thumb|left|<small>Figure 1:''Mizarian''</small>]]Primitive Mizarians were an aquatic species, but it has been a long time since they lost most of the characteristics that made such an existence viable. | |||
Mizarian skulls have a slightly domed and elongated shape, their skin folds growing harder as they run along both the crest and the sides of their skull to form an almost chitinous harness for their large scalp. <ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-artemis/c/qFuvRtwSXrs ''"And an End."'']</ref> Their noses are broad and open, allowing easier passage of air, while their ears moreso resemble those of Earth reptiles, with thin membranes located at the sides of the head that vibrate in response to sound waves. This membrane is far thinner than that found in common reptiles, however, so thin in fact that it is practically translucent. | |||
[[File:MizarianAnatomicalSketch2.png|200px|thumb|<small>''Figure 2:Mizarian Profile''</small>]]Their skull slims back towards a slimmer neck-area, but at the bottom of their occipital bone (the lower back of their skull), a number of nuchal folds - slim segmented tubes (similar in appearance to small human intestines) - protrude from their skull and nestle in a hollowed area in the nape of their neck.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/u/1/g/sb118-artemis/c/VOTs9MwpF7s ''"Complacency? Or a Flytrap?"'']</ref> These nuchal folds were once necessary for primitive Mizarians to survive on land, as they contained a portable supply of water that the aquatic species required for breathing, but as successive generations of Mizarians adapted to life on land, the nuchal folds became obsolete. The folds have since slimmed in size and become more of an aesthetic feature of the species rather than a functional part of their biology. | |||
As with most intelligent humanoid species they have a very complex system with specialized organs, and unique hormones, chemicals and enzymes. They are typical humanoids with most of the physical, mental and biological medical problems that seem to plague most humanoids. While they remain piscetarian by definition, they are not incapable of consuming red meats or landbased fruits and vegetables, but some fruits - such as strawberries - act as a mild narcotic in Mizarians, so they tend to abstain from fruit-based dishes and drinks. | |||
==Psychology== | ==Psychology== | ||
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==Religion== | ==Religion== | ||
They believe in a Spritualist doctrine called the Kahlto - the Wheel of Existence - that states that peace and peaceful non-resistance will ensure the development of the soul and allow it to transcend their physical forms and eventually become one with the universe around them. | They believe in a Spritualist doctrine called the Kahlto - the Wheel of Existence - that states that peace and peaceful non-resistance will ensure the development of the soul and allow it to transcend their physical forms and eventually become one with the universe around them. | ||