Application review and appreciation topic + Lore Q&A

I came up with 4 species concepts around the last time apps opened. Just for fun, I went back and fleshed out the other three I didn't submit. Still don't know if I'm going to submit one this time around (I mean look at all these other species wow), but here they are anyway :]

Names: Hokkan (warrior big bird AKA practically a fauna the species)

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Physical description: The hokkan is a large, primitive looking creature resembling a cross between a prehistoric bird of prey and a crocodile/dinosaur. Their bodies are covered in feathers, with powerful hind legs that allow them to leap great distances, a long tail, and droopy vestigial wings ending in sharp talons. Generally they lean on these "wings" when standing. Their plumage is vibrant and colorful, with red, green, and purple being the most prominent colors. They have powerful jaws, tall ears, and their faces are dotted randomly with many small, beady black eyes. They are natural-born killers, able chase down their victims with ease, and tear them to ribbons.

Personality & Traits: Hokkan love to repeat words they enjoy hearing, much like a parrot would; naturally they like listening to people talking and singing. When not conversing through conventional means, they express themselves through melodic croaks and warbles. They will wear objects of clothing to make themselves feel smarter; they have a particular fondness for shiny metal objects and like to adorn their bodies with them. They have a strong disdain for firearms, as they perceive the use of them to be cowardly. Though significantly smarter than beasts, they are given to animalistic behavior, and, if not carefully educated, will have little reservation about mauling and devouring people who cross their path.

Common traits: [Cannibal] [Listener] [Great Fighter]

Average Lifespan: 50 years.

Home Planet: Thrak, a planet covered in ruins, petrified forests, and craters.

History: It is speculated that the hokkan were once a race of airborne avian hunters, but were driven underground for whatever reason, eventually degenerating into cavedwelling cannibals. It is evident that a great cataclysm must've befallen their species at some point. When they were first discovered, they were initially assumed to be nothing more than dumb animals (having eaten the colonists that found them). Eventually, they were brought into nearby cities as zoo animals and exotic pets, and it would be many decades until it was discovered they were even capable of intelligent speech. They came to be appreciated as guards, soldiers, and hunters for their intimidating appearance, natural fighting prowess, and ability to take orders very well.

Likes: Words, songs, shiny objects, hunting, killing, meat
Dislikes: Cages, guns, robots, computers, cowards, taunting

Height: 8-9 feet (standing tall)

Diet: Meat

Attack Method: RIP AND TEAR! (incidentally, two of their most favorite words)

STR 8
END 4
AGI 7
CHA 2
INT 1
LUCK 4

Name: Wozzee (gay space lemmings)

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Physical description: The wozzee can be best described as a small, vaguely buglike bipedal alien covered in a layer of fuzz, bright and pastel in color. They have two curly antennae, big red eyes, a mouth lined with sharp teeth, and the fuzz on top of their head is usually groomed into a fine haircut. They have numerous spindly arms which they seem to manifest endlessly out of their fluff (when wearing clothes, they thread these through a pair of sleeves). Their bodies are boneless and rubbery in consistency, totally lacking in muscle mass, but making up for it by being surprisingly durable. They are capable of surviving in even the harshest of conditions, and if one were to roll a wozzee into a ball and punt them across a field, they would barely feel it. While they will eat the meat of anything they kill, their preferred diet consists of sugar, sugar, and more sugar. They can survive on nothing but raw sugar.

Personality & Traits: Wozzee are a team-oriented species, preferring to divide single jobs between multiple individuals, even important leadership roles. Most notably, their homeplanet has fifteen presidents in office (it is a demanding job, after all). The average wozzee is also sensitive to harsh language, mostly due to the fact they have outlawed curse words on their homeplanet (some are more than happy to let loose when they can get away with it). In addition to being very small and weak, they are childish in appearance and in demeanor; all of this making them rather difficult to take seriously.

[Common Traits]: [Pushover] [Competitive] [Cooperative]

Average Lifespan: 20 years

History: The wozzee's homeplanet is a small and idyllic place with sunny green skies, and a vibrant, technicolor landscape in which fanciful creatures with sweet, sugary flesh roam. At least, that's how it was before the wozzee themselves ruthlessly conquered and subjugated all other life on the planet. Their discovery of interstellar travel was a rude awakening for them, as almost overnight they went from being proud conquerors to being little more than tiny and cute.

Special: The wozzee is very light and compactible, able to squeeze into spaces no bigger than a mailbox. One could easily carry around an entire family of wozzee in a suitcase.

(I want to say that it takes 3 of them to fill a crew slot, seeing as they don't strike me as being all that useful on their own. Like, say, each individual gets 3 traits, which they combine when they group together, then their stats are averaged between them. But that
seems like it might a little too gimmicky.)

Diet: Meat, sugar, candy, chocolate, cake, icecream, so on and so forth.
Height: 1-2 feet
Common jobs: Manufacturing, Repairs, Cannon Fodder
Likes: Sweets, friendship, teamwork, victory!
Dislikes: Big fat jerks, harsh language, being alone

Attack Method: Wozzee attack by leaping, biting onto their enemies, and piling onto them until they are overwhelmed through sheer numbers. Once they bite onto something, it's rather difficult to make them let go. If all else fails, they hide, curl up into a ball, and hope they aren't noticed.

STR 1
END 10
AGI 5
INT 5
CHA 4
LUCK 1

Name: Unnonocti (shaman-phibians of the night)

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Physical description:The unnonocti is a long-bodied, amphibious alien that lives primarily underground and around water. Their skin is soft and smooth to the touch, and appears in a variety of blacks and midnight hues (dark blue, dark purple, etc.). They have gills, a stripy tail, bio-luminescent neon patterns and spots running along the sides of their body, and a bright patch of skin stretching from their mouth to their underbelly. They are primarily nocturnal, and possess a pair of reflective, highly sensitive eyes for seeing in the dark. They have 8 limbs, each ending in webbed talons that function as both hands and feet. They run on eight limbs, though they usually stand on their four hind legs. Their bodies are squishy and flimsy, but very spry and flexible, and they are quick and precise in their movements. Unnonocti are incredibly good multitaskers, able to use all eight of their digits with equal proficiency.

Personality & Traits: They are highly spiritual, believing matters of the material world to be cosmically trivial. They are obsessed with death, the cosmos, and the unknown, and even since reaching the stars, they haven't quite grown out of their tribal, superstitious old ways. They have a strong sense of karmic justice, and they consider the act of slaying a wicked opponent to be doing them a spiritual favor. Through millennia of practice in the art of creating drugs and poisons, they have also developed a distinct mastery of chemistry and medicine.
Common traits: [Photosensitive] [Nocturnal] [Multitasker]

Average Lifespan: 60 years

Home Planet: Aumgn, a planet covered in dense rainforests, canyons, and seas. Nights are pitch black, and most of the flora and fauna is bio-luminescent.

Subspecies: Ghost Unnonocti - These are individuals that live solely in water and in caves deep under the surface. Unlike their surfacedwelling brethren, their bodies are lacking pigment, being pinkish-gray on their bellies and white everywhere else. Their bio-luminescent skeletons are visible through their translucent skin, giving them a deathly appearance (hence the name). As with surfacedwellers, they can control this glow, except when they are angry or surprised. While they are equally obsessed with death and the unknown, ghost unnonocti shun the greater universe, and have a much bleaker and more nihilistic view of things than their cousins. They will usually only venture away from the planet for matters of soul-searching and spiritual importance.

Diet: Meat, Fish, Bugs, Fungus
Height: 6'5 (standing)
Likes: Philosophy, music, painting, out-of-body experiences, drugs
Dislikes: Greed, imbalance, nobility, bright lights, smartasses
Common Jobs: Chemist, Surgeon, Bounty Hunter

Attack Method: Unnonocti prefer to strike under the cover of night, using stealth, traps, and poison to surprise and disable their opponents.

STR 3
AGI 9
END 2
INT 4
CHA 3
LUCK 5