Editing Vodran (Species)

[[File:Vodran.jpg|thumb|right|Vodran]]

'''Species:''' Vodran <br />
'''Home Planet:''' [[Vodran]] <br />
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'''Vodran''' <br />
The Vodrans were a sentient species of egg-laying reptiles who evolved on the planet [[Vodran]], in the [[Si'Klaata Cluster]]. The Vodrans were humanoid beings who stood no taller than a Human, but who exhibited several physiological differences from that species: monochromatic eyes; hard, leathery skin; underdeveloped facial muscles; and a ring of spikes around the face. While peaceful by nature, Vodrans made strong fighters. Most Vodrans considered the benefits of the collective before those of the individual, showing almost no individuality; the few freethinking Vodrans were considered pariahs and rogues by their fellows. One example, who lived during the Galactic Civil War, was the unbalanced Vodran Xenon Nnaksta, who became an officer in the Alliance to Restore the Republic.
 
Even before the establishment of the Galactic Republic, the Vodrans were slaves of the Hutts. The legendary Vodran warrior Kl'ieutu Mutela signed his whole species into servitude through the [[Treaty of Vontor]], and the Hutts imposed their own culture upon the Vodrans and eradicated the reptilian species' independent civilization. The Vodrans believed that their partnership with the Hutts profited both sides, and as such the reptiles readily sacrificed their own lives in great numbers to preserve the ostentatious lifestyles led by their Hutt overlords, even though such wastrel-like activities were one aspect of Hutt culture that the Vodrans did not emulate.
 
The Hutts initally recruited the Vodrans—along with the neighboring Klatooinian and Nikto species—to fight the forces of the Human warlord Xim the Despot at the Third Battle of Vontor. After their success at Vontor, the three species were kept on retainer by the Hutts, commonly for use as enforcers or thugs. The Vodrans proved to be the most loyal slave species in the Hutts' retinue, and they never attempted any rebellion against their masters. <br />
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'''Biology & Appearance:''' <br />
The Vodrans were a sentient species who came from the planet Vodran. They were two-legged, warm-blooded reptiles, humanoid in shape, with five-fingered hands that featured thick nails. Their bodies were covered with leathery skin that varied in color from olive green to brown. The skin was hard enough to offer some protection from physical damage.
 
The Vodran face featured a flat nose and two black eyes. Hard skin combined with underdeveloped muscles to restrict the range of emotions a Vodran could transmit through facial expressions. The face was ringed by horny protuberances that created a ridge of horns about the temples and on the chin.
 
Vodrans were oviparous, with young born from egg clutches; a typical clutch produced two or three children. Vodrans began their adolescence at twelve years of age and reached maturity at age seventeen. The average height of an adult was 1.75 meters to 1.80 meters, a size that afforded the beings with long legs that allowed them to run as fast as Humans. At forty-five, age began to take its toll on a Vodran and, at sixty-five, a Vodran was considered old. The average Vodran lifespan was eighty years; any Vodran who lived beyond that age was considered venerable.
 
The Vodrans were a nimble, sturdy people with acute senses. Some of them had the capacity to become users of the Force. <br />
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'''Society & Culture:''' <br />
Vodrans had little sense of self and thus showed little individual personality. They instead believed in "the value of many," seeing the whole species as a group. The physiological restrictions on their facial movements prompted them to convey wishes and emotions with only body language and vocal inflection. As they thought of the collective before themselves, they had trouble with advanced social conventions such as innuendo and etiquette.
 
Although the Vodrans established an independent culture based on settlements made up of huts and inhabited by dianoga hunters and spinefish fishers, after contact with an outside species, the Hutts, the Vodrans served the aliens as slaves for millennia with unswerving loyalty, a devotion that made them the most dedicated of the Hutts' servant species. While exceptions existed, the great majority of Vodrans were absolutely loyal to Hutt institutions, mostly represented as the kajidics—Hutt families that were in charge of criminal activities. Vodrans eschewed manifestations of individuality in their species, and they prioritized the well-being of their Hutt masters, no matter how many Vodrans had to die to protect their superiors' way of life. Hutts who settled on the planet Vodran exploited their hard-working reptilian servants to keep up opulent activities. Vodrans believed that their association with the Hutts had been fruitful for their people, and the individual who made it possible, the warrior Kl'ieutu Mutela, was revered by his species. 

The Vodrans developed their own culture before making contact with the Hutts. However, as soon as the Hutts began to deal with Vodrans, the master species imposed their own culture and replaced indigenous folkways. A new mythology was created that suggested the Vodrans had only existed from the moment they began their service to the Hutts. While this was historically untrue, Vodrans who lived afterward believed it wholeheartedly, and the Vodrans' civilization, history, and art adapted to reflect that. The Hutts replaced the ancient language of the Vodrans with the Hutt tongue, Huttese, although from the time of the Galactic Republic onward, many Vodrans also learned to speak Galactic Basic Standard. The Hutts provided the Vodrans with advanced technology, including hyperdrives, but most Vodrans did not dare travel away from their homeworld without the blessing of their Hutt masters. Nevertheless, many Vodrans had a hard time mastering technology or scientific knowledge.
 
Like their Hutt overlords, Vodrans organized themselves into miniature kajidics, or Vodran clans. Each clan answered to a Hutt kajidic, and ultimately to the Hutt Clan of Ancients, which ruled over the Hutt species and its subordinates. However, one aspect of Hutt culture the Vodrans did not adopt was the Hutt fondness for lounging and leisure. Also unlike Hutts, Vodrans had two-part names, with examples including the names Meido Lycri, Kl'ietu Mutela, Lakren Plooru, and Saran Vydek.
 
Vodrans had a deep-rooted respect for authority figures, whether Hutt or otherwise. Individual Vodrans rarely tried to obtain personal power. They instead tried to serve Vodran social institutions and, through them, what they considered the greater good. Vodrans valued commitment and consensus, and they expected an individual to accept the ruling of the group, whether it be a Hutt kajidic, a state, a clan, or a union. A marginal minority of Vodrans showed enough individuality to reject their society and its principles, overcoming social conditioning and innate tendence to obey authority. Such people tended to be loners and escaped from their Hutt masters. Other Vodrans considered such freethinkers to be pariahs, outcasts, and maniacs. While some Hutts cared little about losing the rogue servants, others turned to bounty hunters to track down such fugitives.
 
In general, Vodrans were naïve, peaceful, and straightforward. However, they commonly served as enforcers after developing combat skills that drew upon their aggressive potential. Other commonly learned skills aided survival in wild, hostile environments because most Vodrans grew up on Vodran, where they faced the threat of huge predators that roamed the steamy jungles and swamps. A mild psychosis affected some Vodrans and made them fearless daredevils. <br />
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'''History:''' <br />
The planet Vodran, full of steamy jungles and swamps, was also rich in scavengers and huge predators. Local species had to evolve quickly to avoid extinction in such a hostile environment. While the dianoga learned to change color and scavenge, a species of insect-eating reptiles that lived in the colossal trees instead developed intelligence as a survival tool; these primitive Vodrans learned to hunt and work together and to build settlements in the treetops. They managed to thrive in conditions that would have killed many other species. The Vodrans developed a society of fishers and dianoga hunters who used hanging trees to capture dianoga and spinefish from thatched huts over rivers. <br />
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'''Vodran in the Galaxy:''' <br />
Vodrans commonly dealt with the galaxy only through the Hutts: Vodrans rarely travelled without the authorization of their masters. Other species tended to see Vodrans as enforcers and thugs who inevitably represented the interests of the Hutts. Such a belief was not unfounded; for instance, in 4,000 BBY, Vodrans served alongside Klatoonians, Nikto, and Weequays, as boarding troops and crew hands for the crime lord Bogga the Hutt. Grimorg, Bogga's [[Weequay]] chief enforcer, had the job of controlling them. Accordingly, some enemies of the Hutts targeted Vodrans as part of larger schemes to harass the reptiloids' masters. For example, the Nikto pirate Ga'p'tashi attacked Vodran-run vessels for such reasons during regime of the Galactic Empire.
 
Although Vodrans were rarely seen beyond the borders of [[Hutt Space]], Hutts sometimes sold Vodran slaves to other criminals. Such transfers represented the only real opportunity for a Vodran to leave Hutt Space. Indeed, the Sith Lord Daiman employed Vodran soldiers to help defend his territory, which was known as the Daimanate. During a battle on the planet Gazzari, a Vodran soldier aided in Daiman's defenses against a rival territory known as the Odionate and a female Human Jedi named Kerra Holt. After being injured and maimed in the fighting, the Vodran was killed by Holt's lightsaber. The planet Vodran had no exports, although a native creature known as the [[dianoga]] spread throughout the galaxy as larvae for millennia, to the Vodrans' chagrin.
 
The infamous and individualistic Vodran Xenon Nnaksta, born in the [[Kudor]] province of Vodran, rejected his species' traditions and became first the manager and owner of the Greel Wood Logging Corporation, then a survival expert, and lastly a member of the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Promoted to Lieutenant, Nnaksta joined the undercover Eclipse Team and was still an officer during the days of the New Republic. Nnaksta was also a victim of a slight dementia, particularly noticeable because he drove recklessly and because he used a vibro-saw intended to fell trees as his weapon of choice. <br />
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'''''Attribute Dice:''''' 12D<br />DEXTERITY 2D/4D<br />KNOWLEDGE 2D/4D<br />MECHANICAL 2D/4D<br />PERCEPTION 2D/4D<br />STRENGTH 2D/4D<br />TECHNICAL 2D/4D<br />
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'''Special Abilities:'''<br />
''Tough Skin:'' +1D to physical damage. <br />
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'''Story Factors:'''<br />
''Deference to Authority:'' Vodran find it difficult to question authority and receive -1D to willpower when dealing with authority figures. <br />
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'''Move:''' 10/12 <br />
'''Size:''' 1.75 -1.80 meters tall <br />
'''Source:''' Wookieepedia (For the Vodran Description)