Eloth

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The Eloth are a sapient race from the Obscura Galaxy. They have been recently defeated by the Aians.

Physiology

Eloth are centauriformes, with four long legs and two arms. They have rounded heads bearing small, black eyes and with large antennae coming down from the back of the skull. They are carnivores, and so have many sharp teeth and eyes on the front of their heads.

They grow to 2m tall and 3m long, and have no tails. Usually, they mass around 100kg.

Their immune systems are known to be extremely sensitive, causing skin inflammation upon contact with most alien species' cells, pollen, or spores.

Diet

Carnivores, the Eloth eat exclusively meat.

Reproduction

The Eloth are universally hermaphroditic. Gestation lasts ten months, with babies being born massing 10kg. They are ovoviviparous.

Intelligence

Sapient beings, the Eloth possess reasonable intelligence. They are more impulsive than most species, however.

Society

Eloth government is no longer functional. The authoritarian government collapsed upon their defeat, and the famines caused by extreme overpopulation made the populace resort to desperate measures. Citizens speak proudly of the Great Cult of Ending, a mysterious organisation which has restored the Eloth economy and seem to advocate aggressive re-expansion into space.

The Eloth have become a very religious people, attending services held in large metal chapels biweekly. Their faith is a kind of apocalypticism, believing that an End is coming soon and that they must be prepared for it.

Technology

History

Relations with other races

Aians

A month-long war occurred between the Aians and Eloth. Not a single Aian ship was destroyed, but the entire Eloth empire was brought to its knees. All military Eloth were killed, all their colonists were deported back to their homeworld, and all their spaceships were scrapped.