Eniamo

The Eniamos were one of the native species of the planet Eniam. In Eniaman, Eniamos simply meant "people of Eniam". They lived in the grassy savannahs of the world. Among other species, they were often steriotyped as stealthy, quick-witted hunters, but not as patiently wise as Dren, or as courageously bold and fast in war.

Biology
The Eniamos' physical statistics were well suited to their habitat. They were just tall enough to peer over the tall grass and still short and flexible enough to bend over to hide in it. Their fur was also camoflauged with the golden plains. Offworlders said they had the shape of humanoid grantaloupes, gazelles, and similar ungulates.

Before the techological soar after 1138 BBY, Eniamo life expectancy was about 40 standard years, or 69 Eniam years Dren usually ate underground moss and fungi, but they could also eat kinds of plants found outside the caves. There was once a popular myth among the Eniamos that Dren could digest and extract nutrients from nearly every kind of stone, but that was not even close to true. Dren did not have gizzards, but they could eat concentrations of soft minerals, thanks to their hardy digestive system, which suited their lifestyle.

Female Dren usually gave birth to 2-3 babies at a time, but the highest in recorded history was 9. Dren parents looked after their young carefully, and made sure they stayed in areas proven safe.

Society
Both parents had a job in the community, but they took turns with the job and caring for the family. After a childbirth, the mother would automatically be relieved of work so she could nurse her babies, and the father would work outside the family until the children could eat solid food. A Dren child was called an ayklukkih (masculine: ayklukkeh, plural: ayklukkihleein), which literally meant "child" or "offspring". Sometimes they were called drayklukkihleein, which meant "cave children".

Jobs were usually passed down from family to family unless in special occasions, but this was never an enforced law. As of around 1500-1000 BBY, were several types of workers in Dren society. First, there were miners, who gathered resources. Then their were crafters, who used existing resources to forge tools and other items. Cave-stretchers enlarged caves to make more room for the growing Dren popuation. Scientists worked with the other workers to develope new technology. Last but not least in importance were the leaders, the benevolent politicians who worked with the other groups to decide on matters like where to expand caves and which machines to use more.

Pre-Alliance
They gathered plants and hunted for food, and could fight Eniam's predators, which were most common in the savannahs. Their light builds and camoflauge were well suited to running and hiding, but they used arrows, crystal spears, swords, and their stubby horns to fight back.

For years, the Eniamos built brick and adobe houses in the plains. They had simple forges and mills. They first viewed the two other natives, the Dren and the Keegs, as too primitive for governemt. The Dren were actually at least as advanced as the Eniamos, and the Keegs were primitive but simply lacked a few simple keys, such as skill with metals and access to other resources. The Aniamos themselves did not have as many resources as the cave dwelling Dren.

Union
When the races finally combined, Eniam technology soared. With much help from the Dren, higher quantities of wood and grass were used for bigger forges and boilers. Aircraft were invented, first fashioned of wood, grass, and leather, and then of light metals. Eniam grass was extremely flammable. It was strong enough to power planes.

Meanwhile, the New Sith Wars were raging across the Galaxy. In a space battle over Eniam, several small starships crashed into the planet's surface. All the crashes were completely fatal to passengers and pilots, but a few of the ships were quite intact. The Eniam natives, as they were now proud to be known collectively as, learned the secrets of the sublight engine and the hyperdrive. They discovered the resources needed to reproduce the newly-discovered source of power right on their own planet. They also developed simple computers.

Upon developing their own starships sending scouts into the Galaxy, the Eniam natives discovered the size of the war. Most scouts returned to Eniam and tried to keep the planet a secret.

Rise of the Empire
Many years later, late in 23 BBY, the Eniam eventually sought representation in the Republic. Enaim starships became known to the Galaxy as an obscure, but pleasant to fly, design. However they were only to soon see another war erupt. Eniam was spared the horrors of the Clone Wars, but as the Republic became an Empire, the Eniamos, along with Eniam's other races, were rounded up to become slaves. Some stayed hidden on their world, and very few joined the Rebel Alliance.

Soon after fall of the Empire in 4 ABY, Eniam gained represtentation in the New Republic. Unfortunately, the Empire's slavery had severely decreased the poplution of the planet. In 16 ABY, the natives of Eniam decided they could do without integration with the rest of the Galaxy, and retired to only their own planet.