Anzat (Jedi Renaissance)

The Anzati were a race of Humans from the mysterious world of Anzat in the of the galaxy. A mysterious species, Anzati were naturally attuned to the Force, with a proclivity to what was generally believed to be the dark side aspect of the universal energy. Otherwise indistinguishable from baseline Humans, Anzati had two tentacle-like proboscises that curled out and extended from their cheeks, with which they were able to feed upon the brains of their prey. Extremely long-lived species, Anzati were feared and shunned by other species because of their tendency to feed on other sentients. The Galactic Senate shunned the world and forbade travel to the shadow world, while the Jedi Order for most of history deemed the species dark side abominations and highly dangerous. Attitudes changed towards the Anzati when it was discovered they could be trained in the Jedi arts and find Balance in the Force without preying on other sentients for sustenance. While this feet took discipline, many successful Jedi came out of Anzat following the Clone Wars, helping to change attitudes across the galaxy.

Biology and appearance
A race of Humanity, Anzati were a sentient species that belonged to the simians, a subgroup of the primate order of mammals. Anzati were bipedal beings with a bilateral symmetry, having a front and a back end, as well as an upside and downside. Their body comprised a head, neck, torso, and four limbs. The upper limbs, called arms, ended in hands which had five fingers each; the lower ones, called legs, ended in feet with also five digits. Anzati fingers had multiple points of articulation, and one of them was an opposable thumb that allowed for fine manipulation. Finally, they had one head perched atop a torso; the front of which was considered the face and comprised of two eyes, two ears, a mouth, nose, and prehensile tentacles. The eyes, capable of binocular vision, had irises that ranged in color from brown, red, green, blue, and yellow. Between the eyes was a large, flat nose with two nostrils containing olfactory organs. The mouth, located below the nose, was filled with teeth for tearing flesh, which in turn were hidden between a pair of lips. To either side of the head were the ears, one on each side of the head, used for sensing vibrations in the immediate vicinity and translating them into sound. The most unique thing about the Anzati that differentiated them from baseline Humans were the prehensile proboscises that could extend from their cheeks as a method for feeding. Coiled within their cheeks when not in use, these proboscises could extend out and were inserted into the nose of a potential victim to siphon out the brain of the organism. In this way, Anzati were capable of consuming the very essence of a being, taping into the Cosmic Force and engorging themselves on it. In addition to the brain, Anzati feasted on the midi-chlorians found in the blood-stream and could filter them into their own blood; in this way, Anzati grew stronger in the Force by consuming the life of a strong Forceful individual.

Unlike other primate species they had only a light covering of body hair, most of which was concentrated on the head and, in the case of adult males, face. Anzati were unusual in that they produced no biorhythm and thus, no body heat. Due to the lack of opportunity for xenobiologists to study the Anzati, the process through which they maintained their circulatory system remained a mystery. Anzati had two sexes: male and female, with the latter being distinguished by their pronounced breasts, overall smaller stature and lesser quantity of body hair. Members of the Anzati race could interbreed naturally with many other near-Human races, though the product of such unions was typically stillbirth. Despite overall physiological uniformity, Anzati varied greatly in appearance, and no two Anzati looked exactly alike. One of the diversity factors was height. Anzati averaged 1.6 meters in height, although males were usually taller and heavier than females. Anzati hair was grown, cut, and styled for aesthetic or ritualistic reasons&mdash; females allowed their curls to hang freely, while men shaved the sides of their heads and kept their hair tidy and long in a flowing topknot. The facial hair grown by adult males was kept trimmed and organized into sharp twists or dagger-like mustaches. Their hair color ranged from dark brown to white, sometimes with hues of red, changing to gray or white as years passed. Gradiation of skin tone was also seen among Anzati, ranging from dark brown to a light brown; though all Anzati appeared bloodless and gaunt. All Anzati were highly-attuned to the Force, relying on it for hunting purposes. Using a natural ability akin to hypnosis, they bewitched their victims and lured in their unsuspecting targets before feeding on them with their proboscises.

Anzati were sexually-reproduced animals, requiring the mating of an opposite sex couple to produce offspring. While developing in their mother's womb, the child gave her a distinctive "baby bump" accompanied by a significant weight gain. Being mammals, the Anzati females gave birth to live young, either one or several at a time. The delivery itself normally took place after nine months of pregnancy when a woman would take up residence within a the care of a birthing temple where professional midwives would attend her every need. It was a painful process that could take as much as ten hours; in some circumstances, women could die during childbirth. During their first months of existence, Anzati babies were usually fed with milk from their mother's breasts. The period during which a young Human developed from a child into an adult was known as adolescence. The transition from childhood to adulthood was only attained after one hundred standard years of life, when the youth was encouraged to feed on their first sentient prey. Anzatihad an average lifespan of centuries, preserved by the Force and the lives they took. Individuals past the age of 951 were considered to have reached an age worthy of veneration. Natural signs of ageing in Anzati included the whitening or fall of the hair, the loss of teeth, appearance of deep lines, wrinkles and dark blemishes on the skin. Old Anzati would experience a decline in many cognitive processes, frequently losing track of time, misidentifying people or places and, in extreme cases, momentarily forgetting about their own identity or state.

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