Lotus (species)

The Lotus are a hominid species hailing from the planet Ē. They are known for their amazing sense of touch, able to sense someone walking on grass from 2 miles (3.2 km) away. They're also nearly blind and use echolocation.

Male
Male Lotus are about 7 feet high, have a fathom of about 5 feet, and an arm width of 6 inches. Males have a hand span of 6.3 inches, a finger span of 4 inches, and a thumb with of 1.8 inches (including the fused finger), and a pinkie width of ~0.5 in. Males have a weight of up to 440 pounds, and most of the weight is in the torso. Male eyes have no pupils, and therefore poor eyesight.

Female
Female Lotus are about 6 feet and 6 inches high, have a fathom of about 4 feet 3 inches, and an arm with of 5 inches. Females have a hand span of 6 inches, a finger span of 3.4 inches, with a thumb width of 1 inch, and a pinkie width of 0.5 inches. Females weigh up to 300 pounds, no most of the weight is in the chest and torso. Some females have pupils, and have moderate eyesight.

Society and culture
"If you don't have enough money, you don't have enough money. You go to the district that doesn't have enough money. That's how it works on Ē."

- Ao Ode

The cities of Ē and other Lotus worlds have a guild system where your family, job, history, and money decide where you live. If your family is a group of workers, you're a construction worker, you have a long history of spacefaring business, and have 10,000 Ć, then you go in the 2nd district, Øê. The worse your attributes are, the lower the district you're in. The highest district, Ÿúœ, has several wooden castles dating back to c. 26,000 BBY. The lowest, ßü, has several trailers, apartments, slums, etc. ßü is known as the drug trade capital of the Galaxy, and has income of about 3.8 million Ć a year.

Economy
The Economy wildly differs depending on district or city. Hikkeidari mainly exports wood, steel, metal, gemstones, machinery, sugar, food, water, drugs, spices and exotic species. The Ć (Chen) is Ē's main currency, is more used than Credits, even though both are accepted on the planet.

Market
About 500 billion Chen (212 billion credits) are in circulation in all from Lotus traders, governments, and traders/ merchants. This is 1/12th of Coruscant's GDP, and 1/1,200 of the whole Galaxy's GDP. Because of this, Įá is a bustling world filled with merchants from Ē space and all over, government officials, and pirates. Similarities between Įá and Nar Shadaa have been made.

Classes
Not unlike Jun, most Lotus follow a certain government. Similarities to Jun are:


 * Alpha - Yatano
 * Beta - Sayako
 * Middle class (Kė variation) - Yorubo
 * Scapegoat - Tamaro

Yatano are the highest class, and in castles all over the Outer Rim, Lotus societies around them will pledge allegiance the following ways compared to Gloaranians:


 * Alpha: Tail up and ears up
 * Yatano: will say in Kė hand language: "Dynasty" and put hands together
 * Sayako: will put hands up in air
 * Yorubo: will make an X with their pointer fingers
 * Scapegoat: Sit flat with tail tucked
 * Tamaro: Will kneel and put hands in an O shape on their forehead

Religion
The Lotus' main religion, Żäœmåę, is the belief that there is 4 gods, one of the north, 1 south, 1 east, 1 west. ~30% of the native population follows this religion.

Art
Most art on Ē and nearby worlds uses Cinnamon, Sienna, Nutmeg, Rosemary, Sage, and other colored spices. These works are colorful and abstract. Body art is also popular, using colored ink, spices, and fruits to make the art vibrant.

Jewelry
Most Lotus jewelry is very colorful like their art. Metals like gold, platinum and rhodium are used to keep them together.

Names
Names come from where the family lives, so for example, a child who lives in Hikkeidari's Øê district might be called Moyojiku Nitore, Nitore being the district area he lives in.

Relationship with other species
The Lotus have a long history with neighbors. The Junii, their closest colony with a civilization have ended up in ships going to Ē without the crew knowing, and caused a population of 20,000 to form on the planet Ē. Jun on the other hand has a Lotus population of 200,000 and have been very long ways away from each other. The Yuuzhan Vong have been known to hilariously get cremed on one of Ē's planets in the system. The Vong were out numbered 5:1. The Lotus occupied some other planets with sentient species, such as Owen.

Touch
Lotus have one of the best senses of touch, being able to create images of things in their head by mapping the points of vibration on ones body. Their writing is also based off this by using ink that hardens into glasslike clumps.

Smell
Their smell is about 3 times better than humans.

Vision
Lotus' vision is usually very poor, and all males and most females are color blind of indigo, purple, and blue-indigo. . However, some women can see color and to some extent.

Behind the scenes
The wooden castles that the Lotus live around are based off the Pagodas in old Japan.

The 4 directional gods are based off Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil, See no Evil, and Do no Evil.

Chen are based loosely off Yen, but 13 times more expensive.

Gloarainians are based off the werewolf and weretiger legends, and are made by Endor Chicken.