Ayrou

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Species Data

Attribute Dice: 12D (+6D for PC)
Attribute Minimums / Maximums:
DEXTERITY: 2D/4D
PERCEPTION: 2D/4D+2
STRENGTH: 1D/3D+1
KNOWLEDGE: 1D+1/4D
MECHANICAL: 1D/4D
TECHNICAL: 1D/4D
Size: 1.8 - 2.4 meters
Move: 10/12
Homeworld: Maya Kovel in the Moddell Sector
Source: Ultimate Alien Anthology, WotC; SWG#9, page 40

Description:
This species are native to the Outer Rim world of Maya Kovel in the Moddell Sector and are characterized by their blood-chilling voices. As a people, the Ayrou were known to be strong-willed individualists, committed to maintaining a peaceful existence of barter and negotiation. Most Ayrou regarded any form of combat as a juvenile approach to resolving a situation, preferring to use their brains to determine a suitable outcome. Because of this, the Ayrou were known to debate on a topic for generations before abruptly changing societal customs to meet their needs. This also instilled in the Anyrou a hoarding mentality, with each individual holding onto anything they could find, on the off-chance it might prove useful one day. The average Ayrou stood two meters in height, and was distinguished by their long limbs and milk-white skin. Their startling eye colors were matched only by the bright plumage the Ayrou had instead of hair, and many Ayrou were continually preening themselves to ensure their best appearance. The fingers on their hands were tripled-jointed, allowing the Ayrou to grasp and bend their hands into unusual positions.

Languages:
Ayrou, Basic

Special Skills: None

Special Abilities:
Persuasive: Because of their talents as wily negotiators and expert hagglers, Ayrou characters gain a +1D bonus to their Bargain, Investigation, and Persuasion skill rolls.

Story Factors:
Peaceful Species: The Ayrou prefer to settle disputes with their wits, instead of with violence.

Biology and Appearance:
The harmonics in their voices made many species uncomfortable. Some Humans described Ayrou vocalizations as "blood-curdling", and other listeners likened the Ayrou language to an songbird being strangled. Some species even claimed actual physical harm (such as lost egg clutches) from hearing Ayrou speak. Their version of a snort was a warbling scream.

Though their voices were often considered unpleasant, their appearance was generally held to be attractive. They were a tall, slim species, typically around two meters tall but only 65 kilograms in mass. They had long, triple-jointed limbs, with four tapered fingers on each hand. Their skin ranged from milky white to light purple. Ayrou had wide-spaced eyes, which came in brilliant shades of red, blue, or green. Their avian ancestry was obvious from the dazzling plumage they had instead of hair. Ayrou spent much of their time preening their feathers, since their appearance reflected their health and social status.

Society and Culture:
Muchardis MulaxisAyrou had an instinct to hoard items for future use: a trait non-Ayrou sometimes mistook for simple greed, but which the Ayrou themselves regarded as merely practical. This trait carried over to a drive to collect as much information as possible about anything and everything. It also made them treat haggling and negotiations as an art form. It did not carry over to agressiveness or covetousness, however. Ayrou considered violence the mark of those who could not succeed through their intellects.

Ayrou leaders would often debate a cultural or religious issue for several generations, before abruptly coming to a single conclusion. These sudden switches often baffled non-Ayrou observers.

As one of the first species to develop spaceflight in the Moddell Sector, Ayrou were politically influential in their home sector. They had established populations on the factory world Ovise III, the penal colony of Thonner, the Vashan homeworld of Vasha, and the sector capital world Annaj. In 19 ABY, Ayrou Senator Muchardis Mulaxis represented the Moddell Sector in the New Republic Senate.[3] This senator was skeptical of Borsk Fey'lya's claims during the Caamas Document Crisis that the Bothans did not know which clans bore responsibility for the destruction of Caamas.