Togruta

Average Height: 1.8 meters
Average Lifespan: 100 years
 
Togruta have a somewhat average build, height and weight, but their physical 'normalcy' ends there. Their skin ranges in color from a deep maroon, to a bright red-orange, with unusual markings on their face. Large circles of white skin surround their eyes, with red coloring making small 'eyebrow' markings within these circles. Their lips, outward curved horns, and lekku (or head-tails) are also white-- but these are marked with angular black stripes. Unlike Twi'leks, Togruat have three lekku, two which hang forward over their shoulders, and one which hangs down their back.
 
Due to their physical resemblence (roughly) to Twi'leks and the proximity of the Togruta homeworld of Shili to the Twi'lek homeworld of Ryloth, it has been theorized Shili was early colonized by a group of Twi'leks, who evolved independently into the Togruta species. The Togruta don't pay much attention to these theories, noting their special resemblance in coloration and physiology to the tree-dwelling Shilin Groogle, who they believe is rightly their primitive ancestor.
 
However they developed, Shili has been instrumental in shaping the Togruta culture, which is highly tribal, and still, by most standards, a little backward. The Shilin jungles where the Togruta make their stone cities are completely open to the wilds of the untamed world, neccesitating strong social ties between Togruta. All Togruta go through right of passage rituals within the jungle, where they learn to hunt the native Pygboscid and avoid the ravenous predators of Shili's jungles. This intimacy with the world of Shili has made it rare for Togruta to leave their homeworld, and lent them an air of mystery.
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