Venlil

== Species Description ==
Humanity's first contact in the galaxy, often described by their counterparts as one of the weakest and most emotional raceshttps://old.reddit.com/r/HFY/wiki/series/the_nature_of_predators. Their timidity can overshadow their fierce sense of morality, but their desire for friendship usually wins out in the end.
Their homeworld, Venlil Prime, requires constant defense due to its strategic location in the galaxy's outer arm. (Humanity calls this planet Gliese 832 c, and it's 16 light-years away from Earth) The Venlil Republic officially controls a swath of territory which stretches 20 light-years in any direction. This makes the Sol system technically in their domain.
As for appearance, the Venlil's flatter facial features remind some humans of stuffed animals. This, combined with their large, horizontal-pupiled eyes makes them rather "cute." One note of peculiarity is that they lack any nose, or sense of smell. Their wooly fur can be any shade of gray, with occasional tufts or stripes breaking up the singular tone. One example is the black tuft between Slanek's ears.
Their tails are bushy, stretching about 1 ft on average (canon art depicts longer tails). They can be used as a secondary form of communication, or to help with balance and grasping. The Venlil have tiny claws, but they are not capable of real damage. Due to their lack of natural weapons or defenses, they were easy prey for their natural predators in their formative years.
With bipedalism as their designated form of locomotion, and spindly knock-kneed hindlegs, they are not well-suited to speedy escapes either. Their height places them at about the average human's shoulders.
—Spacepaladin15
== History ==
The Venlil are one of the species genetically modified by the Kolshians and Farsul. Before first contact with the federation the Venlil were a honor-based culture and engaged in contests of dominancehttps://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/14nw7m6/the_nature_of_predators_129/. They were also an emotional, impulsive, and aggressive species. The gene editing of The Federation gave the Venlil knock-knees to reduce their ramming power and removed their sense of smell to limit their ability to detect threats. The Federation was unable to successfully "mellow" the Venlil due to constant rebellions and therefore resorted to taking all gene edited children off-planet to be brainwashed and letting all other Venlil die off. The Venlil pups had their fear response reinforced and were taught that they were a weak species. The Federation then returned the kidnapped Venlil to their planet after one generation and gave their planet the name "Venlil Prime" to erase their culture.
== Characters ==
Slanek
Tarva
Glim
Cheln
Kam
Haysi
Mynek
== References ==
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