Shadraxian

"I'm glad these gigantic brutes are content with just a few local systems, I'd hate to see a galaxy where such a giant species was aggressively expanding". An Ancient Dragoian's worries in -41,098 about the Shadraxian species shortly after first contact.
The Shadraxians are a gargantuan bi-pedal DragonKin species native to the world of Shadraxia. Their average lifespan is 800 years for males, and 5000 years for females.
==Overview==
The Shadraxians are a gigantic species that have a massive variation in size between males and females. The tallest male on record was 53ft while the average male hits 45ft. Females on the other hand average at about 200ft, with the tallest on record being around 250ft. Males also grow noticeably slower than females, taking around 45 years to fully grow compared to the typical 25 years for females. Males are also more likely to be considered midgets (classified by being less than 3/4 of the average size) than females.
Due to their hulking build and large size, Shadraxians are often considered to be dumb brutes by other species. This is not helped by the Shadraxians raising other DragonKin solely as food to feed their own females.
Around 1 in 5 million Shadraxians are born with the crippling condition of Ixnara.
The Shadraxian population stands at around 1.4 Billion.
== Appearance ==
Skin Type: Scales.
Colour Range: Shadraxians are two-tone, with their main bodies being assorted shades of purple, while their underbellies are a paler, more washed out shade of purple than their main bodies.
Eyes: Shadraxians have two large eyes with a slit pupil in colours that are commonly a shade of brown, pink, red or grey. The upper eyelids of a Shadraxian are particularly large and do not fully open.
Heads: Shadraxians have bulky heads with a large jaws, which mount 2 small pointed horns which are usually much shorter on males, and 2 large ears. Shadraxian jaws have full lips with only 2 long fangs protruding.
Bodies: Shadraxians bodies are long and bulky with long arms and short widely spaced legs either side of their large belly, and have large, clawed, 3 toe feet and clawed 3 finger/1 thumb hands. A short spiked tail protrudes from the portion of body between the legs and a pair of small flightless wings protrude from their upper back.
Tongue: Shadraxians have a long, twin pointed tongue.
==Technology==
Shadraxian technology is more advanced than that of the Drakeians and Dragonians, but is proportionally less potent than that or the Ancient Dragoians or Androgians. However, due to the immense size of their starships, due to the immense size of their crew, Shadraxian starships can easily outclass all but the toughest starships in a fight.
Shadraxian's have had spacefaring capabilities since -51,998, although kept themselves limited to their own system and a few relatively local mines and colonies for several thousand years, only expanding their space again in -12,427. In these early days, their starship technology was widely considered less advanced than all other spacefaring DragonKin species of the time, but again made up for it with it's sheer scale. However, their genetics and implants technology was considered unusually high for a DragonKin species and was considered second only to the Ancient Dragoians at the time, possibly due to the presence of Ixnara.
Despite the immense size of Shadraxian personal weapons, they have firing modes calibrated to merely stun smaller species, these stuns are calibrated to rough sizes and will be a light stun to the upper end of this bracket, but a heavy stun to the lower end.
The sheer size of the Shadraxians has often been cited as the main reason for their sluggish technological development even when compared to other DragonKin.
==Culture==
Shadraxian culture is very much one of male subservience, with most females having a male do domestic tasks for them such as raising children while females do high profile tasks such as military work. Due to the bulk of Shadraxian technology and buildings being made for females, it is common for most males to only serve the most menial jobs such as looking after children and cleaning, however, males may be used as birthing doctors, due to the small size of a Shadraxian child being too small to be cared for by a female. It is also not uncommon for males to be used in precision manufacturing work where their relatively small size allows them to perform far more delicate work than a female.
Shadraxians often do not make contact with other species, with the species generally having a good amount of self-awareness that their immense size would make it difficult to communicate, especially considering other most species are sub 50ft. As a result the Shadraxians are often perceived as insular if not outright isolationists by other cultures, although they do occasionally make contact with species such as the Selde and maintain good relations with the Sealachans.
==Reproduction==
Shadraxian reproduction is one of the weirder ones among DragonKin species. Whilst a Shadraxian lays an egg like many DragonKin species, the way in which the egg is fertilised is very odd. To fertilise the batch of eggs (at least 2 each time), a Shadraxian female must devour a Shadraxian male whole. This unique biological function is why midget females have to be killed as they are incapable of devouring a male whole. Unlike some species, reproduction is very pleasurable for the Shadraxians as it allows them to enjoy the unique taste of their own species in a legal way.
However, this reproduction method does lead to no child ever having a biological father, instead being raised by their mother's chosen male (a male which she has to look after her children) due to their mother being too large to actually care for a child (average female at birth is only about 10ft tall, average male at birth is about 3ft).
==Notable Shadraxians==
*Karen Hylnara
*Jaxnira Kynral
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