The Drowned

Merguntalians, colloquially known as The Drowned, were a species of semi-aquatic primates native to the world of Lugo Mergunt. Originally a proud and advanced people, the Drowned gained their infamous nickname during a period of unchecked climate change, which began to destroy their homeworld. As it became clear that there was no stopping the rising sea levels and increasingly wild storms, several wealthy and powerful Merguntalians created a serum that would, in theory, give their species gills and other fishlike characteristics that would allow them to survive a completely underwater lifestyle. In reality, this serum horribly disfigured and mutated the species, placing them in a constant state of waterlogged undeath; they would feel as though they were on the verge of drowning while underwater, yet would nearly suffocate when on the surface. 
Try as they might, the Drowned were unable to reverse this process, and their eventual expansion and colonization of other star systems only served to remind them of their failures. With tens of thousands of ships and nothing to loose, the Drowned were eventually recruited by Xanos to fight with his Golden Legion. A small number of Drowned still roam the galaxy unaligned, though Lugo Mergunt has since been destroyed under mysterious circumstances. 
The Drowned have a cynical warrior culture, where causing pain to others is seen is the only way to find joy in a life of ceaseless agony. They see most other races as soft and naïve, as they have not had to suffer as the Drowned have. Before the serum was introduced into their population, any adult Drowned was capable of reproducing with any other member of it's species, though in modern times drowned will reproduce asexually, laying eggs that hatch into new Drowned. As they used to be mammals, this process is very gross.
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