Ndega

Average Height: 1.2 meters
Average Lifespan: 55 years
The Ndega are a sentient avian species that find their homeworld on Kiota II. The complex avian society was discovered by Sullustan explorers roughly sixty-five thousand years ago. A minimal trade started between the Ndega and Sullustans and slowly the market expanded to include a very mixed set of traders based on the planet’s main continent.
Roughly six hundred years ago, the Ndega monarchy petitioned to gain entrance into the Galactic Republic. The world had just entered the last stages of a small intellectual revolution regarding politics and commerce. With trade waning with its traditional partner, Sullust, the Ndega believed the entrance into the galactic body might provide a new set of trading partners. Kiota II’s membership record in the Republic has been uninspiring and new trade opportunities have been limited.
The Ndega society is incredibly complicated, but focused around the monarchy. Most individuals not familiar with Kiota II believe Ndega only have blue or white feathers. This misconception is due to the fact that the two ruling segments of the society have feathers in those color spectrums. The royal family possesses white feathers, while acceptable advisors and merchants come from the blue feathered Ndega.
The red and brown feathered Ndega, or singular Ndege, are little more than serfs and laborers to the ruling classes. By population, the red and brown feathered Ndega out populate the ruling white and blue feathered Ndega almost five to one. The workers harvest fish from the oceans and cultivate colonies of insects that dominate the food sources for the planet.
==Biology and Appearance==
The Ndega stand or perch atop three-toed feet with small talons at the end. The Ndega are exceptionally thin and frail-looking to most other denizens of the galaxy, which is not helped by their thin bones. The face is dominated by a long, pointed beak and small yellow eyes. The color of their feathers can be found in the color ranges of white, blue, red and brown. Like most large avians, the Ndega lost the ability to fly millennia before their discovery.
==Society and Culture==
The royal family has complete control of the governance of the planet and represents the planet to the Senate. There is a small amount of social discontent on the world, after the initial galvanizing at joining the Republic, as trade in the silk threads that dominate the Kiota II’s export market continues to ebb. Overall, ninety percent of the Ndega live a meager day-to-day existence.
Category:Species