Suchan

An adult Suchan ready for bed.

Suchans, an intelligent spacefaring reptilian race, are strong believers in tradition, combat, and honor, living in the swamps of Nyle-6. Built like a tank, their natural stature and bulk along with their glory-filled warrior culture make them some of the most feared and respected individuals in the galaxy.

## Appearance

Suchans are a bipedal spacefaring race resembling the Crocodylia Order of Reptiles on Earth, sporting armored scales, powerful tails, and strong, toothy snouts. The main differing physical attributes are their bipedal stature, opposable thumbs, and more varied coloration. Suchans are built like a tank, with powerful muscles holding up their twelve foot tall armored body.

Suchans come in many colors, but their backs are always significantly darker than their underbellies, a result of their ancient past as aquatic ambush predators. Their scales aren’t quite as durable as strong metals like steel or titanium, but are certainly strong armor on their own. These scutes line the entirety of the body, though the underbelly is much weaker.

Suchan clothing is most commonly a suit of armor relating to Japanese Samurai, as they have a strong warrior culture embedded in their society. This armor is considered to be the prized possession of any Suchan, next to their weapon of choice. The head is uncovered, to show pride in individuality, and their tails are left flexible for attacks.

## Biology

### Habitat

The Suchan Homeworld is Nyle-6, a continental planet with mostly large, marshy continents and miniature oceans. Suchans are best suited for living in swampland, and build their homes there out of, inside, and on the native Grompa Trees, boasting an emerald green tint. Most Suchan homes are multiple stories, draped with Witch’s Hair Moss and full of cultural decor. The few continents that are not naturally swampland have been terraformed by Suchans, creating unique marsh hybrids of other biomes, like mountain ranges with valleys filled with water, and gaping caverns flooded with marsh.

### Diet

Suchans are entirely carnivorous, and hold ravenous feasts as a result of their highly active lifestyle. They boast an extremely adaptive diet, eating essentially any meat they can get their claws on, from tiny rodent-like creatures to monstrous beasts even larger than themselves, like Gigacobras and Jogura. They feast weekly, eating multiple times their body weight, and burn it off throughout the week through combat and other physical work. A favorite delicacy of Suchans is the Wackabeast, a large, horned mammalian herbivore weighing over two tons. Even the massive horns are devoured, crushed by the incredible bite force of Suchans.

Suchans believe farming so be cruel and against tradition, and as such will hunt for their own food, or purchase meals from professional hunters.

### Reproduction

Suchans are not particularly raunchy or sex-driven during any point of the year, seeing reproduction as a means of showing affection for a mate and carrying on their family name in warrior combat. Upon fertilization, female Suchans lay 2 - 4 eggs, each containing one Suchan embryo, which have an incubation period of about 1 GUY. Suchans rarely reproduce more than once in their lives, though the current emperor is more likely to mate several times.

## Culture

### Behavior

Suchans have developed spacefaring technology, but most see laser or energy-based weapons as uncivilized, and as such will only equip things like rockets onto their spacecraft, using melee weapons in individual combat.

### Warrior Culture

Suchan society upholds tournament-style combat as the most common and most respected form of entertainment and profession, with many training their whole lives to compete and protect their family name. The prized possession of any Suchan is their armor, gifted to them upon reaching adulthood, and their weapon of choice; they obtain their first as a gift when they receive their armor, but may purchase a different one from local blacksmiths.

### Government

Suchans follow an Emperor or Empress until their passing, at which point the Crown Prince or Princess, the eldest offspring of the leader, becomes the new leader of the Suchanese Empire. Alternatively, if the Emperor or Empress is defeated in combat, the throne is granted to their competitor. As such, the leader of Suchan society is most often the strongest, most skilled individual fighter on the planet, and is respected as such; Emperors and Empresses are expected to act as the “optional final boss” in a tournament. Challenging the throne is an uncommon but very exciting event, and is often celebrated across the lands.

## Characters of Importance

Some important figures of this race include:

* Emperor Do'Kai Trench, the current Emperor of the Suchanese Empire
* Crown Prince Bogo Trench, the current next-in-line of the Suchanese Empire
* Giovanni Wrakthaw, a beloved warrior who uses his natural weapons to compete
* Ryoshi Fotan, a beloved warrior who uses her signature katana to compete