Monso Pien

The **Monso Pien**, also known as just the **Monso**, are a race of nearly hairless bipedal mammalians from the moon Monso Appen. Monso are able to manipulate their environment through the use of their opposable feet. The Monso are a genetic creation of the Phylote, meaning many cultures look down at them as a "pet" species. The Monso come in many varieties, with their wattles designating family status.

## Biology and appearance

The Monso Pien are a race of nearly hairless bipedal mammalians from Monso Appen, the moon of Monso Gigen. The Monso have two legs, a small head at the end of an elongated neck, and extended tail. The legs are doubled joint with meaty thighs. The tail begins thickly with multiple fat folds and ends with a pointed nub. Monso Pien are typically 1.8 meters tall and weigh 124 kilograms.

The head of the Monso has a long and lumpy snout, with two nostrils at the end. The jaw can have up to twelve rounded teeth, most of which poke out from the lip. The Monso's two, large eyes have enlarged pupils and darkened lids. The eyes have heightened vision, and can come in various colors. A red-colored wattle connects the Monso's chin and neck, of which the size and shape varies upon the Monso's family status, with the jarnz leader having a larger wattle. Most of the Monso's variation come with the head, with different eye, snout, chin, and lip shapes, giving the Monso Pien hundreds of different profile combinations.

The Monso have no arms, instead using their five-toed opposable feet as a means of grasping and manipulation. The feet are essentially hands, with four toes and one thumb toes, along with a thick palm that functions as the sole for the feet. The Monso have pale, peach-colored skin. The Monso are also nearly hairless, possessing a patchy coat of fur with random scattered hairs. These hairs are transparent and colorless, making them invisible unless closely inspected.

Monso Pien typically live for 60 years, maturing at the age of eleven. Monso jarnz are equally contribute to the raising of young, which are born already capable of running. Like most species, Monso Pien have two sexes that are assigned at birth, males and females. The main difference between the males and females is that the males typically have larger wattles, while the females have larger thighs for giving birth to live young.

## Society and culture

Monso Pien culture lacks any kinds of large-scale urbanization, instead having two to three families flock together into groups called "jarnz". The various Monso Pien jarnz have an annual gathering at places called "habitual holes", which a chosen jarnz tends for the remainder of the year. The habit holes are large structures, reminiscent of the cities that the Monso lack elsewhere. The habit holes wildly vary in size and can play host of merely fifty Monso to up to ten thousand Monso during the jarnz gatherings. The gatherings serve as a celebration in which the jarnz share their harvests and storytellers delight the populace with myths and recountings of events.

Monso are often stereotyped due to their more simple nature as hunter-gatherers. Despite this, the Monso are an expressive race with an analytical nature. The Monso Pien are often looked down upon by other races because of their history as genetically modified creations, making others see them as a "primitive" and "stupid" species. Even though their culture and habits are more simplistic, the Monso Pien have a diverse culture with rites and celebrations, with the Monso being just as valid as other species. Off-world Monso can be found by themselves.

The main language spoke by the Monso is Phylese, a "pet" language developed from their creator's, the Phylotes, original language Nugelles.

## History

The ancient ancestor of the Monso Pien was the Monso Appa, an ancient reptilian that lived on Monso Appen. At an unknown time, around 10,000 to 15,000 YBO, the advanced Phylotes first discovered the Appa. Using their genetic rescramblers, the Phylote toyed with the Appa, until they created the Monso Pien, named after the Nugelles word for naked, upon which they released this newly created species back onto the moon.

The initial introduction of the Monso disrupted the environment, but over the years, the environment was able to re-balance itself as the Monso gained sentience. Monso culture began to develop by 0 YAO.

Around 500 YAO, the OGC first discovered the Monso Pien, and made contact with the moon. Despite initial reservations, the Monso eventually became members of the OGC soon after. Soon after, evidence of the Monso's creation was discovered, which unfortunately quickly established the Monso's reputation in the galaxy.

The Monso have remained members of the OGC since then, with a Rector in the government and even multiple Monso Parsons. The Monso governments has attempted to sue the Phylotes multiple times, but these cases have all been dismissed, mostly due to the Phylotes being uncooperative.

## Monso Pien in the galaxy

In the wider galaxy, the Monso are a rare species, with most Monso staying on their homeworld or in the nearby systems. Off-world Monso can be found throughout the eastern Unclaimed Regions, where the species as a whole is judged less.

Because of their reputation and the various biases of others, Monso have trouble finding work, forcing many Monso to work with the underground, a task unfitting with the specie's cheerful nature. Monso that work in the OGC often work in the government, where such biases against the race are absent.