Vorrak

The Vorrak are a race of large, reptilian demihumanoids native to the the planet Rakkar, a largely tropical world, covered with coastal jungles and inner deserts. Due to the harsh climate of their homeworld, the Vorrak are strong and hardy species, as is necessary to survive in their local environment.

## Biology

### Anatomy

Vorrak are tall widely built, reptilian humanoids. Their bodies are covered in thick armor plates which enable them to withstand volleys of most forms of low caliber weaponry and make them virtually impervious to the cuts and scrapes that other species suffer from on a daily basis. They are extremely resistant to hazards of the environment, such as radiation and temperature extremes. Their hides are usually a mixture of green and tan colors. Adult male Vorrak typically stand between 2.3-2.8 meters in height, and weigh between 350 and 450 kilograms. Females are notable smaller, standing at around 2-2.4 meters tall, and weigh some 300 to 350 kilograms.

Vorrak are possessed of sharp claws on their hands and feet, as well as a mouth filled with teeth capable of crushing bone and a variety of tough plant materials. Combined with their thick armor plating, and large amounts of dense, strong muscle, this makes Vorrak ferociously powerful creatures, capable of digging through the ground to turn up roots or brutally dismembering large prey with equal ease. However, while their large, four fingered hands are excellent for brute force, their clawed fingers have poor dexterity, making them relatively unsuited for delicate tasks.

Vorrak are possessed of a layer of fatty tissue below the armor plates on their backs, which allows them to go long periods of time without food or water. They possess two stomach chambers, the first of which is powerful and muscular, while the second possesses a frightfully potent acidic digestive system. The Vorrak are also possessed of numerous redundant organs. While they possess one large, primary heart, they are also gifted with a pair of secondary hearts, as well as four lungs, and two extremely efficient livers which make them stupendously resistant to a wide variety of toxins. The specific chemical makeup of their blood also makes it conductive to neural signals, essentially making their circulatory also function as a secondary nervous system and making it nigh impossible to paralyze them. Unfortunately for the Vorrak, this does make them quite vulnerable to electric shocks.

The tremendous size of the Vorrak makes them walking armored tanks, but also results in them being quite unsuited to graceful or agile movement. They are also quite slow to accelerate when running, though once they get up to full speed, they can run at clips of around 30 kilometers per hour, which they can usually maintain for a full day before tiring.

### Diet

Vorrak are omnivorous reptiles, capable of consuming a variety of plants and roots, as well as being perfectly capable of devouring flesh and bones. Their immensely powerful digestive systems allow them to digest every part of an animal carcass, including horns and bones, as well as rotten meat. Additionally, they can consume the hardiest of roots. tough cacti and desert plants, as well as numerous types of wood. Their powerful immune system also makes them resistant to the toxins found in many plants and rotten flesh.

### Development, Lifespan, and Reproduction

Vorrak are possessed of immense lifespans, thanks to their numerous redundant organs and astounding capabilities for recovering from injuries. Whilst they mature rapidly, becoming adolescent six years after hatching from their eggs, and a full grown adult by the age of nine, Vorrak possess lifespans far surpassing those of most other species, exceeded only by a select few. Specimens have been recorded as being able to live nearly twenty centuries, becoming middle aged at about a millennia, and beginning to significantly slow and degrade at around fourteen centuries of age.

Vorrak can usually begin mating by the time they hit adolescence at age six or seven. Males internally fertilize females during mating, approximately two standard weeks later, the female will lay a clutch of fifteen to thirty eggs, which will incubate for a further month before hatching.