Studying the Native Peoples Prt1
Riggen is the only planet in the Binary System Exsolis to have sentient life on comparable levels as humans. After many visits the language barriers have lightened enough to request a more formal study of the biology of our celestial comrades.
The lifeforms refer to themselves as Riggi, an obvious reference to their home planet. Due to a much longer existence as a species, and the unique, near fantastical shaping of their global environment, Riggi is a blanket term for three distinct, sister-species of a now-extinct parent species.
Part I: Commonalities of Sister-Species
There exists a basic physiology between the three sister-species. Discussion with members of all three reveal that these similarities are stressed from early in life, as a reminder that differences are due to need alone.
Riggis are humanoid in basic shape, with a grey-blue skin hue and wool-like hair that comes in shades of red or black. They have four eyes, with a primary pair sitting where a human’s would; while the secondary pair is smaller for both genders, the males’ eyes sit with their tops roughly level, while the females’ smaller eyes are diagonally out and above the primary eyes.
Riggis have a second pair of less developed, though fully functioning, arms, which form about a hand’s width under the “primary set.” In addition, Riggis have tails. The functions and in-depth descriptions of these tails reside in the subspecies analyses.
Eye color revolves around shades of black, green, and yellow, though I have been told there are the rarer red and blue colored eyes, which are a societal indicator of “divine descent.”
Out of the 56 males and 34 females that agreed to study, there’s an average height of approximately 190cm (nearly 6’3”), and weigh on average 60kg (around 132lbs). While by human standards, this is notably underweight, I am assured by a physician amongst the group that this is an acceptable standard for adults. Further study of their apparent health corroborates this.Males trend higher and heavier than females.