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Why do Anomids give off ‘Mad Scientist’ vibes?

Arkis Wode

This guy leads the Schism Collective. He's most notable as one of Malgus' lackeys during The False Emperor flashpoint. (He's the one who sics HK on you.) You can kill him or spare him for LS points. Regardless, given that he spends half the Flashpoint telling you that he's going to kill you, he surrenders awfully quickly. Then he bitches that the Republic didn't respect his genius and the "old" Empire didn't respect non-humans. Hence he wound up with Malgus.

Vell Narroc

Vell technically worked for the Republic, but was leading one of their most corrupt projects : The Power Guards on Nar Shaddaa from the Jedi Knight story. He defends the practice, considering the volunteers "heroes". Regardless of affiliation, he is not a credit to his species.

Voklov Adaim

Voklove doesn't appear on screen, but he's scheduled to be executed for developing bioweapons. I don't know if that says more about himself or the laws and traditions of his homeworld.

Jarak

Finally, a man who needs no introduction : Jarak spent years tormenting Vaylin to install her mental blocks. He's a first-rate monster. (Later, we find out he also tortured Felix Iresso.)

Just once I'd like to see an Anomid who was a bit more ... positive.

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Star Wars Alien Species - Anomid

Yablari was home to the native sentient species, the Anomid, who were known as wealthy pacifists. The world was also predominantly used as an agriworld. While the world was sometimes prone to mass droughts, the land was fertile and good for growing plants.

Anomids almost always wore elaborate masks which covered most of their faces. These were not breath masks, but vocalizer units. Since Anomids had no vocal cords, they relied on these vocalizer masks to communicate with other species. These masks were often elaborately customized to reflect an Anomid's social status, family origin, or profession. Among themselves, Anomids communicated using an elaborate sign language. Anomid sign language required six-fingered hands, which made it difficult for Humans or Human-programmed protocol droids to use.

Anomids were governed by a Central Council, whose members were appointed by regional groups of techno-nobles, scholars, and business leaders for one to seven year terms. Their legal system was cumbersome, as laws were never repealed. Instead, new laws were added to counter or modify old ones. Offworlders often studied the intricacies of the Anomid legal system, either for ideas for their own legal systems, or as examples of what not to do.

Anomid civilization had a long history of pacifism and technical achievement. Though they developed hyperdrive technology first, they did not leave their home system for a century. They finally sent probes to other systems when a drought threatened food production on their home planet, by the year 15,000 BBY. After coming across a Duros colony which could bolster the Yablari system's food supplies, the Anomids developed a strong interest in meeting other cultures. They soon became active members of the Galactic Republic, learning technologies and other ideas from foreign cultures in order to benefit their society. Among the first technologies they acquired were advanced Ithorian agricultural techniques, for which the Anomids were always grateful. Much of the technology developed or acquired by the Anomids had to do with agriculture—food was the main export and import to the Yablari system. They were also experts in the miniaturization of computer components, though they refused to work on computers with military applications.

During the Cold War, Anomid technicians discovered the blueprints for an ancient Columi-machine and intended to recreate it with modern materials.

Most Anomids were pacifists—historians believed that no major wars had ever been fought in the Yablari system. However, around 50 BBY, a nonconformist subculture developed among the younger Anomids. These nonconformists wore light, sleeveless clothes rather than the oversized robes favored by most Anomids, and rejected their traditional pacifist ideals. In the years preceding the Clone Wars, many Anomids living on Coruscant were afflicted with an outbreak of Brainworm Rot Type A, as were Wol Cabasshites.

During the Imperial era, the Central Council was internally divided, but supported the Empire for the good of the Yablari system. Rebel operatives, on the other hand, liked to befriend Anomid travelers who might be persuaded to give money to the cause. Some Rebel safeworlds used Anomid food technology to stretch limited supplies.

Anomids who ventured away from their homeworld typically were rogues or nonconformists whose political ideologies clashed with that of their homeworld's Central Council. During the Great Galactic War and the ensuing Cold War, most Anomids sided with the Republic, while those marauders found throughout the galaxy could be found with a number of allegiances, including the Hutt Empire and Darth Malgus' New Empire in an organization known as the Schism Collective. Others sought new technologies or corporate connections which could be made in other regions of the Republic. Rarely getting involved in any form of military or defense force, Force-sensitive Anomid were drawn to the ideology of the Jedi Order.

Anomids were humanoids. Their skin was translucent with a faint coloring ranging from a light violet to a pale purple and was smooth, but wrinkled with age. They had large, slender hands with six fingers on each: two end fingers, two center fingers and two thumbs, with a sharp claw on each. The fingers were paired in twos and slightly spaced apart from the others. The eyes of the Anomids were solid, with no visible irises or pupils and have been seen in varying shades of yellow or blue. The Anomids had pointed, fin-like ears that protruded from the sides of their heads. Anomid hair was often long and well kept, and was always found in shades of black, gray or white. Some Anomids had bald domes with wrinkled skin and sparse hairs, though this could have been an effect of aging as other, presumably younger, Anomids were seen with full heads of hair. The most notable thing about Anomids' appearance was the metallic, often elaborate and aesthetic masks they wore on the bottom half of their faces. These were not breath masks, as many offworlders might have assumed, but rather vocalizer units. The Anomids were born without vocal cords, so many decided to adorn their faces with these machines to better communicate with the galaxy, as learning or even understanding the six-fingered sign language of the Anomids was difficult to near impossible for most humanoids or humanoid-built droids.

They ranged from 1.7 to 1.9 meters or 5.6 to 6.2 feet tall.

Anomids age at the following stages:

1 - 13 Child

14 - 17 Young Adult

18 - 45 Adult

46 - 70 Middle Age

71 - 94 Old

Examples of Names: Zadan Isp, Vap Kilif, Magris Quill, Wif Sissk, Yin Vocta, Drezzim Zar.

Languages: With the aid of their Vocalizer Masks, Anomids can speak Basic. Anomids also employ an intricate silent language using body and hand gestures. With six fingers on each hand, many Anomid words are "Unpronounceable" by Species with fewer digits. The language is purely gestural and has no written element.

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