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- Homeworld:
Mimban
- Size:
1.6 meters
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From the Expanded Universe
An underground-dwelling race of furred humanoids, the Coway inhabit Mimban, the fifth planet in the Circarpous system. This aggressive species has an intense dislike of surface dwellers. When the Empire arrived on Mimban, the Coway avoided them by moving deeper under the surface. Unfortunately, the Imperial mining operation infringed on that space, causing the Coway to rebel with unpredictable spurts of violence.
Near-bottomless shafts built by the extinct Thrella often have side passages called Coway shafts leading to their underground world. One particular Coway shaft, lit by a type of luminous fungi, contains a vast subterranean lake that the Coway cross on large lilypads. The lake houses a dangerous, amorphous pseudopod-creature, and an abandoned Thrella city is located on the lake's far edge. This shaft's 200 Coway live in a primitive village built in a huge natural amphitheater. Their tribes are ruled by a triumvirate of leaders, who appeal to their god Canu for judgment on important matters.
Coway are covered with fine gray down. They are bipedal humanoids, with small eyes and large eyelids, and infrared vision that allows them to see in the dark. Their digestive system utilizes stronger amino acids for digesting uncooked meats, lichens, and fungus that would be poisonous to humans.
