Shavashan

The Shavashan are a Civilized species of the Unified Civilized Races and a member of the United Civilized Council.

Description
The Shavashan are a bipedal Saurian race with two arms, their eyes are black and they stand around four feet tall. Indentured workers have their tails amputated at birth, this procedure is not performed on the more privileged members of their society. Their tails are used for fat storage.

Culture
Shavashan society is divided into, at least, 3 strata: Indentured workers, Craftsbeings/Merchants, Privileged Families.

Shavashan eggs are laid in sand to hatch, the parents raise their young for a number of years. Shavashan young are referred to as hatchlings.

Females of higher societal standing are known to use vanity wax and polish as cosmetic covering for the dulling of scales which comes with age.

The Shavashan perform DNA scans to determine what each individual will be best at, happiest at and give them a sense of completion.

When feasting the Shavashan are known to favor roast beast.

"Glory and honor to my house, with eggs and burrows the envy of all, by might or trickery my house, my burrow, my clutch ascendant." - an ancient mantra of the Shavashan people.

History
Historically the Shavashan were genetically modified as a food species by the Mantid race.

Home System
Shavash, while the location is not known, it is remote from the Telkan system.

Notable Members

 * Fleet Admiral (retired) Aastruk eshThsashal - Navigator of the starship To Wrest Answers from the Darkness (See Notable Members of the HiKruth). Aastruk converted all of his possessions and wealth to simple gold bars and vanished after visiting the Electronic Artistic Studios planet of Meratarrian( TM ).
 * Speaker Hashknesh - Female Diplomat; Shavashan representative on the Unified Civilized Council who interacted frequently with Dreams of Something More.
 * Tuku'unga - Female craftsbeing, owner of Tuku'unga Custom Ceramics, commissioned by Dreams of Something More and murdered by the Lanaktallan Second Most High Vru'umo'ot.
 * Sleesavash -  Male worker for the Kistimet Corporation Security and one of the 5 neo-sapient members of Vuxten's first squad.