Hyrah

<-- Back to Sophonts The Hyrah were originally from the small, wet forest world of Iol, which orbited a gas giant whose name has since been lost to all but the most dedicated of historians. About a million cycles before their homeworld's star was due to go supernova, they (with the help of the galactic community) hyperspatially transferred their homeworld to a stable lunar-type orbital around the Core Halo gas giant Briux. This was the first such endeavor in the post-Silence era, and it was not the last (see Mars).

The Hyrah themselves are highly philosophical and largely sedentary beings, preferring to meditate and tend to their gardens than do much else. Indeed, movement in general is rather difficult for the Hyrah. This is due in part to the sedentary nature of their ancestors, ambush predators who would lie submerged in the primal mud of the old forests and wait for prey to come along so they could devour it.

The native language of the Hyrah sounds, in the colorful words of Krit, "like a dying walrus attempting to pass gas." This is punctuated by agonized shrieks and pathetic flopping (to emphasize points).