Norin

HOMEWORLD: Pixe
OTHER WORLDS OF POLITICAL RULE: none
OLITICAL AFFILIATIONS: Kajerist slave race; Liberators; Interworld Kounsil
CATEGORY: avian
BASEFORM: no
OTHER LIMBS: arms are wings with hands; small bird legs
TAIL: quill feathers
HAIR/FUR: coat of contour feathers, except for beak and lower legs
HORNS/BEAK: broad pointed beak, yellow orange to red orange
EYES: black, on side of head
EXTERNAL EARS: none
NOSE CARTILAGE: none
TEETH: none
SCALES: none
SKIN COLOR: pastel shades, lighter and duller than feathers
HAND DIGITS: three
CLAWS/NAILS: short talons
FOOT DIGITS: three, rear talon opposed; has externally-wrapped tendon wrapped around each leg
CLAWS/NAILS: talons
GENDER DIFFERENCES: females larger, often with brood spots
GENITAL: hidden
AVERAGE HEIGHT: 5 feet 7 inches = 7 feet 11 inches
AVERAGE HEIGHT: 4 kroop 3 kreep = 6 kroop 1 kreep
TELEPATHY: receptive
LIFESPAN: 32 Intergal years

OTHER NOTES: stout bodies, typically longer from head to tail than head to foot; feathers in bright pastel colors over most of body, bright on both genders; off white to gray on undersides; "regal" Norins have comb of feathers on head above eyes; legs have additional wrap

Norins usually reside in the Northwest Range on the Isle of Inhabitation. The second of Pixe’s races to approach true Sentience, they serve as Pixe’s diplomats and tradesmen, often in place of the other Pixian races. Pixians were scattered throughout the galaxy by slavery following the Kajerist occupation of Pixe beginning in 62179 but most returned to Pixe following the Kajerist defeat in 62198.