Jhester
| Jhester | |
|---|---|
| Base Information | |
| Classification | |
| Terrain | Swamp |
| Locomotion | Amphibious Walker |
| Size | 1.3m |
| Speed | Slow |
| Strength | |
| Social Structure | small groups |
| Weapons | None |
| Armor | None |
| Source | |
| Homeworld | Nukaush (Dagudashaag 1906) |
| Multi-world | Yes |
| Canon | No |
| Reference | "Port of Call: Nukaush." Signal-GK 10 8. |
The Jhesters are perhaps the best known example of a shape-changer.
Physiology and Ecology[edit]
Jhesters are only found in the region around the Jhester Seas of Nukaush (Dagudashaag 1906). Nukaush is one of only two planets in Dagudashaag to have developed polymorphic fauna. Creatures from this region all have the following characteristics:
- All lack scales or fur, instead they have a thick layer of epidermis, which they can alter to be thinner or thicker as required.
- 'Bones' consist of flexible hollow tubes made up of a flexible cartilage which can be reshaped and then filled with a super-dense 'blood'-like fluid to give the creature skeletal strength.
Its natural form is of a 1.3 metre high frog-like creature with long limbs and long digits, yet it is capable of mimicking most racial forms through mentally controlling the alteration of its bone and outer skin. Jhesters can only imitate images that they see and then only on the surface. A Jhester can create ridges of 'armour', grow new limbs (though these generally lack strength or dexterity and are more for decoration than function) or 'false’ sensory organs, or even swell their size to half again its original bulk through creating pockets of methane deep within the layers of epidermis.
Jhesters are not intelligent though scientists have not yet been able to figure out the mechanism which controls the metamorphosis.
History and Background[edit]
Most other polymorphic creatures lack the Jhester’s ability to imitate a wide variety of creatures and generally develop a defensive and attack form, often in imitation of their most feared predator. Jhesters have been classed as nonintelligent, though the Brethren Uplift Institute has stated that it is their belief that Jhesters could develop intelligence eventually. This theory is hotly contended by many other scientists.
Surprisingly, in all other regions of Nukaush, the animals have developed along standard evolutionary patterns. In the Jhester Seas region, however, the native life forms are both amphibious and shape changing.
Jhesters have become a popular pet throughout Dagudashaag, Vland and Gushemege Sectors.
Trivia[edit]
Unknown to modern researchers, Jhesters are the regressed descendants of the Gograhhah race.
References and contributors[edit]
- Jae Campbell. "Port of Call: Nukaush." Signal-GK 10 (1995): 8. via HIWG
- Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 174-175.