Supleh

"Such an unique, promising young species. Now they have become literate and curious enough to step over their inherent shyness, the Supleh will proof an adorable delight to the universe at large. Be careful how you introduce yourself to them, my child, for they startle easily and anything too emotionally charging will imprint upon these Fungoid people like lava cast at a stone wall. They are my present to you, uplift them well and you are ready to take my Forge."

- First recorded mention of the Supleh species, letter from Their Majesty the Quing, Jut de Hefestite to their child, Their Highness the Heir Kri de Hefestite.

The Supleh are a rather weak species of sapient fungoids. Their homeworld is Soil - an uncreatively named tropical world. A theme that pops up amongst the Supleh rather frequently, as straightforward, polite language and behaviour and an almost childlike quality to their thinking. Because the Supleh are so nonadaptive and homesick, they tend to only inhabit Soil and the Supleh Apology systems.

Biology
"I swear I saw one of those farm fungoids sneaking about the plantation, sir. Yes, I know they'd never leave their own systems, but I know what I saw. It was sneaking among the mushrooms and then it popped into the ground like it was a gopher! No, I didn't smoke any of the crops, I- Oh screw you, go guard your own damn mushrooms."

- Intergalactic police recording of criminal activity, taken before disappearance of the contraband, [time stamp].

Physiology
The Supleh's bodies are always identical, small and stocky, weighing around 40 kilograms to an average height of 1,20 metres. The legs of the Supleh are thick and small, with long toes compared to the rest of their body. They can use these to dig themselves into the earth and extract minimal amounts of water and nutrition from the ground. The bodies of the Supleh are white and papyruslike, some of the skirts of the mushroom bodies flake leaving trails of disgarded skin behind a Supleh, much like mammals losing hair. Under the caps of the Supleh are their spores hidden within the gills. Despite the reproductive nature of these organs, they are seen as nonsexual by the Supleh. Despite the nonsexual nature of the scales of the mushroom body, these are covered up. Most likely this is in reinactment of the behaviours seen in other species, whom do cover themselves up in such ways for elemental protection or decoration.

Much akin to many other species that have colour differences among their phenotypes, so do the Supleh. Surprisingly their stems and limbs are always consistant in colour, ranging from a pale, transparant white to a creamy yellowish white. Their true differences lie in the colourful caps formed ontop of the head of the Supleh, that have different variations, each of the four corrosponding with a traditional race. The colours are red, lilac, purple and blue. From this traditional racial difference now sprout the four noble houses the Supleh know today.

The underglow of the caps are either green or blue. The glow is created by the inherent energy of the Supleh, which has so far been unsuccesfully researched since the fall of the Hefestite Enlightened Quingdom. Older theories describe the colour being based on the sex of the Supleh, among which there would be internal and mental changes which could be seen in the either masculine or feminine glow of the Supleh. Whether blue or green was the masculine or feminine energy was subject to furious debate, until researchers attempted to use the native languistics as a guide within this mystery. From that research came forth an uncomfortably complex web of sexes, genders and procreation techniques used by the Supleh. Interest in this subject has waned as a result of the discovery.

Inherent abilities
There are skills natural to all species across the galaxy. Some Avians spread their wings and soar from flat to flat. Some Mammals track across the dessert for days with no need for water. The Supleh are no different, despite their deceptively underdeveloped appearances.

Culture
"The Supleh can briefly be summerised as follows: children being dragged kicking and screaming into the pilot seat of a research ship, which they proceeded to promptly crash back into their home planet and refused to get out of their own atmosphere unless forced to."

- Quote from "Oh those Xenos", an intergalactic sketch and roast show [time stamp].

Identifying strong cultural traits among the Supleh is rather easy as they are quite monolithical. Amongst the four noble houses there are visible differences, but these do not commonly carry over to the peasantry, which make out the majority of Supleh. The culture is not only monolithic, but also very stagnant and seems to not have progressed past the fall of the Hefestite Enlightened Quingdom.

Noble culture
There are four noble houses among the Supleh. These hail from the times before the Supleh Uplifting and are racial in nature.