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Rejected concept art by Cirr of a race he was considering adding to his setting called enesi.

Author's notes: "Rejected design for a species that may be turning up in The World Is Mine. (Reason for rejection - needs more thinking through)

(also oh god i can't draw caustics)

Species name is enesi. They aren't members of the Alliance. Primarily because part of the criteria for being part of the Alliance means making a certain percentage of owned territory freely available for other Alliance species to live there, and the logistics of this for the aquatic enesi make this practically impossible. The enesi are on good terms with the Alliance, however.

Depicted is a female on the left and a male on the right. Enesi mouthparts consist of teeth that can be extended and retracted as well as angled towards or away the centre of the mouth, and a hollow tongue that tapers to a needle-fine point. They feed primarily off of the blood of the fauna around them and have been very successful at domesticating several species to harvest from. Despite their appearance and freaky eating habits, they're known to be relatively peaceful and forgiving, a reputation that the less peaceful and forgiving enesi particularly resent."