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both for their great size and for their nuanced and highly
cultured civilization. There are two particular pachyesh
tribes with enough differences to merit separate entries.
Where unspecified, all particulars below apply to both
Watu and Brachachon, although most cultural and behavioral distinctions here tend to be Brachachon, while
the Watu have their own entry at this chapter’s end.
Physiology & Appearance
At first glance, Pachyaur appear to be diminutive elephants with two additional limbs and an upright torso.
One can lean forward so its arms and trunk can easily
reach the ground, or stand upon its hindmost legs to
reach high into trees.
Pachyaur are smaller than their elephant brethren,
and only when rearing on their hind legs can they look
one eye to eye. Measured top of head to base of tail, the
average pachyaura is twelve feet, though a pachyaura
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measures only nine feet long chest to rump and stands
just under nine feet tall (roughly half again the height
of a human). Its massive frame weighs roughly four
blocks, or the equivalent of six average human men.
Pachyaur have thick trunks just over two feet long
through which they drink and breathe, just like elephants. This boneless, prehensile proboscis can twist
and coil to grab and hold objects as powerfully as any
of its arms. The tip has two finger-like protrusions to
pick up and manipulate smaller objects, gather and sort
food, crack nutshells, or handle tools or musical instruments. Pachyaur have an especially sensitive sense of
smell wherever their trunk can reach.
Their mouths hold enormous, flat grinding teeth. Only
bull Pachyaur have tusks—eighteen-inch-long ivory
protrusions emerging beneath the eyes on either side
of the trunk. While only manipulated by turning the
head, these tusks can be used to scratch and preen others but are also formidable weapons in their own right.
