Important leaders and famous Sullustans were entombed in the Gallery of Ancestors and the Catacomb of Eminents.
The most important of these rites as the Tomb-walling ceremony, an elaborate funeral procedure. Death, known as "Eternal Sleep", was viewed with great reverence. Sullustan names were often direct translations from Sullustese words and typically consisted of a given name and surname of four letters each.īurial rites were given particular focus in Sullustan culture, with vast crypts and vaults maintained by crypt masters. Because of this, their flowing, staccato language of Sullustese was known to many smugglers. Inspired by legends like Mayjeln, Sullustan spacers put their skills as navigators to use and were prized crewers across the galaxy. At the outset of Ready, "Fems" chose their mates and founded their own Warren-clans.įew Sullustans left their homeworld, but those that did often found employment as pilots or merchants. Unmated females, known as "Fems", were active members of their communities until they reached the status of "Ready" which marked their breeding years. Each clan consisted of one polyandrous female, several husbands and their young. Sullustans organized themselves into familial units known as Warren-clans. Inquisitive by nature, some have described Sullustans as reckless, especially for their preference to learn and discover whenever possible through personal experience. Though fond of practical jokes and extremely shrewd in their business dealings, they were eager to explore and travel the galaxy. As a species they were altogether lacking in xenophobia.
Sullustans were outgoing and mercantile, friendly and pragmatic. This ability extended to sublight and hyperspace navigation, as well as patrol work, so much so that Sullustans made excellent scouts, pilots and navigators Sullustan pilots scouted the Rimma Trade Route and those who joined the Rebel Alliance were put to use foiling Imperial covert operations. Sullustans possessed an exceptional innate sense of direction and intuition since their civilization grew in underground tunnels many were able to navigate a path after seeing a map only once. Cranial hair was rare for males, but females of the species often grew it it was considered a symbol of individuality and was worn in a manner helping to express this. Sullustans were pink-skinned and generally hairless, although facial hair was known to occur in some cases in males, as it did with pilot Dllr Nep and his white goatee. It was very difficult to get a Sullustan drunk, and Sullustans who did get drunk did not suffer hangovers. Like humans, Sullustans had only a single heart and one stomach.
Some Sullustans tattooed their heads as a form of individual expression. After significant deterioration, many chose to wear special visors to prevent further damage. Perhaps due to their relative lack of exposure to natural light, Sullustans began to suffer from corneal defects after 30 standard years. Sullustans could see up to 20 meters in the dark without being sensitive to infra-red, meaning they could effectively read and see normally with no light at all. Having evolved in the underground of their planet, their wide earlobes provided excellent hearing and a sense of directional sound, and their large eyes provided exceptional low-light vision and excellent peripheral vision. Sullustans were distinguishable for their almond-shaped black eyes, facial jowls called dewflaps and large, round ears. A diminutive species of near-Humans, Sullustans ranged from 1 to 1.8 meters in height and bore round, tapered skulls.
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