| rdfs:comment | - A race of Humanity, Kiffar were a sentient species that belonged to the simians, a subgroup of the primate order of mammals. Kiffar were bipedal beings with a bilateral symmetry, having a front and a back end, as well as an upside and downside. Their body comprised a head, neck, torso, and four limbs. The upper limbs, called arms, ended in hands which had five fingers each; the lower ones, called legs, ended in feet with also five digits. Kiffar fingers had multiple points of articulation, and one of them was an opposable thumb that allowed for fine manipulation. Finally, they had one head perched atop a torso. Unlike other mammalian species they had only a light covering of body hair, most of which was concentrated on the head and, in the case of adult males, face. Kiffar were warm-bloode
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| abstract | - A race of Humanity, Kiffar were a sentient species that belonged to the simians, a subgroup of the primate order of mammals. Kiffar were bipedal beings with a bilateral symmetry, having a front and a back end, as well as an upside and downside. Their body comprised a head, neck, torso, and four limbs. The upper limbs, called arms, ended in hands which had five fingers each; the lower ones, called legs, ended in feet with also five digits. Kiffar fingers had multiple points of articulation, and one of them was an opposable thumb that allowed for fine manipulation. Finally, they had one head perched atop a torso. Unlike other mammalian species they had only a light covering of body hair, most of which was concentrated on the head and, in the case of adult males, face. Kiffar were warm-blooded animals, meaning they maintained a constant body temperature independent of the environment using the energy from their food. Kiffar were omnivorous, subsisting on plant and animal-based foods. Kiffar had two sexes: male and female, with the latter being distinguished by their pronounced breasts, overall smaller stature and lesser quantity of body hair. Members of the Kiffar race could interbreed naturally with many other near-Human races. Despite overall physiological uniformity, Kiffar varied greatly in appearance, and no two Kiffar looked exactly alike. One of the diversity factors was height. Kiffar averaged 1.8 meters in height, although males were usually taller and heavier than females. Kiffar hair was grown, cut, and styled for aesthetic or ritualistic reasons— men and females generally wore their hair in long braided locks from childhood through advanced age. The facial hair grown by adult males was kept close cut, as long beards were considered a sign of low-birth. Black of hair, Kiffar hair changed to gray or white as years passed. Their eyes came in shades of blue, green, purple, or brown. Gradiation of skin tone was also seen among Kiffar, ranging from dark brown to a light brown due to the intensity of their system's sole star. Kiffar were sexually-reproduced animals, requiring the mating of an opposite sex couple to produce offspring. While developing in their mother's womb, the child gave her a distinctive "baby bump" accompanied by a significant weight gain. Being mammals, the Kiffar females gave birth to live young, either one or several at a time. The delivery itself normally took place after nine months of pregnancy when a woman would take up residence within a local Temple of Life where professional healers would attend her every need. It was a painful process that could take as much as ten hours; in some circumstances, women could die during childbirth. During their first months of existence, Kiffar babies were usually fed with milk from their mother's breasts. The period during which a young Human developed from a child into an adult was known as adolescence. According to the High Laws of Kiffar, the legal transition from childhood to adulthood was only attained after fifteen standard years of life. Kiffar had an average lifespan of 79 standard years. Those who were keenly attuned to the Force could live up to 200. At any rate, individuals past the age of 80 were considered to have reached an age worthy of veneration. Natural signs of ageing in Kiffar included the whitening or fall of the hair, the loss of teeth, appearance of deep lines, wrinkles and dark blemishes on the skin. Old Kiffar would experience a decline in many cognitive processes, frequently losing track of time, misidentifying people or places and, in extreme cases, momentarily forgetting about their own identity or state. A distinguishing feature of the Kiffar was their practice of applying permanent facial markings near birth called qukuuf. These tattoos were ritualistically applied when young, and were passed down through families on the mother's side and were used to identify the individual's clan.
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