CODEX: ASARI

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ASARI

Names: Asari names are generally feminine in nature.

Gender: The asari are a mono-gendered race and so gender has little meaning for them, though they are all sexually female.

Lifespan: Asari are known to live up to 1,000 years of age. Throughout their lives asari go through three major stages:
Maiden: Begins at puberty and is marked by the drive to explore and experience. Most young asari are curious and restless.
Matron: Begins around the age of 350, though it can be triggered earlier if the individual melds frequently. This period is marked by a desire to settle in one area and raise children.
Matriarch: Begins around 700 years of age, or earlier if the individual melds rarely. Matriarchs become active in their community as sages and councilors, dispensing wisdom from centuries of experience. Matriarchs are rarely seen out of asari space.

Classes: Adept, Vanguard, Sentinel
In general, all asari are born with biotic potential. If an asari choose to develop their biotic talents, they are allowed to join the military. However, if an asari does not choose to develop the talent or is for some reason born without biotic potential, they will be excluded from military service and will likely remain in the civilian sector.

Appearance: Asari are a mono-gendered race that is distinctively feminine in appearance. Their skin tone can range from blue, to purple, to teal. Some asari give themselves unique facial markings, though it is solely for aesthetic purposes. In the place of head hair, asari possess semi-flexible, cartilage based scalp crests that grow into shape. Asari are generally more flexible yet less durable than humans.

Things to Note: Asari can produce offspring with any other gender or species through a unique process known as 'melding', where the asari and her partner attune to eachother's nervous systems, minds, thoughts, and feelings. Asari generally reproduce with other species in order to increase genetic diversity, and also to avoid having their children inherit the rare genetic condition Ardat-Yakshi, an addictive condition where melding always results in the partner's death. While asari are primarily known for their elegance and diplomacy, it should be noted that asari commandos, huntresses, and justicars are all highly trained military forces that make formidable foes.

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