Zweynolarphian

The Zweynolarphians or commonly known by their humans pets as Whistlers or Keepers are an alien insect species.

Biology
Zweynolarphians are tall insectoid species, exceeding the height of any human. They’re covered in plates of body armor, with shoulders that are broad and a narrow waist with legs that are long and covered with bone-hard protrusions. The language of the Zweynolarphians mostly resemble chirps and are produced by mandible mouthparts or maxillae.

Background
Zweynolarphian had dealings with another species known as the Cryptops who around two hundred years ago exported enslaved humans or Y-Dax in reference to their area of space they originate.

Culture
The Zweynolarphians had contact with others species like the Cryptops and even acquired exotic animals such as the Y-Dax from them creating a booming pet trade in their region.

In daily life Zweynolarphian behave similar to human culture, having values such a family and companionship with other genders.

While some civilizations in the quadrants of the galaxy such as the Cryptops argued about the morality of keeping Y-Dax as pets, the Zweynolarphians took a more pragmatic approach reasoning that while the Y-Dax were no doubt intelligent creatures were still just animals as they could not effectively communicate in the Zweynolarphian language. Thus the Zweynolarphians have bred their human herds for recreational purposes for hundreds of generations. Some are specific breeds such as:


 * Racing line: A line of Y-Dax that are built slim but muscled. Zweynolarphian note that females are faster than males when young. Owners try to avoid breeding females as a pregnancy can cripple their pet's career.
 * Hunter line: A line of Y-Dax that specializes in tracking, possessing an overdeveloped sense of smell that it’s so enhanced that any of this line’s ilk can detect a single drop of blood in a barrel of water.
 * Gentle line: A line of selectively bred Y-Dax that were culled of every nervous or aggressive member until all that were left were the most mellow-tempered of individuals. This left members of the line free of any deviance in behavior.

Other lines exist as the Zweynolarphians have bred humans for ages to be exactly how they want them to be; some of the males have special colored eyes or hair or skin, like piebaldism, some of them have unique facial features like big low-set ears or uniquely-shaped lips or eyes or whatever a keeper could find interesting and worth breeding and trying to breed towards as a standard for the next generation of humans. There is even a variant line that displays a congenital physical anomaly which causes them to be born with two thumbs on each of their hands which some Zweynolarphian find adorable, akin to their pets having permanent mittens on their hands.

Zweynolarphian Keepers also enjoy selectively breeding humans to perform certain jobs. They have lines of humans bred with highly protective instincts for guarding, giant aggressive lines of people for recreational fighting, and sharp-sighted, quick-minded others for tracking and hunting.

Aside from their hobbies in raising Y-Dax as pets, the species adhere to a god known as the Creator.

Terminology

 * sirchii: A meal ration for pets.
 * varrr chuhk: A recreational gambling game.