Species: freshwater qaywa

Freshwater_qaywa are one of the variants of the qaywa species from the stories of legacy, a story which follows and tells the tales of different characters from the world.

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Surwasi (Freshwater)–
average height: 5'9
average weight: 160lbs
typical skin color: medium brown with tan or cream countershading
typical markings color: dark brown lateral stripe from nose to end of tail on the sides and doubled, burnt orange lateral stripe from plating to end of tail and tripled
typical back plating color: burnt orange with brighter orange edge
typical sail color: beige fading to light golden brown
typical eye colors: silvery-grey through bright light blue
Special features:
-shallow ridge along both snout and brow
-smaller handfins compared to the merwasi
-triple-ridged back plating, lateral
-ascending jaw fins, colored the same way as the sail
-space between parallel lateral stripes may be colored as the main skin color or the countershading color, both are common
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The surwasi occupy the middle-range, mid-sized islands of the archipelago, associating with freshwater areas like springs, lakes, and rivers. They are the smallest group on average, if just barely, and are known to have ascending (rising) jaw fins which are movable. Despite their otherwise dull coloration, the back plating is often a very bright orange-- though colors like pink/red, bright blue, yellow, and silvery-grey. Eyes are still some shade of grey or blue.