Swamp_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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Arawasi (Swamp)–
average height: 5'11
average weight: 175lbs
typical skin color: dark murky green with dark beige countershading
typical markings color: cool brown lateral stripe from neck to entire bottom of tail with fringing stripes (single only), dark grey/black striping from sides of back plates continuing as a lateral stripe down the tail
typical back plating color: dark brown or dark grey/black
typical sail color: sage green fading to raw umber
typical eye colors: deep brown through yellow-green
Special features:
-raised ridge along both snout and brow
-smallest handfins of the three groups
-spiked back plating with shallow ridging, triple
-descending jaw fins, colored the same way as the sail
-usually 1-3 exposed teeth on each side of the face
-bottom stripes always single but the top stripes are variable
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Finally, the arawasi come from the largest inner islands of the archipelago, dwelling mostly in the inland swamps. They are the largest group on average, just a hair larger than the merwasi, but with the smallest handfins and a pair of descending (drooped) jaw fins. Their coloration is only known to vary within the same family of hues as those depicted, and will generally have some kind of "murky" skin color to better blend into their native environments while the eyes are always some shade of brown or green. They tend to not have much contact with the merwasi or even the surwasi, making them appear rather insular compared to the other two groups, who maintain frequent contact with each other's lands. Due to the unstable and infrequent contact, as well as their general appearance, the others (especially the surwasi) often regard them as "kind of scary".

See also:

• Legacy

Faraden
Qaywa

• Marine_Qaywa

Freshwater_Qaywa

• Ratteguhn

Ramiotran
Cyavian
Psycrhen
Onene