Codex: Divrani/zh-hans

名称：Divrani（单复数同形）

Sexes: Male and Female. Females become similar to hermaphrodites when bonded with a radglow plant.

Height: Divrani are short compared to most other Phaedran races, with both sexes standing between 4' 10" and 5' 5".

Hair: Naturally bald. Once bonded, divrani grow a thick pate of slender, styleable flowering vines from their scalps. Usually green, but browns, whites, and blue-green colors are not uncommon.

Skin: Divrani skin is naturally made up of body-wide soft, supple scales similar to those of an ovir. Upon bonding with a radglow plant, their skin becomes much smoother and covered with a thin gloss of oil. It takes on a very latex-like quality, and the divrani’s tactile sensation increases dramatically.

Ears: Small, reptilian ear-holes. Usually hidden beneath the hair.

Eyes: Divrani eyes are large, and usually colored red, blue, or green.

Horns: Divrani of both sexes have small, rounded horns growing from the top of their heads. These can range in size from an inch or two to almost half a foot in length.

Feet & Legs: Divrani legs are large and reptilian in shape, with broad, flat paws tipped with three claws.

尾巴：长而粗的爬行动物尾巴，逐渐收细为尖端。结合后，Divrani 的尾巴相比其他皮肤尤其光滑油润。

外观

Divrani 是一种体型矮小、常常身材壮实或过于丰满的爬行动物，原生于昔日广泛分布在菲德拉 II 海洋沿岸的地区。该物种出生时身上覆盖着粉色、蓝色或绿色鳞片；脸部扁平无鼻，只有一对凸起的竖直鼻孔和被覆盖的耳孔。他们没有头发，长着小角和带爪的大脚趾，尤其是脚部的爪趾，能帮助他们在艰难且经常潮湿或泥泞的地形中行动。雄性天生纤细而略显阴柔，除了通常没有乳房，很难与该种族的雌性区分。他们拥有爬行动物式阴茎，根部膨大、如结节一般，末端则逐渐收尖。以其体型而言，他们的阴茎相对较小，但结节极其粗大，几乎和 Divrani 的拳头一样粗。雌性则有相应地宽大、润滑充足的阴道和过宽的胯部，既能容纳雄性粗大的性器，也能容纳交配产生的大型卵。

然而，Divrani 的外观通常会在生命早期发生剧烈变化，因为他们会与一种名为“radglow”的植物结合。自玻璃战争以来，这些植物与 Divrani 形成了独特关系；幼体 radglow 能够侵入年幼的 Divrani，并与其神经系统结合。这会以多种方式改变宿主的外观，如下所述。

Radglow 结合

新生 Divrani 孵化后不久，父母便会寻找或培育一株 radglow 幼苗——这是菲德拉 II 的 stayglo 湖原生物种，已经进化出过滤所吸收辐射的能力。通过让植物与自身结合，Divrani 找到了一种自然保护自己的方法，无需依靠 nukas 或其他技术更先进的派系来抵御有害辐射。

这种结合会对发育中的 Divrani 产生多种影响。最明显的是头部迅速长出成簇的开花藤蔓，让共生植物能够进行光合作用。随着时间推移，植物会使宿主的鳞片融合成一副单一的肉质甲壳，并分泌芳香而滑腻的油液。两种性别都可能长出很长、能够抓握的藤蔓，藤蔓可从手部、肩膀甚至背部生长出来；宿主能把它们当作额外的肢体，用于实用操作、防御以及性接触。

雌性（雄性则较为罕见）会长出巨大的乳房，radglow 植物会在其中储存富含营养的花蜜；乳房尖端的组织会裂开并开花，形成一对覆有花瓣的乳头，在需要时分泌花蜜供其他 Divrani 食用，也能凭借异常甜美的气味和忍冬般的味道吸引其他物种。

除了类似乳头的生长物，结合后的 Divrani 在成熟后还会开始分泌极其强烈的性信息素。这种信息素主要来自皮肤上的油液，但个体的性器官也会分泌，且浓度更高。宿主对信息素云的影响免疫，但其他 Divrani 和外来者都无法幸免。信息素云会让受影响者强烈兴奋并变得容易受暗示，使 Divrani 能轻易压制他人，从而帮助共生植物繁殖。

虽然 Divrani 的繁殖方式在结合后没有改变，但植物的生殖系统会使宿主发生剧烈变异。两种性别都会在原有性征上方长出一个类似阴茎的器官。宿主接近性成熟时，这个器官会长成一个巨大、搏动且不断渗漏的“莲花”：形状类似松果，却由从一根半硬根部生长出的柔软湿润花瓣组成。莲花阴茎没有传统尿道，而是从花瓣之间数千条细小裂缝向外射出。早期研究表明，这些器官会持续产生过量的共生植物种子，只要受到轻微触碰或出现一丝兴奋迹象，就会渗漏出来。

Reproduction (Radglow)

When a divrani subdues a female of another species through its pheromone seduction, it will usually attempt to breed the victim with this additional phallus. Penetration is difficult and messy due to the organ’s pliability and leakage, but fertilization is highly likely due to the sheer output of plant seed. Due to their parasitic, mutagenic nature, the radglow is able to fertilize nearly any species known. Rather than produce a hybrid offspring, however, it uses the female’s egg as a catalyst to create a seed of its own - such offspring are always radglow seedlings.

A radglow “pregnancy” takes about two weeks to complete, growing to a little bigger than a human fist within the female’s womb. During this time, the hosts’ vagina will become much more wet, similar to a divrani, to help ease the seed’s passing. Once the term of pregnancy has come to completion, the female will deliver the seedling much as if it were an egg or infant of her own race. The seedling is helpless for the first hour or so as its first roots and first petals fill out, after which it can either be planted or bonded in order to facilitate growth.

Reproduction (Divrani)

When a female and male divrani meet, their mutual pheromone clouds will often render both incredibly aroused and eager to breed. Reproduction between bonded divrani is effectively identical, with the male inserting his non-floral penis into the female’s vagina and, when nearing climax, using his bulbous base to tie them together to ensure insemination. Female divrani are fertile year round, though they do enter twice-yearly “heat” cycles of increased fertility and libido, typically lasting two weeks each.

Normal pregnancy results in a single over-large egg being formed in the female’s womb, growing to melon size in the course of about four weeks. At this stage, the female will experience a dramatic increase in vaginal wetness and sensitivity. Orgasm virtually always ensues during the egg-laying, after which the female rapidly recovers her mobility - though increased wetness is usually permanent. The egg must be tended to for an additional two weeks, whereupon it will hatch into an infant divrani. Infants are largely helpless, feeding primarily on the mother’s nectar and soft food until its teeth come in.

Divrani reach maturity after about two standard years, and can live for up to eighty naturally.

Male divrani likely can breed with off-worlders and other native females, though in these instances the bonded plant will usually attempt to spread its seed instead. No research is yet available regarding divrani-offworlder pregnancies, though rumors from nuka females indicate that such couplings do indeed result in their laying eggs. Similarly, male hyraxi claim that they are able to cause female divrani to produce live offspring.

History & Society

Divrani are a naturally solitary species, and there are few to no records of their having possessed a social structure of note before the Glass War. It appears they were simple hunter-gatherers living on the coastlands, well removed from the larger nuka and hyraxi settlements. At best, records indicate hyraxi commonly took divrani as slaves in pre-industrial times, apparently quite taken with the way the females grew heavy with eggs.

Post Glass War, divrani are not much changed in terms of social structure, remaining isolated individuals. However, the instinctual need to help their symbiote plant breed, as well as the protection afforded by their aromatic aura, has made most divrani much more extroverted and promiscuous. They seek out mates of other races with growing regularity, and are much more likely to attempt to trade with other races (typically trading their nectar for tools or more exotic food).

Unfortunately, the breeding instinct of some individuals is elevated to the point that the divrani simply won’t take “no” for an answer, and attempt to force themselves on those strong enough to resist simply giving in to their aroma. This behavior has made them dangerous to off-world explorers.

Technology

Divrani were primitive before the Glass War and remain so now, with little technology of their own. Some learn to use weapons or tech from other native races, especially nukas, but as the divrani have no organized society, and their lusty aroma makes extended contact with others difficult at best, they have little hope of self-advancement. Confederate sources indicate that Uplifting existing members of the race will be very difficult, as will integrating them into society, unless they are separated from the radglow plant.