Translations:Codex: Bothrioc/14/en

While the psychoaffective payload’s effects are not inherently permanent, they are self-reinforcing and will eventually achieve permanence within the subject’s mind on repeated or intense exposure. The end result of this, easily observable among the harems of dominatrix bothrioc, is an extremely carefree and happy state of mind, resulting in low willpower and high libido. Many have assumed that this results in intelligence loss, however when sufficiently invested in something the submissives have tested to have mental faculties within the standard deviations of their species and notably some geniuses.Their altered state of mind does, on occasion, result in such a disconnect from usual affairs that the subjects become less capable of understanding someone who is not motivated by sex. Additionally, their speech becomes peppered with frequent vocalized pauses to collect their thoughts as well as a changing vocabulary reflecting their general pleasure with life and lack of desire to be serious or be particularly invested in matters most would consider important.

Intelligence

Bothrioc are sentient, sapient, language-using predators. They lack much of a distinctive culture due to their solitary nature. They hunt alone, and usually only seek each other out for reproductive or sexual satisfaction. As such, while they are not actively shunned by the myr that rule the surface, they have little say in the affairs of the world above or below. Dominant bothrioc are excellent tacticians and cavern combat experts, typically have excellent vision unlike the myr, and have been occasionally hired by both sides as commanders for troops, especially when plotting surgical strikes. They lack a head for numbers and have fallen out of favor in the trench warfare currently underway on Myrellion.

History

Traditionally apex predators, the bothrioc’s inability to collectively organize has resulted in them been completely outstripped by the myr and even the nyrea, so have little to no say in the wider affairs of the planet, occupying the same political position the similarly-minded wetraxxal do. If bothrioc were removed from the planet today, there would be little evidence they existed aside from mentions in myr records.