图鉴：Ganrael（非愚蠢模式）

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名称（单数与复数）：Ganrael

Sexes: Unisex, though individuals may adopt a gendered appearance.

Height: Varies depending on the assumed shape, which changes with environment. Specimens that far exceed dietary requirements may be much larger than average.

Senses: Capable of 360-degree sight using a diffuse array of photoreceptors, with acute smell and hearing. Most ganrael will affect humanoid facial features in order to appear more familiar and appealing, but these are cosmetic.

Hair: None natively, though individuals may counterfeit it to attract mates.

Skin Color: Green is the most common, followed by blue and yellow. Rarely, specimens of pink or red are seen. Color is determined by trace impurities, and an individual’s color may change in response to environmental factors.

Habitat

Ganrael are native to the deepest cavern level of the planet Myrellion. Most live their lives without visiting the surface, though thanks to the abundance of bioluminescent fungus the ganrael retain the ability to see in light. Ganrael prefer wet, humid areas, particularly those near underground water sources and thermal vents.

Biology & Behavior

Unlike many amorphous creatures, the ganrael are not social or symbiotic and prefer to rely on intimidation or physical force. This evolutionary strategy likely arose with their adaptation of armor. Unlike rahn and galotians, who both maintain a moist, penetrable dermis, ganrael are able to modify their outer layers, hardening them into plating and weapons as durable as tungsten or carbon steel.

据现有实地报告及 Myrellion 政府提供的研究记录，Ganrael 会在细胞内的专门细胞器中储存富含硅酸盐矿物的过饱和液体。需要新甲片时，会分泌一种酶使腔室破裂，让液体迅速结晶。被破坏细胞中的其他化合物充当树脂，将微小晶体黏合成复合材料。

繁殖

Ganrael 的繁殖方式与地球原核生物相似：收集新的遗传材料后，以克隆方式产生后代。作为单一性别物种，任何个体都有可能繁殖。准备交配时，Ganrael 会寻找兼容的遗传材料，并通过皮肤吸收，通常以插入性交的形式进行；Ganrael 享受这一过程，因其有数个会随反应移动、加强体验的性感带。

交配后，Ganrael 会通过尚不明确的过程保留并将供体遗传材料整合进自身。目击记录称，个体在此期间会体验到类似醉酒或麻醉效果的欣快、成瘾和认知功能丧失。原因不明的是，与同种个体交配时没有这种反应。吸收足够材料约二十四小时后，Ganrael 会进入繁殖期，脱去护甲并迅速进行细胞增殖。该阶段以 Ganrael 分离成两个完全相同、都带有新遗传特征的个体告终。分裂后的 Ganrael 很脆弱，因为新细胞矿物质水平很低，形成的甲片也较弱。

Ganrael 可能会在吸收前繁殖。这只在甲片受损的个体获得过多遗传材料、无法在没有外骨骼的情况下容纳时被观察到。Ganrael 会立刻将材料分给两个身体，二者随后都会进入繁殖期。每个克隆都会以略有不同的方式吸收外源 DNA，最终形成两对彼此相关、但不相同的 Ganrael。

Ganrael who do not acquire enough DNA from one partner seek another, and when denied access to gametes will collect and use other, non-germ cells. These occurrences should theoretically result in a significant number of triploid and polyploid ganrael. It’s currently unknown how or even if individuals with odd chromosome numbers prevent aneuploidy during reproduction, but theories have been proposed whereby ganrael are unable to divide until their total number of chromosomes are evenly paired, are able to identify and splice compatible donor DNA directly into their own via a hitherto unidentified enzyme, or have some other redundancy that prevents aneuploid cells from resulting in a defective organism. The ‘even pairs’ theory would suggest a sharp increase in the number of chromosomes over time which has not been observed, and has not been widely accepted for this reason.

Culture & Society

Most ganrael are nomadic, moving through the caverns in pursuit of game and mates. There are relatively few ganrael settlements and little in the way of organized civilization. At best, a family unit of a mated pair and their children may stay together until the children are old enough to hunt on their own, at which point the family usually disintegrates. Ganrael are, as a rule, individualists who struggle to work together with other creatures (of their own race or others), which has prevented any sort of organized ganrael society from cropping up over the years.