[Name]: Ninari Sinderis Tar-Heqet
[Race]: Achernaran
[Gender]: Female
[Age]: 16

[Physical Appearance]: Ninari's smooth celadon skin bears bold, striking markings of fiery red-orange and sapphire along her face, fringe and extremities that will deepen in color as she surpasses maturity. At 1.177 meters tall, she is of average height for her race, and like all Achernarans, her hands have two fingers and two opposing thumbs. Her black eyes have thin, nictitating membranes that open and close frequently to keep them moist.

[Personality]: Archernarans have barely achieved interstellar travel, and still maintain what would be crude, but efficient technology to other races, as such, advanced weaponry, vehicles and the like are all relatively new to their race. Ninari is easily excited and eager to learn how things work outside Archernar. She occupies her free time keeping others busy entertaining her inquisitive nature. Compared to the others, she has a very sheltered view of galactic existence, and can be naive, even gullible at times, relying on those she is closest to to enlighten her and keep her out of trouble. She learns quickly, however, whom not to trust, while remaining loyal and caring to her friends and family.

[History]: The people of Archernar star are relatively new to the galaxy. Due to their amphibious nature, they have not colonized any worlds within their system outside their home planet, since most of the water is ice-locked or of the wrong chemical compound and Ph balance to sustain them. They had not yet the technology to leave their star system when the Intergalactic Federation learned that their rapidly spinning star was slowly pulling the system's smaller planets closer to its orbit, resulting in disruptions in magnetic fields, dramatic polar shifts and climate changes.

With an indeterminate amount of time left before the homeworld became uninhabitable, the Intergalactic Federation intervened to help the Archernarans advance their technology and leave their system to locate suitable colony worlds elsewhere in the galaxy. Archernarans reach sexual maturity at the age of 16 and have many children in their short lifespans. Ninari, just having reached adulthood, was among those youth selected by her people to represent the future of Archernaran culture.

[Items/Weapons]: Blowgun and barbed tipped darts, a small collection of various herbs, poisons and medicines. Carries a machine pistol and combat knife, but won't hesitate to use (or try to use) anything at her disposal.

[Skills]: Ninari is knowledgeable in the medical field, insofar as basic physiology, toxins, medicines, anesthetics and rudimentary healing.

[Powers/Abilities]: When threatened, Archernarans secrete a poisonous toxin from glands in their skin that seeps into the pores of an assailant, usually debilitating or killing a full-grown, healthy adult human in a few minutes. They can spend several hours, up to a day (for top athletes) underwater without the need to resurface. All are fairly agile and naturally inclined to athletic abilities such as swimming, jumping and climbing.

Early Archernarans first learned to harvest their natural poison by holding their offspring over an open flame until the child secreted a coating of slime from which deadly toxin could then be extracted. Later, stem cell research enabled scientists to genetically engineer poison for military purposes, but, as poison from young Archernarans (aged 3-13 is considered to be prime age for extracting the most lethal toxin) is expensive and highly favored by small tribes and the black market in parts of the world where harvesting children is illegal.

[Weaknesses]: Archernarans cannot thrive in bodies of water with high salinity. Prolonged exposure to saltwater will harm their skin, akin to what happens to humans who have allergies to certain metals.

[Extras]: All Archernarans have four names: Their family name, title, birth name and the name chosen upon completion of their rite of passage into adulthood.

"What is Groot, some sort of Arcturian mating ritual?"