Laurelai Co-Op

As for structure/sound, it's very East Baltic. Think Latvian more specifically, though i've used Estonian as inspiration as well!

An Amora Maran riding on the back of one of Frontier's ungulates, the plains irullo. Due to the huge amount of stress sitting upright can put on a Maran spine, their saddles are styled in a quadrupedal manner to maximize comfort.

The most displeased, crunchiest man alive.

Being the first non-native individual allowed into Aodilea in several centuries, Thu has spent the past five years cataloging the life and culture of the Audi to (with permission) show to colleagues on the outside. Sometimes they're not exactly up to professional standards, but not everything has to be business.

Marans can walk bipedally, but it sacrifices both speed and comfort since the upright position causes a great amount of strain on their extra-long weasel spine.

Tawleng is the official spoken language of the Sulengouti, which features high amounts of gesticulation. Thu's in training to serve as their inter-species ambassador during the plot of Threshold People.

Portrait of two Sulengouti on the surface of their dying planet, Tinus.

Thu generally likes to keep an aura of distant professionalism, but that doesn't stop her from messing with people from time to time.

The remainder of the primary cast of my story, Threshold People. Featuring a weaselly engineer, a person who's seen too much, and Corrin's omi (sire parent).

Mahl relationships with their tech is similar to an owner's relationship with their pets. Understandable, considering it would take over a decade of diligent care to grow organic components similar in size to the one shown above.

Von's a Parsi hybrid mixed with a non-mammalian species and is considered a statistical impossibilitiy, which is something he's been reminded of his whole life. The only way he managed to survive into adulthood was people intervening, though, unfortunately, this wasn't always done with his best interests in mind.

Travelers Jhabber is the 'standard' (or 'universal') language for all those who do authorized interplanetary space travel. It helps in having a common tongue between multiple species.

Valatsïn became the first Audi to have a permanent residence there, making her pretty famous. They had to switch to terrestrial biology for the sake of convenience, but the Aodelian ocean is where her heart always lies. You can't separate an Audi from the ocean all life was born from!

Places an offering a babies onto the table as I've been preoccupied with writing Threshold People for the past few weeks.

I'll take the time to get into the medical disaster that is Von at a later date, because that dude's a mess.