Menkmack
The Menkmack are a fast-talking species known for being friendly, open, and completely untrustworthy. Although their habit of swindling every sapient being they come across would make them natural candidates for extermination by the Scryve, when the ruling Scryve Legate who discovered them found their antics amusing, they were incorporated into the Empire as jesters, and made to perform for their survival.
In recent years the Menkmack have become nomadic, seemingly abandoning their traditional territory and moving about the stars.
History
The Menkmack evolved from sea turtle-like creatures on the planet Menkmack (now known as Old Menkmack). Their early society was disorganized and violent, random stabbings were a form of entertainment. Eventually, the Menkmack were able create a civilization, but not long after inventing writing, they invented forging, bringing about what is known as the Age of Fraud.
Records from said era are obviously unreliable, but it is said that it ended when a Menkmack named Mikemack owned eveything on Menkmack. He ushered in the Era of Less Fraud, depsite ironically owning so much due to his skill in forgery. He ruled as a "benevolent dictator" for several years, until he was assainaited via stabbing.
This brought about anarchy once again. What followed was the Age of Fraud 2, the Age of Stab-Chaos and eventually, the modern Menkmack civilian. It is worth noting that it is unknown how much of this history is true, due to the pathological lying of the Menkmack.
Society and Culture
Menkmack society is built on the basic principles of lying, theft and treachery. They will often steal things they have no use for and are psychologically incapable of giving something back with nothing in return, even agaisnt their better judgment. They enjoy blowing people up but have their limits, mercenary work is seen as unsavory.
The Menkmack reproduce in large quantities, their mating involves the female laying her eggs in the sand, as the male crawls to fertilize them. In marriage ceremonies, the female is known as the Menkbride, and the male Menkgroom.
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