Yrythny

• Appearance: Amphibious
  • Leathery skin
    • Skin tone ranges from dark brown to greenish-gray (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
    • Patterned with stripes or spots (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
  • Hairless forms (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
  • Wide mouths (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
  • Black eyes (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
  • Frog-like skin pockets below jaw inflating and deflating as they breathe (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
  • Cartilage ridges in place of ears (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
  • Nictating membranes over eyes (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
• Homeworld: Vanìmel
• Biological notes
  • Uplifted by unknown species from non-sentient amphibians (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
    • Genetic sequence granting sentience known by Yrythny as the "turn key" (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
• Cultural notes
  • Yrythny food
  • Yrythny faith
    • Focused on worship of the Other (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
  • Society divided into two castes (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
    • Houseborn (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
      • Those who return to their parents' spawning grounds after hatching (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
    • Wanderers (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
      • Those who fail to return to their parents' spawning grounds (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
      • Believed less intelligent, capable as a result (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)