Tezwan

• Appearance: Avian
  • Feathers in place of hair (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
    • Coloration fades with age as with hair (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
  • Non-round irises (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
  • Average Tezwan stands about two meters tall (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
  • Two major ethnic groups (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
    • Trinae (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
      • "High mountain people" (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
      • Generally larger, stronger (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
      • Chief political faction: Gatni Party (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
    • Elininae (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
      • Chief political faction: Lacaam Coalition (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
• Homeworld: Tezwa
• Biological notes
  • Average body temperature higher than most humanoids (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
  • Requires sleep for about one-third of a Tezwan day (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
• Cultural notes
  • Tezwan food
  • Tezwan languages
    • Words and phrases
      • aleem no'cha (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
        • Elininae benediction spoken at the end of meetings or gatherings (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
        • Vague nonspecific religious connotations (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
        • Replied to with aleem neel'ko (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
      • zert (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
        • Profane; analogous to "shit" (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
    • Common idioms
      • "A step early, a step late, we walk blindly to our fate" (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
  • Funerary practices
    • Sorrow songs are performed by kin of the dead to honor their memory (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
    • Names of family members are inscribed on ancestral family tavas (large stone edifices) after they pass (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)