Tezwan

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  • 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)