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a race of intelligent invertebrates native to the planet Quermia, these creatures had a vaguely humanoid physique, but their small heads were supported by long, thin necks. Their large torso is supported with four thin arms and two legs. They had two brains, and their olfactory organs were located in their hands. It was believed that the Quermians were related to the Xexto of the planet Troiken, and research into their origins proved this to be true. Almost 17,000 years before the Battle of Endor, the Quermian people were actually created by the geneticists of a rogue group of Arkanian scientists, who brought Xextos with them to Quermia and began a series of genetic experiments on them. The Arkanians grew bored of waiting for something to happen, and left Quermia. In their stead, the Quermian people evolved. The Quermians developed space travel on their own, but chose to populate only those worlds in their immediate star system. Quermians weree strongly telepathic, and could converse by locking eyes with one another. However, when traveling away from Quermia, they did their best to hide this trait from the rest of the galaxy. As a species, Quermians valued advanced and complicated philosophical contemplation, and many of the Old Republic's greatest diplomats and thinkers were of Quermian descent.