Name: Vashmaya

Birthplace: Lao-mon

Height: 5'7" / 170 cm (in her chosen default form, stat varies due to shapeshifting)

Age: Unknown

Eyes: Dark brown (in her chosen default form, stat varies due to shapeshifting)

Hair: Light brown (in her chosen default form, stat varies due to shapeshifting)

Affiliation: Rebels

Occupation: Spy / saboteur, former assassin

Species: Shi'ido

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The Shi'ido are a sentient species of shapeshifters from the planet of Lao-mon. Senior Anthropologist Mammon Hoole was a Shi'ido, and used his abilities to infiltrate and monitor other alien species.
Little was actually known of the biology of the mysterious Shi'ido. In their natural forms, they were humanoids with pale skin, wide mouths, and deep set eyes. Their entire physiology was extremely pliable, and their skeletons were made of very thin, yet dense, bone. Their tendons were detachable, and could be moved about their body at will.

 

Due to their pliable structure, Shi'ido were able to mimic nearly any object or being, such as Humans or Rodians. They were also able to drastically increase their mass, and were known to have hidden flesh within their bodies that assisted in such transformations. In addition to this, Shi'ido were also able to change the texture of their skin to mimic rocks, trees, scales or fur.
Shi'ido had very long life spans and could live to be 500 years old, and were considered adults at 61 years of age. Their ability to change shape improved with age, as well as the ease in which they changed forms. Young Shi'ido could only change the color of their skin and imitate similarly-shaped species, while individuals past the age of 150 could change into any small to large alien species or creature.

In order to complete the image that they sought, Shi'ido also possessed a form of telepathy. They used this ability to project false impressions upon those of other species, allowing them to cover up any inconsistencies with their transformations. This was extremely useful when studying species that identified each other through smell as well as sight, as a Shi'ido could project the feeling that they had the same exact scent as that particular species. Their telepathy required great concentration, and they would lose control of it if they were distracted. As with their shapeshifting abilities, this telepathy also grew more powerful with age.

 

Note: As Vashmaya has grown up away from others of her kind, her training is such that she is only skilled in taking humanoid appearances, and considers her default form to be that of the profile picture. She knows little of her home world.

She can, with concentration, take on animal forms, but be unable to speak, and not of drastically different size - some Shi'ido can impersonate hutts or whaladons (which can be as long as 30 metres), while Vashmaya is unable to do that.
The smallest form might be that of a large house cat, or an eagle sized bird. The largest would be that of an average sized tiger, but typically, humanoid forms are where she excels. When she does take an animal form, she is unable to use equipment, unable to speak, and her clothing will not fit, leaving her naked when she returns to humanoid form.

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History: Taken from Lao-mon shortly after birth, Rakshasa was raised by an agent of Darth Plagueis to be used by Republic Intelligence to be a loyal agent, of infiltration, intel gathering and assassination.
She was later used by the Empire as an assassin, but after being turning against the Empire, she was imprisoned and later liberated by the Rebel cell of Brightstone Sancturary, she now works as a spy and saboteur.

 

 

Training: Trained by Imperial Intelligence in the use of some firearms, unarmed and melee combat, she uses her shape-shifting to provide exceptional flexibility and agility, especially for she has been trained to accept, as her default form.
While she can fight, and avoids combat where possible, as her primary role is infiltration--if no one knows she was ever there, she's done it right.
When she has to enter battle, her style is one of hit and run tactics.

 

While she can take on animal forms, she does so sparingly, as a Corellian Sand-panther can't hold a blaster rifle or slug-thrower pistol, and her trainers taught her that it would be dangerous if the oublic ever learned that the government was using shape-shifters as agents.

She can speak several languages, including Basic, Huttese, Twi'lek Rylll, Shyriiwook, and Mando'ade, and is constantly studying the customs and traditions of different cultures, allowing her to blend in almost anywhere.

When she does need to get violent, the following is an indication of what people can expect: