Unlike many unpleasant scents, a person does not go ‘nose-blind’ after a while. It is more of a vague presence, something other beings became aware of after a while. Rindhalu did not stink, the smell did not make the eyes of other species water and sting. This smell is that of rotted wood mixed in with something too wet to fully burn. The woodsmoke is not the pleasant, homey aroma of a campfire. The air around a Rindhalu carries an acrid tang of woodsmoke and sulphur. The rare events when a Rindhalu went aboard a Maxolhx ship, they made a point of ducking down when going through doorways, even though there was plenty of clearance. It did not help that the Rindhalu also were large, the tops of their bodies a head or two taller than the Maxolhx. The sensor hairs added an extra-revolting element of creepiness to an already creepy species. Those hairs moved independently, constantly sampling the air around them, and flexing in the way of tiny tentacles. When the Maxolhx first met their older rivals, the Rindhalu had already bioengineered themselves so the exoskeleton was thin but hard as diamond, and embedded with sensors that projected outward like fine hairs. Unlike any other known intelligent species, the Rindhalu retained their hard exoskeleton, though they had evolved an internal skeleton. Even the Jeraptha, who were covered in the leathery remains of an exoskeleton, thought the Rindhalu were somewhat revolting and creepy. The Rindhalu are a multi-legged predator with a hard exoskeleton, a predator that inspired instinctive fear and disgust. The Rindhalu have a spider-like appearance, causing them to be nicknamed "Spiders" by Skippy and humans. Like the Maxolhx, they use their client species to conduct a proxy war. They have three client species that are known, the Jeraptha, the Ajackus and the Vreen. They have been in a millennia-long conflict with the Maxolhx, whom they originally nurtured and helped develop. They are currently the most technologically advanced species. The Rindhalu are the second known advanced species, after the Elders, to inhabit the galaxy.
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