Obsidiennes:
        These creatures are no good to eat because they are quite literally
living statues.  Any creature attempting to eat one will probably get injured.
        Being made out of stone, these cretures are very durable and have such
unique abilities as being naturally armored, super strength, and extreme heat
resistance.  They can walk through molten lava for breif periods of time!!
        Obsidiennes have an unusual ability to disguise themselves as an
ordinary rock.  Although very gentle and friendly, they do love to fight and
are a strong ally in a battle.  Their main shortcoming is in being slow, but if
they catch someone, they already have a natural skill to hold someone in place.
        Females are the strongly dominant gender of the species to the extent
that the males are accepted as money in most Obsidienne cultures.  The males
are useless in a battle anyways as they are short, skinny, shy and submissive.
(That's right those @totally/damned/totally fuckin'\ huge things are girls!)
        Obisidiennes love practical jokes.  Being one of the first races to
achieve space travel, they are responsible for the gargoyle, medussa victim, 
and many other "legends" of statues that come to life in Terran culture.
Terrans, being the tasty little morsels they are, are a bit distrustful of
these "Rock Monsters" which occasionally ate some of their ancient ancestors.
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