Varii

The Varii are an old race of lanky, pale geneticists from the moon Barttus V orbiting the gas giant Barttus. Once great allies with the Ancients, the Varii used templates to create their genetically-modifieed races instead of starting from scratch. They first tested out their earliest prototypes on Humans, leading to mutations such as vampires and "varwolves" which later became known to humans as "werewolves". A single Varian is capable of lifting almost 4 times their own weight thanks to incredible muscle strength and placement.

Gender differences
Just like the Ancients, the Varii are a perfect example of extreme sexual dimorphism.

The males have skinny bodies with no shoulderframe supporting their arms. Their heads are featureless aside from a pair of nostrils, a pair of ears, and a pair of earlike tentacles that act as an extra pair of arms; the male Varian mainly uses his main pair of arms as means of locomotion. Their single eye is located under a thin membrane on their forheads.

The female Variian has a fish-like tail and a teardrop-shaped head with large, cresent-shaped eyes. As she gets older, her legs athrophy and she eventually is left to crawl like an inchworm. She also lacks the extra tentacle pair that the males have on the sides of their heads. They have breasts like humans do, because Varii are considered to be similar to earth mammals, without some mammal-like features.

Both genders have a telepathic touch. They can detect electrical impulses using lymph node-like organs in the palms of their large, 6-fingered hands. Because of this, the Varii never developed much of a spoken language.

Their mouths are located in a vertical slit in between their nostrils. When it splits open, 2 large fangs extend out to intect digestive enzymes into their food; Variians are liquivores.

Communication with other species
Most of the Varii use their telepathic touch as a mean of communication with others. However, some Variians, as well as ones who's telepathic powers are no longer functional, use a cybernetic device that works as a universal translator.

When Varii make noises naturally, all that can be heard are snarls from their nostrils and low-pitched howls and come from their mouths. While these simply appear to be normal sounds, some have found a pattern and believe this to be their primitive, spoken language.

Trivia

 * The male Varii were loosely based off the Thep Khufanians from the Ben 10 universe.