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Some rich batarian ladies chatting at the market. I'm still annoyed at both the under-development of the batarians as a whole and them being another race with Mysterious Absent Females, so I decided to throw something together.

Not real models, just some clever posing and editing.

Some related batarian headcanons for you:

Batarian's gender system is tied to their caste system, with the latter taking precedence. There are few instances of discrimination based on gender in batarian society, rather lines have been drawn for ages by the caste system. The result is that ruling castes are made up of about equal figures of what humans would categorise as male and female, though these terms don't really fit as batarians have never truly separated or categorised their society by reproductive function. 

Batarians generally present themselves outside of the hegemony in what you could call  an "androgynous" appearance, leading to the myth of batarian females not existing or being confined to batarian worlds; essentially, many other races can't pick up on the subtle differences between batarian reproductive types, and don't usually have other cues to go on since batarians are not in the habit of expressing their gender to others.

Batarians have 4 nipples/breasts. In evolutionary terms, 4 breasts gave them an ecological advantage, enabling them to care for their young with less early death, as batarians typically have two, three or four children per pregnancy; single pregnancies are rare. On batarians who are capable of bearing children, their secondary/lower set are usually less pronounced (have less fatty tissue) until pregnancy spurs their growth in preparation for breastfeeding. Batarian society does not stigmatise breasts on any gender, but breast coverings are a popular comfort and/or fashion choice, and the covering of breasts (and the rest of the body) is often enforced for slave castes to signify their lack of choice of how to present themselves.

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:bulletorange: Bodies by Bringess
:bulletorange: Background items by me, Mellin


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MrsArterius's avatar
Oooh! I love this!