Viscare

 The Viscare (VISS-air) are a sentient, bi-pedal species originally believed to be from the planet Mars, but are later revealed to originate from Europa. They are known for their long, armored forearms and hard plated facial features.

Biology
 The Viscare are comparably humanoid in appearance and are most known for their “halo”, the exposed bone that forms a crown like formation around the top of the head. Like their human counterparts, they are a developed predator species with eyes positioned at the front of their head. This is somewhat contradictory given that the Viscare have equine eyes, slanted diagonally with long, pill shaped pupils allowing them to have a significantly larger field of view similar to a goat or horse (prey species).

At the back of the head where the bone of the halo meets the skin is a small seam of membrane to which hair grows during a viscare's reproductive age. It is often coarse and rope like and, if unwashed, will grow hesa, a mold protein used to feed infants shortly after birth. Hesa is produced both by males and females. In recent date, hair is sometimes braided or made into dreads for convenience. In more religious communities, hair is often styled in ways to accentuate the hesa that grows as individuals may embed flowers, seaweed or exotic leaves with an adhesive found under seabed rocks.

A viscare at the reproductive age is on average no smaller than about 5'7" and do not typically exceed a height taller than 6'10". There are always exceptions, however, whether it be due to a chromosomal disorder or mutation.

The Viscare skin is relatively closer to a thin hide. In areas of thicker, more developed muscle and around the joints they have a black, blubbery membrane that exists to allow the skin to be more easily pulled. The blubber tissue acts also exists in areas of thick reinforced plates of keratin that tend to freckle along the back of the neck, down the spinal cord and spread among the shoulders.