Beetle-headed merchants

These desert-dwellers pre-date all other tribes in the Si Wong Desert. Legend has it that their beetle-like headpieces date back to ancient times when their ancestors lived underground and survived the attacks of giant gilacorns by mimicking the appearance of the nasty-tasting Sour Beetles -- the only creatures on the desert floor not palatable to gilacorns.

Their opportunistic streak and flexibility help make them skillful traders -- they have an uncanny ability to see saleable potential in almost anything presented to them. It's their rather easygoing nature that makes them every tribe's first choice with whom to trade and swap.