Overview

The Lyrans [fancy species name here], also known by their endonym [placeholder] are the first sophonts to be descovered outside of the Sol sytem. They hail from a star system roughly [x] light years away known as [working name-2331], or by their endonym "[Lyran Name]." A sizable portion migrated to the Sol system in the [motive].

The Lyrans resemble large birds with a octopoidal body plan and are flightless despite having "wings." Convergently evolving into cliff nesting birds seen on Earth.

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