The Araquia are large, greenish-brown, spider-like beings native to Kirtania. Their faces feature mandibles and six black, beady eyes. These web-spinning omnivores once spanned the globe, but early conflicts with human settlers cut their population down to a mere fraction of its former size. Overlords and protectors of the jungles and deciduous woodlands of Kirtania, they make their homes in the lower canopy, where they spin elaborate webs to trap the small rodents, insects and birds which make up their diet.
Good climbers, the Araquia often use the anchor stands of their webs to lower themselves to the ground, or cut it loose along with a webbing platform which they use to glide through the air to lower branches. When it is windy enough, they use these flying web platforms in the upper canopy, emerging above the treetops and flying to other trees like huge kites. They can also cut their webs loose and drop them onto prey below them. The sticky quality of the web does not hinder the Araquia, but it causes great difficulty for anything caught in it. While their prey struggles to free itself, the Araquia quickly descend and tie up the web into a bag. They do not prey upon intelligent species, finding the concept disturbing and repugnant.
Using their knowledge of native plants, several Araquia have been instrumental in controlling or curing rare diseases throughout the galaxy. They act as guides to those whishing to enter the rain forest, and harvest the abundant plants, roots, and fungi which provide the medicines which are the chief export of the planet. | 
