Fftssfft

Fftssfft, also known by the Ewoks as "dandelion warriors," were a semi-sapient botanical species characterized by their thicket of sharp yellow quills. They grew in a meadow on the surface of the Forest Moon of Endor, east of the moon's Great Forest. Like all vegetal species, the fftssfft had roots that conveyed water and nourishment to the rest of their bodies, but they were also able to move about. They protected their grasslands with great ferocity—when they detected movement on their territory, they used the strange quills that covered their heads by hurling them at trespassers. Their reason for killing, however, was purely territorial, and the fftssfft would usually remain immobile in the absence of intruders.

The Ewoks of Bright Tree Village, who lived to the West of the grasslands, usually avoided crossing the territory of those they had nicknamed "dandelion warriors." However, in 3.5 ABY, the ffsstfft fought off what they perceived as a home invasion, when the Gupin Mring-Mring set foot on their territory. Shortly afterwards, an Ewok named Wicket Wystri Warrick—who was in search of a star urchin quill that would help him cure his dying father Deej Warrick—into the dandelion warriors' high grasses and freed the Mring-Mring, which provoked an aggressive response from the plant-like beings. The Ewok and his new Gupin companion escaped unhurt from the incident.

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