Hanar only refer to themselves in the first person with family or intimates, rarely, if never with other species. They have two names: one face name for strangers, acquaintances, and friends and one soul name for those who are very intimate with them.
As a result, they sound very formal and even highly polite. Search for:. For the most part, the Hanar tend to their own business, though they do maintain modest trade relations with neighboring races. As far as Commander Shepard can see, the Hanar people rarely make waves or alter the course of history, and thus blend into the background. The Hanar don't seem to have a focus that compares to the Turians ' militaristic ways or the Volus ' economic might, though Shepard has run into a few merchant Hanar who take pride in their work.
The Hanar also have a diplomatic presence on the Citadel, and they have even gained a foothold in the entertainment industry. A Hanar actor has made a name for itself as the character Blasto, the first Hanar Spectre. Blasto appeared in many popular action movie titles, and in Mass Effect 3 , Shepard and Javik get a chance to meet the actor in person.
In public, the Hanar tend to get along with others, though they may irritate their fellow citizens with their constant talk of the Enkindlers, especially when they preach from street corners.
Most significantly, the Hanar are the race who made an effort to rescue the Drell from their dying homeworld. The Drell faced extinction due to natural resource depletion and overpopulation, so Hanar fleets evacuated a few hundred thousand Drell and relocated them on Kahje.
Few standard technologies designed for bipedal and fingered species are available in their space, and they produce very few goods that are usable by others. One of the known products they do export is alcohol.
Batarian entrepreneur Edan Had'dah was revealed to have a liking for hanar-produced liquors. This is likely to have been procured through the discreet gray-market trade relationships the hanar still maintain with the batarians, despite the latter species' own political and economic isolation from the rest of Citadel space.
The hanar equivalence of alcohol or at least equivalent practice is mindfish , a hallucinogenic fish that is a favorite of the species.
It is known by that batches of this product have made its way into Citadel establishments like the Silver Coast Casino. Possibly due to their physical frailty, the hanar employ robo-miners to excavate valuable resources.
The hanar practice a religious holiday called Nyahir or "First Cresting Bloom" which lasts a full thirteen days and revolves around celebrating the gift of speech, which they attribute to having come from the Enkindlers. It is a mixture of contemplation and competition, with the faithful engaged in stylized debates, poetry duels, and other traditional hanar art forms.
The winners of these events have their names inscribed in bio-luminescence on the side of Mount Vassla, an underwater volcano at the heart of one of the oldest Prothean ruins on Kahje. Reverence for the Enkindlers turn zealous hanar into vociferous protesters whenever their beliefs are challenged.
Prothean dig sites are often blockaded , the protesters wishing the artifacts be left undisturbed. On learning that the mass relays weren't created by the Protheans, the hanar largely react with denial and shock.
Outliers like religious leader All-Bright Olos the 10th do not consider it as heresy, but rather an example of the Enkindlers' predecessors' benevolence. The Enkindler religion has its share of more extreme cults. Some hanar consider their leader Kholai as the only true prophet, and they believe the Enkindlers made a mistake in uplifting primitive life in the Milky Way. All present organic life is therefore tainted and evil, and at the so-called "Day of Extinguishment" the Enkindlers shall return to cleanse the sinners from the galaxy.
The cult believed that any action at all is a sin, and people should be content in witnessing the rot of the universe while taking no part in it. Hanar have two sexes male and female , but no real concept of gender. The sexes are essentially indistiguishable, both biologically and culturally. Hanar tend to sleep in water. In a tank, they just settle on the bottom. With a current, they hold on to something nearby so they don't float away. While asleep, hanar are vaguely aware of their surroundings, having evolved to look out for warnings of approaching danger from their active fellows.
The hanar communicate using sophisticated patterns of bioluminescence, which other species need machine assistance to translate though many drell apply genetic modification to their eyes in order to perceive higher frequency flashes, allowing them to understand the hanar. Hanar raised within their traditional cultures always speak with scrupulous precision and extreme politeness. Most hanar take offense at improper language, and must take special courses to unlearn this tendency if they expect to deal with other species.
They revere language as a gift from their deities, the Enkindlers -- which are often viewed as synonymous with the Protheans. Hanar languages reflect that the hanar sense of the existence of the individual is lesser than in races like humans or asari.
Those that rule are aware that they rely on the confidence of the hanar under them, or the hanar will just leave.
The one is a part of something larger than itself, and language reflects that. The hanar have two names, a "face name" and a "soul name". The face name is used as a general label, for use by strangers and acquaintances. The soul name is kept for use among close friends and relations only, and tends to be poetic. Actors, like merchants in medieval China and barefaced turians , are not entirely trusted, because essentially these are individuals who change their face name freely, which could wind up leaving them without a face, thus exposing the soul.
Hanar are extremely polite, almost to a fault. They never refer to themselves in the first person with someone they know on a face name basis: to do so is considered egotistical. Even when flustered or angry, a hanar will still maintain exquisite poise, and will remain formal even with those it wishes dead.
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