Bonesnatcher

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Bonesnatcher

Hidden under the surface is a race known for their nasty temperament and peculiar diet, the appropriately dubbed Bonesnatchers, who have long been the Familiar Lands' boogeymen. Pale humanoids that are fully blind as a result of decades of indoctrination by their oppressive Nox overlords, and were developed particularly to be slaves and instruments of war. Many of them have broken free from their oppressors' shackles and formed their own tribal cultures based on their former masters, in which might makes right and hierarchy is determined by one's strength and the amount of bones collected. Bonesnatchers find dense and thick bones to be attractive; milk drinkers are a term of endearment. Bonesnatchers are excellent burrowers; they find the idea of beds too soft and houses too extra, so they prefer to find a good damp ground to dig and rest.

Being an underground dwelling people, they find great difficulty in growing plants or keeping livestock, but not for the lack of trying. They have learned to crush the bones of their dead into bonepowder which is used to grow a variety of mushrooms. Though this proved insufficient, and eventually they evolved to consume every part of any being they hunt, especially their bones. Though fully blind, they are able to use echolocation by clicking, and it is said that they could click out one's bones, able to identify their prey's insides and calcium structure. Bonesnatcher's senses are elevated in tight spaces and underground locations, and their echolocation is less effective on the surface.

There are two main faith of Bonesnatchers, that believe in either Fate himself or Gluttony, making both factions at constant war. Those who worship Fate believe that by consuming their prey's bones they would deny Kindness and send them directly to Oblivion. On the other hand, those who follow the path of Gluttony believes their prey will always be a part of them.