Kig-Yar (Dragonzzilla)

The Kig-Yar (also called Jackals) are a species of bird-like saurians hailing from the planet of Eayn in the Y'Deio System. Known for their heightened senses of smell, sight and hearing, the Kig-Yar once served as mercenaries and privateers to the Covenant Empire up to its disbanding.
The Kig-Yar have several known subspecies and races, each significantly differing in physical appearance. These species include the Vulture (the most common subrace), the lizardlike Monitors and the dinosaurian Skirmishers of Iyan.
==History==
===The Reign of the Forerunners===
===Pre-Covenant===
===The Covenant===
===Post-Covenant===
==Description==
===Anatomy and Physiology===
Male Vultures and Monitors possess plumes of spiny quills (feathers in the case of Skirmishers) at the base of their skull and along their forearms and elbows, with the color of the spines indicating the Kig-Yar's mood; males often groom themselves during mating season and non-combat situations to better present themselves for potential mates. Females on the other hand have calloused plates that provide protection for them because the male will often bite or chew on the female's neck, elbows or skull. Female Kig-Yar are capable of laying eggs on their own but mating usually results in a larger, more varied clutch (females can only produce other females on their own).
All Kig-Yar have hollow bones (similar to terrestrial birds) and as such, are physically frail but they're also more than capable of avoiding harm. Because of they lack high amounts of calcium, the Flood found the Kig-Yar as inefficient warrior and instead placed them into non combat-affiliated roles.
====Subtypes====
The Kig-Yar have multiple races and subspecies, the most common being the race dubbed the Vulture. Vultures are colored various shades of brown and possess flexible quills among males with calloused plates among females, and elongated heads with bulbous eyes and beak-like snouts.
Second are the Monitors, a collection of Kig-Yar who adapted to the Kig-Yar colony world of Xayn. Closely resembling the monitor lizards of Earth, Monitors are known for their increased strength and bloodlust over their Vulture counterparts. However, they are considered much more uncommon as well; as such, the UNSC had little documentation of them up to their encounter with Jul 'Mdama's Covenant Remnant in the year 2557.
The third most widespread race of Kig-Yar are the Skirmishers, a race of highly evolved Kig-Yar who hail from the diminutive, high-gravity world of Iyan. Classified as a full-blown genetic subspecies by UNSC scientists, Skirmishers sport feathers rather than quills, are of darker skin color than Vultures and Monitors and physically superior in virtually every way. However, the Skirmishers were always of low number and after sustaining major casualties from the Fall of Reach in the year 2552, they were considered a critically endangered species before having a minor population boost in early 2555 which restored them to vulnerability.
==Culture==
===Role Within the Covenant===
===Government===
===Naming===
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