Bloudjens

:"Who are you to fault a hit hound if ruff hollers? Lunia doesn't answer unsaid howls." - From Ruff's Hand on Ruff's Spear, a classic piece of bloudjen literature.
The bloudjens are a race of dogfolk hailing from the Kroglglop planet Caen-a-Domum. Loyal with high stamina and keen senses, they have historically been betrayed by other races for their tendency to pack bond and trust easily.
==Biology and Appearance==
Bloudjens are bipedal with digitigrade legs. They typically have long arms with large forepaws. Their faces are snouted and they tend to have either pointed or flopped ears, sharp teeth, and coloured sclera.
The vary massively, with many strains and breeds adapted to different climates. In height they vary from four to eight feet, and their builds, fur lengths, ear shapes, tail shapes and snout lengths vary as well. In colour, they tend to be some shade of brown or tan, gold, grey, white or black.
Typically a bloudjens' patterning will be a soft gradient with lighter colours on the forepaws, belly, snout and thighs, and darker colours on the ear-tips, hindpaws and back, due to both heat displacement and shadow-aware camouflage. Spots are not uncommon, as are solid colours or blotches, though stripes are fairly rare.
==Abilities==
The bloudjens have extremely keen senses, capable of hearing or smelling targets at a distance. They also have extremely high stamina and are a resilient people. Most bloudjens are fast learners, adaptable and agile.
==Culture==
Bloudjens typically do not use gendered pronouns, rather the neutral 'ruff', as most bloudjens consider sex to be irrelevant outside of courting seasons, during which it can be determined by scent, making sex-specific pronouns fairly useless.
A major spiritual belief of the bloudjens revolves around the moon, or rather a moon deity known as 'Lunia', who is a figure of guidance and protection.
Loyalty and cooperation are considered staples of bloudjens culture, with many bloudjens being raised not in typical 'families' but in large packs where all members share responsibilities. For this reason, many bloudjens find the values of loyalty, trust, teamwork and the pack to be ingrained in their moral compasses.
==Trivia==
* Bloudjens packs have historically used catyr travellers or refugees as scouts and lookouts, as the catyr typically have superior vertical agility and stealth capabilities to the average bloudjen, as well as keen visual perception when the bloudjens' hearing or scents are thrown off.
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