Voxolorian Ice Walker

:"We found prints in the snow. At first, we thought they were our own tracks, having led us in circles, but then the snow in the distance began to move..." - From a Voxolorian Settler's Journal on an Ice Walker encounter.
The Voxolorian Ice Walker is a near-extinct species of furry bipedal mammalians populating the icy Voxolor V in the Voxolor System. Despite attempts at preservation, they are nearing extinction.
==Biology and Appearance==
The Ice Walkers are highly elusive, which is helped by their cool-coloured fur - often in dark blues and purples - which helps them blend into icy forests and coastal glaciers. They are somewhat bird-like, with long necks and extreme digitigrade legs, but their fur and digital pads confirm them as mostly mammalian. Some species have been found with vestigial wing nubs.
Despite their high stamina and promising intelligence, they are physically weak, hence their reliance on pack hunting, surprise ambushing and persistence predation.
==Behaviour and Abilities==
The species is wary of human settlers and other creatures, hence their elusiveness. Their high intelligence and skill at hunting prey suggests that, had their environment been less unforgiving, they may have been on an evolutionary path very similar to that of humans or intelligent bird-folk like the Shaji. They are carnivorous, hunting fish by breaking the ice of frozen lakes and using their paws to grab fish from above, and hunting avians and mammals through persistence predation, using their high stamina to follow at a distance until their prey became exhausted and easy to catch.
Mostly active in the long Voxolorian daytime hours, they spend daylight in areas brightened by natural lights on snow, with this helping them pursue prey and avoid predators. Nighttime is spent in forested areas or woody tundra, with the shade and trees helping them avoid nighttime predation.
==History==
Through a combination of hunting by human settlers, damage to their hunting environments and to prey population, and consecutive seasons of freak planetary misalignment leading to lengthened nighttime periods (which offered insufficient hunting hours), the Ice Walker was driven to near-extinction. Pentadixolus Pi, a human scientist, attempted to resurrect the species and give it new life, inspired both by the unfairness of its endangerment and the potential of its evolution.
Using experimental Necro-Tech, an attempt to breathe new life into the species went horribly awry when the scientist was possessed. An assisting physician attempted to help the possessed professor, but quickly betrayed him, leading to Pi's demise at the hands of an Ice Walker specimen nicknamed Vorro.
Although attempts to preserve the DNA of the Ice Walker have been made since, the efforts to revive the species has not been reinvigorated.
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Category:Monsters
Category:Aliens