Nightclaw

Nightclaw was a female hellhound, and Iacar's mate; leader of their pack alongside him. She is deceased.

Appearance
Nightclaw was a short, stocky hellhound with short, thick legs, caused by a form of dwarfism. Her fur is white with tan markings on her back, neck, and face, with a white diamond pattern on her forehead. The index fingers of both front paws posess long, black, raptor-like claws. She had stretchy, excess tissue that connected her upper and lower jaws, giving her mouth an almost web-like appearance.

Personality
Nightclaw was known to be cheerful, adventurous, and very easy to love and get along with. She was a good leader with sound judgement that was trusted by her packmates.

History
Nightclaw was born in Badjaw's pack to two unknown parents, along with her brother Issan, sometime during The Great War. After the war, when Badjaw's and Kraman's pack united to survive a famine, Nightclaw, alongside her packmates Morri and Iralbe, became fast friends with pups from Kraman's pack; Surama, Hafmar, Iacar, and Crippled.

Once the famine had ended, the two packs split up again. However, the young hounds, not wanting to leave the friends they had made, decided to form a pack of their own. Kraman and Badjaw agreed to relinquish a small portion of each of their territories for the budding pack to live on.

At an unknown point, Nightclaw and Iacar began to have feelings for each other, and, as mates, took lead of their pack. Nightclaw became pregnant with Iacar's pups, but died during labor. Unknown to anyone, her mutations meant that she had an abnormally small opening in her pelvis, and their offspring could not fit through the gap. The puppies died inside of her, and she died as well. . Iacar mourned her death, preserving her skull to decorate her memorial- as well as 5 small bones, one to represent each deceased pup.

Trivia

 * Nightclaw's claws are black because, unlike all other hellhounds, there is no tooth enamel covering them.