Kroot Hounds

Kroot Hounds are an evolutionary dead end of the Kroot species, xenos who are allied with the T’au Empire. They are quadrupedal, canine-like Kroot who excel at running down prey. They are the size of a large dog, with a series of sensory ganglia running along their spine. They have wiry frames, just like the related humanoid Kroot species, and possess a toughness that belies their apparent fragility. While Kroot Hounds are an evolutionary dead-end of the Kroot speces, they are not hunted to extinction by other Kroot as is common with such variant species. It is likely that the Kroot Hounds came into existence when a Kroot Kindred consumed too many quadrupedal animals and its body was phenotypically transformed by the Kroots’ ability to mimick the genomes of whatever they consume into a quadrupedal form that became the first of the Kroot Hounds.