Stryxis

The Stryxis are a sparse, nomadic xenos species with a reputation as untrustworthy traders, wanderers, and sometimes slavers and pirates. Encountered infrequently in the Koronus Expanse on the border of the Calixis Sector in the Segmentum Obscurus, their reputation is a dark one. The Stryxis are a truly hideous xenoform to look upon beneath swathes of ragged, bone-coloured cloth and trinkets, described variously by Human onlookers as a gangling and multi-eyed creature that resembles a Human-sized, skinned, dog embryo. Yet they communicate easily with willing Humans through a common language of greed, curiosity, and self-interest.