So FINALLY getting around to making actual ref sheets for my fursonna, and beginning to introduce my 20+ year old custom species to the world.

My species was created in 1995 in a series of stories, and has been slowly refined over the years. The 'Na'Shai' are a race that descends from Hellhounds, taken from their own demon world and trapped in the mortal world of Draxaria, where they bred with werewolves and humans, most of the time unwillingly on the part of their partners. The resulting hybrids began to breed pure after several generations, and called themselves the Na'Shai.

Na'Shai are able to shape change into various forms. Their true form is that of a large canid, similar to a wolf. They can also become 'humans', though often with very pale skin and the same eye colors as their true forms, as well as long canine teeth which makes them often mistaken for vampires, especially due to their ability to feed on blood. Also a 'werewolf' form, 'dog' form, and Hellhound form.

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In Hellhound form, Astra stands about 4' tall at the shoulder, with a very long, lean body. Her fur is short and coarse, especially on the tail, muzzle, and lower legs. It is thicker around the neck and chest, protecting the most vulnerable parts of her body. Her fur (but not her skin) is also fireproof, part of her demon heritage, and so she cannot easily be burned.

The skin on the tail and lower legs is very thick & tough, almost calloused. The long prehensile tail can be used for bashing, but is mostly used for balance. She can grip and hold with it, her grip being very strong, but she cannot crush or constrict with it like a snake could, except for small creatures only, though if she could get a solid grip around a neck only, she can cause lethal choking/suffocation.

The horns are hallow and lightweight, not suitable for bashing. They primarily are to protect the skull from damage, though can be used to bash through lighter materials such as wood, against locked doors that swing out, or against metal bars to bend them enough for her to squeeze through.

Her claws, and the 3 spikes on her tail, are razor sharp, and are her primary weapons. Her claws do not retract, and a perfect to help with climbing most surfaces, and can be used as 'cleats' in the same was as a cheetah to give her rapid speed acceleration.

Her long lean body is built for speed and agility over strength. She can accelerate very quickly, running at amazing speed, but only for short distances before she gets tired. The maximum she has ever been able to push herself was almost 100 mph for a half hour before she collapsed of exhaustion. However, at slower speeds of about 25-30 mph, she can run for hours on end over even land without tiring.

Her teeth are razor sharp and designed for slashing, though her long narrow jaws have little holding or crushing strength. She is designed to dart in, slash a deep wound, then leap back out before her opponent can strike back.
She also has two sets of fangs. The first are serrated like knives on the back, but thicker and rounded on the front. They have a very small 'tube' running down them, able to inject a neurotoxin through the tips. The neurotoxin is blue in color, and has 2 effects. The first is to create an extreme feeling of euphoria (which can also cause sudden intense arousal in males), which causes them to not feel pain and so stop struggling when she bites them. This allows her to feed on their blood at her leisure, her primary source of nourishment. The second effect is creating cellular regeneration, allowing her prey to heal as she feeds, so that they do not bleed out and thus can be fed on again later.

The second set of fangs are a pair of longer, retractable fangs, the same as a cobra. These are only extended when her jaws are wide open, showing aggressiveness or threatening. When fully extended, they drip a corrosive green nectotoxin. This toxin reacts to air, becoming an moderate acid. When injected directly into living flesh, it is even more dangerous, as it causes immediate and very rapid cellular necropothy. A normal human male, injected with only a few drops of the potent venom, will be completely decomposed in a single minute. This venom is only used in the most dire circumstances though because she only create/store a very tiny amount at a time, it taking a month for her venom glands to produce even a single dose, and most of it tends to be accidentally dripped out of her fangs during extreme aggressiveness or threat.

Though her crimson eyes are slitted like a reptiles, they can still see in full color range, and can pick up movement extremely well. However, if she is aggravated or frightened to full aggression, she can go into a rage where her vision turns red, literally as her eyes fully glow, and she zooms in only on movement, running on instinct rather than rational thought.

On the front of her gums under the upper lip, she has heat sensor pits, the same as most snakes do. When she lifts her lip in a snarl, her tongue often partially hanging out at the same time, she can 'see' in the infrared spectrum, picking up even the slightest changes in the heat signatures of her surroundings.


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This is a CLOSED species, as there are many details and rules and it will take time before all of these are released in various ref sheets and background histories.