An Advanced Creature Profile by Vincent Groth.     

The Grakin stand four feet tall. Made from a squash and the heart of a man, they can’t reproduce, and function outside of the Horde. Grakin are short stout greenskins with wings, large maws stuck in a jack’o’lantern grin, a fan of spikes, and bald heads only growing hair at the back of their skulls and down their spine. They have large flat noses almost like a pig snout, and their teeth are too big for them to fully close their mouths leaving them to drool regularly. 

Grakin are surprisingly strong, have blood that rapidly coagulates and seals wounds, and tough, loose folds of skin that catch claws and lighter weapons. Grakin jaws have enough bite force to break open a human skull. Grakin are capable of short-range flight but require some degree of height to get airborne or artificial lift from thermals.  

Grakin serve as bodyguard for goblinoid and orc leaders, short range aerial scouts, elite light infantry, heralds, and airborne shock infantry.  

Grakin are extremely heavy set being stouter than they are tall they struggle to fit in most interior passages and doorways. They have poor hearing and can’t take off without assistance or stay airborne for more than ten to twenty minutes.  e dead or have broken through the enemy lines.