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The Krai

Cold-blooded, with a body temperature that follows the room. They slow when it's cold and strike fast when it's warm.

Krail from orbit. Development art.

HomeworldKrail

RegionPheli

CultureA culture of lawyers, spymasters, and patient predators. A deal can take decades.

ReputationCalm, calculating, and impossible to read.

If you visitKrail is cold marble, thin air, and clocks that tick quietly.

Story hookThe Krai never lose their temper, which is the scariest thing about them.

Abigail's notebook"Warm enough?" It's small talk. It's also them asking how fast you're going to be able to move. Say "Getting there."

Krai body study: front, side and back views — Krai body study. Development art; bodies are still in review, so a picture may not match every word yet.

Six possible individuals

How different can one people look?

Every person in a people has a body of their own. These are painted studies of how far the Krai can stretch: tall, tiny, wide, long-limbed, odd. Explorations, not final designs.

Six painted concept studies of the Krai, labeled A to F, each a different individual body. Exploratory art. — Exploratory · not canon Six possible individuals, A to F. Every one is a different body from the same people. Full size ▸

Browse every people in the Field Guide ▸ · How we pushed the proportions ▸

On the board

Krai fugitives

Warrant015 / 099

At large

Mr. Kreshul

Hunt 15: A Chair in Orbit

The Widow

Hunt 41: A Waltz to Its Term

The Debt Collector

Hunt 63: Owe You One, Kid

The Butcher of Tessaly

Hunt 78: The Names Stay Unwritten

PeopleKrai

LensHorror

LeadKellen