Gnoll

Gnolls are the “Native” people of Caslasta. They look like bipedal hyenas, and unlike most of the non-humanoid races, are almost fully upright, though they have hunched backs toward the top. They are the most magically gifted mammalian Kunosht race. Most have lightly striped coats, though one eastern ethnicity has plain, unpatterned fur. Their jaws are extremely strong, and can crush bone like their distant, non-sentient relatives. During the time of the Hyylshin Daasfy’rei, when that empire was setting up trade routes between its far-flung provinces, many Gnolls were exported to Katar-Kunosht, and quickly became one of the dominant races in the central regions. Gnolls are not related to humanoids, but through convergent evolution, their magic system is nearly identical. The only major way in which Gnollish magic differs from humanoid magic is that Gnolls cannot use field magic. However, their abilities in cast magic are proportionally higher. Their elemental magic is about the same.