The Wolves of Ratinar
The Wolves of Ratinar are a species of biomechanoid created by the controllers, but then later rejected by them as a failed experiment. Being such, they were scheduled to be destroyed, but were rescued by Maul Ratinar and made to become his personal servants and companions. There are only six wolves, all of which are byproducts of the original experiment that failed to give the controllers the results they wanted. Having saved them from death, the wolves are fiercely loyal to Maul and will protect him, and all that he cherishes, with their very lives if they must. They lead a small army of "pupplets" that are also byproducts of the same series of experiments, but which failed to achieve the goals of the controllers in a slightly different way. The six wolves are biologically androgynous, and are thus neither male, nor female. Even so, their characteristics are strongly masculine, and thus identify themselves and address each other, and are addressed, in the masculine.
