Löwa

"'I hate the Löwa.'"

"— Marcel"

The Löwa, often called the “Hundish Race,” were descendants of the Great Hund, and were the most numerous and powerful of the sentient creatures native to the Grauwelt. 

Physiology
Löwa were typically very tall and muscular. Their skin color ranged from a light shade of grayish-purple to ebony, depending on the place of their birth. Löwa flesh was covered in veins, scars, and hideous growths, a byproduct of their birth and growth in the growing tanks of the Fleischkrafters. They had no fur, unlike other dog-like species.

Löwa had pure white eyes with no discernible iris or pupil and have sharp teeth and claws. Their legs had three joints, much like a canine's: a knee, a hock, and an ankle. Some of them were able to grow long white hair and beards, which they styled by tying with leather cords.

Löwa were often thought of as upright-walking wolves.

Society and culture
The Löwa lived in a large expanse of amalgamated kingdoms known as the Hundish Realm (often, simply called "the Realm").

This Realm was composed of dozens of small kingdoms, countships, and dependencies ruled by the various Mindhalders (or "lesser holders" or "lesser lords"). A Mindhalder acted as king within his own territory, but was powerless outside it.

The entire Realm was loosely administered by a legislative body known as the Diet of Säula. Each Mindhalder was a voting member of this body, which convened during times of war, famine, and crisis to work out solutions that are agreeable to all the members. The Diet was overseen by the Reikhalder (or "holder of the realm"), who in theory was a subordinate to the Diet. In practice, however, the Reikhalder acted as a sovereign above it, and in many cases controlled some of the Mindhalders directly.

Within the various kingdoms most Löwa were charged with duties such as patrolling towns and keeps, guarding and transferring prisoners, and some heavy tasks such as transport, construction, and other menial labors.

Löwa society was very militaristic and put great weight on members of military orders. The vast majority of the species served as krigarts, or warriors. The rest might have been lucky to serve as clerics, scribes, châtelains, or other functionaries; most of them not fit for battle were summarily destroyed.

History
The Löwa species emerged in the Grauwelt after their intentional creation by the Great Hund. Their creator needed an army of his own to defeat the bands of Mannkind and their king, Dietrich. It is said that the Great Hund used pieces of his own body to create his children and set them on a mission to destroy Mann once and for all.

Soullessness
Löwa did not possess an eternal spirit—what was often called by them the Gift of Mann—and as a consequence they could not perform the World Walk to reach distant Worlds.

Famous species members

 * Aldarik
 * Braunner
 * Darluch
 * Ghesdalt
 * Halmut
 * Ilnel
 * Rainer
 * Ulf