Bagatur (FanT)

The Bagatur are a race of bipedal, feathered sapient creatures indigenous to the steppes. Bagatur are typically between thirteen and seventeen feet long, with some growing even larger, and about five feet tall. Females are slightly larger than males. Bagatur have an almost exclusively carnivorous diet; their cuisine consists mainly of meat, animal fats and sometimes dairy products. They are traditionally nomadic pastoralists, migrating across the vast steppes with their herds. Historically a tribal society divided into many clans, centuries ago the Bagatur clans were united under a charismatic leader, Temüge Khaan, to form what became known as the Great Horde. Temüge and his successors led the Horde to invade, conquer and pillage many other nations. Fear of the Bagatur and weariness from their constant incursions led some rulers of human realms to turn to dark magic, through which they became the first vampires. As the realms of the undead grew, they sought to exterminate the Bagatur, leading to a great war that ended in a climatic battle known as the Breaking of the Great Horde; the last Khaan of the Great Horde was slain and his forces almost annihilated. Surviving Bagatur scattered across the continent, with one group led by a warrior named Taghai forcing their way into Ezevria and, after fighting through the lands of the goblins and dwarves, settling in the Belavine Plains in the northwest of the peninsula. Here they founded the Ulus (Realm) of Taghai, known to outsiders as the Horde of Taghai or simply the Bagatur Khaanate.

Biology
The Bagatur infamously possess an enlarged, sickle-shaped claw on the second toe, which they are able to "retract" or hold up off the ground whilst walking and which serves as their principal weapon in combat.