Gremmin

Gremmin are a race of mutant rat-like creatures found infesting worlds all across the Outer Cosmos. Beings of filth and pestilence, Gremmin are the agents of the god Kn'cha'ak and seek to spread his foul contamination across the stars from their homeworld of Cha'as'kar. Their main mode of spreading his influence involves "gnawing" holes in the foldspace of worlds, tenuously connecting them back to their homeworld and bleeding the laws of each reality into one another. Widely reviled and despised by the intelligent races of the universe, Gremmin are seen as pests and a threat to any healthy society.

Appearance
Gremmin come in many shapes and sizes due to their different breeds and castes, but most are diminutive, rodent like creatures that weigh around 25 to 30 kilograms. All gremmin have four forelegs with prehensile hands and two rear legs used for standing and running. They possess long scaly tails that are very coordinated and often used to manipulate their environment.

Culture
The vermin servants of Kn'cha'ak are chiefly three things: thieves, liars, and cowards. Created to pilfer and plunder the Outer Cosmos in the name of their wounded god, the gremmin hold no regard for other life or any moral codes, seeking only to steal everything they can and deliver it to their homeworld, to include the very foldspace of other worlds.

Social Organization
Gremmin are at their core self-serving, and this leads to much of the social splintering and faction-feuds that are so common in gremmin society. United only by the immediate fear of their own destruction, Gremmin organize at their highest level into Broods, large armies of vermin that control multiple territories and hoards. Broods are led by Broodmasters, which are the most cunning, vicious gremmin capable of commanding the fear of their lessers and motivating them to action. A Broodmaster's power lies in their ability to control their swarming hordes, and they most often hold the loyalty of their lessers through displays of power, such as frightening shrieks, lashes of their whip-like tail, and cruel acts of violence or torture.