[super WIP, i am asleep and have school in the morning owo)
This idea really came from nowhere, I was doodling the bust of a bear on a sheet of paper when i accidentally made the pupil horizontal- like a goat's. And I thought, what if I mixed a bear and a goat?
I bring you the buruk. (berr-uck, basically how you say "brooke" but with the "berr" thing)
Aren't I great at explaining things?
This will be incredibly unprofessional and messy, I'm telling you that now.
Anyways, I'd like to start with the general idea. In a bit, w my phone, I'll add the sloppy af drawings (that i'll replace with nicer ones in the future) But for now I really want to explain them in depth and give rarity charts of different variables.
In a nutshell, they are like large bears, back legs shaped much like a goat's, (back paws are straying a bit from the bear-paw appearance) with large ears. A bear's neck typically slopes downward from shoulder to head, while a goat's goes upwards (again, from shoulder to head), so a buruk's tends to come straight off the body, angling upward somewhat.
They ALWAYS have those little (goat)ees. (haha). No "ultra-rare" rating there, there are no exceptions. (In the FH character creator, you can't really put one, just pretend.)
Their front legs are very straight looking, like that of a bear's. And when I say bear, they are mostly modeled off of brown bears.
Your typical blank-slate buruk has goat-like eyes, a bear shaped head, no horns, and a slightly curly goatee.
FOOD SOURCE
Buruk's are rather large, and omnivorous. They prefer to meet up in small groups to take down large prey such as moose and caribou, though alone or in pairs, with the right effort, they could take down an elk or deer. Buruks are very opportunistic hunters, and will hunt what they can when they're hungry, except eachother. While they typically only live in mother-children family groups, or alone, buruks typically share mutual territory where they all live near eachother, leading social lives and in the midst of their kind. The groups are very loose, with one dominant female in charge, but small groups may choose to form to try and bring something down for the good of the "community". They also will scavenge, or bully smaller predators away from a good catch.
As for being omnivores, on the road a buruk might eat some grasses or berries, but these things typically make up a much smaller portion of their diet.
BEHAVIOR
Pregnant buruks will move away for some time, in fear of males harming her cubs. She will come back when they are six months old. Some buruks just choose to live on their own, and some bachelors form small nomadic groups until they get a bit older. The communities are much like human neighborhoods, where they live spanned around a small area, some buruks closer to others, who all might chip in if one has a crisis. It is uncommon for a buruk to live off all on their own, or with another species entirely, but does happen, the most common being actual bears.
They typically live in forest regions, favoring areas near mountains or rivers. They are a bit clumsy, so thick forests are not their strong-suit, but rather forests where there are tall grasses and spaced out trees.
