Bone Dog

A bone dog is a name given to the offspring of a female vohlef and a serpentine. If the vohlef is male however, the resulting child will always be serpentine.

Appearance
Bone dogs are canine in appearance, standing an average of 4ft at the shoulders. Their coat is wiry and sparse usually sporting shades of brown. Their legs are thin, ending in large paws with thick dulled claws. Their fur ends about a quarter of the way down their tails.

Their most defining feature however is their head. The top of their head from their nose to just before their ears lacks any fur or muscle, instead leaving bare bone. From their eye sockets and mouth there is a constant flow of black ooze. It is speculated that the ooze behaves similar to how it does in serps and acts as muscle instead.

They do not seem to have reproductive organs of any sort.

Magic
A bone dogs magic is very limited. Unlike most vohlephian offspring, they can only ever posses void magic inherited from their serpentine half.

Their void magic is extremely limited, only allowing for minor alterations of already existing materials.

In some specimens void magic has been absent all together. In these few individuals black ooze was not present. They also lost all mobility in their ears and a portion of it in their lower jaw.

Life Expectancy
As far as hybrid species go, they are not known for their longevity.

Vohlefs cannot survive black ooze in their system, and so when a child is conceived it's own body is constantly at war with itself. Those that manage to survive the first few months are usually driven mad before the end of their first year due to constant pain.

Due to the presence of black ooze constantly leaking from their eye sockets and mouth they are prone to choking if not careful. This can at least be avoided by keeping their head tilted forward.