Kenku

A kenku is a bird-like, but flight-less, creature originating in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Kenkus are covered in russet-brown feathers and have beaks, but are despite that of a relatively humanoid build. They typically live in, or near to, cities where they work as thieves. They are not particularly strong, and therefore tend to use cunning rather than force.

Kenkus typically work as gangs in large cities, where they gather riches through theft and robbery. Kenku have their basis in Japanese Mythology as karasu tengus, where they are powerful and wise crow spirits adept at craftsmanship and masters of the art of japanese swordplay, or kenjitsu.