The Shadow Warrior

Rumours tell of a dohwar ship that made an emergency landing on the top of the hidden mountain of Hiketsuyama in the island nation of Wa on the world of Toril. There the beleagured space penguins found refuge in a temple of Chisaru, the goddess of stealth. There, under the guidance of the monks, the previously mercilessly mercantile birds found enlightenment and learned the ancient secrets of the temple.

Now these legendary birds, bound by a strict code of honor, are highly sought after for missions requiring their mastery of espionage, infiltration and hand-to-beak combat.

Pictured below is one of these shinobi-no-tori, leaping to attack with a sword in  their beak.

Some WIP pics. In the pack of 8 penguins there were two posed sliding on their bellies. After a bit of thinking about what to make of them, this was one of the possibilities that sprang to my mind.