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Their speed and dexterity makes them natural marksmen, as well as pickpockets.{{Fn|16a}} Their libidinous nature and proclivity towards cooking prove true. Their ingenious nature and love for food is exemplified in their cuisine, which is well known as being phenomenal.{{Fn|1}} While some Imperial commanders would pull some strings in order to get a Ratling chef, more zealous commanders or [[Noble]]s would become sick at the thought of eating the slop made by such a subhuman creature, or simply execute whoever appointed the Ratling as chef.{{Fn|24}}
Their short stature and relatively lithe build allows them to move through the undergrowth without making much noise.{{Fn|3}}{{Fn|1}} Their bare feet allow them to move soundlesslytraverse various forms of terrain in silence.{{Fn|24c}} When moving quickly they will move on their toes.{{Fn|24}}
They have a penchant towards activities of dubious morality and legality, like thievery and fencing contraband. Ratlings are known to "acquire" extra supplies within their stationed regiments and trading these resources to other soldiers.{{Fn|1}} This is an insignificant price for the guardsman commander who knows the value Ratlings can bring to a regiment. Ratlings tendency to thieve is primarily a product of circumstance. They attempt to supplement cut rations in the guard, alongside other miscellaneous supplies. These resources often go towards bribing sympathetic higher-ups, alongside proving their worth, swaying friends in high places allow Ratlings to protect themselves and community from abuse or harassment from their subordinates. This is especially common in the Astra Militarum.{{Fn|22c}}
Ratlings are the smallest type of abhuman.{{Fn|4a}} Ratlings rarely reach 1.3 meters in height,{{Fn|4a}} being even smaller and slighter than Squats,{{Fn|3}} and though their lack of dietary restrictions tend to make them husky, they are not particularly strong{{Fn|4a}} or resilient.{{Fn|3}} They are a fertile,{{Fn|25}} and somewhat libidinous species.{{Fn|24d}} They have a deep sense of community and tend to look out for one another.{{Fn|24a}}
Other than their height, a Ratlings most notable feature is their fet; large, overly hairy, and toughened.{{Fn|25}} as well as their toenails being as tough as [[grox]] horns.{{Fn|24b}} These nails can grow into, what some might go as far as describing as, talons.{{Fn|24f}} Their bare feet allow them to move soundlessly.{{Fn|24c}} The forehead of their skulls are also denser than a baseline human's.{{Fn|24a}}
Ratlings have a small (<1%) chance of having [[psychic]] powers.{{Fn|4b}}
