Claydoiousian

Finster's species is an unnamed caninoid species from Claydoious. Finster, a member of this species, was an infamous artisan who made clay-based monsters for the evil alien sorceress Rita Repulsa.

Biology
Members of this species are short humanoids who somewhat resemble Scottish Terriers, with long, pointed ears in a position closer to where Humans have their ears, and a pointed, almost spike-like fur-covered nose on the end of their snouts. While their bodies are covered in smooth fur, aging males of this species are known to grow longer, lighter, beard-like fur on their snouts, and both sexes of this species can grow longer fur on their craniums, able to be styled into hair. Members of this species can have either white or black fur, and females of this species are known to have slightly shorter snouts than males. Members of this species can live for thousands of years.

Culture and society
Prior to Finster becoming mad with his obsession of the grotesque and monstrous, Finster's species were a peaceful race who appeared to be in a pre-industrial stage of development, their clothing bearing a somewhat medieval or early colonial-era aesthetic.

History
Over 10,000 years ago, a male member of this species, named Finster, married a female of his species named Plepra, and worked as a sculptor. As he grew older, he became bored with the peaceful life in the village, his mental health deteriorating as he began making sculptures of horrifying monsters, seeing the beauty in the twisted. He also began to terrorize his village with fires in his madness, killing many villagers and locking himself in his workshop for days, until he was caught by Plepra, who realized that Finster was the arsonist. She threatened to expose him, and when Finster tried to stop her from getting help, he accidentally killed her in a struggle when she fell headfirst against a table. Stricken with grief and still mad with his obsession, Finster was approached by alien sorceress Rita Repulsa, who supplied him with a magic clay that could allow his creations to come to life, and destroyed the rest of the village. Now part of Rita's army, which itself was a part of the greater United Alliance of Evil, Finster worked as Rita's monster-maker for millennia, but when he had time, he tried to make living sculptures of Plepra, using a lock of her hair to give the clay her mind and essence. However, he would constantly destroy the sculptures, as they all displayed Plepra's will for him to stop his work. Eventually, Finster, along with Rita and her other soldiers, were shrunken down and imprisoned inside of a trash can-shaped containment unit by Zordon, a disembodied Eltarian wizard, on Earth's moon.

10,000 years later, in 1993, Finster was accidentally freed along with Rita and her other minions by two Human astronauts, with Rita resolving to conquer Earth. Taking up residence in an ancient M51 Galaxy humanoid fortress on the moon, Finster began to create Putty Patrollers, humanoid monsters made of the living clay, to be used as foot soldiers, utilizing a machine known as the Monster-Matic.

Appearances

 * Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993)
 * Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 2 (1994)
 * Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 3 (1995)
 * Power Rangers Zeo (1996)
 * Power Rangers in Space s01e01 "From Out of Nowhere" (1998)
 * Power Rangers in Space s01e42 "Countdown to Destruction, Part 1" (1998)
 * Power Rangers Dino Thunder s01e04 "Legacy of Power" (2004)
 * Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 2017 Annual, "Perfect" (2017)
 * Power Rangers: Soul of the Dragon (2018)
 * Power Rangers Beast Morphers s02e22 "Making Bad" (2020)