The Bonemire - Challenge Entry

It fell with the violet stars...

The Bonemire, as it became known, was first documented in A'arde in Firewane of Y6A 1478. The Blue Wolf Mercenary Group, tasked with finding out how and why the water supply of Fuldair had been contaminated, discovered the creature in the southern reservoir and were forced to engage in combat. Nobody is certain of where it came from, but it is clear that this is not a native of A'arde's Plane, nor of any other, in the cosmology. It is possible that the creature travelled from another cosmology alongside the many cosmological "visitors" (often referred to as "Interlopers") that were unceremoniously dropped into A'arde on the Night of the Violet Stars. It is currently unknown if the Bonemire discovered in Fuldair was the only one to arrive within A'arde.

Description

The Bonemire was described as having a canid-like spine, shoulders, forearms and a head resembling a coyote, though its fingers were longer, the "dew claw" more like a thumb, and the claws themselves were eight inches in length. From head to end of the spine, the creature measured fourteen feet in length with the head making up almost five feet of that length.
Surrounding its body was a clear, viscous ooze that it could manipulate at will into a variety of shapes. While the ooze itself was amorphous, the Bonemire was restricted in its ability to squeeze into spaces by the size of its bones. The Bonemire is able to climb walls and ceilings without hindrance due to the sticky nature of the ooze. The bones of the creature were devoid of flesh, muscle or sinew, apparently held together by the ooze surrounding it, though inside of its skull glowed with sickly green light that seemingly had no origin.

Behaviour and Abilities

The ooze of the Bonemire was highly acidic, and it was capable of almost completely disguising itself while within water, turning almost invisible except for the bones. The Bonemire would lay very still, disguising itself as a simple corpse, before showing its true self and attacking. Additionally, it was capable of laying in wait on ceilings before dropping down onto unsuspecting foes.
The Bonemire tended to fight with tooth, claw and pseudopod, often grappling its foes or trying to drag them into the water with it. It would attempt to drown its foes, or burn them with its acidic body in order to weaken their defenses. Additionally, it was resistant to magic and was able to repel a certain amount of any cold damage it was inflicted with. It's most dangerous weapon, however, was an acidic lance which it spat from its mouth, that could travel up to ninety feet in a straight line.
Clever and patient, it was capable of stalking its foes before attacking when it was in an advantageous position, and it knew when to retreat from combat.

Ecology

Little is known of the ecological facts of the Bonemire, as only one has ever been found. It is known that the Bonemire consumed meat, as many corpses were found with only the skeletons remaining. It is believed that the Bonemire's ooze was capable of destroying most things with its acidic properties, however it did not have the same effect on bone.
A Druid's report of a conversation with a sewer rat suggested that the Bonemire had obliterated many colonies of rats within the sewers in lieu of larger food supplies.

Taming, Harvesting and Taxidermy

Only one known specimen is known to exist within A'arde; research into the creature is still underway.

Locations of Known Specimens

Blue Wolf Mercenary Group, Fuldair

The BWMG in Fuldair has the original and only known specimen stored within their care. The specimen was killed and retrieved from the underground reservoirs of the city's water supply by a team of Elites prior to the People's Revolt of Fuldair, when the Silver Hand failed to provide adequate investigations into the matter of the contaminated water supplies.

Artistic rendition of the Bonemire