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All Bestial Entities A - Z

Defining Bestial Entities

  Bestial Entities are defined by their strong resemblance to one or more non anomalous animal species. Though many of this form appear to be simple creatures, many are capable of great intelligence. Often it is their easily misidentified form that creates the bulk of their hunting and camouflage techniques.    

Bestial Entities

 

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  • Aericorn - Winged Horse, often called Pegasus.
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  • Agropelter - Monkey like Fomorians that live within hollow trees.
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  • Alicorn - Winged and Horned horse, often considered to be holy.
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    B

     
  • Basilisk - Armored Serpentine Draconid, dwells in swamps and caves.
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  • Bell Buzard - Messenger from anima, appears as a buzzard with an affixed bell.
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  • Bicorn - Two horn horse, heavily associated with ancient paganism and the fey.
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  • Black Shackle - Black vampiric eels that consume the blood of their victim.
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  • Blood Dolphins - Orca and Dolphins that have repeatedly evolved to turn to hunting humans in order to exact revenge.
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  • Boarwhale - An armoured semi-aquatic whale that possesses a thick hide and grizzly tusks.
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  • Boveoceros - Three horned, shaggy haired Rhino.
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    C

     
  • Caladrius - Bird which can heal the sick and injured simply by being near to them.
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  • Cinnamalogus - Bird which creates a nest of cinnamon found across Arabia.
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  • Club Tail Cat - Long tailed feline with a club on its tail for striking at prey.
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  • Crocote - Hyena / Lion hybrid that possesses a single toothed jaw akin to that of a bear trap.
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    D

     
  • Dipsa - Exceedingly small snake that possesses extremely potent venom, known to burrow into flesh.
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  • Dire Wolf - huge wolves that sleep for centuries.
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  • Drake - Large quadrupedal Draconids.
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  • Dunn Cow - Gigantic Cow capable of producing magic milk.
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    E

     
  • Enhydros - Small water snake that attempts to swim into the mouth of a crocodile before eating its way out.
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    F

     
  • Fairy Fauna - Creatures corrupted by the magic of the fey, found throughout the realm of Anwwn.
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  • Fanged Hound - Vampire like dog that drinks the blood of its victims.
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  • Feathered Wyvern - Large Feathered Draconids capable of spitting venom.
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  • Feathered Zilant - Feathered Bipedal Draconid capable of breathing fire, often confused as a cockatrice.
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  • Flat Croc - Flat Cycloptic crocodile native to Maine and Michigan, commonly known as the Dungavenhooter.
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  • Fur-Bearing Trout - Trout that have a coat of thick fur across their bodies.
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    G

     
  • Gigglorum - Sentient Microorganisms.
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  • Gillybird - Fairy bird that creates square nests and eggs.
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  • Glawlion - Blind lion-bear looking creature that hunts using telepathy.
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  • Goofus Bird - Fairy bird that flys backwards and creates its nests upsidown.
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  • Great Bat - Humongous bats, often used by vampires as guard dogs.
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  • Great Boar - Gigantic Boar with a hide thick enough to deflect arrows.
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  • Griffon - Lion Eagle hybrids that are capable of flight.
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  • Gumberoo - Shieldheaded rhino like creature that is able to deflect conventional firearms.
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    H

     
  • Harpy - Human faced bird amalgamations.
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  • Halcyon Bird - Magical bird with the ability to control and manipulate water, extremely powerful for its size.
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  • Hillcow - Bovine like creatures that dwell upon and are camouflaged to resemble steep rocky hill sides.
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  • Hippogriffin - Horse / Eagle Hybrids used as mounts for legendary heroes and Anuahki alike.
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  • Hippokampoi - Horse / Dolphin Hybrids that often travel in herds.
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  • Hodag - Small boar like creature with a back covered in spines.
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  • Hoopsnake - A snake that rolls along the ground by holding its tail in its mouth.
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  • Horned Serpent - A snake that bares two to four horns upon which it displays bait to attract scavengers.
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  • Hugag Moose - Amphibious and furry moose like beast with a strange walk, native to fomoria.
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  • Hydra - Multi Headed lizards somewhat resembling the extinct brontosaurus.
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    I

     
  • Island Crab - Crab so large it is able to grow an island upon its back, rarely awaken from their slumber.
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  • Jackalope - Antlered and sometimes also winged rabbits / hares, considered to be insanely lucky.
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    K

     
  • Kelpie - Famed water horse with skin like glue.
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  • Kraken - Gigantic Cephalopods that often resemble islands from afar.
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    L

     
  • Lake Dragon - Enormous Dragons that dwell within the bowels of our realms deepest lakes.
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  • Lake Serpent - Serpentine Dragons that make their home beneath a lakes calm waters.
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  • Lamassu - Winged Bull with head of a bearded man, protectors of temples and palaces.
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  • Lantern Bird - Also known as Hercina these birds have bio-luminescent feathers that glow in the dark.
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  • Leontophone - Tiny bear-like boar that is deadly poisonous to feline species.
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  • Lochguard - Large plesiosaur like creature that guards lake bound portals to Anwwin.
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  • Lupogriffon - Quadrapedal wolf-eagle hybrids that hunt in packs and are more than capable of climbing trees.
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  • Manticore - Barbed lion like creature, some also bare wings and horns.
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  • Monocerus - Single horned stag, heralded as a legendary beast among the fey.[/li[  
  • Multi Headed Hound - Often large canines with two, three, four, and on occasion five heads, used by guard dogs by mortals and magicians alike.
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  • Muscaliet - Rodent / hare known for its ability to climb trees and burrow beneath the roots of great oaks.
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  • Parandrus - Horned Ox like creature capable of active camouflage, its hide is said to be exceedingly strong.
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  • Peryton - Eagle - Stag hybrid that feasts on the flesh of mortal creatures with its deadly teeth.
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      Quadricorn - Demonic unicorn like horse with 4 horns much like certain goat species.  

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  • Rat Cat - Large lion like rats, hulking and rife with plague.
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  • Rat Wolf - Quadrupedal canine rats, dangerously good climbers.
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  • Reptilian Hound - Lizard Quadrupeds with a head shaped like an axe head, subsided by eating wood.
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  • Reptilian Strider - Large bipedal lizards resembling dinosaurs.
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  • River Drake - Powerful Draconid that dwells within rivers.
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  • Rodent King - Highly Psychic rodents that dominate the minds of their lesser brethren.
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  • Scitalis - Slow moving snake that is able to mesmerise its prey, sheds its skin monthly even in winter.
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  • Scrap Cat - Cat Dog creatures that feast on left over metal, have a distinct taste for tea kettles.
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  • Sea Cattle - Aquatic bovine that resemble manatees.
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  • Sea Dragon - Colossal Draconids that dwell beneath the ocean waves.
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  • Sea Drake - Large Aquatic Draconids, resembling crocodilian whales.
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  • Sea Hydra - Multi Headed Aquatic hydra similar to that of its land dwelling cousins.
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  • Sea Serpent - Lengthy Serpentine Draconid, famed for their destructive power.
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  • Sentient Animals - Animals that have an intelligence equivalent to that of a Mortal Human.
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  • Seps - Large snake with corrosive venom which it spits upon its prey.
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  • Serpentine Dragon - Flying serpentine Draconids, predominantly found in Asia.
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  • Snipe - Reptilian bird that is incredibly difficult to catch or persue.
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  • Snow Snake - highly venomous white snake that lives deep beneath the snow in arctic regions.
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  • Sphinx - Large flying lions baring early human faces, well known for their riddles.
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  • Strider Bug - Gigantic Earwig like creature that dwells is marshland and lakes.
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  • Stymphalian Bird - Large birds capable of projecting the feathers from their wings like arrows, known to have a taste for mortals.
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  • Sqounk - Ugly pug faced creature that is native to fomoria.
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  • Thunder Bird - Giant Eagles capable of flight and Atmospheric Manipulation.
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  • Tree Shuck - Large shaggy bear like wolf that is capable of hiding behind even the smallest of objects.
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  • Unicorn - Single horned horse
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  • Volcanomander - Salamanders that dwell in the burning heat of volcanoes, toxic to consume and touch. Known to put out fires with its saliva.
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  • Water Bull - Large Semi Aquatic Bulls covered in fins and scales.
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  • Water Leaper - Gigantic toothed and horned toads.
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  • Water Lion - Large Semi Aquatic big cats covered in scales and fins.
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  • Water Panther - Semi Aquatic Big Cats capable of swimming and bursting forth from the ice. Most common variant resembles a quadrupedal Orca, Also known as Anklhut.
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  • Water Wolf - Semi Aquatic Wolves covered in scales and fins.
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  • Winged Monkey - Monkey like Fomorians baring wings.
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  • Winged Serpent - Flying snakes with wings, some can be colossal in size.
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  • Wyvern - Flying Bipedal draconids that are capable of spitting venom.
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    Z

     
  • Zilant - Bipedal Draconid, capable of flight and fire.
  • Footnotes

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