Roh’ghast
Also known as: Screaming Terrors
The Roh’ghast is a species of flying predators of the Greylands. Many varieties exist with variations of size and additional adaptations (such as tails, etc.). They favor the mountainous 'inland' areas of the Greylands and leave the coasts to the Bane Wasps, who viciously attack any Roh'ghast that strays near a hive. The attack flight that came through the rift onto Miurag at Manalar is one of the common species, used as riding mounts by the more intelligent denizens of the Greylands, such as the Malok.
Eyeless by nature, Roh'ghast possess a strong sense of smell, though they also 'see' the world through echolocation, sending out pulses of high-pitched sound in order to navigate. While this could grant them decent spatial awareness, it doesn't explain their ability to navigate over longer distances without a rider. The best current hypothesis is that they are sensitive to some of the invisible energies of the world, possibly even Ley Line energy.
Roh'ghast in the wild act most often as mated pairs or as lone hunters. Their forms blend in perfectly with the skies of the Greylands as they circle massive ranges looking for prey. When a target is spotted, they circle behind then swoop down and attempt to knock the prey over while releasing a high pitch screech to further disorient the prey. They will then attempt to pin their prey and dispatch them with a single bite.
Other Roh'ghast have been seen to pick up prey and drop them from a great height onto the spikey terrain of their homes, alighting onto those craggy peaks to snack upon their skewered and broken meal. Roh'ghast only attack lone prey which is smaller than them; they avoid large prey and pick off from herds on flat areas only if starving.
Roh'ghast cannot take flight from the ground and require some height in order to get a gliding start. They can move along the ground in a “hopping lope” using their winged arms and extended rear talons, but it is an exhausting and inefficient mode of travel to get back to high ground; in the meantime, they are vulnerable to attack themselves.
