Whitespine

A Whitespine is a "reptilian creature, as big as a horse but with carapace across its back."   The beasts are hunted for sport by many people from Eth Kraci.

Basic Information

Anatomy

A square face with sharpened mandibles and large tusks and claws.  The tooth-like tusks grow in two pairs on either side of the upper jaw pointing downward.   The claws grow on two powerful hind legs and four smaller fore-limbs.   Stark white spines grow along its back, giving the creatures their name.   The creatures do not do well in captivity.  In a captive state, a whitespine would likely go dormant in a crystal shell.
Geographic Distribution
  Information and inspiration taken from the Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson.