ALL FOR ONE;

The Devourer She was hungry, by the Rift she was so hungry. So long, so many moonless nights had come and gone since her last meal. Her body was weakened with the sore lack of sustenance, so much so that she was unable to catch child. Her mate had been… most displeased. It was a terrible weakness amongst the tribe, a female that could not bear young. Yet! How many of the young now growing their wings and sharpening their claws, were hers? How many? Too many to count, but her body remembered. It mattered not. All she knew was that she needed to find food, and she needed to find it fast. As soon as the delectable stench of equine brushed her palette, she moved. Would it be one of the mer-horses? Swimming just a bit too close to shore. Sometimes their colts were known to be that foolish. Or perhaps it was a Dryad, a crawler of the forest whose skin was tough and chewy, but their meat was soft and sweet. He nostrils quivered with excitement as long arms stretched out on either side of her waning figure. The wind whistled hauntingly through her feathers, and the she-beast hummed with appreciation at how nice it felt. As easily as the smallest bird, the creature then leapt from the high-reaching ledge. Rock cracked and tumbled down the cliff as she broke away. With one, then two great sweeps of her wings, she was airborne. The hunt was on. . . You are being hunted by a Sokava (p. Sokavi) Beast! These are massive raptor-like birds, easily bigger than a large grizzly. They live in ’tribes’ that only gather for large hunts, or for mating purposes. They are not particularly magical, but they are big, fast, and built to bully! Resembling a condor in appearance, they have four digits attached to a large knuckle on each wing. They use these as fingers to grip rock-faces and slice into prey. Their legs are long and skinny, but can kill a horse with one strike, beware! Their mouths resemble something more like an eagles, but have no fear, these creatures can eat you whole if they wanted to. These raptors have jaws that split three ways on the sides and right down the middle of the bottom. They open into a gaping chasm of teeth set further back into the throat, as they cannot chew with their beaks. Their tongues are bright orange and red, and can reach up to seven feet. Good luck. "Talk." Rift Monster beware

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