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Manticores are a type of highly feared [[chimeran]] monster. The manticore is known for its variety of fearsome features and its tendency to eat its victims whole.
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Manticores are dreaded beasts of legend, considered by many to be a [[chimeran]], a twisted abomination from [[The Wastes]]. The manticore is known for is variety of terrifying features and its tendency to eat its victims whole.
 
==Appearance==
 
==Appearance==
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In legend, manticores take a wide variety of appearances. Generally speaking, however, a manticore is said to be a red lion with a scorpion tail, venomous spines that it is capable of shooting at its prey, and three rows of sharp teeth. Varying by legend, manticores may either have the face of a man or the face matching their red lion body. They may also have horns and/or bat-like wings. Given their unknown and clearly chaotic nature, it may be true that manticores have some variety in features; for instance, one manticore may have wings, while another does not.
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The name "manticore" is given to various creatures of somewhat similar appearance. Generally, it refers to a monster like a red lion with a scorpion tail and venemous spines on its back. Some manticores have wings or horns or even both, and some manticores may have the head and face of a lion befitting their body, while others have the face of a man. Manticores are often said to have three rows of teeth, though not all tales befit such a description.
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==Origins==
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==Nature==
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Manticores originate from [[Parsanshar]], and their name means "man-eater." The manticore has, however, spread up north into the [[Achaean Empire]]. No one knows how they were created or what their origins are, like most all chimerans, and many speculate that they were created as a result of magical anomalies in the [[The Wastes|Wastes]], much like [[chimera|chimeras]] themselves.
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Little is known of manticores, but some scholars speculate they originated in the Wastes like so many other chimerans. They are common in legends across [[Parsanshar]] in particular, though they have long since spread to the southern reaches of the [[Achaean Empire]] as well. They are very hostile, if reclusive. Very rarely seen, they will stalk their prey, paralyze it, swallow it whole, and leave no evidence behind so it will not be caught. Manticores prefer the taste of [[Men]] over all other prey.
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==Abilities==
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==Legends==
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Given their wide variety of features, manticores have numerous frightening abilities that make them more than formidable for any warrior. They eat their victims whole, leaving behind no possessions, bones, clothing, or even armor or weapons, for manticores can digest virtually anything. The manticore has venomous barbs on its back that it can fire at its enemies like arrows, paralyzing them, in addition to the paralytic sting of its scorpion tail. Although a manticore's bite is not venomous, given their triple rows of teeth, it leaves a devastating wound. Manticores, however, prefer their prey whole, so they generally only use these teeth to grab, hold down, or kill their victim - if they did not successfully paralyze it - before swallowing it.
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Manticores are such varied abominations that their mode of attack varies, as well. Their scorpion tail can paralyze victims, some say they can breathe fire, and they have great, powerful jaws with which to attack. Legends speak of how the manticore can fling venemous barbs from its back like arrows to paralyze its victims, making it easier to eat them alive, as the manticore prefers. As their name "man-eater" implies, they are said to always strive to swallow their paralyzed prey whole, and they are capable of digesting armor, weapons, bone, clothing, and most anything else. Manticores are among the most feared and legendary of all monsters.
  
 
[[Category:Monsters]][[Category:Chimerans]]
 
[[Category:Monsters]][[Category:Chimerans]]

Latest revision as of 17:46, 29 March 2023

Manticores are dreaded beasts of legend, considered by many to be a chimeran, a twisted abomination from The Wastes. The manticore is known for is variety of terrifying features and its tendency to eat its victims whole.

Appearance

The name "manticore" is given to various creatures of somewhat similar appearance. Generally, it refers to a monster like a red lion with a scorpion tail and venemous spines on its back. Some manticores have wings or horns or even both, and some manticores may have the head and face of a lion befitting their body, while others have the face of a man. Manticores are often said to have three rows of teeth, though not all tales befit such a description.

Nature

Little is known of manticores, but some scholars speculate they originated in the Wastes like so many other chimerans. They are common in legends across Parsanshar in particular, though they have long since spread to the southern reaches of the Achaean Empire as well. They are very hostile, if reclusive. Very rarely seen, they will stalk their prey, paralyze it, swallow it whole, and leave no evidence behind so it will not be caught. Manticores prefer the taste of Men over all other prey.

Legends

Manticores are such varied abominations that their mode of attack varies, as well. Their scorpion tail can paralyze victims, some say they can breathe fire, and they have great, powerful jaws with which to attack. Legends speak of how the manticore can fling venemous barbs from its back like arrows to paralyze its victims, making it easier to eat them alive, as the manticore prefers. As their name "man-eater" implies, they are said to always strive to swallow their paralyzed prey whole, and they are capable of digesting armor, weapons, bone, clothing, and most anything else. Manticores are among the most feared and legendary of all monsters.

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