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Username(s): magnadearel
Creature Name: Pov’ri
Catagory: Beast/Mount
Entry:
Pov’ri are not the fastest runners around but nor are they the slowest. Their main great skill is actually climbing. These are the big horned sheep of wow. No cliff is too steep for them. They live in communities of approx 100 individuals and make their home in the cliff face. Usually they reside in natural caves that are impossible to reach from the ground. Getting the fruit to tame them is a Quest all in itself, but well worth the effort. These creatures are very handy to have when areas frequent with cliffs.

All Pov’ri have a “blotching” type patterning that is unique to each individual. Females will be more brightly colored than males. Males tend towards a base of brown/tan with his blotching being lighter or darker shades of that color. Females, however, are much more brightly colored as their blotching range into the reds and purples on a brown/tan base. They do not appear to have mouths and it is unclear what they eat. It is assumed they are vegetarian, but because of their reclusive nature it is difficult to study these normally docile beasts.

Pov’ri have three sets of hooves. The powerful back set is the largest. Obviously used for walking and jumping on the high cliffs. The middle set are the “hands” and may optionally be used for walking if the need arises. Generally walking/running is completed on two leg(the back) legs. Finally the smallest set of hooves is at the wrist. All hooves while made of steel are flexible for griping uneven rock faces. Additionally the smallest, or opposable, set is the most flexible and is capable of picking up very small objects. In its defense a Pov’ri has three darts on extendable appendages. One located at the junction of the neck and back between the shoulders. The other two, one right and one left, are located low on the neck just forward of the shoulders. The darts house either a poison or sleep toxin.




Size(s): Females: height- 15’+, length- 30’+ ; Males: height- 10’-15’, length-20’-30’
Environment: Vertical cliff faces
Common abilities: Jump, Run, Scale
HP: 500


My appologies for the crappy pic. The scanner is not the best. It does have a tail, just very hard to see.

Username(s): JetAlmeara
Creature Name: Deepholm Hound
Catagory: Beast
Entry:

History:

When Deathwing erupted from Deepholm, sundering the lands of Azeroth and leaving gaping wounds across the landscape, the Dragon Aspect was not the only creature to claw it's way into Azeroth proper. Deepholm hounds are said to be one of Therazane's favored, some stories even say the Elemental lord bred the beasts as guards for her various Temples or as avengers sent after those who wound the earth and cause her pain and her pain at the destruction wrought by Deathwing was so great that the hounds once noble of purpose were driven mad with rage.

Loosed upon the world of Azeroth in this maddened state the Deepholm hounds rove in small family units throughout the land,
taking their rage out on whatever unlucky adventurer happens to cross thier path.

Description:

Deephold hounds have been blessed by The Stonemother and are capable of adapting to the lands they find themselves roaming often taking on the colorations of the land around them to aid in camoflauge (Forest hounds are often seen in shades of green and woody browns, grassland hounds in tawny shades of tan etc). All Deephold hounds have some sort of stony armour protecting them though the amount and design of the plating varies by Gender, which also affects thier abilities and purpose in the pack unit.

Males - Male Deepholm hounds are ambush predators, and as such thier armor is lighter, thier bodies slimmer and thier legs
longer. Depressions in the armor plates covering the shoulder,hips & heads of the male hounds are often breeding grounds for local algae's, mosses and quick growning plants of the local area including ferns and grasses. The crags and folds of the stone-like armour seems to be suitable for these plants to root in and secretions found in the Hounds sweat provide the nutrients needed for growth. In observing the Deepholm Hound the uses for this unusual trait is found as the males - slinking about on the outskirts of the females often lie in wait for prey, the growing plants offering a secon set of comoflauge along with their coloring as they seem to lack the stealth abilities of some large cats using their terrain instead.

Once thier targeted prey wanders by the males leap from thier cover and sling thier long club-like tails about to club the victim and stun them.

Females - The female hounds are stockier then thier male companions and comprise most of the packs number. Generally there are at least three females per male along with a couple adolescent Hounds who have yet to move on. The females are more heavily armoured then the males and lack the distinctive plant growth which is not needed as they don't bother with hiding. once the male has stunned the prey the females rush in to finish the job, thier claws and teeth are longer and rather then a club for a tail the females posess a sharp blade like appendage that they use to help kill prey.

Deepholm Hounds seem to form strong bonds with one another and will rush to help any of their pack that is attacked though this bond seems to stop short of any other packs, they don't seem to care if a neighboring pack is beat up on. Young Deepholm Hounds will often join in on fights but their youth makes them far less dangerous then their older comrades.

Adolescent males have the craters in thier armour but lack the plant life to let them hide effectively. Adolecents mingle with the females rather then the stalking males.

Tamable? yes
Notable rare Drops - Deepholm pup (Vanity Pet)

Size(s): Deepholm Hounds are about the same size as a westfall Coyote though the slimmer males tend to be slightly taller due to thier longer legs while adolecents of each gender are smaller then both thier older comrades.

Environment: Spanning Azeroth in pockets near the scars created by Deathwing they seem to show up most in forests or grasslands.

Common abilities:

Males :

Bash - the Hound hits their victim over the head with their club like tail and stuns them for 2 seconds
Encouraging Howl - Increases the morale of its pack members increasing thier melee damage for 10 seconds

Females :

Stone Armour - The Hound turns its body allowing its armour plating to absorb the blow redicing damage taken by 30% for 15 seconds
Rake - Rakes the enemy with its sharp claws causing a bleeding wound which ticks off addictional damage for 10 seconds
Gore - The Hound slices at its enemy with its blade like tail causing double damage

Adolecents :
Swipe - The young Hounds use thier claws to swipe at nearby enemys doing minimum damage
Bite - the young hounds bite at enemies doing medium damage

HP: (scales by level)

Male: Average & +5% when tamed
Female : High & +10% Armor +5% when tamed
Adol : Low,No modifiers

Username(s): xXStrait Jacket GirlXx
Creature Name: The Undead Rabbit Kin
Catagory: Critter
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Size(s): They are relatively small. Being of a non-corporeal form they can vary in size from being 2-3 feet in size at smallest and 5-6 feet at biggest.
Environment: Dark places such as caves, Swamps or other places along dark and dank areas.
Common abilities: Flee-They are very good at fleeing by shifting into a misty form.
Wild Cry- The Critters give a horrid cry that sounds like an animal dying. It calls forth others of Undead Rabbit Kin.
A United Front- Once a group has gathered they ban together to make united front they can make a physical attack by all as one swarming around the enemy.
They are easily defeated when alone and they get increasingly harder the more their are.
HP: w/ Tails- 150 w/o Tails-100 Individually

Username(s): Dragain
Creature Name: Worm - Vulkanische
Catagory: Beast (Tamable by a hunter with the 51 talent point in Beast Mastery)
Entry:

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Vulkanisches were once the low level Earthborers from Ragefire Chasm. The multiple Earthquakes caused by Deathwing's arrival had caused several parts of Ragefire Chasm to collapse, causing more lava to flow into the caves. Exposed to the high sulfuric content of the lava and leaking magic from the earth from Deathwing's awakening, some of the Earthborers had mutated into the Vulkanische.

With thick, fire-proof armor protecting their backs and thick skin covering their bodies, they are able to swim through lava for short periods of time and are completely immune to fire damage. In fact, when exposed above ground, it will set itself on fire as a deterrent to attackers. The Earthborers' small eyes and ears are now completely gone as the Vulkanische spend most of their time in the dark, silent underground. Instead, they "see" by picking up vibrations using tiny hairs running down their belly, and then interpreting these vibrations to be either - another Vulkanische, a prey or a predator. Of course, with their eyes gone, their mouths enlarged to make up nearly their whole face - two rows of razor sharp teeth line the inside of its mouth. As the teeth in the second row never stops growing, if one in the first row drops, one from the second row quickly moves forward to replace it.

Despite their frightening appearance, 80% of a Vulkanische's diet is made up of sulfur from the lava and rock from the earth. The other 20% consists of smaller Vulkanische and other small critters. Although they have been known to attack Horde & Alliance players, the Vulkanische have not been known to eat the victims. Instead, after defeating the threat, they will bury back into the Earth.

The male Vulkanisches are normally larger than the females, and possesses a rattle at the end of its body while the females do not. Contrary to popular belief, the male Vulkanische does not use the rattle to attract prey - instead, it is a tool to attract mates. As Vulkanisches are blind and deaf, they rely only on the hairs on their bellies to pick up vibrations to "see". Therefore, male Vulkanische will shake its rattle to say "Hey, I'm looking for a mate". The larger a male's rattle, the louder it will be and thus, the more vibrations it will generate.

However, as its mating "call" generates a lot of sound, predators are attracted by the noise and will dig into the ground in an attempt to get an easy meal. Therefore, only the strongest male Vulkanisches will survive to father the next generation of Vulkanische.

Size(s): Can grow up to be 6 meters long and 1 meter wide, with females being slightly smaller than the males. There have been recorded "rare mobs" that are significantly larger at 8 meters long and 1.5 meters wide.
Environment:
The "new" barrens, near the giant fissure that will separate the North and South - level 10 to 12 in the North and level 30 to 32 in the South.
Common abilities:
Acid spit - Similar to their Earthborer cousins, Vulkanische spit out a corrosive acid when threatened, but this acid is a lot more deadly since it had been "enhanced" by the sulfur in its diet. (This ability is retained after taming)
Bite - With its two rows of teeth, this does pack a punch! (This ability is retained after taming)
HP:
Level 10 to 12 - 700+
Level 30 to 32 - 1450+

Username(s): Uta
Creature Name: Pheeshum
Catagory: Aquatic Beast
Entry:


Pheeshum's are a creature that will keep many out of the water. Upon discovery, these creatures were first thought of as small, surface-dwelling creatures. They were large and often caught to feast upon. Their horns were sold for trinkets and generally they were thought nothing more than a new predatory fish.

The surface dwellers were like any type of fish but they had huge jaws that could swallow prey whole. With no teeth, they were thought harmless though the spikes on their head could spear and stab. Their colours were more golden and brown, speckled and splotched markings helping them blend in with their sandy environment.

Everything was fine until people began to disappear. Hidden amongst the kelp and seaweed, closer to the ocean floor, was an even larger variety of Pheeshum. They were more greys and blues and greens, and lurked within the thick kelp. Like the shore dwellers, they too had huge gaping jaws. . . but what was most disgusting was the fact that such large jaws held no room for proper stomachs.

Oh no. Upon the jaws opening came three tentacle-like objects. . . They would grasp on to fish or human and push the prey back in to the gaping jaws of the Pheeshum. What was worse, the person would begin to be digested automatically, these tentacles found to be nothing more than part of their intestines, filled with acidic juices to break down bone and tissue.

The acid is very strong and lethal to humans upon injection to the blood stream. If the prey continues to fight and battle the Pheeshum, the intestines will secrete an acidic mucous and will begin digesting the ensnared prey while outside the mouth.

These kelp-dwellers hide within the thick kelp and are very elusive creatures. They have a strange relationship with fish - the tentacles upon their heads will often ensnare an unsuspecting fish and eventually meld with the fish itself. Like a tick or flea, the Pheeshum and captured fish become parasite and host . . . The pheeshum keeps the fish alive and uses it as bait to draw prey near. The fish . . keeps its life until something rips it from the Pheeshums head-tentacle.

The fish live life as normal, mostly. Some fishermen have unfortunately caught fish that were attached to a rather disgruntled Pheeshum. Such battles often never end well and it's best to just throw the rod away and chalk it up to a loss.

Female kelp pheeshum have smaller bodies but larger horns. Their tail and dorsel fins tend to be much longer and luxurous than their male counterparts.

Male pheeshums have smaller horns but larger body mass and more aggressive tempers.

Pheeshums very rarely school but a mated pair may stick together for the mating season. The female will carry the eggs in her jaw and go hungry for the season until she spits out the live young, Pheeshlets. Afterwards, Mom leaves the pheeshlets to their own devices to devour one another and learn the way of the world on their own. Out of perhaps 100 babies, only 20 may live through the week and about 5 reach adulthood (if lucky).

There is rumor of a Deep Sea Pheeshum variety, much larger and hardier than those that live in the kelp. Thus far they are but rumor. . . but those who meet the deep-sea variety don't often live to speak of it.

Size(s): Pheeshum vary in size depending on location. The most common kelp-dwelling Pheeshum are of the ocean variety and they are about the 15-20 feet in length.

The shore/surface dwelling variety are smaller, at about 6-10 feet.

The deep sea dwellers are anywhere from 25-35 feet.
Environment: Pheeshums are all aquatic. Some live closer to the surface and are mostly just a nusiance. But be careful in deep water. . . They are all salt-water creatures, though it is rumored there's a fresh-water variety as of yet undiscovered.
Common abilities: Tail Lash, Devour, Acid Spray, Headbutt, Flee
HP:
Surface Dweller: Low about 60 hp.

Kelp Dweller: High, about 300 hp

Deep Sea Dweller: Very high. About 800-1000+ hp.

Username(s): Tamiko_kitten
Creature Name: Stone Behemoth
Catagory: Beast
Entry:
Stone Behemoths are large beasts roughly the size of a draft horse, however much more solidly built. They live high in the craggy peaks of the mountains, their rock like armour allowing them to blend in with the rock and snow. They come in natural colours, often shades of grey and brown, though paler ones are not uncommon. Their are two main varaties of these creatures, known as midland and highland. The midland variety are the most common, they are found in the common colours of greys and browns and their armour has the appearance of rock. They live in the rocks and sometimes snow of lower mountains. Highland varieties are found very high in the snowiest of mountains and ice fields that stay frozen year round, and are said to be far more beautiful - but far more rare. These are usually very pale in light greys or white, some with tinges of blue. They also have thicker fur and manes than their midland cousins to keep warmer. They are far more elusive and less confrontational however, and sightings are incredibly rare.

Females are slightly smaller than males, and have one mid-sized horn rather than a large and a small. They also have longer but thinner manes, and lack the "beard" hair that males grow on the bottom of their necks and chest. They are able to live in both groups or individually, and this often changes throughout the year depending on the availability and location of food. Males are generally only territorial in breeding season, otherwise they adhere to a pecking order depending on who is the strongest. If a stronger male wants another male's kill, the two will either fight over it or the weaker will leave. Females bear litters of 2-5 cubs, usually more when food is abundant and when living in a group dynamic.

Their armour is made of of an overlapping series of plates. When the cubs are born, their plates are very soft of malleable. As the cub grows, dust, minerals and other things are attratcted to the soft surface of the scales and cling to it, hardening over time as the cub ages. Eventually the plates take on the appearance of shale - though far harder to penetrate. Their horns however do not attratch this mineral dust, and seem to be make of a different substance than the rest of their armour. These horns are smooth, polished and impossibly hard, but used mostly in fight between males over food or females. In highland varieties, their scales still attratch minerals, but also ice and crystals and often take on a shimmering appearance due to the reflections of the sun.

Their primary attacks are with their claws and teeth. Interestingly enough, the "teeth" on their upper jaw are actually not teeth, but extensions of their armour. Their true teeth lay beneath these and are used more for eating, while the armour teeth are used more for attacking. If frightened by something far more large and powerful than themselves they will emply defensive stratagies by curling into a ball something like an armadillo - just less graceful. This is rare and unconfirmed however as no human has frightened a behemoth enough for this to have been witnessed firsthand.

They are tameable but only by high level warriors.

The Stone Behemoth shown below a common midland male


Size(s): males stand around
Environment: Mountains - they favour the tall craggy peaks and ice fields in the thin upper atmosphere.
Common abilities:
Slash: Their main ability - slashing with their claws
Granite bite: Their armour teeth are much sharper and more durable than their true teeth so they use these to attack and rip through enemies and prey.
Defensive curl: When outmatched, a Stone Behemoth will curl into a ball allowing it's armour to deflect attacks.
Whiplash: They will whip their tails at very high velocities, easily enough to crush the bones of a man or beast.
Berserk: Only used by higher levels, this ability must build up for a time as the Stone Behemoth gets angrier and angrier. When triggered, the behemoth attacks with a demon-like ferocity as if it were possessed. It does incredible amounts of damage.


HP: (since I don't know anything about WOW I'm gonna be a bit general) Their HP is quite high, though not off the charts. Because of their armour plated bodies they have increased defense, but are weak to magic.

Username(s): ShinosBee
Creature Name: Fire Lizard
Catagory: Beast
Entry:
A fire lizard is a heavy-set, large lizard that is the distant relative of the kodo and thought by many to be an off-shoot of the thunder lizard, perhaps due to the explosions of magic following Deathwing's return. They are aggressive beasts that prefer canyons and plains; though they are quite are home in deserts and burned out areas as well. When in combat, they shoot flames from their mouth and the vents in their sides at distance, and dole out harsh headbutts and stomps at close range. Fire lizards come in a variety of colors, including blue, black, and dark red and purple. If they weren't eternally ablaze, it is assumed they could carry many people and supplies on their backs. There is no noticeable difference between males and females, and few people really want to get close enough to check.




Size(s): Roughly 30' long and 8-10' high at the shoulder.
Environment: Anywhere that thunderlizards were spotted prior to the release of Deathwing; it is assumed the fire lizards are mutated thunderlizards due to dark magics.
Common abilities:
-Flame breath: 45 yd range, 2 sec cast, Inflicts 8750 to 11250 Fire damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster.
-Heated ground: Unlimited range, Instant, Deals 4125 to 5875 Fire damage every second to all enemies near the heated ground for 4 sec.
-Stomp: Instant, 8 sec cooldown, Inflicts 3800 to 4200 Physical damage to nearby enemies, stunning them for 3 sec.
-Ferocious Headutt: 8 yd range, Instant, Delivers a ferocious headbutt to an enemy, inflicting 6937 to 8062 Physical damage.
HP: 15000-18000 at levels 81-83.