Manticore

Manticores are winged creatures that resemble a cross between a lion , dragon , and a humanoid. [1]

Description

Manticores have the body and mane of a lion, wings of a dragon, and a head that resembles a humanoid's. Their tails are long and culminate in over a dozen sharp spikes. [1]

Abilities

Manticores have the ability to launch their tail spikes up to 200 feet (61 meters) away. When hunting, they use this ability to injure prey from a distance, before swooping in to finish off their targets with their powerful bite and sharp claws. [1]

History

Kundarak

Shortly after the dwarves first settled in the Mror Holds , the Kundarak clan forged an alliance between the manticores of the Ironroot Mountains and the dwarves. The manticores agreed to help the dwarves fight against the Jorash'tar orcs in exchange for the dwarves warding their lairs against aberrations . This bond continues to the present day, and when the Kundarak clan became a dragonmarked house they adopted the manticore as their symbol. [4]

Lands

Manticores are rarely found in the Five Nations , [5] but dwell elsewhere in Khorvaire , such as Droaam , [6] the Mror Holds, [4] and the Shadow Marches . [7]

Some manticores live in the wilds of Xen'drik . [5] Other manticores serve as the minions of powerful dragons, such as Gornath the Madwyrm in Sarlona , or Xarkon the Stormheart in Xen'drik. [8] [9]

Notable Manticores

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