Mosquitto Cryptid
Species - Cryptid Butterfly Mosquitto
Species name: Ozowraktam "One who drinks blood" or "person drinking blood"
Note: The word that defines a person here is vague. It does not describe the species that created the language, as humans interpret "person" as human. But it identifies a living being as a conscious entity. This is where words like this in this language give a tell to listeners that when a bounty is made and all they have to go on is a word, "Oz" can define the target as a creature if there are no other details or they are unfamiliar with the name to give it an image- as great an amount of bad luck that would be anyway to go hunting something blindly.
Oz (person/individual) Owr (life/blood) ak (action/habit/doing) tam (drink)
About the name - Chron: Originally, I called this thing a Cryptid Butterfly Mosquitto. This creature is neither a Cryptid, a Butterfly, nor a Mosquitto, but it does has their weird tongue and face.
About
Ozowrakta are creature's that can be found on Planet Miydoria in temperate climates. It originates from the [[Mountains of Keroipi]]. It is believed that many years ago they entered through a Rift from another world, as they freely approach them.
Diet
They are Omnivorous, feeding from the land and creatures with high concentrations of magic. They have an appetite for blood, so they will sometimes hunt other creatures or prey upon caravans. Generally they don't unless they're very hungry or have been weakened.
Magic is a sweet nectar for them. It fuses with their cells and makes them stronger. They may be found within magic enhanced areas near or within Dungeons. They can locate [[Dimensional Rift]]'s by smell. There they feed upon the magic of whatever prey they might catch. (Most animals avoid Rifts because it is dangerous.)
Eating
They have small razor like teeth in the inside of their snout. However, their tongue is also lascerated and covered with small sharp nodes that allow them to scrape meat from bone. They may also use their tongue to siphon blood from a body, living or dead like a straw.
Confrontations with the beast
The horns-whips are constantly moving, whips that lacerate the ground and flesh of anything that dares stand too close. One would be lucky to walk away with their life and limbs intact.
bounties
There is a large bounty for thinning the numbers of these creatures. Many travelers and merchants report frustration with the ridiculous and easily aggressed nature of these beasts. When the beasts set up a location or path they desire to stay, there is no getting through their territory. Anyone from merchants to cities release common bounties for these creatures in these events.
Confrontation Safety
Safety: Do not approach without a mount. If you are on foot, you will either be trampled or too slow to escape a laceration.
If you are a caravan and encounter one, do not press forward. If the creature is facing sideways or at an angle, it is non-aggressive but territorial. Do not attempt to pass it. Use this time to find another path. If the creature directly faces you, it has taken your presence as a challenge and will attack.
When challenged, this beast does not run. It stands its ground and will attack once engaged. It does not surrender, and will fight to the death when personally challenged. Challengers must either be prepared to die or run. If one flee's, the creature will give chase for a while but it does not have unlimited stamina. They will grow bored and turn around. They don't remember faces, but they remember smells.
Design
Thinking about giving it four transparent or butterfly bug like wings and more chitinous appearance.
Chron: I'm gonna be honest, this thing is a chimera. How ever did such creature ever come to evolve? I'm not a biologist. I have no idea. There are strange forces in this universe that create creature's for bizarre purposes- which completely sidesteps evolution's selfish or lazy ambitions at some times. I don't think God would permit these monstrosities to exist. On principle, they operate on different laws of reality with stories written by the ambitions of [[living gods]].
Temperament:
They are lone creatures that only gather to challenge other of their kind and mate. They are aggressive and easy to anger.
Is this creature a Mount?
Generally, no. This creature cannot be domesticated under normal circumstances. There are however some Knights from the country [[Airatheia]] that have found ways to control them. With their spiraling whips as a barrier, they can make the knights unreachable. The creature's speed make them a difficult target, and their hide makes them resistant to arrow heads. Their riders weapons are the spear and bow.
