Narvrak

Narvraks lives in cold, mountainous and thickly forested regions, such as those between Galin and Peygarl. They live in caves and hunt small to medium forest animals by climbing trees or onto rocky outcrops and pouncing on them from above. They supplement this diet with fungi, nuts and berries. Their hands are quite dextrous, but are also specially adapted in another way: a tough, horny ridge across the knuckles aids when knuckle-walking but also adds to the impact when they pounce on their prey. More closely related to the devanu than the fubarnii, they have a lipless beak hooked for tearing flesh, and smaller back legs with clawed feet. They are well adapted to the cold, with shortened limbs, a large body and hair on their back and chest. The young are even hairier, with dark fluff all over them, which gradually recedes as they grow. Narvraks do not eat fubarnii, but will attack them if provoked, particularly if they are looking after their young. In their knuckle-walking gait they stand eye to eye with a fubarnii, but weigh much more and tower over them when they rear up, which they will do when attacking at close quarters in order to drop their weigh down onto their adversary. Narvraks are sometimes encountered by the Delgon as they clear the forest to harvest timber, and a wise Delgon will stay well away.