Egg:
This brightly colored egg has four hoofed legs poking out of it. Wait... hoofed?
Hatchling:
The egg has hatched into a curious, camel- like foal with eight legs. It's rear end appears to resemble an insect, contrasting with the rest of it. The little creature staggers to it's feet and looks at you with huge, doe like eyes. It appears so confused and sad that you instinctively go up to comfort it- and promptly leap back with all the grace of a ballet dancer as it bares fangs that were previously hidden in it's mouth. It snarls at you, and, to your shock, climbs up the nearest wall and sits there, occasionally shooting you malevolent glances.
Adult:
The hatchling has grown into an unnerving adult that resembles a camel, well, most of it does. It no longer walks, preferring to crawl around with it's legs bent. It's feet easily attach to walls, and after stumbling into what seemed to be a sticky curtain in a dark room, you discover that it can build webs. It's rear now definitely resembles an insect, and is covered in bright colors as well as rough fur. Going near it is fraught with difficulty, as it is now almost twice as large as you, and makes no attempt to hide the fact that it would like to add you to it's webbed storehouse which now has struggling creatures wrapped up in the sticky strands. It can certainly deter enemies, however. And you don't have to feed it.
General Description:
The Equarach are rightly described as monsters and are found in the darker regions of the Jungle of Raza. They seem to be a curious blend of equine mammal and arachnid, and many say that they are the result of the experiments of some evil Magi. Equarach are capable of building webs and crawling around on vertical surfaces with their feet, which are not only hoofed, but are also sticky. They usually build their "nests" on trees and wait for their prey to walk past. Upon spotting it, they hurl themselves downward, catch it in their jaws and shoot upwards again, held by the thread of their web. The unfortunate victim is kept prisoner for days while it's captor slowly drains everything from it.
It takes a determined and courageous Magi to capture and raise an Equarach, much less tame it. Cruel and uncaring, Equarach have no qualms about biting the hand that feeds them, and one has to be very careful when approaching it.
Please feel free to criticize. I can't change the images, though, as I no longer have a scanner, or photoshop
. If you feel I've been to hard on the Equarach, please say so. I have a sort of addition that might make it a bit nicer. And please don't laugh. I have never learned to draw, and this is my first time at anything like this.EDIT: I'm feeling queasy.
If this guy doesn't get approved by you guys, I'm not going to have the nerve to post my next critter.EDIT AGAIN: That would probably be a good thing.
