Also known as the saurian king, it is the greatest of the many bird-footed lizards populating the southern part of the continent.

It is a hot-blooded two-legged oviparous lizard with a height of twelve foot and a length of over forty. Despite its weight, this massive beast is as good a runner as the smaller specimens. Usually sporting brown-red feathers, its feet are composed of three strong fingers, and a smaller claw, reminiscent of birds.

Despite its massive size and strong jaws, it usually acts as an opportunistic hunter, and will often steal smaller animals’ preys. Normally, it will form a lifelong couple, raise its young then move to another area, leaving its old territory to its progeny.

It’s a very territorial animal, and will not stand for competition within its domain, although chat it usually considers competition are similarly sized predators and whatever targets its preferred preys. Solitary tyrants are much more aggressive, and will often challenge their own kindred for no other reason than to show their dominance.

Its intelligence is subject of many debates, some states its ability to adapt to human traps and tactics as a sign of its intelligence while others say it’s due to its passive and cowardly nature. As for me, I think the later are idiots who’ve never faced the mighty behemoth and should keep their uninformed opinion for themselves.

When young are born, they will be trained by the parents to hunt smaller preys and maturation can take up to twenty years, this training period makes parents with young very dangerous because they will target smaller preys they would otherwise ignore.

It is unknown how long the behemoths can live and the very idea of keeping them in captivity is laughable at best.

Their weaknesses are few, unlike most animal they show little response to fire, their scales make them almost impervious to arrows and bolts unless they are fired from short distances. So far, the only successful methods have been to use pit traps with spikes, siege weapons, attacking their fingers and lower articulation with pole axes and obviously shooting them in the eyes.

Like many great behemoths and bird-footed lizards, in particular, its bones while hollowed and without marrow, show very high resistance to forces applied laterally, and longitudinally.

Here is a final message of an ex-hunter to his younger kindred:

“The beast’s name of hunter-killer is well deserved. Do not engage unless you have the support of the army or a well-fortified place, and always stays cautious, no matter how well things seem to be going and how prepared you are.”