Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Elananx

 Hey, what if the Cheshire Cat wanted to murder you? And also became an arsonist along the way?

While most elananxes, due to their inherent fey arrogance, avoid goblins, the goblins instead adore the fiery cats. The Burning Bowel goblin clan indeed managed to tame some several generations ago, and have since had a semi-successful breeding program. The goblin-bred elananxes may appear malnourished, but in addition to their fiery attacks, many of them carry the same diseases that are usually present on goblin dogs that they replaced. Although several fatalities happen when brave goblins try mounting the proud felines, the spread of arson and mayhem works out for both parties.

Mad Morgan the Firestarter is a sadistic arsonist wanted dead or alive in seven different kingdoms and thirteen duchies. While Morgan himself is a scrawny, cowardly man who can't really hold his own in a fight, an elananx has decided to follow him. The feline creature has a weird sense of adoration for the old criminal, and while it mostly follows along to bathe in the fires the man starts, it shows a level of loyalty in defending him few of its kind are capable of.

While elananxes are violent and attracted to destructive forces, they are still fey, and signs of adoration will sometimes stay their hand. Indeed, the elananx pack of Bluebloom forest have developed a strange affection for honey harvested from the giant bees that dwell in the Hintari Highlands. Offering the pack's leader (usually the quickest, most slender female of the bunch) a jar of said honey will not only get travelers safe passage, but the fickle feline will also give them three strands of their hair. These hairs each have a different effect when activated by throwing them into the wind. The first shall make the user invisible. The second, let them fly like a wind. The last one shall grant aid from an unexpected source, but once it has been used up, the pact is over, and the elananxes are free to hunt once more.

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