The werewolf is a creature that is half wolf, half human. At full moon, the "normal" human transforms into a wolf, which can grow up to two steps tall and is extremely aggressive. Anyone can become a werewolf as soon as they are bitten by an already infected werewolf.

The shimmer whale is a 50-step long massive whale that is able to adapt its skin colour to its surroundings in dangerous situations. Due to the "shimmering" as the whalers call it, the whale can hardly be located. This is an animal that can use magic instinctively.

These giant pigs are actually of a good-natured nature. However, if their habitat is restricted or they are driven into a trap, they fight back. They are magical creatures, and are proficient in magically ramming enemies.

These magical creatures are more common on the steppes of the [[quitaron|Quitaron]]. The bird of prey hunts mainly small rodents, but sometimes larger animals are also on its menu.

The stone elemental, as a servant of the [[tador-titan-des-steins|Tador]], grows from a rock or stone when it awakens. Stone elementals usually appear as bulky humanoid figures that can grow to a height of 4 steps.

The water elemental is an elemental being that is under the favour of either the Ginae or the Duglaraan. Water elementals only exist naturally on the elemental plane and can only be summoned to this world by elementalists.

The Sethlarn are a magical kind of dragon-like beings. Their shape is that of [[die-drachen|Dragons]], but their leathery skin is coarse and black. Their eyes gleam a pale yellow. They reach a height of three steps, and a wingspan of five steps.

The Imps are small 30cm high humanoid beings of scrawny gnarled shape and small red sparkling eyes. Their wrinkled skin is covered with small nodules and is grey to brown in colour. Even though they seem to be, they are not related to the Bolden.

Ganark is a creature that can be found in enchanted forests. In terms of habitus he resembles a goblin, it gives him entertainment to confuse strangers.

Only rarely do you see bolts in the forests and towns of Tirakan. Gifted people ascribe to them an origin in the fairy worlds, while the normal people despise bolts as bad luck bringers and charlatans. Whether it will ever be clarified where the origin of the bolts lies may be doubted. In fact, there are many bolts in the fairy world.

Nymphs are servants of the [[die-titanen|Titaness]] [[ginae-titanin-des-wassers|Ginae]], one-and-a-half-step-tall female figures who bear the characteristics of aquatic creatures on their bodies. Their favourite pastime is playing the harp or the sea shell flute and giving wet kisses.

The shape of a slimy hopper is most similar to that of a small bold, which moves stoutly and close to the ground. The name comes from the way it moves, the slime hopper moves with a hopping, almost staggering gait. Its dark body is covered with a slime that the slimehopper produces itself. The slime burns on the skin and causes a distinct reddening.

There are giants both in the northern forests near the [[tal-des-vergessens|Valley of Oblivion]] and in the south near the [[xordai|Xordai]] territories. These gigantic, human-like beings live their own culture, have their own language, and keep away from [[menschen|Humans]].

One of the strangest creatures in Tirakan is the ventriculum. Although observers of the past centuries classified it as an undead being, it must be considered a purely magical entity. Nevertheless, the ventriculum consists of the dead remains of a human being that have been magically brought to life.

This butterfly, known as [[chronar-gott-der-zeit|Chronar]]'s Blessing, is very rare on Tirakan. It is said to land at night on the heads of the seriously ill or wounded, heal them or accompany them into the realm of the dead to relieve their pain.

Baba built a hut atop the rotting stump of a giant tree that was felled long ago. It was only after she embedded a magic gemstone in the hut that the whole thing was imbued with a semblance of life. When she wills it to do so, the hut pulls its gigantic roots free of the earth and shambles around like a spidery behemoth, shaking the ground with every step. The hut attacks with its flailing and stomping roots. It can also use its roots to fling large rocks.

Of all the creatures known to us, none is more dangerous and deadly than the basilisk - otherwise known as "the king of snakes". This creature is born from a chicken egg hatched by a crow. The venom of the basilisk is deadly.

The unicorn (from [[silkanda|silk.]] licorne - the pure) is an animal that resembles the horse in shape and size, but is more slenderly built and wears a horn on its forehead.

The common flying lizard has two legs and two leathery wings. On the ground they have to support themselves with their wings, but in the air these slender lizards are nimble and fast flyers. Their skin, covered with small green scales, offers them quite good protection, and particularly strong flying lizards can also be clad in light metal-reinforced leather armour.

Created by the black magician Ortan, the Shadow Crawlers are humanoid creatures. They live in the northern forests of [[asgoran|Asgoran]], where they were artificially created by magic.

Awakened plants gifted with the powers of intelligence and mobility, blights plague lands tainted by darkness. Drinking the darkness from the soil, a blight carries out the will of an ancient evil and seeks to spread that evil wherever it can.

Sometimes a spirit or magical presence is banished into a statue. These statues are made of stone, chiselled by their creator. But the spirit of the past lives in them and awakens them to ghostly life. The soul of their model connects with the stone body and comes to life.

This fish species is extremely rare, solitary and only found on the high seas. The body of this fish is strangely disc-shaped, with a diameter of up to two steps, and the fins are round. Its scales are light blue in colour, but almost transparent.

Like the horse of the northern steppes, the striped horses populate the steppes of the [[die-stamme-der-barbaren|barbarians]]. The colour of the body is divided into white and dark brown stripes, which give the striped horse its distinctive appearance.

The Dragsberg barn devils are probably the largest domestic cat species of Tirakan and originate from the duchy of Dragsberg in [[asgoran|Asgoran]]. A Dragsberg barn devil grows 1 to 1.40 steps long. They have a 3-4 finger long fur of various colours, 2 and 3-coloured animals are the rule, and a long bushy tail.

There are wolves everywhere in the temperate regions of Tirakan. These pack animals are usually reserved, and stay away from people. When cornered or threatened, they become aggressive and can also attack humans.

The riding dragon is not a true dragon, merely a large flying lizard with a grained head. These rare animals can be trained to be faithful mounts if caught as young, or if a clutch of eggs is discovered and can be secured.

The large cave spider is found in all areas of the central Tirakan. It reaches a height of 3 steps and, despite its weight, is extremely skilful at moving through passages.

The swarm eater is mainly native to the shallow regions of the large inland lake of [[yavon|Yavon]]. However, individual specimens can also be found in other areas of the long river. When fully grown, these fish reach a length of about one step. They are characterised by a green-brown striped upper side and a silvery underside. The tail fin is slightly rounded at the top.

A disgusting snake species that occurs mainly on the east coast, around [[echsen|Lizard]] Island, where it has almost taken over the entire water landscape. It is about 3-6 steps long and has a light greenish glow. It has gills on its otherwise snake-like head, and its mouth is adorned with interlocking fangs.

Hadidim lizards are large flying lizards with a wingspan of up to 2 steps. They feed mainly on fish, but are not averse to the odd seabird. Hadidim lizards are only found on the narrow coastal strip and at the lakes and oases of [[al-bah-jira|Al Bah JiRa]]. They rarely pose a threat to [[menschen|Humans]], unless someone is foolish enough to try to steal the eggs of a hadidim mother from her nest.

This animal, which the scholars have classified in the family of the so-called hoofed animals (first mention in the old Codex Bestiarius in the [[viertes-zeitalter-das-zeitalter-der-menschen|first millenium before the new age]]) is related to the sheep, which is better known in the north. Recent research shows that the goat seems to have evolved from these sheep in the south of Tirakan (a thesis that is highly controversial, especially among the religious scholars).

A distinctly large, obese furry beast that moves on two legs. It can measure up to 4 steps in height, but is no less strongly built in width. A full-grown Zwarl weighs about 2 pounds.

Auguras are giant, owl-like birds. Although they are not magical, their size enables them to inflict terrifying wounds with their claws and beaks. They inhabit the snow-covered plains of Bitrheimr. They have very keen senses and are easily disturbed by any disturbance to their peace. They become aggressive very quickly.

Mammoth refers to a genus of [[elefant|elephants]] that are widespread in the colder regions of Tirakan. The scholars under the young, slightly crazy zoologist Bernhard of [[yavon|Yavon]] assume that they evolved from a group of elephants via several intermediate forms that increasingly specialised in grass food and adapted to the cold.

This is what 2 steps tall, yellow-eyed toads are called. These mystical animals are as rare as they are dangerous. In their insatiable hunger, they pounce on any life form that crosses their path and is not twice as massive as themselves. To kill its victim, the swamp turtoll sprays it with a viscous, highly corrosive acid, which is capable of destroying even the iron of armour.

Supposedly, if you believe those newfangled young scholars who study strange subjects like zoology, the three-horned rhinoceros is a relative of the elephant and the mammoth. But look at this animal! No trunk! The essential feature of the animals are the 3 horns. The front horn grows from the nasal bone, the middle and the rear horn from the fore skull.

The Nahrz'gu are herbivores found in the northern plains and forests. They reach a shoulder height of just under 1.7 steps and are a sturdy variety of aurochs. They have long shaggy fur and thick forward curved horns.

Kinstarchel are the name given to wild dwarf cattle in [[hadewald|Hadewald]]. The largest specimens of this species rarely reach a shoulder height of more than 2 ells. The small, sturdy animals are silver-grey to pitch-black in colour and roam in herds through woods remote from people. Kinstarchels are always popular hunting targets. Because they are becoming increasingly rare, efforts have recently been made to domesticate kinstarchel. However, this has so far proved difficult, as the captured specimens often die of a strange disease after a few months.

Sheep are mostly woolly farm animals, sometimes just over one step high. Their colour varies from white to grey to black. Besides the wool breeds, there are also breeds with less wool which are primarily bred for meat production.

A full-grown animal measures about three steps long and weighs about five centners. Its strong legs make it an excellent climber and fast runner. The tree-ripper feeds mainly on small animals and carrion, but does not shy away from attacking other creatures in bad times. Basically, any creature smaller than itself is a possible addition to its diet.

The hell taipan is a slender snake up to 3 steps long, dark brown, rarely olive green, in colour. It is found in the southern regions of [[yadosien|Yadosia]], through [[al-bah-jira|Al Bah JiRa]] to the lands of the [[ogrut|O'Grut]] and the [[ancatir|Ancatir]].

This is an exceptionally large-bodied variety of the widely known common crow. Its home is the swamps in eastern [[yadosien|Yadosia]]. Hikers travelling in this place should take care of their luggage, because it can easily happen that in a careless moment a marsh crow glides down from the sky, snatches it and carries it to its hiding place.

An adult male lion can reach a good 1.5 steps in shoulder height when fully grown and its mouth is adorned with two powerful sabre teeth.

These nasty snakes inhabit the great desert of [[al-bah-jira|Al Bah JiRa]]. Mostly they lie hidden in the sand, where they lie in waiting for passing animals or even people. If an unfortunate person should come within reach of a lurking sand viper, he will see a scaly, horned abomination with a length of 2 steps and a thickness of 1 foot spring up seemingly out of nowhere and bite at him. The highly effective poison will kill him within four hours if he does not manage to get an antidote by then.

Far away from its cousin, the yellow tiger, the brown tiger lives in the highest north of Tirakan. What distinguishes it from all other tigers is its dark fur. Furthermore, it has enormous fangs, which are the largest in the realm of the big cats.

These worms, up to three steps long, live in tunnels and pits mainly under the surface of Tirakan. Their mouths are peppered with sharp, long teeth. Although the worms are blind, they have an excellent sense of smell and hearing. Morgala leaders are known to use trained worms as mounts and in battle, and to use them to dig tunnels.

In the 7th century, the [[gnomartige|Gnomes]] also draw military attention to this strange bird that lives on small islands in the rocky sea. Its feathers are yellow and green and its beak is strangely crooked. The special thing about them is that when several of them are together and you whisper a word to one of them, all the other birds automatically repeat it to the person you are talking to.

As its name suggests, its fur between the stripes is yellowish and lighter than that of the other tigers. The tropical lands of the [[ancatir|Ancatir]] and the [[ogrut|O'Grut]], crossed by numerous rivers, are his home.

A phantom warrior is the undead spirit of a soldier or other skilled person-at-arms (i.e. a professional killer) who has died in violent conflict or before completing an assigned task. Although incorporeal, a phantom warrior carries ghostly armour, shield and weapon. A phantom warrior's memory of the days before his death is hazy at best.