Running Raptor (animal)
The Running Raptor is a bipedal, feathered reptile native to Cyrat. An intelligent and solitary creature, the Running Raptor favours hunting for eggs and younglings, rather than fully grown prey. However, the creature is no easy combatant, with razor sharp claws and a mind as keen as many humans.
A Running Raptor has been seen in this part of the jungle, and with the trail of broken eggs and bloody nests, I can follow its path. The creature is a deadly hunter, and it is a challenge to find it before it realises that it is being tracked. If my party make one wrong step, then we will surely not survive an encounter with a creature the size of a lion which has claws the length of daggers.
As we near a cave, the creature emerges. Its feathered arms are coated with blood, and its glistening green eyes flick around the jungle carefully. I have moved behind a tree, but there is no guarantee of safety; the raptor has begun to stalk toward my party. If it has gotten our scent, then my party might well be doomed.
We will need to fight or flee soon if we are to survive.