Yaoguai

Yaoguai are devils of a particularly unsettling nature. They can come in many shapes and sizes, and are without fail carnivorous, preferring to consume living beings with aggressive glee.

Habitat
Due to the physical nature of Yao-guai, they can be found in many various habitats. However they are most commonly found in forests, swamps, and wetlands.

Biology
A Yaoguai is an amalgamation of various animals, and no two Yaoguai look the same. One can encounter a Yaoguai with the body of a wolf and two heads - that of a horse and a snake, or perhaps a huge hulking creature with the forebody of a bear, the head of a Spittlejack, and the hindquarters of a stag. The strength and dexterity of one of these creatures often relates directly to the animals that make up the amalgamation.

Regardless of the head/s of the creature, the teeth are always sharp, able to rend and slice meat with ease. Yaoguai often exhibit a hateful animal intelligence, though a Yaoguai with greater thinking capacity than a wolf has not been encountered.

Sociology
Yaoguai are spiteful creatures, and are often innately hostile to any non-devils that they encounter. The social ability of a Yaoguai is therefore limited to members of its’ own kind. While lone Yaoguai have been encountered, packs of the devils have also been discovered, working in concert to hunt and bring down prey with singular purpose.

Trivia
Yaoguai make for unpredictable opponents, as they take on the traits of the various animals that make up their shape - they could have some nasty surprises for a hunter that is not cautious enough!