Illusorian Beastiary: Grypyre

Welcome to the first edition of Illusoria Beastiary! I'll have a neat surprise for you next month, but first off, let's start with this guy:

Grypyre
Ht: 1'3"     (0.38 m)
Wt: 0.06 Lbs (0.03 kg)
Tl: 1'8"     (0.51 m)
Ws: 1'5"     (0.43 m)

Type: Dark/Wind
Class: Beast/Bird/None

Classification: Grip Bat
Gender Ration: 50% Male
Location: Mid-North Forests ; Coastel Northern Forests



Notable Features:
-Powerful claw at tip of tail
-Claw able to shatter bone
-Has surprisingly good eyesight
-Very strong family bonds

Life Span: 27-30 years
Mating Season: Late Octobor to Early March
Courting Ritual: Males woo the females with their hunting prowess. They mate for life, and will rarely find a new mate if their chosen mate dies.

Brood: 2-3 children
Gestation: 6 months

Behaviour: Very gentle and somewhat intelligent. Females very aggressive when rearing young, do not approach unless the female knows you prior to child rearing.

Diet: Small mammals, small lizards, and small Arthropod class Cryscon and Fiends.



Very interesting Cryscon, they have surprisingly sharp eyesight despite being bats. In fact, this gives them an advantage when hunting, as they can remain perfectly silent. Hunting during dusk and dawn, they only use their sonar at night when their eye sight is rendered far less effective. They will gruesomely dig their claws into their prey and shatter the bones to keep the prey from struggling.

Even though they are dark types, they have strong familial bonds and are actually quite kind and gentle creatures unless hunting. This is because a creature can be a dark type if it matches any two of the following three criteria:

1 - Aggressive or sneaky battle style
2 - Demonic or evil appearance
3 - Are actually evil

Because it meets the criteria of 1 and 2 (if YOU were a bat with a claw capable of crushing a skull and somebody attacked you, wouldn't you make them regret it?), it is considered a dark type

These creatures are often used as guides for those going through the woods. As they are nocturnal (the hunting during dawn and dusk lets them eat through the night and bond, and store some meat for whenever the young wake up the mothers in the middle of the day), they are quite useful for leading a human through the dark, using their claw to gently grip the human on the arm and pull them along a safe route