ID: F.AR.1.014
Name: Coppermouth Horse
Sub Order:
Shh- Be quiet- make not cause for a riot
Leering beast dost draw near- Godfearing pray
Scrape copper blue to feed, rarely will this thing bleed
Hear it scream and thunder forth- Hark the steam cometh
The Freight Train nears- Oh you’re death shall be drear
Class: Taria
Sub Class: Copperfeed
Order: ???
Group: Horse
Sub Group: Train Horse
Height: ???
Weight: ???
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Coppermouth Horse
Overview
This horse is a Terrifying force that is neigh unstoppable. Research is
beyond risky given the horses vile vile temperament. Its true size and weight
is known- most report something 30-40ft tall and heavy enough to tremor the
ground beneath them. The collection of insectoid legs under their thick lace
(tough blanketed hide draped around them) are numerous and exceptionally strong.
The lace and hide of the Coppermouth is a speckled brown. Often with patches of
deeper colors. Its ears are small and pointed. The inside of the mouth is the
color of oxidized copper, and after feeding typically blue will stain the down
its lengthy neck. They live deep within the ground, long having converged on
abandoned copper mines in the Arkhanian wilderness. Living within the sprawling
caverns and tunnels. Like the minotaur it stalks its labyrinthine halls.
Contractors often are forced to encounter these deadly beasts.
Others report of Grandmother Coppermouths. This other of the horse is reported
to stand at a menacing 52-70ft. Though these reports remain shallow and
brief, varied and few. Their validity is to be questioned but not ignored.
The only confirmed Grandmother, and that is hotly debated, is an individual
inhabiting the long abandoned mining metropolis of
Kerfuar’ʐ Hillörhà. This specimen is known as
Two Spear Claw. A name earned by the two massive Fauchards
impaled through its massive neck long healed over. The horse uses these
spears, swinging its head to use the weaponry impaled within it to
devastating efficiency. Other weapons stick out of the monsters hide,
for no hunter, no god, has yet to fell the massive beast. Despite its
infamy, no concrete measures of Two Spear Claw have ever been taken
though it is estimated to stand at a staggering 57-70ft.
Other, probably, sensationalized reports state the beast can
draw upon baleish greenish-blue flames. That it speaks in garbled words to mock
its soon to be victims. Many report the horse killing gods like pests. Though one
fact remains the same; it has its own theme. The Sound
recognizes Two Spear Claw and has blessed the force of nature with its own
unique theme befitting of vocals. Said to be the singing souls of all its
victims warning others of its mighty prowess, of its infamy.
Temperment
The temperament of a Coppermouth is a fickle thing. Should one stay quiet, dare not make a riot. They can exist for a time alongside the horse. But breath too loud or sneeze, and you can send it into a biblical rage. Whilst calm for the most part, when enraged. The coppermouth will ensure the target of its rage lays dead. Contractors entering copper mines should they anger the horse, rarely if ever do they make it out alive. Being that of train horse, an angered coppermouth can run for however long it needs. And it will use its weight and momentum to fling itself across and over walls, chasing intruders should they manage to use abandoned mine carts. And because its a train horse, it can always outpace any non train inorganic or organic steed. Often billowing out white curtains of steam due to the temperature a racing coppermouths hide/insides reach. Their ire blinds them not. A calm coppermouth is a doltish thing, an enraged one is a cunning killer.
Life Cycle
Of its life? Well, no one knows. As far as any research time is concerned they might reproduce asexually. Or not. Of the few corpses retrieved and studied there was no concrete answer. The coppermouth remains a vexxing mystery. No youth have ever been seen, only possible elders.
