Creature:Hagraat

"Your Hagraat has such broad head sails! And a hard head to go with it! A proper Jantok-purebred, she is! I raised her from the egg, you know. That I did not! It explains why she is so much better than the vat-bred."

- A conversation between two Jantok'na about one's Hagraat, a purebred imported directly from Jantok.

Known across the Jantok Empire as one of the finest of pets for a hard-headed people like the Jantok'na, the Hagraat are a small breed of arthroreptilian that have taken to life in the deserts of Jantok quite well. They are distantly related to the wardogs of the Empire, the Gyerakal, but are more closely related to the livestock animal known as the Shograat.

With their drab brown colors, Hagraats bunker down in the sand during the day, the two short sails on their heads tilted at an angle as to cool the creature. At night, they will emerge, and search across the desert for their favored delicacy: tubers and grubs, both easy prey for their small beaks. They are opportunists, however, and will feed on smaller arthroreptilians and bulb cacti (the latter, however, is seldom chosen, as Hagraats have been documented to have a chance of deadly allergic reactions from the plant's barbs, as well as cases of Hagraats dying of indigestion on the rough plant).