Creature:Hunting Horror (Re-Creation)

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"And in the air about him were great viperine creatures, which had curiously distorted heads, and grotesquely great clawed appendages, supporting themselves with ease by the aid of black rubbery wings of singularly monstrous dimensions."

- Quote from The Lurker at the Threshold, by August Derleth

Hunt-horrors, also known as Hunting Horrors, are a large flying pterovermid species native to the Dreamlands. They originated in the novella The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, by the famous writer H.P. Lovecraft.

History
Not much is known about the past of the Hunting Horrors. Chances are they either evolved in the ecosystem of the Dreamlands naturally or were created by the Great Ones.

Physical description
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Habitat
Hunting Horrors inhabit the Dreamlands.

Behavior
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Ecology
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Taxonomy
Shantaks have been taxonomically classified as podoannelids belonging to the family. As the onlu other member in the family, and despite their many differences, their closest relative are the.

Their binominal name is Pavortinea venatora, with the genus name meaning horrible worm in latin, and the epithet meaning hunter in the same language.

Quotes on them
"And in the air about him were great viperine creatures, which had curiously distorted heads, and grotesquely great clawed appendages, supporting themselves with ease by the aid of black rubbery wings of singularly monstrous dimensions."

- Quote from The Lurker at the Threshold, by August Derleth

"And hoary Nodens raised a howl of triumph when Nyarlathotep, close on his quarry, stopped baffled by a glare that seared his formless hunting-horrors to grey dust."

- Quote from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, by H.P. Lovecraft

Behind the Scenes
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Other trivia
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