Manticores

Manticores are deadly but intelligent monsters with the bodies of red lions, the faces of humans and the tails of scorpions. They are bound to the forests and cannot venture outside the forest's confines.

Nature
While manticores are intelligent creatures with greater manners and eloquence of speech that surpasses that of most humans, manticores are extremely vicious monsters. Simone describes them as pure evil. While civilised, a true manticore will not hesitate to eat a person. They will even resort to cannibalism. But manticores are wise and they know that angering their neighbours could lead to their extinction so they prey on lone people like nomads.

Physical Description
A manticore has the body of a lion but where its head should be, a monstrous humanoid head takes its place. They have long scorpion tails covered in spikes. A manticore's face is ruined by its mouth filled with three rows of sharp teeth. Male manticores have lion manes. Manticores are red in colouring but their eyes are blue.

Society
Manticores can hunt alone if they wish but they can also hunt and live together as packs.

Powers and Abilities

 * Enhanced strength: Manticores possess the same powerful muscles as lions.
 * Enhanced speed: Manticores have the same speed and agility as an ordinary lion but they are built to survive in dense woodlands.
 * Enhanced senses: Manticores are expert trackers.
 * Spines: A manticore can dislodge the spines on their tails and shoot them at prey and enemies with the speed of an arrow. These spines contain a venom that doesn't kill but paralyses.
 * Venomous stinger: The scorpion sting at the end of their tails can kill with one sting.
 * Knowledge consuming: By consuming the brains of their prey, manticores gain bits and pieces of that person's knowledge.

Known Manticores

 * Thomas Patten(shapeshifter)