“Runescape: Legacy of Blood”by unknown artist. Accessed here
[The name comes from Old French, and it’s likely the source of the modern “loup-garou”. The creature is inspired by the Beast of Bray Road/Michigan Dogman/modern werewolf phenomenon. The abilities and flavor text are inspired by the increasingly unhinged books of Linda Godfrey, who in Monsters Among Us suggests that dogmen come from an alternate world full of energy beings and intelligent mist by opening portals.]
Gerulfus This creature
resembles a wolf with oddly long limbs. Its eyes glow with a red light as it
rears up onto its hind legs, revealing its front paws as clawed hands.
A gerulfus is a nightmare made flesh—the creature is an
embodiment of unease and suspicion, especially of monsters and animals. They
are created spontaneously when a large number of people are tense and paranoid
about creature attacks. Even if the community in which a gerulfus stalks did
not have any real monstrous presence before it, the gerulfus attracts monsters
of all sorts to its banner, opening the way between worlds if local horrors are
insufficient.
Gerulfuses are territorial to the extreme, considering an
entire region to be “theirs”. This territoriality only extends to other
gerulfuses, which battle to the death if they come into contact with each
other. Any other sort of monster is tolerated or even encouraged, although a
gerulfus will chafe under the authority of any creature more powerful than
itself. Will o wisps are a particular favorite, as they too delight in the
suffering of others, and a gerulfus can summon will o wisps to its aid in
battle. They are carnivorous, and seem to gain as much nutrition from the fear
and suffering of the creatures they consume as from the flesh and blood.
In combat, a gerulfus alternates between magic and physical
might. Its frightful presence can put even stout hearts on edge, allowing the
creature to strike unexpectedly and softening up its victims for more terrible,
even lethal, spells. Most gerulfuses will gladly flee combat, preferring to
fight another day than to risk death. A gerulfus stands six feet tall on its
hind legs, but can drop onto all fours in order to run swifter than a horse.
Gerulfuses are found in the rural areas of Senksen, though they try to stay out of the dragon’s territory. They enjoy cooperating with sakhils, especially espisils.
Shores of Swords 