Instinct: to guard the brood

• infect with necrotic poison

Elven rogue sorcerer Instinct: to learn forbidden lore

• Paralysis spell
• power word stun

An invasive species to not just the Mystery Islands but also the mainlands. These giant squirrels can readily drive out other species if not kept in check. Unlike their smaller cousins, they are omnivores and consider some stock and small humans and halfings a tasty meal. Beyond constantly storing food for the winter, they also are attracted to shiny things. They have figured out that dried food of humans in their barns or persons (Rations!) will keep well for the winter, and will face danger to obtain it if they think they can. Their big buck teeth can make them look cute, but pack a hellauv punch. Like their smaller cousins they flee when hurt, but will come back to get what they want. On the mainland and Halflings home they have all but been eliminated. Instinct: Invade the space taking all the food driving out other species

• Look cute and beg for food, before taking a chunk out of them
• steal their shiny objects or food and runaway to bury it
• Bark at them from up a tree or a from a distance driving all the predator animals in the party (dogs, cougars, hawks, etc) into chasing it.
• Run away when hurt going some way you didn't expect only to return later to get what they wanted

These curious beasts form pods that can be found around the Mystery Islands. The smallest dolphin the shallow waters, but probably the smartest and most troublesome. They have been known to help those drowning, but also have been known to steal stuff from them at the same time. Sometimes when bored, they like to "play". What is fun for them can be hurtful for others. They will work in groups to toss people and things around above the sea, battering them with their noses or against the rocks. They just thinking they are playing with each other. Instinct: Innately curious, see what those close to them are up to

• Swim with remarkable speed and coordination with others of its kind, faster than you thought
• Squeel and chirp to alert the rest of the pod
• Group together to toss something or someone into the air
• Turn on a dime
• Jump from the water to avoid danger

The Soul-abandoned Butchers rise from the Black Cauldron for one purpose only. While they will focus on the enemies of the Cauldron's owner, they cannot go long without killing. They will even kill friendly soldiers and add them to their ranks if no enemies are available. The butchers retain the appearance and some of the knowledge of the person who was dumped into the Cauldron to make them. Thin illuminated green smoke encircles their bodies and their eyes leer hungrily at foe and ally alike. Instinct: Collect bodies for the Cauldron

• Howl and charge as a group
• Shriek to call another butcher
• Ignore damage in order to grasp a victim

Quickwoods are cousins of the treants, though they have developed carnivorous habbits to supplement themselves. This makes them much more active than the docile and occasionally downright sluggish treants, though that does not make them impatient. In fact, they make for terrifyingly efficient ambush hunters. Instinct: To hunt

• Pull targets in with its long roots
• Can view things from nearby trees
• If it manages to completely absorb a spell, it gains +1 Ward against magic. It may release this magic to power is Terrifying tag

Crag linnorms are among the weakest of the linnorms. And yet still it is a giant, fire breathing serpent. Aggressive and temperamental, their solution to most of life's issues seem to be find the correct things to incinerate with a magma bath. Instinct: To rule its domain

• Breathe a flood of magma for d12/d8 damage with the Fire Elemental and Ignore Armour tags
• Curses an enemy with weakness to fire when defeated
• Fiery venom causes the Sickened debility and a fire based version of Bleed
• Can see through illusions, darkness and invisibility
• Wraps enemies up in its long tail to crush them

Zinluq is immersed and consumed by his/her quest to create the perfect elemental. Twisted energies of the elements swirl around him/her while he/she are performing the summoning rituals. Zinluq aims to create and control an elemental with the power of every element and the weakness of none.

Instinct: To summon elemental beasts

• Fire a bolt of mixed elements at the biggest threat
• Surround themself with a vortex of elements
• Summon an elemental

Squidwillows are enormous, slippery, tree-like creatures with a long translucent trunk that is spotted with random, circular, dish-shaped eyes and topped with an exuberance of flowing, fleshy tentacles. Many of the tentacles cling to items the Squidwillows have collected previously. Anything that comes within reach, especially shiny or bright objects, runs the risk of being grasped and hoisted into the bows. Instinct: Collect shiny objects

• Grab something interesting
• Wrap another tentacle around the goodie
• Drop it hard

When the Children of the Deep Woods found the creature, they knew it to be a fallen lord of Creation. They nursed it back to health with song and what few magics they had left, and, eventually, their prayers. Grateful beyond measure, this Lord of Light protects its servants like a she-bear with one cub. The Lightsinger petitions; the Lord provides. Instinct: to walk in the Light

• Blind with a flash of primal light
• Channel the Light into a magical effect
• Summon the others with a thought