The most infamous stench in the world emanates from the lapuli. Its pungent venom is extracted for use in industrial-strength vermin repellents. The aroma is enough to cause children and those of a more sensitive disposition to lose consciousness and suffer vivid nightmares. In most adult persons, prolonged exposure to the smell causes lurid hallucinations.
The lapuli’s fur consists of hollow blue and green fibres, with larger quills flowing along its spine. Like most carnivores, it possesses claws and fangs, but its skeleton makes it even more dangerous. The lapuli’s bones are semi-solid, formed from intricate sections of cartilage, giving it the ability to contort itself through narrow spaces and flow across the ground as quickly as a river — when it comes to stalking and chasing prey, it is more efficient than a nymrafus-cat.
Unfortunately, being a somewhat large animal, it isn’t averse to eating humans if no other source of food is available. It prefers dry, open grasslands and shallow foothills.
— from the journals of Fletch, Seer and natural philosopher.
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