Greatbear

The Greatbears are a long-extinct ancient species of Bear native to the Elfboughs and Aggi to the West regions. They were sentient, and were known to speak Runish, ancient Common, and their own language known as Ghujh.

They lived during the Dawn and Darkness Eras, and were a type of beast.

Description
Greatbears could range in size from 100 feet tall at their tallest, to 8 feet tall to their shortest. They were woolly creatures with gigantic antlers and beady yellow eyes; their great muscular bodies were hard as a rock and so tough in some places as to make it impossible for an arrow to penetrate.

Their furs would range in color depending on the location they resided in; their fur turning white in snowy regions, for example.

Mental Disposition
Greatbears were brutish creatures with a thirst for battle. They were somewhat similar to Dragons in a few areas, namely their capriciousness and solitary nature; uninterested in hierarchies. Greatbears were different than Dragons when it came to conversation, though, as they were generally taciturn and without any sort of wit. The Dragons, because of their weak conversational skills, believed them dumb and uncouth; this would prove to be untrue, as the Greatbear species fared well into the Darkness Era despite Dimal's Horn, whereas the Dragons died out during the Dawn Era.

Interesting Facts

 * Brynjolf "The Bear" got his name after he dressed up as one of them, convincing their Dragon allies that they had insulted their leader's mother, leading the Dragons to seek retribution, destroying the Greatbear host and, subsequently, three quarters of the entire army.
 * The Greatbear name came along from a song known as The Greatbear, a folkloric song about a 100 foot tall Greatbear with a heart too small for his gigantic chest and a brain too small for his head. His small heart leads him to do bad things, while his brain makes him stupid. Eventually, he is killed by his former Greatbear friends.
 * The Greatbears were the larger force of the dual Dragon and Greatbear force during the Fourth Beast War, and, were destroyed by their own allies after only two victories.

OOC Notes
-This page was created by Timothy Silvers on August 20th, 2018.