Pulmovis

Native to the island of Sheighorash, a pulmovis is a large predatory bird unlike most Terror Birds, the pulmovis is capable of flight. This makes the animal as deadly in the air as it is on land. The pulmovis is known to reach speeds of about 45 mph on land and glide at 30 mph. Whle largely preferring to run due to the speed advantage, pulmovis will fly if it must, i.e. prey is across water or is otherwise inaccessible. The pulmovis also bears with it a highly deadly killing method involving paralyzing the prey and killing. Adventurers are advised to avoid if possible, but should one choose to engage a pulmovis or vice versa, it is suggested to hit the bird in the chest area. This will temporarily disable the breath attack and as an added bonus, slow the animal down. While normally solitary, pulmovis is known to gather others to tackle bigger prey like a Rattlespine.

Due to the high kill efficiency, pulmovis has made a highly popular selection for arenas and underground fighting rings. The powerful lungs also make the animal easy to bring down said illegal rings. In battle, a pulmovis will generally attack with the razor-edged talons and strong leg muscles. After swiping the with legs, they will back up to prepare for another attack. Seizing an opportunity to attack through counters and getting behind a target. For smaller prey, they will simply kick the target and stomp until dead. The pulmovis also tends to take jabs at prey with the blade like beak. On a subspecies, the beak is serrated and shreds the flesh off a target. The lung attack is its most powerful, and to use it, pulmovis will expand the lungs up to 3 times the original size and releases the attack to pin down prey. Shocked, one of the last things it would see is the talons slashing down on the unfortunate target.

Appearance: Pulmovis are large birds, standing at 9 feet and 6 feet at the hip. in coloring Pulmovis has season feathers, turning a blue-orange in warmer months and changes to a camouflage like grey and white. The talons are razor sharp often effortlessly slicing through skin. The wingspan measures up to 12.5 feet and will typically soar a few feet off the ground. Anatomical analysis show that the paralyzing lungs are powered by a three sets of lungs and made of a elastic-like tissue that allows the lungs to triple in size. The plumage on the chest is incredibly thick to hide the expanse in the lungs. The animals eyes are specially adapted to aid it in seeing in dark environments.