Basilisk

A basilisk is a lizard-like, bird-headed creature first mentioned by the ancient Qamehr people in their writings. Long belived to be myths, basilisks became important parts of certain pre-colonitzation cultures, and are still part of a quantity of legends. Basilisks are notorious due to their gaze. which has a bliding effect, and due to their poisonous nature.

Biology
Basilisks possess characteristics from different already known species. They have a chicken head, usually surrounded by a variety of colored feathers, horns, scales and membranes. Its beak is pointy and has a diverse range of sharp parts of the structure that serve as teeth, primarily to cut. They usually have two tongues, which are coated in the basilisk's deadly saliva, which contains a poision capapble of killing an adult human male in less than a minute. Although the coloring of a basilisk's head varies from specimen to specimen, all share a common, key characteristic: their bright, red eyes. The mechanism that the creature uses to blind people with its eyes is unknown, and is often attribuited to magic, necromancy, alchemy, and other forms of pseudo-sciences, and therefore, the claims can not be validated.

Basilisks have a pair of bat-like wings, that resemble those of a dragon. They are membranous. and light, to allow for flight. Basiliks have a strong set of muscles, as well as hollow bones, to allow them to fly even though they are moderately big creatures. They have three tails, with pointy, poison-coated ends. Where basilisks have no feathers, they usually have toad skin, which is humid to the touch, due to the constant secretion of a posionous substance.

Basilisks are born when a chicken egg is hatched by a serpent or a toad. A basilisk egg is not different from a regular chicken egg. When the basilisk is born, it looks apparently identical to any other hatchling, but it is rumored to have a horrible odor surrounding it. Hatchlings only take 3 weeks to grow to adulthood, making them one of the fastest-grtowing creatures in the whole of Eldham.

Behaviour
Basilisks are unpredictable creatures. but are known to follow certain patterns of behaviour when faced with certain complex situations, which indicates that basilisks do not possess a higher level of intelligence, but that they resort to basic primal incstincts.