Whitespine

A whitespine is a "reptilian creature, as big as a horse but with carapace across its back."
Whitespines are large predatory creatures known to attack humans. A den of the creatures caused trouble near Kaladin's hometown of Hearthstone, attacking travellers on occasion.
The beasts are hunted for sport by lighteyes. The City Lord of Hearthstone, Roshone, along with his son Rillir and two townsfolk, hunted the beasts. The hunt went poorly and all hunters were injured. Both Roshone and Rillir sustained severe wounds, most caused by the whitespine's tusks, which had broken off into Rillir's abdomen and Roshone's leg. Rillir, and likely the two townsfolk, died of their injuries.
==Description==
Shallan described one specimen she observed in captivity as having a square face with sharpened mandibles and large tusks and claws. The tooth-like tusks grow in two pairs on either side of the upper jaw pointing downward.
The claws grow on two powerful hind legs and four smaller fore-limbs.
Stark white spines grow along its back, giving the creatures their name.
Shallan states that the creatures do not do well in captivity. Instead of acting aggressively as in its natural environment, the specimen Shallan observed simply lay with its eyes closed. In a captive state, a whitespine would likely go dormant in a crystal shell. The captors likely doused the specimen with water to wash away the shell.Words of Radiance, Shallan's Sketchbook: Whitespine
==Notes==
 According to Isaac Stewart, the whitespine design was more shark- or ray-like in the way its body was supposed to work. A landshark with spikes. The artwork was created by Ben McSweeney, and took ten or eleven different design submissions before they found the general shape that looked good to Brandon.r/Stormlight_Archive AMA, 10/1/19
==References==
Category:Fauna of Roshar