Shai'tul

A Shai'tul was a giant wolf, native to the Black Mountains. It favored the mountains' woodland in particular, where it hunted Mekre.
== Description ==
Shai'tul are described as being immensely large animals, roughly the 
size of a horse. Even though they were very large, they were still fast 
and agile hunters. They were able to move with amazing stealth and care 
before springing upon their hapless prey. Shai'tul are also described with 
fangs like sabers and burning yellow eyes and heavy, muscular bodies. 
Like their smaller cousins, these massive canines came in different 
colors, ranging from classic wolf-gray to white and even black.
== Lifestyle ==
In the Black Mountains, they hunted the native deer species, the giant boar Mekre and the large Valdornûst 
 goats, along with smaller animals such as squirrels, rabbits, fish and 
birds as well as the occasional piece of fruit. It is presumed that they
 competed and fought with the massive cave bears, the Orsat. Competition with Coldrakes and perhaps even dragons
 is possible. They lived in packs, just like their smaller cousins. 
These packs were led by a dominant male and female. Only the dominant 
pair would be allowed to breed in the pack and the whole pack would take
 part in the cubs' care and training. The cubs would be born in a den 
after about seventy days of gestation, which could have been anything 
from a newly excavated tunnel dug by the pack to a cave to a hollow log 
or even an old fox den. The mother would have nursed them and begun to 
start weaning them at about fifteen weeks of age. The adults would then 
disgorge meat for the pups to eat and eventually start bringing them 
crippled small animals to test their skills on. If the pack was already 
too large, the pups would have been driven out by their pack and 
disperse to find their own mates and start a pack of their own.
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