Orsat

Orsat were enormous cave bears that dwelled in the Black Mountains. 
They were one of roughly five native species to the Black Mountains. The
 elf name for Orsat was Blaak (Blaak'ya in the plural), for which the 
mountains were named. The name of this creature was used as the name of 
one of the dwarven
 clans. Like all bears, the Orsatden were solitary active beasts living 
within the forests of the mountain. A male Orsat was called a boar, 
females were sows, as well as the young were cubs.
== Description ==
Orsatden were massive beasts, larger even than Mekre,
 the large mountain boars, as well as are said to be nearly as large as a
 house. This makes them the largest bears, second are probably 
regular-sized brown bears. They are described as having brown-silver fur
 and large hooked claws, which seems to make them appear or possibly be a
 gigantic version of a grizzly bear. Despite their size, they were 
surprisingly fast, able to catch and kill most species in the Black 
Mountains.
Cave bears had an excellent sense of smell, as all bear species 
do. They probably used this amazingly sensitive sense of smell to track 
prey, find tasty plants and fruits and to find a mate. During the 
winter, Orsatden would go into winter dormancy, which is similar but 
distinct from true hibernation as the bears don't defecate, drink, eat 
or awake during the process. The mother Orsatden gave birth during this 
torpor to anywhere from one to five cubs: three cubs was the commonplace
 number. She would have defended them fiercely from other animals such 
as Shai'tul, Coldrakes, as well as even humans and dwarves. Male 
Orsatden have occasionally tried to kill a sow's cubs to bring her into 
estrus and mate her.
Orsatden were quite capable of taking down such prey as large deer, Mekre, Valdornûst ,
 as well as wild oxen. But as with most bears, they were probably mostly
 vegetarians, eating grasses, nuts, fruit, tubers and other such fare. 
But they were omnivores, with the capability to eat many things, 
including insects and other invertebrates, fungi, fish, reptiles and 
small mammals. They most likely would have killed large prey by swatting
 and slashing at it with their large, hooked front paws until the prey 
was stunned enough to perform a death bite to the skull or a part of the
 spine. Small prey was likely killed with a fast bite or a fast swat of 
their mighty club-shaped paws. They would take foodstuffs based on 
availability or ease of attainment, like all bears.
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