Emlava

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Emlava were enormous sabre-toothed catsReaper's Gale, Glossary with silvered backs, who lived in the time of the Imass before the Ritual of Tellann. Their amber-hued frontal canines were as long as a huntsman's knife, reaching their lower chins. They were the size of a plains bear with charcoal black eyes and a massive broad and flat head. The neck was short and shoulders hunched, forming a kind of muscled hump. The fur was striped, black barbs on deep gray, with a flash of white at the throat.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 14, US HC 381-383
Emlava marked their territory with scrapes on stone and wood and by the scent of their urine. They were ambush hunters who preyed at night and saturated their territory with the scent of their urine to obscure the less aromatic odor of their bodies. They killed rival predators, such as Ay, at every opportunity.
When angry or fearful they voiced a deep hiss.
Emlava kittens were as heavy as cattle-dogs.Reaper's Gale, Chapter 17, US HC p.508-509 Their fur did not take on its characteristic banding until they were older. It was not unusual for stronger kittens to slay their weaker siblings.
==In Reaper's Gale==
Onrack T'emlava and a pack of Ay tracked down an emlava to its cave in the Refugium and slew it. Only afterwards did he learn that the cat was female and he had killed his prey's mate. Inside the cave they found three kittens--two living and one dead. Onrack wrapped them in a sack made from their mother's skin and slung it from the middle of a sapling. Then he, Trull Sengar, and Quick Ben took turns carrying both ends.
==In Toll the Hounds==
Harllo brought two fossilised emlava femurs to Dev'ad Anan Tol to use as substitutes for his shattered legs.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 11, US SFBC p.421-423Toll the Hounds, Chapter 13, US SFBC p.550
==Notes and references==
Category:Animals