Wild Game

Despite the very wide variety of beasts, most are widely considered inedible by the Voscans.
There are Tigers in Karthack, as well as further East and South.
It is also said that in Dace, there is a terrible sort of beast called the Ostockroznock, which is a large cat of some variety which is invisible to the naked eye. Its fur cloaks it, and it cannot be seen, but its eyes grow visible at times, glowing bright green.
It is commonly believed to be some sort of tiger, mutated by the Magestone content in its primary prey--Dacians. It is also suspected that its eyes glow more green and bright the more people it eats for precisely that reason.
In Galli there are "Tomb Lions," which at one time dwelt in caves, but which now occupy ruins, catacombs and tombs, which Genosian Law forbids be destroyed, and which are often simply built over and over each other, creating a great network of convenient tunnels and caverns.
Maned lions can be found in Karthack as well as Berkukha and all about the Horn of Tujank. A few were brought over to Iber as pets by the Karthacks, but escaped. A small population of these beasts grows in the wartorn country, often becoming maneaters and preying on villagers, hunters, or even wounded soldiers.
Predators for example are considered unclean and bad to eat, which rules out a great many monsters. Drakes are also considered unhealthy--which is actually true, most of them end up with a dangerously high heavy metal reserve in their bodies and are extremely toxic.
It may well be that the finest game in Vosca to be hunted for food is still the elk, or perhaps the boar. That is not to say however that predators are not occasionally hunted for sport or safety--Gallian Cave Lions are fearsome creatures, and some can grow quite large, and hungry for human flesh. It is also always considered appropriate to kill the hyenas who dwell in Iber, Southern Galli and (far less today than once) in Illegon. They're not beautiful creatures but they travel in packs, and having a very broad rug made of many dead hyenas is something appropriate of any lord.
Last and finally, in Dace there is the Ostokroznok--which may or may not be real, but which could taste like anything, because none have ever been caught and eaten. The Ostokroznok (commonly called the Roznok) is some sort of large cat--either a tiger or a lion, researchers theorize the former--that is invisible to the naked eye.
Many great hunters have vanished trying to find this beast.
Category:Fauna