Jimplicute

The Jimplicute was a mysterious creature that resided in the Ozarks. It looked like a cross between a large serpent and a weasel. It could move so fast it almost seemed like it was able to teleport. However, it tended to avoid wizards and witches, because it was afraid of their wands. It was a legend among the Ozarkers, and not all of them believed in it. It is implied that the hill dwarves left their captured victims to be eaten by the creature. Alexandra Quick could feel it watching her when she embarked on her Solemn Quest, but she did not know what it was at the time. Later on, while she was in the caverns and tunnels beneath the mountains, the elf named Sees-From-Laurel asked her to kill the creature. Alexandra crawled through a tunnel into a cavern where the creature resided. It was also the exit from the caverns. She was almost killed by the jimplicute, before it was distracted by her familiar, Charlie. She escaped the cavern with the help of her Seven-League boots. After the collapse of their mountain, the hill dwarves were stranded outside in the woods. Some of them were killed by the jimplicute. When Alexandra Quick returned to the Ozarks, she decided to help the dwarves by killing the creature. She set Slow Lines as traps, and allowed the dwarves to set her as bait, while Burton Pritchard waited invisibly hidden in a laurel bush with help from Sees-From-Laurel. After the jimplicute arrived, Burton eventually managed to kill it using his skill with Severing Charms.
==Appearances==
* Alexandra Quick and the World Away
Category:Creatures