Halarack

The Halarack is a mythical creature believed to reside in the Ruadhain Forest. It features heavily in the folktales of Low Lake countries, being treated as a boogeyman and an antagonist in tales of daring and pluck.
== Description ==
The Halarack is said to be ten feet tall. It has the body of a man, the legs of a deer, two heads of a vulture and the horns of a bull. Scanbroughan accounts say it is covered in scales, while those of Gabrainn state that there are more than one; that they hunt in packs.
== Halarack Chant ==
The only way to stop the Halarack from attacking on sight, it is said, is to recite the Halarack Chant while in the Ruadhain Forest. The chant is taken from the poetic Song of the Halarack, and is generally translated as follows from Low Lakespeak:
'Ware ye, ware the Halarack
The horns that tear
The beaks that clack
Dwells in the deep
The Ruadhain black
'Ware ye, ware the Halarack
'Ware ye, ware the beast of night
The claws that long
To spear a knight
Stoops to better
Conceal its height
'Ware ye, ware the beast of night
'Ware ye, ware the forest green
Beneath its branches
Things brood unseen
Do not tempt
The eyes so keen
'Ware ye, ware the forest green
Category:Folklore