Runick Folklore and Stories

**Creatures:**

This page is about all creatures of folklore in the Runick Kingdom, and their colonies.

Long ago, in a land of threats and conflicts, there was a powerful sorcerer named Lord Vaulas. Lord Vaulas was a mighty wizard who was known throughout the land for his incredible feats of strength and courage. However, despite his great power, Lord Vaulas was not content. He longed for even more power, for the ability to become truly unstoppable.

One day, Lord Vaulas stumbled upon a mysterious relic deep in the heart of the forest. It was a small, golden amulet with a single, glowing gemstone at its center. As he gazed upon the amulet, Lord Vaulas felt a powerful energy surging through his body. In a moment of reckless abandon, he made a wish to the relic, asking to become unstoppable.

Immediately, Lord Vaulas felt his power increase tenfold. His muscles bulged with newfound strength, and he felt invincible. He set out into the world, eager to prove his newfound might.

But as time passed, Lord Vaulas began to realize that his wish had come with a terrible price. Everywhere he went, everything he touched turned to dust. Trees withered and crumbled beneath his feet, animals turned to ash, and even the very air seemed to grow thin and dry in his presence.

As his curse became more and more apparent, Lord Vaulas found himself growing isolated from the world around him. His family and friends shunned him, fearing his power, and even his belongings turned to dust in his hands.

In a final, desperate attempt to rid himself of his curse, Lord Vaulas returned to the forest where he had found the amulet. With a heavy heart, he used his own power to turn himself to dust, hoping that in death he would finally find the peace he had longed for in life.

And so, Lord Vaulas passed into legend, a cautionary tale of the dangers of unchecked ambition and the price of power.

The Hurchstag is described as a large hairless feral semi-humanoid creature, which vaguely resembles a hound. It has poisonous spines portruding from its back which it fires at unsuspecting travellers. It is said to inhabit the thick jungles of Esta Úmida, where it prowls on everything that moves. Some accounts say it grows up to four metres tall and five metres in length, whilst others who say they have seen it only say that it is less than 1.5 metres tall. The stories of it appeared from colonists who would tell eachother stories of what they had supposedly seen.

The Ireimu:

The Ireimu is said to be a 2 metre tall bird-human hybrid that stalks the island of Isla Kajarva, they hunt by mimicking human speech to lure people into their trap. They are described to have glowing eyes, a bloody beak, two winged arms with two talons each, and two legs also equipped with large talons. They also have a crest comprised of feathers running down their head.

The Or'ugeigur is said to be a massive tusked serpent that lives in the caverns near Mount Korock.

A southern Arvorian tribe was said to awaken Ãrmùlúmàmbaba after raiding and executing a neighbouring tribe whom worshipped Ãrmùlúmàbaba, it is described as a large golden skull that can breathe fire and fell from the skies. It terrorized the tribe whom awakened it until they were all dead, then went to sleep again in its temple. Not much is known of Ãrmùlúmàmbaba as there are only a few engravings describing it. It its thought that what the tribe actually died to was a comet and that an onlooking tribe changed it into the story of Ãrmùlúmàmbaba.

**West Chungnam:**