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AGRINGADevil spirit called up by Belgarath to attack the devil Horja
ALGROTH Non-humans, distantly related to trolls. Huge with apelike arms and goatish faces that sport sharp horns and long yellow fangs. Their scaly, reptilian skin is a loathsome grey and they run half-crouched with their hands touching the ground. Their claws are venomous. They live in the mountains of Ulgo and communicate with a strange barking sound. Man-eaters
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DRAGON There is only one of these. The Gods made three, but the two males killed each other in the first mating season. It is the size of a house and can fly but has poor night vision
DRYADS Closely related to humans, which probably explains why they did not go mad like the other monsters when Torak cracked the world. They are petite with hair the colour of autumn leaves. Their skin has a faint green hue. They look like children but arevactually as old as their trees. All dryads are female and they capture travellers for breeding
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ELDRAKYN Related to Algroths and trolls but they are larger and more intelligent. They are about 8 feet tall and covered in shaggy black fur. They have virtually no nose and their lower jaw juts out showing two massive protruding tusks. Their eyes are sunk beneath the heavy ridge of bone in their forehead. They are deceptively agile
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HORJA Devil spirit of the Weasel Clan of the Morindim
HOUNDS OF TORAK Grolims altered to take on non-human shapes in order to guard Cthol Mishrak. The size of a horse with eyes that burn with a malevolent green fire. Its front shoulders and chest are massive and it has fangs at least one foot long protruding from its mouth
HRULGIN A four legged animal like a horse but it has fangs and clawed feet. Although they are stronger and faster than horses they are insane. Meat-eaters
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MUD-MEN Shuffling mud figures covered with rotting moss. They have no face and only vacant eye holes. Blunt weopons sink through them with no effect - only knives can be used to hack away body parts. Severed body parts are still able to move. They can be destroyed by water. A creation of Queen Salmissra, each contains a live snake
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ROCK-WOLVES About the size of a donkey. Their forelegs are longer than their hind ones, giving them a semi-erect stance. Snub-faced like a cat they have a splotchy black and white coat. They communicate with a mindless hooting that sounds like laughter. Mostly scavengers, they can be tamed and raised by Eldrakyn. They are afraid of fire
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