![]() Although it occasionally lived at the bottoms of ravines, it was more usual to find an aurumvorax burrow in the side of a hill. The aurumvorax was found in light forests or near the timberline of mountains. The aurumvorax west of Archenbridge along the Dawnpost Road were reported to show some minor cunning, attacking caravans for their gold: the creatures ran out from under cover, immobilized horses by striking at their legs, and then went after the riders, whose flesh they ignored in favor of the gold they carried. Those that smelled gold or which were protecting kittens were even more ferocious. Despite its small size, it was capable of dragging a creature up to its own body weight. Its jaw muscles were incredibly strong and once it had a grip, it would not normally let go until it or its victim was dead. The aurumvorax would usually tolerate small animals and creatures that did not pose a threat, but would become wary and possibly aggressive near humans and other larger creatures, using a growling bark to warn off whatever it did not just eat. Some sources claimed that adamantine slashing weapons were the most effective at harming it. Slaying it with bludgeoning weapons took twice as long. Poison and most gases simply wouldn't work. Normal fire-based attacks, due to its unique biochemistry, were useless magical fire only half-worked. Very few materials could be fully protected by their hardness against the bite of an aurumvorax. Those at the business end of its claws, when it pounced, would be attacked with all eight legs. If it attacked from its den, it would likely catch its opponent by surprise. ![]() Its death was usually the only thing that could unlock its jaws once gripping a victim. When the aurumvorax attacked, it would first lock its powerful jaws onto an opponent, then rake with its claws. Its eyes were silver with golden pupils, and both its whiskers and its mane guard hairs were bronze-colored. ![]() It had a hide of 3 inches (7.6 centimeters)-long, golden fur, It weighed around 500 pounds (230 kilograms). When fully grown, an aurumvorax measured around 3 feet (0.91 meters) in length and 18 inches (46 centimeters) in height.
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