Redbones

Redbones (Or San'os) is a malevolent creature that the Southern tribes of Hirokir believe in. It is supposedly a creature of bones and blood that feeds on human sacrifices.

Appearance
Redbones is described in Hirokiri culture as being a horrific being comprised of blood and bone. It is made from twisted and mangled human bodies and has five terrible rending claws. It is said to have many mouths full of sharp, flesh-eating teeth all over its body, but no eyes. This description may not be accurate due to the fact that the elusive creature has never been seen in the light. Those who have seen it have seen it during the night time, and have shortly afterwards gone insane.

Behaviour
Redbones is a spirit of blood and sacrifice, it embodies the horrific blood magic practiced by many tribes in Hirokir and it is a servant of Keldai. It is said that Redbones is a nocturnal creature and prowls the jungle during the night, looking for the sacrifices made at dusk by the Hirokiri, much like other demons. The difference is that with Redbones the sacrifice has to be a living human. If it does not find a sacrifice, it goes into a rage and calls Keldai's wrath upon a city. Therefore the people of the Southern tribes perform daily sacrifices to Redbones to appease the creature.

A city will know if Redbones is prowling their part of the jungle by the red marks left on the walls of the city at night. They must then place living people outside the city and marked with blood to feed the creature. The only way of knowing when the creature is gone is when one of the sacrifices makes it through the night.

Redbones is known to plague Vaik'Kai, Aram'Kai and Zul'Garab, but avoids Uum'Brox. This may be due to the many deals the Uum'Broxi have made with the demons of Hirokir.

Origin
It is said that once Redbones was a Fey creature, such an Aelf. The creature came across Keldai, who was resting in a pool, and attempted to fight the ancient demon. Keldai was so maddened by his rest being ignored early, that he purposely gave the Aelf a long, drawn out death. Keldai left him there as a pile of gore, tainted by dark magic and slowly losing life force. Barely hours later, a group of unfortunate and badly timed shamans performed a ritual to enrich the land with fey energy. The ritual kept the Aelf alive, but it was no longer a pure creature. It went to the ritual circle and killed the shamans, feasting on their bodies. Since then, it has roamed Hirokir with a hunger.