Hind

Name: Hind
Classification: Monster
Level: 8-10
Habitat: Mostly rural areas, but they migrate to follow their prey
Lifespan: Unknown

Uses:

• Hind saliva acts as a hallucinogenic compound.
• Hind saliva also paralyses anyone bitten by it.
• Hind blood is poisonous but far more deadly to the Tanakheimein race and Xanth's Aides.

Player:

• The Aides play the Hind on the Sentients account.

Description:

Hind are created when a Vampire attempts to turn a Shapeshifter. The Bloodlust virus corrupts the Therian, turning them into a twisted version of themselves. Bent on sating a ravenous hunger, the Hind lives to hunt, mindlessly destroying anything in its path and dragging prey off to its lair to eat later. Its saliva paralyses anything it bites, slowly killing them from the inside out until the Hind is ready to feast.

The first Hind was wiped from existence by Xanth when she panicked at the thought of how dangerous they could be. Their blood is the only thing in existence that can harm a Tanakheimein so Xanth had both the Hind and knowledge of it destroyed.

The second Hind was destroyed by Elysians who worked together to fight it but this time Xanth decided to let the knowledge of it remain so that the horror would prevent other Therians from walking the same path.

The Hind's form depends entirely on the original form of the turned Therian. The first Hind was created from a wolf and thus had a canine body and traits while the second was a twisted version of a feline with the same instincts and traits of the large cat family.

Abilities:

Hind blood is poisonous and deadly to Xanth's people and her Aides. Its saliva has hallucinogenic properties and paralyses its victims.

Weaknesses:

Hind poison can only be cured by a special concoction made by mixing the blood, heart and toxin from a Scorpion King. Unfortunately, these seem to be extinct.