auroch

auroch FAUNA — A species of rare sentient creatures. Aurochs are large, powerful beasts with shaggy pelts and three-pronged hooves. The males have wide, curving horns which can span the height of a man. Aurochs are similar to cattle in appearance (apart from their size, in which case they are up to twice as large as a bull) and in that they are herbivores. However, aurochs are simple yet sentient creatures—though they do not speak in the same way as the → folken, they are believed to use a primitive language between themselves (one that cannot be replicated by man). Because aurochs show reason and intelligence, folken can communicate with them through very simple gestures, tone, and even some words. In rare cases, some tales suggest, certain aurochs have demonstrated a small proficiency in the tongue of men, though such cases are hard to verify. Aurochs keep to themselves, and as a result, though they are believed to have a fairly large population in more remote regions of → Mor-Thandak, sightings are extremely rare, leading some folken to believe they no longer exist.