The Yuki-onna: Cold as Ice

The Yuki-onna is an all-female species of yōkai that lives anywhere in Japan that happens to obtain snowfall or during a full moon. This apparition's appearance are mainly described as a tall, Japanese woman with long black hair and blue lips. She wears either a kimono in different cold colors (blue, white, etc..) or is completely nude. The Yuki-onna's skin is pale or transparent which can easily blend in with the wintry surroundings. Abilities of a Yuki-onna allows the spirit to freeze anything she desires, turn into mist, levitation, and doesn't leave footprints which can make the Yuki-onna hard to track in the snow. The only thing she desires, depending on the spirit's personality, is a true love that won't abandon her.

Though the Yuki-onna are known to be succubus-like, they're actually gentle creatures to their surroundings. They can also be either good or evil such as for example, one Yuki-onna may save a traveler from a snowstorm or another may freeze the corpse for food. The Yuki-onna are known to feast on life force but, some simply choose not to consume other living beings. Back to the true love, whenever a Yuki-onna reaches a certain age (1,000 years old), the spirit must search out for a mate which only lasts for three days. If she finds one, she can be freed of her icy appearance only if the her man promises not to say what she really is; a Yuki-onna. If one does so, the Yuki-onna leaves and never come back or may just kill you on the spot. These ghosts aren't the vengeance type but, can be obsessive over victims.

The illustration above is a what a Yuki-onna looks like in appearance.  

The Ovda: The Tickling Menace

In remote areas within the Volga region (Volga River) of Russia, a strange humanoid creature lurks in the shadows to wait for unaware people to pass by it. The Ovda (a.k.a. the Ova) is a large, hairy hominid that processes backwards feet, a larger left shoulder than the right, long bony fingers, and are known to lurk throughout the forests with a frightening laugh echoing as it hunts. Though mainly made of muscle and has sharp intelligence, this creature hunts in the most ridiculous fashion known throughout Monstrology: the Ovda tickles it's victims to death. The Ovda's aye-aye like fingers doesn't process claws and are too long for the creature to successfully rip pieces from their victims, this causes the Ovda to hunt in this way. This tickling behavior allows the Ovda to avoid getting seriously injured and doesn't require much energy to hunt, especially during the winter months where it must keep warm. Being able to stalk or wait quietly, the Ovda is an ambush predator but, are capable of galloping after their prey if they do escape. While the Ovda tickles its prey, the prey will later lose it's breathe as it can't control itself from laughing. After killing it's prey, the Ovda will consume as much as it can with small bites then will bring it back to it's lair for later consumption. The only way to bring an Ovda to it's knees is within it's left shoulder, a small hole that leads to a tumor-like muscle that will shut down muscle control throughout the body for only a few minutes to allow for an escape.

The Ovda is believed to be a member of the Sasquatch family (image above) which started out with Gigantopithecus.

The Kerkes: Phoenixes of Turkey

The Kerkes are the only species of Phoenix that are native to the country of Turkey. In appearance, the Kerkes is similar looking toward the Egyptian Bennu (heron like) but, instead has two long feathers protruding out of it's head with bright red legs and is colored brightly similar in a wagtail's feather pattern. The Kerkes is a true insectivore and will sometimes eat stray embers from fires nearby. Though similar toward a heron, the Kerkes barely spends time nearby a water source as they mainly live high up on top of trees or running quickly on the ground. They are mainly found in remote forests throughout Turkey, far away from human contact unless they get the taste of embers. The Kerkes are shy creatures as well and will escape whenever they feel threatened. Like most species of Phoenix, the Kerkes will be reborn by the element of fire. After being consumed by flames, the Kerkes will be reborn in the form of a red hot, golden egg which will hatch after the heat has decreased. This process of being reborn, unlike most Phoenixes, will only happen forty-nine times (every seven years) until it fully dies of old age.
All Phoenixes (illustrated above) make excellent and protective companions to both humans and other races. The Kerkes on the otherhand is the most common species that are ment for beginners due to their shy nature.

The Billyo: Silver Dashers of the Outback

The only species related to the unicorn in Australia, the Billyo is the fastest creature on the Continent. Strangely the Billyo may look in appearance similar toward a large goat but, they're actually part of the unicorn family. The Billyo is silver in colored and holds upon it's head two pure silvered horns which are favored by poachers. This species is on the endangered animal lists and are heavily protected by the Australian government. Being nocturnal, the Billyo sleeps all day either in a cave or underneath rocky outcrops but, at night they are active. They mainly live in the Outback but, are also found in the mountains, and are known to travel everywhere as a nomadic creature at great speeds. Though harmless to humans, they can leave serious injuries if accidentally ran into. Actually the only thing a human can witness is just a silver colored streak coming towards or pass them. The Billyo are herbivores and are peaceful. Though not much is known about these rarely seen creatures, once a month during a full moon. The Billyos gather together for mating and, stay together until arrival, travel in a herd to another environment (either desert or mountain ranges).
The Billyo (shown above) populations started strong and healthy before the English arrived to Australia. Afterwards till today, there were only three hundred individuals left. Luckily, but slowly the Billyo population has been increasing successfully each couple months.

The Burach Bhadi: The ‘Wizard’s Shackle’

In the shallow lochs and channels of Scotland, a giant leech-like creature slithers through the waters looking for fresh blood to fulfill it's hunger. The Burach Bhadi (or the 'Wizard's Shackle') is a large, black leech with a total of nine eyes that only swims through mostly any water source. This creature, though truly an over sized leech, looks like an eel in appearance and it uses it's elongated body for advantages over holding onto prey. The Burach Bhadi's favorite prey are horses, who are forced by their riders to swim through a small waterway. They will also attach themselves to anything that ventures too close to the water's edge including sheep, goats, and even humans. Though mostly aquatic, they do come onto land as it rains to slowly slither either to another water source or to find a mate. Mating mainly takes place underwater but, can happen on land as well. During the nights without rain, the Burach Bhadi are less active and only a few will be nocturnal hunters (which are the smaller and weaker males/females). The Burach Bhadi can measure up between four to six feet in length and are capable of drowning the largest of prey.

The Burach Bhadi is pure muscle, able to wrestle the strongest of swimmers to help ware down their prey. Next to their strength, the Burach Bhadi is capable of both agility and speed as they swim almost endless to find a next meal. If a meal can't be found, the strongest and toughest male or female will even hunt down it's own kind for food. Being the color of black, the Burach Bhadi uses it's shadowing body to sneak up on it's prey as only a shadow of incoming schools of small fish. It also helps with camouflage during the nighttime as the larger individuals sleep and the smaller ones come out to feed. After finding a passing horse, the Burach Bhadi would (depending on how large it gets) attach itself onto the swimming animal and then wrap it's body around it to help stop it from moving for a successful drowning. Unfortunately, the human riders can get stuck within the Burach Bhadi's coils and will drown alongside the horse. Sometimes they escape or sometimes they become another prey source to this blood-drinking creature.
The Burach Bhadi loves panicking animals (such as this horse above) and are mainly attrached by their vibrations. Next to horses, the Burach Bhadi enjoy attacking/feeding on cows, humans, sheep, goats, water fowl, deer, fish, and even the Loch Ness Monster (if possible).

The Wulver: The Fishing ‘Werewolf’

The Wulver isn't a true werewolf due to having no venom glands but, they're closely related to the dog headed people known as the Cynocephali. Part of this same family also includes the Faoladh of Ireland. The Wulver in description is a large human-like dog creature with short, brown hair and are skinny in appearance. Being mainly built for speed, the Wulvers use their speed to catch fast moving fish in rivers and lochs nearby. They also use it to evade predators such as the Kelpie or aggressive humans. Mainly found in the highlands of Scotland, the Wulver lives in the hillsides which are usually located halfway up large hills in dens. Wulvers are semi-intelligent along with their ability to make fishing poles/lines out of available resources including stealing from nearby humans. Wulvers are also powerful swimmers and are known to dive for fish in small lochs.

Having nearly the intelligence of a human being, the Wulver are clever creatures on how to hunt for fish. First mentioned in the paragraph above, they Wulver can create fishing supplies out of resources that surrounds them. Either stealing or making by hand, the Wulver does known how to use these supplies to gather fish or freshwater crustaceans for food. Wulvers usually stay at the shoreline to catch their prey but, if a 'Wulver's Stane' (a large rock sticking out on the surface of a loch) is nearby, the Wulver would swim to it to fish. Wulvers are patient creatures and can hours upon hours to catch enough fish. Wulvers and humans share a mutual relationship in which if humans don't threaten this helpful creature, then the Wulver in return will supply extra fish to needy family nearby. The Wulver is non-aggressive and approaching it is easy to do but, if threatened the Wulver will attack.

There are a few rumors amongst Monstrologists that the Wulver (featured above) can also range from brown to black in color but, some experts believe its more of a mutation then a normal color scheme.

The Dovre Gubbe: The Mountain King

The Dovre Gubbe (translation "mountain king") is a common cave dwelling species of troll that are only found in Norway. The Mountain King is described as a large, shaggy troll with a large nose sticking out of a bare face. Though carnivorous, they're also known to be omnivores if prey isn't likely around due to human presence. Rarely attacking humans, they only attack humans whose religion is based off of Christianity (which is a delightful treat for almost any troll species). The Mountain Kings are nocturnal and will only come out at night to search for food. The reason why they're nocturnal is because of their deadly overreaction over sunlight/UV. Due to not producing vitamin D into calcium, their bodies would either explode or turn to stone if their skin makes contact with UV lights of any kind in the matter of seconds. Mountain Kings are the only species of trolls that are social and will travel together as a pack consisting of six (+) individuals. To search for a Mountain King, somebody must search out either an abondoned mine or a deep cave in the Norway mountains. Another good way to find one is by smelling for the Mountain King, which are famous for their foul smelling gases that exit their bodies.
The first Dovre Gubbe (shown above ) description first came from the "fairytale" known as Per Gynt, about a trollhunter from Norway.

The Succarath: The Patagonian Manticore

The Succarath is one of many subspecies of Manticore that are only found in the Patagonia region in South America. In description, the Succarath (or "Su" for short) has a human-like head (which is a trait throughout all the Manticore species) that looks like a malicious woman. Though there are both male and females, both sexes have almost the same face which makes determining sex harder when these creatures aren't in mating season. The Succarath has a hybrid body similar toward felines and canines (mainly the features of a tiger and a wolf). At the posterior, the Succarath has a greenish, palm leaf-like tail that can cover it's entire body during the rainy seasons. The color of a Succarath's tail is similar on how the sloth uses blue-green algae to give a greenish tint to their fur. Being carnivorous, the Succarath will attack anything that it sees as a food source and are vicious when they attack their prey.

During mating season, the male fights off intruders while lifting it's greenish tail into the air to attract a female. After successfully mating, the male leaves and the female is left to raise the young. Males are known to eat baby Su and the mothers becoming very protective to what ever approaches their young. A female Succarath can have between ten to twelve in a liter and their young are known to ride on their mother's back for protection. The young rides their mother's back until they mature enough to protect themselves. When they become adults, the mother leaves them to live on their own. They can be found in any environment, both in Argentina and Chile (which are part of the Patagonia region).

When cornered or trapped by hunters, the mother Succarath (shown above) will kill it's own children to avoid her young to be raised by humans in zoos. That's why the Succarath are very hard to domesticate and are rarely seen in zoos.