Quintaped

= Quintaped =

''' The Quintaped is a dangerous (MOM classification XXXXX, the highest possible) magical beast that is native to the Isle of Drear, which has been made Unplottable because of this. It has five legs, each ending in a clubfoot, and is covered with thick, red-brown hair. It is carnivorous, with a particular liking for humans.

Legend has it that the Isle of Drear was populated by two wizard families, the MacBoons and the McCliverts, who were apparently rivals. The family heads were Dugald McClivert and Quintinius MacBoon. At one point, the heads got drunk and engaged in a wizard's duel, which resulted in Dugald's death. In retaliation, the McCliverts attacked the MacBoons, turning them all into monstrous five-legged beasts (most likely a mockery of the MacBoon chief's name, Quintinius) - the first Quintapeds. However, the McCliverts were famously inept wizards, and realized too late that they had made the MacBoons infinitely more deadly. Resisting desperate McClivert attempts to deTransfigure them, the MacBoons killed all the resident McCliverts. Because of this myth, the Quintapeds are nicknamed Hairy MacBoons.

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