Thunderbeast Warriors
They had a week of rest to travel further south. Then came a clear-skied morning that strangely rumbled like thunder. A scout took wing to see what an ominous cloud of dust on the distance foretold. What he came back to tell his fellow raiders was not something they were prepared to hear.
A stampede of the great minocentaur of the plains. Rode by Prairie Kurach.
Many raiders fell that day. Even if they took to the air to be free from the bison minocentaur, the Prairie had greater stamina and could remain aloft much longer.
At dusk, the minocentaur and Prairie retreated, taking what dead and wounded of their ranks they could. Like shadows before the rain, the stampede and the riders then vanished and left the raiders alone.
By this point, the raiders were more than a little concerned. Four nights with the gryphons followed by a day against a stampede and fellow warriors had left a noticable gap in their numbers.
A bit uneasy, the raiders continued on. They moved often and rested little, on high alert for another unusual attack. Without further incident, the raiders arrived at the Nyre. However, a scout informed them of a long line of bison minocentaur and Prairie Kurach far behind them, simply standing guard and not advancing. It was quite clear they were not welcome back in the open grass any time soon.
Notes & Commentary
April 14, 2016, Thursday
Thunderbeast Warriors
That Thistle chief did warn the Fernwick emissary that there were more than a few disgruntled Kurach to worry about. He didn't explicitly say "gryphons and bison minocentaur", but here we are! 
Bah. That minocentaur started out with this big, long, beautiful torso like a real bison. And now he's as stubby as one of those smart cars. Oh well, better luck next time, eh? Poor ol' Sage way back in the first chapters was something of a limousine Clydesdale, so I guess that's where all the excess body length got off to. The minocentaur isn't the only one with proportion issues in this drawing either. Oi...
Thank goodness this damn tax season is nearly over. As if there isn't enough going on, my kid's got pinkeye and I've got my first sinus infection. I don't know if it's a mututation from the cold he got from me since "adenovirus" is supposed to be the main factor of both, or if he got it from daycare, or from his cousin even though his cousin was on the last two days of drops that you do after it clears up.
Creatures - Bison Minocentaur -
Tags - Just Another Day -
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