Ewoska

Description
Sailing through the skies of The Summer Land and parts of Central Omeria were the red-eyed ewoskas, large, intelligent falcon-like birds whose shrill shriek could shrink creatures down to transportable (and edible) sizes.

Ewoskas were leftovers from the Transmuter Wars of the Hand of the Two. The great birds were tasked to fly over battlefields and pick off Karnionian mages. Once the Transmuters were driven from Omeria, the ewoskas retreated into the wilderness surrounding the Basilisk's Spine Mountains.

The ewoskas frequently clashed with the griffon riders of Kuhzuk and the Anorian vaqueros of the Vaskil Valley. Out of sheer wickedness, the ewoskas enjoyed stealing livestock and even the occasional farmer from the region, a point of contention among the humanoids that occupied the valley.

Many ewoskas built their nests in the remains of the old dragon dens abandoned after the War of the Burning Plains. There, the ewoskas protected their eggs from those who hoped to eradicate the evil beasts. In addition to the hoards leftover by the Great Chromatics, ewoskas built collections of pilfered trinkets, gems, jewels, and magic items pulled from their own prey.