Al'corntus

Al'corntus are fantastic beasts known for their intense strength and pack behavior. Multiple al'corntuses tend to roam together, working to take down prey much larger than the group combined while often pretending to be regular rabbits in an attempt to look like easy prey. Instead of being anything remotely close to prey, however, they're notable for being incredibly bloodthirsty. It isn't unheard of for an al'corntus to attack lone travelers, and there's been stories of one or two taking on a whole group, albeit to varying results. This bloodthirstiness seems to have a magical element to it; their strength doesn't seem to come down to their frame, considering that they tend to be around the size of regular hares. When they attack, however, their distinctive horn has been known to take on a slightly unusual sheen, which seems to indicate some sort of usage of it. Some have taken this to being a strength that they can take for themselves, and so some circles praise it as a strength-booster, be it for physical or magical strength.

Al'corntuses are also notable for their packs. There doesn't seem to be any kind of hierarchy that they keep to, but in its place, large groups of al'corntuses have been seen to be incredibly docile. Especially brave people have been able to actually pet an al'corntus in this state, and some people have reported it being a sort of right of passage to try and do so. Even when they're docile, however, they're still immensely powerful. There's an old folk story about a conqueror using an especially large group of them as a battering ram for an old castle, and if you manage to anger a large enough group of them, that might even be theoretically possible to replicate. Nobody's super keen on collecting them in order to test it out, though.