Spook Ghurmer

Appearance
This relative of Ghurmer is a little smaller. Spook Ghurmer has a bright white fur with some less bright parts at the chest, shoulders and legs. The Lynian's head is completely white but black spots around its eyes and a bigger black spot around the mouth which has the form of a distorted smile. Even the claws which are shorter but sharper than the ones of the common Ghurmer have a white glow being cared for thoroughly. The fur itself is long and dense and the feet are hidden beneath it. The flat tail is grey and supports it when it stands upright.

Habitat and Ecology
Spook Ghurmer prefer living inside dark caves in usually colder zones where the long fur helps insulate from the cold. These kind of areas are found in the Snowy Mountains, the Tundra, the Frozen Seaway, the Frigid Mere and the Taiga but the Lynian may appear in caves outside this climate like the Salt Plains and Thunderstorm Valley.

Unlike the normal Ghurmer this subspecies can be frequently encountered wandering solitarily but small families are also reported. The single individuals are usually young males that are searching for a new family to lead. Outcasts are a rarer occurance than in common Ghurmer populations.

Similar to its relatives Spook Ghurmer has found different ways to use and reform its environments. Besides using torches made of wood and fire places kindled by flint stones to warm themselves, the monsters are found using icicles, and ice spears made out of them, as weapons, as well as throwing salt and snow to blind enemies or make a dust cloud to disappear behind.

A small population in the Thunderstorm Valley is even capable of forging bombs out of Lagacite Ore that are used like Flash Bombs or weapons with the blade forged from the same ore which is able to inflict thunderblight when rubbed with a whetstone beforehand. Projectiles made of monster claws and bones are used in Spook Ghurmer populations as well.

When hunting or scaring off/eliminating a threat the Lynian has learnt the strategy of psychological warfare and uses its eerie voice and agility to trick and scare the opponent. Through its ghost-like appearance the effect is even stronger. The sounds it emits are even more similar to human whispers than Ghurmer's. With this tactic even normally fearless monsters may be repelled and big prey items can be ambushed. Prey gets killed by the ice or thunder spears Spook Ghurmers have forged. The Lynian lives more carnivorously than its relatives. It is also able to learn human language in young years.

Like the common Ghurmer this monster is very curious and inspects thoroughly unknown objects that it deems undangerous. Raids in mountain villages are known of as well but Spook Ghurmers act more aggressively than their relatives and homicides are recorded in rare cases.