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 * Name: Despalir;
 * Animal Basis/Inspiration(s): Horse and Praying Mantis;
 * Threat Level: Medium;
 * Appearence: A 6 legged creature with the head and legs of a horse, but the body of an insect belonging to the genus Mantoida (that basically mean it’s torso is made out of two pieces connected to each other via a thin waist); 2 legs are attached to the torso closer to the head, while the other 4 are attached to the back torso. The joints connecting the legs to the torso offer enough mobility that the legs can be turned nearly 180 degrees; it’s head is also able to perform such a feat;
 * Average size: 4 meter;
 * Armoring: Red markings surround the eyes, making them seem bigger than they really are. It’s plated at the top of both torsos. All six legs are also plated on the front, but only the front 2 legs seem to have plates on the back as well;
 * Behavior: A solitary Grimm that travels indefinetly in a predetermined direction. Their path get’s altered only when stumbling upon terrain it can’t cross over (water, large fortifications) or when it detects pray.  When the latter happens, it initially charges through it in order to gouge its strength and weigh its chances of survival. If favorable, it will stand on the 4 back legs as it raises its front torso, vaguely resembling a centaur. The front legs then split in half, releasing sickle like blades;
 * Attack(Horse form): In transportation mode, it crushes it’s pray under its hooves, using its mouth when it sees an opening in order to devour it’s targets. In combat mode it also slashes, pierces and grabs with its sickle like front legs;
 * Strength(s): It’s deceptively mobile, being able to change between a running mode that can break 100mph and an off terrain mode that lets it move in every direction. In addition, their sickles like arms are sharp enough to cut through steel;
 * Weakness(es): These creatures requirea moment to switch between its modes; in addition both its bellies are unarmored;
 * Additional notes: Despalir sounds like Despair and contains the french word palir, that means "to turn pale"; It was named like that in reference to the horse being rode by the 4th Horsemen of the Apocalypse, death, that was sometimes named Despair by the media;