Lanternhead

Forest

Urban

Claw

A lanternhead is a lanky construct of iron and wood approximately ten feet in height, with a large lantern lit with a single candle for a head. These dark sentries are bound to protect an environment, plot of land, building, or other property. Some believe that the candle in its lantern can never be extinguished, while others say that a lanternhead must continually feed its candle with the wax gathered from rotting corpses. While a lanternhead patrols, its creaking joints produce a sound that resembles anguished moaning. If a lanternhead has identified an intruder and picks up its speed to quickly pursue, the sound of its joints escalates to resemble frantic screaming. Because of its long legs, a lanternhead can run at great speeds to reach its targets, ripping them limb from limb should it catch up to them.

Lanternhead

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