An excerpt from the Introduction to Olyoliose, Unclassified Beasts, from the Trevell Family Library

  What is an Olyoliose?

  That, my dear reader, is not a question for you or I. Nor was it a question that was asked by most of our ancestors. Not dragons, not fae, and certainly not ordinary wildlife. Instead, the Olyoliose is a blanket term for the strangest creatures in the New World. There was a wide spread of habitats, diets, and behaviors amongst the Olyoliose, but they are generally united by their otherworldly existence.

  For the fishermen of the Kathonian Sea, The Olyoliose was a giant squid with wings. A bright patch in the ocean was a spot to avoid, less you get snapped up in the giant fish’s tentacles and beak. It was said that any survivor of such an encounter would gain the ability to speak to the beast.

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  For the farmers of the Ijo Valley, the Olyoliose was a chimera. With the body of a lion, it had bug-like mandibles and wings of an eagle. The beast would swoop down and its prey would be eaten so fast that their bodies hadn't even realized that they had died. Eventually the half-eaten corpses would collapse out of true hunger.

  And in one particular orphanage in El Taleeb, the Olyoliose took the shape of a white lizard, whose scales were soft as wool. The tiny creature would slip through open windows and would burrow into people’s ears - eating sweet dreams and leaving behind nothing but nightmares.

  The Olyoliose is a catch-all for creatures of the new continent, that we are all learning more about. With thousands of tales passed from generation to generation, and this book will attempt to help build a foundations for readers to better understand and

  Generally accurate accounts, the diagrams and art is off. The notes on origins myths are very interesting. We need to pursue these leads to develop a better understanding as the dragon ambergris's potential becomes more clear. - J.T.