#houndrel

Skulks are horrid, rascally creatures. Thievery and mischief are their bread and butter. They prefer to be active at night and lounge during the day. Comfortable alone or in small packs, and they reek of swamp water and dead leaves; the more potent the smell, the more likely there are more than one skulk in the area. The scent only worsens when they play dead, as they tend to do. Skulks are scavengers by nature, perfectly content eating rancid meat and even old bones, but are capable of ambush hunting using high tree branches. They make a terrible racket of noises; barks, hissing, cackles, chuffs, rumbles, screeches, bells, and croaks. Skulks are talented mimics as well, copying voices and sounds easily. Full moons bring about wretched cacophonies of singing. They hibernate through spring and summer, only emerging on the first cool autumn night.