Erdlu

''A tall, flightless bird with heavy scales or rough feathers, this creature is as tall as an elf. It has a long neck, large beak and stands on two tough, sinewy legs.''

Tactics
Erdlu, both singly and in flocks, usually flee rather than fight. If forced into combat, the skittish birds kick with their powerful, clawed legs or bite with their heavy beaks.

Description
Erdlu are large, flightless birds often used as livestock.

Erdlu inhabit warm plains, or in domesticated herds near to large settlements. Erdlu are omnivorous, hunting snakes, lizards, and other small reptiles, as well as grazing.

Erdlu can live up to 30 years, but in the wild a life span of 15 to 20 years is more typical. Erdlu mating season is very similar to the erdland. Erdlu eggs are about 2 feet in diameter, which they lay in egg wells, small holes dug underground. A typical clutch contains 5 to 10 hatchlings. Erdlu become adults when 2 to 4 years old; females mature about six months earlier than males.

A typical erdlu stands around 7 feet tall, 5 feet long and weighs around 200 pounds.

Erdlu are covered in thick, flexible, scale-like feathers, ranging in color from dust-grey to soft reddish-brown. An erdluʹs legs are long and strong, propelling it rapidly over the desert sands; the head, at the end of a long neck, is rounded, with a wicked, wedge-shaped beak. Alignment: Erdlu are solely concerned with acquiring sustenance and multiplying. As most animals, they are always neutral.