Cinderhorn Ibex

Codex Entry: Cinderhorn Ibex

Region: Sanctum Coil

Classification: Flame-Bound Ungulate

Behavioral Class: Solitary Sentinel

Appearance:Charcoal-hued with thick, ash-dusted fur and great horns that spiral upward like flame-bound sigils. The horns glow faintly with emberlight, cracked with radiant glyph-veins. Its eyes burn low like coals, flickering with internal flame rather than reflecting external light.

Habitat:Ash-plate cliffs, glyphstone ridges, ember-echo valleys. Often near long-dormant flame altars and ritual stones.

Diet:Memory grass, emberbloom vines, fire-rooted moss. Said to digest heat itself—basking on magma-warmed stone to nourish its internal flame.

Temperament:Stoic and watchful. Reacts only to direct violation of sacred ground or when threatened near dusk during glyph resonance periods.

Preyed upon by: Juvenile Glitchwrought beasts (rare). Scavenged post-mortem by Glarebeak Pyrrows.

Preys upon:None – ritual grazer only.

Lore: Ash-coated with spiral horns marked by ember veins, the Cinderhorn emits deep resonant hums that stir forgotten glyphs in nearby stone. Known to appear before a Seeker undergoes a voice reclamation or spiritual initiation.

Ecosystem Role:Its hooves churn heat-charged soil, catalyzing fire-herb germination. Glyph spores catch in its horns and reseed across cliffside bloomlines, stabilizing spiritual flux.