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The Questing Beast

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'The Questing Beast, or the Beast Glatisant (Barking Beast), is a monster from Arthurian legend. It is the subject of quests undertaken by famous knights such as King Pellinore, Sir Palamedes, and Sir Percival.

The strange creature has the head and neck of a snake, the body of a leopard, the haunches of a lion and the feet of a hart. Its name comes from the great noise it emits from its belly, a barking like "thirty couple hounds questing". 'Glatisant' is related to the French word glapissant, 'yelping' or 'barking', especially of small dogs or foxes.

The questing beast is a variant of the mythological medieval view on giraffes, whose generic name of Camelopardalis originated from their description of being half camel and half leopard.' - Wiki


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My personal take on the Questing beast C: feathers added because it helped blend the fur and scales a bit nicer than without.
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At first I read "Questioning beast," so all I could imagine was the example of the questing beast just going around to random items like "what is this? Where did it come from? What does it taste like," and so on. xD