Board Thread:Fan-made Monsters/@comment-38464016-20190209130411

Family: Hyenaman (They get a separate category since Hyenas are a different family of animal life from anything else IRL)

Type: Beastman

Habitat: Savannahs

Disposition: Aggressive, Dominant, Brash, cunning, protective, highly intelligent, social

Diet: Meat, eggs, men's mana

Bio:

Hyenafolk are highly aggressive monsters that travel in small groups of 3-5, but solitary examples aren't unheard of. They tend to be very tall and muscular, with dark markings akin to spots visible on their shoulders and hips. The Hyenafolk are born with an enlarged clitoral structure that looks similar to a man's penis, albiet shorter and thicker than average. This structure can be used once to transform a human woman into another hyenafolk, the structure disappearing after one use. These transformed hyenafolk do not gain this clitoral structure, retaining their normal genetalia.

Their behaviors and appearance differ somewhat depending on whether or not they're in a group. Overall, they are deeply social creatures, with lone specimens having either been driven from their pack or they are searching for something specific.

If in a group, the strongest and most aggressive member calls the shots, enforcing her “rule” with an iron fist. A solo hyenaman is far less aggressive and more cunning to make up for the lack of packmates. Lead and lone females tend to be very voluptuous, while subordinate females tend to be more modestly endowed. A pack will defer to the lead female on most decisions, including who the pack takes as a Husband. The lead female will generally pick a strong, combat-capable male.

After deciding on a man, the pack will then ambush him at a source of drinking water. The subordinate females will drag him back to the lead female after attacking him and taking his weapons and armor. She will then mount him and use every ounce of instinct she has to drive him wild with pleasure. While riding him, the hyenafolk will praise the man’s prowess in battle, attesting that she and her pack will be valuable companions.

A lone female, not wanting to risk injuring herself attacking a capable warrior, will generally go for a less physically capable, more naturally submissive male. She will follow him for hours or until nightfall, attacking while he's either asleep or preparing to go to sleep. While riding him, she’ll talk about how she loves him and wants to protect him.

Both lone and pack hyenafolk take very good care of their husbands, making sure they stay safe and well-fed. The husband of a pack will be expected to provide pleasure to the entire pack, but the lead female takes priority.

A solitary hyenafolk will do her best to keep her husband safe and well-fed, taking joy in his company as they roam together and make love frequently.

Edits:

2/9/19:

Name changed to Gnoll

To answer Kingly's question, the subordinate females will follow orders from the husband, seeing his will as an extension of the lead female's. As for Primal or "Rabid" subspecies, a rare mutation can cause a genetic "Throwback", resulting in a powerful, aggressive specimen more thematically similar to a prehistoric hyena. A "Rabid" gnoll might arise rarely, though I'm uncertain of the circumstances.

As for TRK's questions, Taming a gnoll... it might be possible with a subordinate female removed from her group if the would-be "Tamer" is very strongly dominant from the beginning. If successful, the gnoll will be an amazing hunting companion, taking great joy in being able to provide for their husband. Lone or lead females are more inclined to pretend they've been tamed, only to re-assert dominance at the first opportunity. 