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''Qilin'' are mythological divine messengers appearing similar to horses, easily marked by their blue fish scales, russet manes, and large antlers. Some drawings show long fish whiskers, and they generally appear to have brilliant, sparkling eyes. They are said to run as fast as the wind, and that if you are all alone in the forest and listen carefully, you can hear their hooves as they bolt from place to place. Qilin are known for their extraordinary wisdom, but most often in stories appear while being hunted by foolish elves who can never catch up, and often find themselves led to their doom for daring to commit such a sin.
=== South Peragen ===
The '''cuélebre''' is the beast [[Impel]], the Peragian hero and king of Pelda, defeated in the foundational myth of [[Arsal]]. He mostly resembles a serpent-dragon, with bat wings, iron claws and adamantine scarlet scales. He was a sapient creature: he ruled over the peoples of Peragen Exterior tyrannically and punished disidence by kidnapping the offenders and their families, who served to feed his offspring. The oppressed rulers called Pelda for help, and Impel himself crossed the Peragian sea to find the place the cuélebre hid his victims. When Impel found it near a bay to the north of the island, the beast found him and he spent two days and two nights fighting against him. The cuélebre was nearly impossible to defeat since he moved so fast he seemed to have multiple bodies, and the only vulnerability he had was inhaling salt. Impel, initially trying and failing to stab him with a sword covered in salt, while a storm was taken place found a slope near the beach, full of a mud nor the beast or the king could get off from; when the storm reached its strongest moment, they were inevitably covered by the mud and taken to the sea. Impel survived and returned to land, but the cuélebre drowned in salty water. He then went to the cave the kidnapped people were in, slained the cuélebre's offspring, who lacked their father's scales, and rescued the prisoners. Before returning to Pelda, Impel walked to the highest point of the bay, buried the salt he had still from the fight, and built a sanctuary over it. Its name was ''Ara de la Sal'', "Sanctuary of Salt", around which the city of Arsal was later built by Peldan settlers.
== Aurora ==
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