Caravanutan

Caravanutans are huge apes covered in thick red hair over the whole of their bodies. A fully grown caravanutan stands 20 feet high at the shoulder and moves around on all fours. Caravanutans mature quickly, becoming fully grown within two years but do not become sexually mature until around ten years old. They may live up to fifty years if well cared for, and females will typically bear three to six young during their lifetime.

For generations, the caravanutans have been used as beasts of burden by the merchants of Artanab Ma Sool. They carry trade goods across the hostile plain of Artanab with ease and their sheer size scares away almost all predators. As trained beasts of burden, a caravanutan can easily transport 2,000 pounds of weight strapped to its back with no effect on its movement or actions.

For caravanutans to be useful, they are kept docile through the addictive die-back of the Spring Bloom plant. This narcotic also makes the creatures immune to charms and the frightened condition. The caravantuan will stop being docile and controllable within two weeks of withdrawal of the Spring Bloom, after this period it becomes hostile to all creatures that are not caravanutan, but do not stop being immune to charms and the frightened condition until after six weeks.