Carnivorous ape

Carnivorous apes were a breed of unusually large and aggressive ape, related to the gorilla and distantly related to the yeti.

Description
Resembling a gorilla, the carnivorous ape was rather bigger, standing tall.

Personality
These creatures were known to be fairly intelligent and quite cunning, but highly aggressive. They even had a rudimentary language of their own, which some rare hobgoblins might know.

Society
Groups of up to eight of them were encountered.

Biology
Carnivorous apes possessed keen senses of hearing, smell, and eyesight, making them difficult to take by surprise.

Combat
Carnivorous apes generally tried to rend their victims apart using their bare hands.

Diet
As their name implied, these apes were a carnivorous species. They had a particular liking for human flesh.

Relations
Some subterranean hobgoblin lairs could have up to a dozen carnivorous apes serving as guards and some hobgoblin tribes kept them as fighting beasts. Hobgoblin shamans of Nomog-Geaya saw the carnivorous ape as a favored animal, seeing its habits as similar to their own and admiring its savagery; to say one acted or fought like an ape was a compliment.

Notable Carnivorous Apes

 * Redeye, the pet carnivorous ape of the Lostafinga hobgoblin tribe of the Kryptgarden Forest

Appearances

 * Novels:
 * Prince of Lies