Editing Tressym

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| caption      = A tressym taking flight.
| name         = Tressym
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| alignment5e  = [[Chaotic neutral]]
| challenge5e  = 0
| refs5e       = <ref name="SKT-pp242-243">{{Cite book/Storm King's Thunder|242-243}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book/Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus|241}}</ref>
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| challenge3e  = {{Frac|1|4}}
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| lifespan     = 20 years<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/>
| location  = Warm and temperate land<ref name="LEoF-p191"/><ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/><ref name="FRCS3E-p309"/>
| language     = Tressymspeak<ref name="Blackstaff-p23"/>, understands [[Common]] but can't speak<ref name="SKT-pp242-243"/>
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A '''tressym''' was a [[magical beast]] resembling a small winged [[cat]]. They could be found across the warm and temperate lands of [[Faerûn]], and were most common in northern [[Cormyr]], particularly in the village of [[Eveningstar]] where they were seen as good luck charms and mascots and praised for keeping down rodents. They were also popular as [[familiar]]s for good [[wizard]]s.<ref name="LEoF-p191">{{Cite book/Lost Empires of Faerûn|191}}</ref><ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1">{{Cite book/Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One|}}</ref><ref name="HHoES">{{Cite book/Haunted Halls of Eveningstar}}</ref><ref name="FRCS3E-p309"/><ref name="VoloC-p143">{{Cite book/Volo's Guide to Cormyr|143–144}}</ref>
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==Description==
[[File:Tressym FRCS2e.gif|thumb|left|''Tressym could also have impressive wing designs.'']]
A tressym resembled a small [[cat]], roughly the size of a common housecat, and growing up to {{SI|2|ft|c|long=yes}} long from nose to tail. Their primary feature was of course their wings.<ref name="LEoF-p191"/><ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/><ref name="FRCS3E-p309"/><ref name="VoloC-p143"/>

Extending from their well-muscled shoulders, these wings were formed like a [[bat]]'s, being divided into arc-segments by hollow elongated "finger" bones.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/> However, the leathery membranes between these bones were covered in feathers. These wings had a maximum wingspan of {{SI|3|ft|long=yes}}.<ref name="LEoF-p191"/><ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/><ref name="FRCS3E-p309"/>

Tressym were fluffy<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/><ref name="VoloC-p143"/> and their coat varied in color and length as much as regular cats. The majority were short-haired, with black, gray, or tabby fur.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/>

Some tressym had [[owl]]-like faces with tufts of fur at the points of their ears. The fingers of their wings could end in ornate feathers with circular designs rather like the "eyes" of a [[peacock]]'s plumage.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/> <ref group="note">Though tressym are well described in text, these owl- and peacock-like features only appear in 2nd edition artwork.</ref>

They were widely considered to be cute or beautiful.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/><ref name="VoloC-p143"/>

===Traits===
[[File:Tressym.png|thumb|right|250px|''A black-furred tressym.'']]
A tressym was classified as a magical beast.<ref name="MU">{{Cite web enhancement/Monster Update|6}}</ref><ref group="note">The tressym was originally classified as an ordinary animal in ''[[Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition]]'', but this was changed to a magical beast with an update to v.3.5 and in ''[[Lost Empires of Faerûn]]''. This also added an array of new vision types for the tressym. However, the update mistakenly attributed the tressym to ''[[Monsters of Faerûn]]'', rather than the ''Campaign Setting''.</ref>

Combining the sensory abilities of the cat and the owl and a magical beast, the tressym was equipped with a number of natural and supernatural senses.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/> First, they had the cat's native ability to find and follow a scent.<ref name="LEoF-p191"/><ref name="FRCS3E-p309"/> To see in the dark, they possessed [[infravision]]<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/> or [[darkvision]],<ref name="LEoF-p191"/><ref name="MU"/> as well as the ability to see in low-light conditions.<ref name="LEoF-p191"/> Furthermore, they had the ability to sense invisible creatures and objects up to {{SI|90|ft|long=yes}} away. Finally, through either taste, touch, or scent, they could also detect [[poison]]s that were harmful to the sentient folk of the world.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/>

However, tressym were themselves immune to apparently every known kind of poison, suffering no ill effects whatsoever.<ref name="LEoF-p191"/><ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/><ref name="FRCS3E-p309"/> This ability could not be conferred to other creatures, however.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/>

Tressym had skills in stealth, climbing, balance, and alertness comparable to a regular cat, but were of course a little better at balancing and climbing owing to their wings. However, they didn't have nearly the same talent for jumping.<ref name="LEoF-p191"/><ref name="MU"/><ref name="FRCS3E-p309"/>

Their wings were not strong enough to carry great weights. They could not carry a [[halfling]]; if a halfling was falling, a tressym might strain to haul them up, and could do little more than slow, but not break, their fall.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/>

==Behavior==
[[File:Tressym MC.gif|thumb|right|''Tressym were often solitary beasts.'']]
Tressym were highly intelligent, being a little above average [[human]] intelligence. They could not speak human languages,<ref name="LEoF-p191"/><ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/><ref name="FRCS3E-p309"/> but had their own language, "tressymspeak", which was based on purrs and growls.<ref name="Blackstaff-p23">{{Cite book/Blackstaff/MMP|23}}</ref> They were semi-wild, and most people thought of them as "mischievous little terrors",<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/><ref name="VoloC-p143"/> but otherwise tended to be shy and skittish.<ref name="LEoF-p191"/>

They were often solitary creatures, rarely living or hunting with others of their kind, though did usually get along fine.<ref name="LEoF-p191"/><ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/><ref name="FRCS3E-p309"/> Some bonded with individuals of other races, like [[elves]] and humans, forming close friendships. Stories told of heroic tressym sacrificing themselves to save beloved companions. Equally, they could have strong hatreds of those they disliked. They enjoyed teasing [[dog]]s (which could not give chase) but not to the point of danger. They ignored and left in peace birds (when not preying upon them), [[griffon]]s, and other flying creatures. However, they were deadly rivals to [[stirge]]s and [[manticore]]s, to the point that packs of tressym would gather to combat them.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/>

==Combat==
Like ordinary cats, tressym typically stalked and pounced on their prey, using their claws and fangs to slay it. However, the ability to fly gave them a new dimension to hunt in and made them much more dangerous to birds and insects. They could also get into aerial catfights.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/>

Otherwise, they avoided fighting with anything larger than themselves, by flying away and hiding. If pursued by larger flying creature, then they would go to ground and seek a small hole or crevice to conceal themselves in.<ref name="LEoF-p191"/>

Nevertheless, they were cunning and quick learners, knowing enough to scratch a foe's eyes and soon learning the danger of weapons and wands held by people.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/><ref name="FRCS3E-p309"/>

==Ecology==
[[File:Rothé and tressym.jpg|thumb|left|''A tressym was much smaller than a [[rothé]].'']]
Tressym were carnivorous, like cats, usually hunting birds, rodents, and insects. However, they did not prey on baby birds or eggs.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/>

They mated as often as regular cats, and did not mate for life. Tressym were closely related to the small feral cats that prowled the forests of the [[Heartlands]], which had been domesticated across Faerûn, from the [[Sword Coast]] to [[Cormyr]], the [[Dalelands]], [[Sembia]], and the [[Moonsea]]. Thus tressym could even mate with normal cats, with which they were fully fertile. However, on average, only 10% of mixed-bred kittens would be winged, while the rest were wingless.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/>

In good health and without accidents or hazards, a tressym could live over twenty years.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/>

===Locations===
[[File:tressym and primal tree-5e.jpg|thumb|270px|''A group of tressym flying around a tree infused with [[primal magic]].'']]
In the wild, they could be found in warm and temperate lands.<ref name="LEoF-p191"/><ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/><ref name="FRCS3E-p309"/> They could easily find and take shelter from bad winter weather, or fly away from it entirely.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/>

Individual wild and domestic tressym could be found all over Faerûn, albeit very rarely. They only appeared to gather and breed in large numbers in northern Cormyr,<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/> mostly lairing in [[Starwater Gorge]]. Night and day, they hunted the fields for rodents, avoiding the local cats and dogs and not fighting or teasing them.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/><ref name="VoloC-p143"/> Tressym were relatively common in the nearby village of [[Eveningstar]], found prowling the streets and perched in the trees; Eveningstar was renowned for its tressym.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/><ref name="VoloC-p143"/><ref name="AGTotR2E-p49">{{Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd edition (revised)/A Grand Tour of the Realms|49}}</ref><ref name="FRCS3E-p113">{{Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition|113}}</ref><ref name="HHoES-p6">{{Cite book/Haunted Halls of Eveningstar|6}}</ref>

A clowder of wild tressym dwelled at the [[Leaves of Learning]] temple to [[Oghma]] in [[Highmoon]] in the Dalelands. Cormyrian traders had brought them from Eveningstar to [[Deepingdale]] to sell in the High Market, but the winged cats escaped and flew to the temple. They laired in the temple's Inner Court, becoming beloved companions to the priests and monks. They were allowed free access to the kitchen and pantry to hunt [[rat]]s and [[mice]]. The tressym would alert the temple staff if they spied a visitor acting suspiciously or a thief climbing over the walls.<ref name="LoL-p11">{{Cite web enhancement/The Leaves of Learning|10, 11}}</ref>

There were a number of tressym in the city of [[Ankhapur]] in the [[Lake of Steam region]]. Curiously, on the day before [[Highsummer]] each year since [[1368 DR]], every tressym in the city mysteriously disappeared in the night, even from within cages. None knew where they went or why. The winged cats only returned three days later, with people simply seeing them again they when they woke up.<ref name="EotSS-p149">{{Cite book/Empires of the Shining Sea|149}}</ref><ref name="FRCS3E-p152">{{Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition|152}}</ref> Talk in the taverns about this centered on the [[Shadi'ar]], or Lion tribes, and how their god [[Nobanion]] was said to have visited Ankhapur in [[1367 DR]], the year before the first disappearance of tressym.<ref name="EotSS-p149" />

Tressym could also be found roaming the settled lands of [[Aglarond]] and [[Altumbel]].<ref name="UE-p88">{{Cite book/Unapproachable East|88}}</ref>

===Reputation===
[[File:TressymVV.jpg|thumb|left|''A tressym showing off its wings.'']]
In Eveningstar, tressym were highly appreciated by both the villagers and the local farmers for their control of rodents in the fields.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/><ref name="VoloC-p143"/> Folk saw them as mascots and good luck signs,<ref name="D365-p51">{{Cite dragon/365/Backdrop: Cormyr|51}}</ref> and fed them and gave them free run of the village.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/><ref name="VoloC-p143"/><ref name="AGTotR2E-p49"/> while trying to limit their vandalism and airborne catfights.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/><ref name="VoloC-p143"/> Mages regularly came to Eveningstar seeking a tressym as a familiar, but the locals tried to stop large-scale and magical trapping of them.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/><ref name="FRCS3E-p113"/>

[[Ghostwise halfling]]s viewed tressym as emblematic of stealth and cunning. Ghostwise mages sometimes chose them as familiars, and on occasion a [[druid]] adopted one as animal companion. They also occasionally became pets or companions of clan matriarchs or patriarchs.<ref name="RoF-p76">{{Cite book/Races of Faerûn|76}}</ref>

Druids who dwelt in harsh desert wastelands could also bond with a tressym as a companion animal.<ref>{{Cite book/Sandstorm|48}}</ref>

A number of deities and their religions were strongly associated with tressym. Prime among these was [[Sharess]], goddess of cats, and [[Lurue]], goddess of intelligent animals, as well as [[Cyrrollalee]], the halfling goddess of friendship, and the elven deities [[Aerdrie Faenya]], goddess of air and flight; [[Erevan Ilesere]], god of mischief; and [[Hanali Celanil]], goddess of love. Tressym could be the servants of these deities, or were sent by them as signs of their favor, or could even be sacred to their faith.<ref name="DDaD">{{Cite web enhancement/Deity Do's and Don'ts}}</ref><ref name="DHD">{{Cite book/Demihuman Deities|94, 109, 115, 170}}</ref><ref name="P&P">{{Cite book/Powers and Pantheons|37, 53}}</ref>

==Uses==
[[File:Tessaril Winter.jpg|thumb|right|''Lord [[Tessaril Winter]]'s tressym familiar was often found perched on her shoulder.'']]
Tressym were sometimes kept as [[familiar]]s by [[wizard]]s and [[sorcerer]]s. They needed to be experienced mages capable of bonding with a more advanced creature, and the tressym would only accept a [[good]]-hearted master.<ref name="FRCS3E-p35">{{Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition|35}}</ref><ref name="PGTF-p39">{{Cite book/Player's Guide to Faerûn|39}}</ref> As familiars, tressym combined the senses of cat and [[owl]], and furthermore were intelligent enough for many more tasks, being able to carry and operate complicated and delicate items to the limit of their capability, to fully observe and report on events, to concentrate on activities without distractions, and to safely identify poisons and toxic gases.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/>

Thus many mages, particularly good ones, sought out tressym, often coming to Eveningstar to find them.<ref name="LEoF-p191"/><ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/><ref name="FRCS3E-p309"/><ref name="VoloC-p143"/><ref name="FRCS3E-p113"/> Two mages living in Eveningstar kept tressym as familiars, [[Maea Dulgussir]] and Lord [[Tessaril Winter]] herself.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/><ref name="VoloC-p143"/><ref name="AGTotR2E-p49"/><ref name="FRCS3E-p113"/><ref name="HHoES-p6"/> Tessaril's familiar accompanied her often, either perched upon her shoulder and circling her feet with many purrs. The tressym served as her unofficial food taster, insisting on sampling everything she ate and drank, which saved Tessaril from poisoning no less than six times.<ref name="HHoES-p7">{{Cite book/Haunted Halls of Eveningstar|7}}</ref>

[[Tsarra Chaadren]], a sorceress of [[Waterdeep]], also had a tressym familiar, called "[[Nameless (tressym)|Nameless]]".<ref name="Blackstaff-p23"/>

Apart from familiars, tressym made for popular pets. [[Calishite]] humans, who enjoyed exotic, magical pets, were drawn to tressym, among other magical beasts.<ref name="RoF-p84">{{Cite book/Races of Faerûn|84}}</ref> [[Chondathan]] humans, particularly in Cormyr, favored felines and so especially appreciated tressym.<ref name="RoF-p87">{{Cite book/Races of Faerûn|87}}</ref> In the [[mage]] kingdom of [[Halruaa]], tressym were among the most popular exotic pets seen strolling along the [[Halarahh]]'s [[Promenade (Halarahh)|Promenade]] in the evenings, beside their masters.<ref name="MH-p188">{{Cite book/The Magehound/MMP|188|13}}</ref>

Although a tressym's immunity to poisons reportedly could not be conferred upon other creatures,<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/> the tongue of a tressym was nevertheless an important component of treatments against poison. In {{Yearlink|1372}}, in the village of [[Hilltop]] in the [[Silver Marches]], when [[Drogan Droganson]] was stricken by a poison that could not be healed by normal means, the [[Harper]] [[Ayala Windspear]] requested his [[Drogan Droganson's pupil|pupil]] fetch tressym tongue, charcoal, and [[helmthorn]] berries from the herbalist [[Farghan]]. The subsequent concoction helped, but did not heal, Drogan.<ref name="NWN.SoU-p87">{{Cite game/Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide}}</ref>

==History==
The tressym were believed to the product of a wizard's experimentation long ago.<ref name="FRCS2E-MC"/><ref name="MCAV1"/><ref name="HHoES"/><ref name="VoloC-p143"/>

However, it wasn't until the {{YearlinkName|1263}}, that they became widespread in Faerûn. As the name of the year suggested, this had been foretold by [[Alaundo|Alaundo the Seer]] himself, as early as the {{YearlinkName|75}}.<ref name="FRCS2E-RTR-p16">{{Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd edition (revised)/Running the Realms|16}}</ref>

The sorceress Tsarra Chaadren acquired a tressym familiar around {{Yearlink|1364}}, but even after a decade of bonding with him, he did not tell her his name. Lady [[Laeral Silverhand]] took to calling the winged cat "[[Nameless (tressym)|Nameless]]", which the cat didn't mind.<ref name="Blackstaff-p15">{{Cite book/Blackstaff/MMP|15}}</ref> Nameless had a jet-black coat and mismatched eyes, one blue eye and one green.<ref name="Blackstaff-p23"/>

==Notable Tressym==
[[File:Slobberchops-5e.jpg|thumb|300px|''Slobberchops, the mean-looking tressym of the Vanthampurs.'']]
* [[Flycatcher]], the [[animal companion]] of [[Vordana Jezral]], a [[ranger]] who roamed the [[Savage Frontier]].<ref name="SKT5e-p71">{{Cite book/Storm King's Thunder|71}}</ref>
* [[Nameless (tressym)|Nameless]], the [[familiar]] of [[Tsarra Chaadren]].<ref name="B-p15">{{Cite book/Blackstaff/MMP|15}}</ref>
* [[Rillix]], the pet tressym of the [[Xelbrin]] family from [[Nightstone]].<ref name="SKT5e-p23">{{Cite book/Storm King's Thunder|23}}</ref>
* [[Slobberchops]], a tressym who begrudgingly belonged to the [[Vanthampur]] family of [[Baldur's Gate]], but paid them no loyalty.<ref name="BGDA5e-p34">{{Cite book/Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus|34}}</ref>
* [[Goldheart]], a self appointed companion of the [[half-elf]] [[Larajin]].<ref name="HoP-8">{{Cite book/Heirs of Prophecy|8}}</ref>
* [[Tara]], the familiar of the human wizard [[Gale Dekarios|Gale of Waterdeep]].<ref>{{Cite game/Baldur's Gate III}}</ref>

==Appendix==
===Background===
The tressym is likely based on the [[Wikipedia:winged cat|winged cat]] of cryptozoology, where certain cats are observed to apparently possess wings, either born with them or grown later in life. These "wings" tend to flap up and down as the cat runs, and are said to help the cat run faster or jump further and, rarely, fly. In medieval Christianity, demons were sometimes depicted as bat-winged cats, as both animals were associated with the Devil.

However, most winged cat cases have perfectly natural causes. The most common is a severe case of matting, in which the fur forms wide felted mats that may resemble wings. Another is a deformity, feline cutaneous asthenia, in which the cat's skin turns elastic and stretches, giving the appearance of wings on the back, haunches, or shoulders; these often may even be moved by the cat and sometimes tear off. Rarely, a winged cat's wings might be a conjoined twin or be additional limbs. Less natural causes are that a winged cat specimen may in fact be a fraud or fake, such as a stuffed union of bird and cat.

Tressym first appeared in the published Realms in the adventure module ''[[Haunted Halls of Eveningstar]]'', with a small role as the familiar of Lord [[Tessaril Winter]].

===See also===
*[[Winged cat]]
*[[Jana-nimr]]
*[[Jana-qitat]]

===Notes===
{{Notes}}

===Appearances===
{{Appearances
| adventures          = ''[[Haunted Halls of Eveningstar]]'' • ''[[Storm King's Thunder]]'' • ''[[Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus]]''
| adventure refs      = 
| novels              = ''[[Star of Cursrah]]'' • ''[[The Halls of Stormweather]]'' • ''[[Heirs of Prophecy]]'' • ''[[Crown of Fire]]'' • [[Blackstaff (novel)|''Blackstaff'']] • ''[[Swords of Eveningstar]]'' • ''[[The Magehound]]''
| novel refs          = ''[[The Temptation of Elminster]]'' • ''[[Elminster in Myth Drannor]]''
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| comics              = ''[[Infernal Tides 1]]'' • ''[[Infernal Tides 2]]''
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| video games         = ''[[Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms]]'' • ''[[Baldur's Gate III]]''
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| board games         = ''[[CLUE: Dungeons & Dragons (2019)|CLUE: Dungeons & Dragons]]''
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| organized play      = ''[[Starry Eyes]]'';''[[Breath of the Yellow Rose]]'' • [[Adventurers League/Storm King's Thunder#DDIA05 - A Great Upheaval|''A Great Upheaval'']]
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===Further Reading===
* {{Cite dragon/269/Animal Henchmen|29}}

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