Ankgridd

 You know another shitty thing about battlefields? The rotting corpses, they attract corpse feeders such as Ankgridds, who in turn spread pestilence.  

-Varhis Myrre, Alchemist

Ankgridds are dog like creatures, though furless and misshapen. They tend to have rotting skin with blisters and warts. They can quickly move around on their four long legs, adorned with sharp claws capable of rending flesh with ease. Though dangerous, they are docile creatures that prefer the taste of rotting flesh over fresh meat. This makes them avid carriers of pestilence and disease, which they can in turn spread.

Ankgridds are highly susceptible to a potion called 'Healing Touch' which burns their skin and destroys the disease they may carry. Monster hunters are bound to carry a vial of this brew when facing off against a nest of Ankgridds.

Ankgridd society works in a simple hierarchy. There's the Ankgridd workers, who are tasked with finding food. There's the Ankgridd warrior who leads the pack of workers, and then there is the Ankgridd Queen, often a silver colored Ankgridd much larger in size. When a Queen as killed the pack often is left clueless, and therefore scutter away, making them far easier to kill.