Ziz
The Bird that eclipsed the sun
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Historian Entry prior to Awakening
Section 1 or 2
Not much is known about this creature.
Section 3
From what records show, there had been cases of giant airborne creature before that aren't exclusive to dragons. Quetzalcoatlus are known to be Huge in size, equating certain types of dragons. Ziz is a name passed down as a legend for some local groups speaking of a large bird that could pick up mammoths. Such a creature is often considered a deity for some akin to a dragon where certain groups have chosen to sacrifice captured animals in order to appease their deities.
Section 4
Certain archives however speak in the past about certain giants that once trekked through the lands. It is dissimilar to compare them to the giantfolk aside from their aggression. They are thought of more as natural disasters instead of creatures to be slain. Each nation have their own history referencing such creatures. Whether be it a deception to have them attack other nations or themselves, or for their own heroes felling the beast, most of them often speak more in hyperbole often claiming a single stomp of a monster can flatten a town. Or how a rise of one of them could summon a torrent of flames.
There has to be truth to these cases. There's a high possibility that Ziz is a giant creature in the past. One of the only ones that could fly.
Post-4507
Section 1
Ziz is a giant bird that is equated to the Leviathan type creatures tracked down by the Marchogion Circle and other Monster tracker Guilds. It is known to have awakened from the islands of Erveilles, far east of Marvosio. With its flight alone it has swept aside many cities and left a destructive path all throughout the realms. It has not directly attacked any single city yet the casualties number immensely.
Its current whereabouts are unknown.
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
By the year of 4507, Ziz is found to have awaken.