Unicorn

These fierce, noble beasts shun contact with all but sylvan creatures (dryads, pixies, and the like), showing themselves only to defend their woodland homes. A unicorn has deep sea-violet, violet, brown, or fiery gold eyes. Males sport a white beard. Unicorns mate for life, making their homes in open dells or glades in the forests they protect. Good and neutral travelers may pass freely through and even hunt in a unicorn's forest, but evil creatures do so at great risk. Likewise, a unicorn will attack any creature it discovers killing for sport in its territory or damaging the forest maliciously. Lone unicorns occasionally allow themselves to be tamed and ridden by human or elven maidens of good heart. Such a unicorn, if treated kindly, is the maiden's loyal steed and protector for life, even accompanying her beyond its forest.

A unicorns horn is renowned for its healing properties. Evil and unscrupulous beings sometimes hunt a unicorn for its horn, which can fetch up to 2,000 gp, for use in various healing potions and devices. Most good creatures refuse to traffic in such things. A typical adult unicorn grows to 8 feet in length, stands 5 feet high at the shoulder, and weighs 1,200 pounds. Females are slightly smaller and slimmer than males. Unicorns speak Sylvan and Common. Unicorns normally attack only when defending themselves or their forests. They either charge, impaling foes with their horns like lances, or strike with their hooves. The horn is a magic weapon, though its power fades if removed form the unicorn.