The Guardian Creature

A creature design that I was inspired to make and use in my stories. Primary role is a protector, a guardian of what it is charged with. Its offensive abilities include strong jaws, scorpion tail can stun and poison depending on dosage, and strong forearms for grappling while the well developed back legs allow it to jump high and far as well as charge for a substantial amount of time before tiring. It possesses healing saliva and relies on heat signatures and scent using odor detection to gauge its surroundings, the for antennae like tendrils on its head for sensory purposes.

I wanted a mix of terrifying yet still a big cute/huggable as he is custom made. Not something you want to tangle with but if he's on your side, he's basically like a big protective lovable dog loyal to only one or two people and will fight to the death to protect. His skull modeled on a slightly modified bear's skull.