Manticores are large creatures that seem to combine aspects of lions, dragons and humanoids. They have the body of a lion and humanoid faces, with the leathery wings of a dragon. Their tails are spined, and they have the ability to launch these spines at high speed to run down prey.
Manticores are rare on Khorvaire, but they can be found in the Mror Holds, Droaam and the Shadow Marches. When the dwarves first emerged in the Ironroot Mountains, Clan Kundarak forged an alliance with the manticores that roosted there, securing the aid of the manticores in their conflict with the Jhorash'tar orcs. In exchange for their assistance, the dwarves warded the manticores lairs against aberrations, and their alliance remains strong to this day. It is because of this that the heraldry of House Kundarak is a manticore.