= Overview =
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A legendary eight-legged creature, part bird and part dragon.
The basilisk is a creature of legend, already known to the Mazes during the [[History of the Mazes|medieval era]]. Referred to as the '''''lanlaken''''' in the [[Languages|Old Tongue]], a compound of the words for "[[chicken]]" (''lanlan'') and "[[dragon]]" (''ken''), the name transliterating to "chicken dragon'. As the etymology suggests, the basilisk is a part-bird, part-dragon beast, possessing the head, wings, and feathered tail of a bird - specifically, a chicken, and a draconic body with eight legs and armor scales. It is roughly 5 feet tall, and its adult weight ranges between 80 and 130 pounds.