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[[File:Manticore.jpg|thumb|214px|A manticore.]]
 
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| Title= Manticores
'''Manticores''' are venomous and highly aggressive insects from the continent of [[Essos]]. Their bodies are scorpion-like, and almost the size of a lobster. Mostly green in color, their most recognizable feature are the designs on the plates of their bodies, particularly the marking on the final plate of their tails which resembles a human face.
 
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| Image= Manticore.jpg
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| Type= Insect
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| Diet= Carnivore
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| Status= Active
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| Habitat = Jungles
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| Range= Imported into menageries across both Essos and Westeros
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| Origin= Tropical islands in the [[Jade Sea]], [[Essos]]
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'''Manticores''' are highly aggressive and extremely poisonous scorpion-like insects from the continent of [[Essos]].
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==Biology==
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Manticores have an overall body-plan similar to scorpions, but can grow almost as large as a lobster. They possess six legs and larger stinger-tail, which curves up over the body to hang over the head. They have a series of threatening-looking spines on each body segment, running up the sides of the body and tail. They are mostly green in color.
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Their most recognizable features are the designs on the plates of their bodies, particularly the marking on the final plate of their tails which resembles a human face.
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Manticore venom is extremely lethal, and even a single sting is usually more than enough to kill a person.
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
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==In the books==
 
==In the books==
   
In the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' novels, manticores are venomous insects from Essos, said to live on the islands of the [[Jade Sea]]. They have a poisonous sting that is fatal to humans and kills the instant it reaches the heart unless a clotting agent is used to thicken it and delay its fatal effects. Manticore venom is a highly sought after poison by alchemists and [[Maesters]].
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In the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels, manticores are venomous insects from Essos, said to live on the jungle-filled islands of the [[Jade Sea]], between [[Qarth]] and distant [[Asshai]]. They have a poisonous sting that is fatal to humans and kills the instant it reaches the heart unless a clotting agent is used to thicken it and delay its fatal effects. Manticore venom is a highly sought after poison by alchemists, [[Maesters]], and assassins. Thus the insects have been imported into private collections across Essos and Westeros.
   
The legendary manticore is a chimeric creature with a human head, a lion's body, and a scorpion's tail. [[Dragonstone (castle)|Dragonstone]] is adorned with gargoyles in the shape of manticores. A manticore is also the sigil of [[House Lorch]].
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Within the cultures of Westeros and Essos, the legendary manticore (after which the insect takes its name) is a chimeric creature with a human head, a lion's body, and a scorpion's tail. [[Dragonstone (castle)|Dragonstone]] is adorned with gargoyles in the shape of manticores. A manticore is also the sigil of [[House Lorch]].
   
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
* [http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Manticore Manticore at A Wiki of Ice and Fire] (spoilers from the books)
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* {{AWOIAF|Manticore}} (spoilers from the books)
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* {{WP|Manticore}}
 
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Revision as of 23:10, 29 March 2014

Manticores are highly aggressive and extremely poisonous scorpion-like insects from the continent of Essos.

Biology

Manticores have an overall body-plan similar to scorpions, but can grow almost as large as a lobster. They possess six legs and larger stinger-tail, which curves up over the body to hang over the head. They have a series of threatening-looking spines on each body segment, running up the sides of the body and tail. They are mostly green in color.

Their most recognizable features are the designs on the plates of their bodies, particularly the marking on the final plate of their tails which resembles a human face.

Manticore venom is extremely lethal, and even a single sting is usually more than enough to kill a person.

History

Season 3

An envoy of the Warlocks of Qarth attempts to assassinate Daenerys Targaryen using a manticore hidden inside a hollow wooden sphere. Before the creature can harm Daenerys with its lethal sting, Ser Barristan Selmy impales it with a dagger, killing it.

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In the books

In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, manticores are venomous insects from Essos, said to live on the jungle-filled islands of the Jade Sea, between Qarth and distant Asshai. They have a poisonous sting that is fatal to humans and kills the instant it reaches the heart unless a clotting agent is used to thicken it and delay its fatal effects. Manticore venom is a highly sought after poison by alchemists, Maesters, and assassins. Thus the insects have been imported into private collections across Essos and Westeros.

Within the cultures of Westeros and Essos, the legendary manticore (after which the insect takes its name) is a chimeric creature with a human head, a lion's body, and a scorpion's tail. Dragonstone is adorned with gargoyles in the shape of manticores. A manticore is also the sigil of House Lorch.

See also

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