Swordtooth

A Swordtooth was a large, carnivorous Dinosaur that lived on New Moon Island.

Description
A large bipedal reptile that weighed between five and eight metric tons, a Swordtooth stalked forward with its tail swinging behind it for balance. The creature's head, the size of a cow, had a large mouth full of sharp teeth that could tear a humanoid in half with a single bite, hence the name. The Swordtooth could run almost 45 miles per hour, easily faster than even the most agile humanoids. A Swordtooth was known for its large, three-toed footprints and its relatively small, two-clawed forearms.

Many a Swordtooth's scales were a muddy-brown colour, although different patterns of orange, beige, grey, black, and various shades of green were known. Apex Predators, Swordteeth were the unchallenged rulers of New Moon Island and only large parties of Firenewts and Yuan-Ti could hope to defeat one.

History
Millions of years ago, Swordteeth, along with other dinosaurs inhabited the entire world. However, a meteor impact obliterated the rest of the species, leaving only the specimens of the New Moon Peninsula alive. Eventually, the peninsula became inhabited by the human empire of the Yuan-Ti and the tribes of the Firenewts. Shortly after the Yuan-Ti's continent-wide rule was overthrown, seismic activity from the eruption of Mount Thundercloud broke apart New Moon Peninsula and many other landmasses, isolating the dinosaurs on New Moon Island. The Swordteeth adapted well and quickly claimed the entire island as their territory, preying on herbivorous dinosaurs and generally leaving the humanoid populations of the island alone. However, the beasts proved extremely dangerous to external visits to the island, such as the ill-fated Brixton Expedition, the voyage by Mhurren, Silaqui Oakenheel, Ennialis Siannodel, Randall Dragonslayer, Kriv No-Clan, and Wren Garrick to claim the Sea Flute, the Cult of Tiamat's mission to find the Eye of Merrshaulk, and the voyage of Xendon, James, Grub, and their companions in search of the White Wyrmspeaker.