[i]Shashous-Throth was undoubtedly a creature of myth, but it could hardly be classified among the magical and the fey. It's physical and mental capabilities were what set it apart from paltry dragons and the like. Especially its senses. It had known the location of the ranger and the swordsman since before they had stepped foot in the forest. It could smell a victim on the other side of a continent, scenting and identifying molecules less than a few parts per trillion in the breeze. But that wouldn't help it avoid something that moved faster than sound. What would help it do that were its ears. A common bat could detect sound waves bouncing off of a fly at forty paces. To say that the caliber of the Magna Pater's hearing could put any earthly bat to shame would be a gross understatement. The air pressure of the sonic boom reached the monster before the arrow, kicking its survival instincts into overdrive. Something very big or very fast was heading right for it. It didn't even need to think about dodging. The movement came automatically. 

The arrow phased through where Shashous-Throth had been and passed on through several dozen trees, boring a clean, smoking hole in each one. The monster had moved like a greased adder, surging forwards with such force that its claws had gouged a pair of trenches in the rocky ground. Its cover was obviously blown, but its intent remained the same. It would deal with the closer threat before meeting the further one. The glistening horror rushed upon the swordsman, halting several feet away before rising up to its full height, much like how the serpentine Medusa may stand upon the base of her tail. Six feet. Seven feet. Eight feet tall. It's stalky arms spread wide, soggy, shaking wings splaying out in an all-encompassing embrace. It had been already large when it kept tucked in and low to the ground. Its true size was gigantic. It cared little about being shot at again. It needed only to witness a technique once to learn how to deal with it, and it had never before been harmed by an attack that it had seen already. It had lived for over a thousand years, and it forgot nothing.[/i]