List of Animals of The Edge Chronicles - H

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• Halitoad - A large froglike reptile, noted for its poisonous breath which it uses to kill its prey. Name is a pun on halitos, which means "bad breath".
• Hammelhorn - Hammelhorns are domestic herd animals, and appear to have the produce of sheep and cows. They resemble huge bulls, each having huge amounts of shaggy hair, enormous horns and a large, sad-looking face. Like the tilder, they possess three hooves on each foot. If their long black hair is brushed up the wrong way, it bristles up and becomes extremely sharp.
• Hammerhead goblin - Vicious members of the goblin family. Hammerheads are similar to flat-heads in their appearance, but their head is stretched and their eyes are spaced very far apart. They are vicious warring creatures. They often make up the elite of a goblin army and are prized as bodyguards. Notable hammerheads include General Tytugg of Undertown, Lytugg his granddaughter (leader of the hammerhead and flat-head Goblin Nations) and Slad and Dunkrigg of Tytugg's elite guard, who take part in the Battle of the Great Library.
• Hoverworm - A snakelike creature similar to a logworm, about a metre in length, having a poisonous bite, which causes the victim to fill with hot air and eventually explode unless given an antidote. On their bellies, there are several holes from which gas is expelled, making the creature "hover". Inside their mouths, there is a multitude of sucker-like organs that move freely of each other, and are used to grasp onto the hoverworms' victims. They are predominantly green with yellow pustules covering the body. Twig gets attacked by one shortly after leaving the woodtroll path, and discovers a slaughterer by the name of Gristle who has been bitten on the foot by the hoverworm.