As you venture forth into the forest, following the trail of disturbed detritus, you eventually make out a large silhouette in the distance.  Vibrant orange sunlight from the last few minutes of dusk managed to provide just enough illumination through the somewhat sparse canopy in this area of the woods to make out some details of the creature.  Its form was predominately vulpine in nature, though laden with the lean powerful muscles of large hunting cats and on the scale of a moderately sized horse.  Its large, plumed tail adorned with thick orange fur of similar color as the sunset swayed contentedly as its muzzle tore bits of flesh from the carcass of a dead sheep laying before it.<br/><br/>Approaching in silence as best you could, you manage to close the distance between you to a hundred feet before misfortune brought about a steady breeze from your backs with the creature residing downwind.  A moment later its triangular ears perked up in alertness, its angular face snapping towards your direction as it picked up your collective scent alerting it to your presence.  Its golden eyes so radiant that even from that distance you could faintly make out its color without much difficulty as they focused upon you.  Its hackles stood on end as it took a few backward paces away from both its meal and its pursuers while it vulpine ears flicked about, searching for any potential flankers.  Its muzzle wrinkled into a light snarl as it let out a low growl of warning.  As it did so, it flicked its tail and in a flash of flame a second tail flashed into existence.  From there its eyes remained alert, its muscles coiled into a defensive posture in preparation to react.