Long known to hunters as the most difficult prey in any of the Emperor-King’s forests, unicorns are officially protected as imperial-royal game, meaning that they can only be hunted with express royal permission. A number of rejuvinative health effects have been attributed to unicorn meat and unicorn blood, but the Collegium has been unable to determine this reliably. What is clear, though, is that unicorns are at least as intelligent as any human or fae, and that they possess several reserve powers that they ordinarily do not deign to exercise. Wild stories of unicorns speaking, changing shape, and using tools and traps have yet to be substantiated for all the interest they have provoked.

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