Tengu



Tengu are a class of monster, i.e. a species in the bestiary of Guild Wars.

General Description
Tengu are humanoid, intelligent, quick-moving creatures who resemble a mixture of a human and a bird, with a feathered body, a bird-like head and beak. They are unable to fly, but instead they can hold weapons and items.

''Note: "Tengu" in Japanese folklore are a type of "kami" (roughly "spirit") described as "crow-headed humanoids" with "beaks ... sometimes lined with sharp teeth." See Wikipedia's entry on Tengu.''

Note: The plural of Tengu is Tengu, not Tengus.

Tengu in Tyria
The Tengu encountered by the player in Tyria are throughout hostile to humans.

The Tyrian Tengu split up into two people:
 * The Caromi, found in Kryta
 * The Avicara, found in the Southern Shiverpeaks (The vast majority of the Avicara bosses are located in Mineral Springs).

Tengu in Cantha
In Cantha, the Tengu are devided into two tribes, the Sensali and the Angchu. The primitive and more aggressive Sensali-Tengu attack people -and Angchu-Tengu- as soon as they see them. The Angchu learned to live with the humans who rule their land, whereas the Sensali prefer a life as nomads. The Angchu learned to articulate and mainly live in peace with their human neighbours. The Angchu deeply hate the Yeti people in the mountains, their archenemies since the time when Cantha didn´t exist as a united Kingdom. The Canthan tolerate the Angchu but not many consider them equal to men. But nonetheless humans and Angchu-Tengu jointly celebrate the end of the Tengu Wars. The anniversary of the peace treaty is celebrated by humans as the "Day of the Tengu".

Tengu Masks will be available during the Head Start Event for Guild Wars Factions.

A Tengu henchman named Talon Silverwing can be employed in some Canthan locations.

Characteristics
Tengu are usually found in mixed groups of melee attackers, ranged attackers and spellcasters. This mixture, combined with their speed, makes them dangerous foes for any profession.

Furthermore Tengu ...
 * are fleshy creatures.
 * are susceptible to all conditions, incl. bleeding, poison and disease.
 * leave a corpse behind.
 * are not undead.
 * can be knocked down.

Items dropped
Tengu may drop the following loot (besides gold and various weapons and items):

Known Sub-Types
For an alphabetic list of all, including bosses, see also: category: