Shumil

A shumil is a feybeast that can be found in Ehrenfest's forests. It's prime season is the summer and it loves the summer fruit rutreb.

Appearance
A shumil looks like a small rabbit and due to its cute appearance and tiny size it is a popular pet kept by nobles.. Sylvester compares Myne to a shumil making her chirp "pooey" (ぷひ puhi) which is most likely a shumil's cry.

Hunting Shumils
Shumils yield meat, pelt, bones, feathers, and fat that is considered useful to commoners. When commners want to hunt shumils, they gather together in groups, one group chasing the prey and the other group holding the net. The net group waits up a hill, as shumils have the habit to escape to high places. The chase group looks for shumils in the vinity of rutrebs plants with stones in their hands.

After successfully trapping them in the net, they stab their knives into the trapped prey to slice the shumils' throats and hope not to kill them of to early. Following that, they remove the shumil' talons which are poisonous on the front feet. The next step involves the river. They drag their prey to the river and butcher it there. One needs to be careful when butchering a shumil, as a shumil can turn into a feystone, melting away and dissapear when not carefully done.

Trivia

 * Sylvester kept a shumil called "Blau".
 * In Part 1 Vol. 1 "A Day Without Myne" shumils make "phiiih".
 * Shumil's meat is soft and delicious especially in summer.
 * Hunting shumils also meant saving the commoners' rutrebs' share.
 * Shumils are scaredy cats but if their children are in danger they will attack the predator, whilst their eyes shine rainbow-colour-ish.