Summary::Balareions are beings similar to a male medusa, but have much in common with the avian cockatrice instead of serpents. They are believed to have been created through some curse or arcane experiment, but now breed true. They are entirely male, with their female counterparts being known as gorgoneion, and for that reason there has been question on if balareions have more in common with basilisks and cockatrice than the species medusa, for where the gorgoneion could be mistaken for a medusa, the balareion most certainly could not.