Merry Krampus
Prologue
Krampus is an old legend/folklore that revolves around a goat-man that seemingly punishes people who have misbehaved. According to the original legend, he arrives on the night of December 5th, sometimes accompanying St. Nicholas (or Santa Claus, depending on your culture) and travels with him to punish the badly behaved, while meanwhile the well behaved are rewarded with gifts. His methods of "punishing" are absolutely brutal. If you're even slightly described as "naughty" you'll literally be tortured by Krampus, and then he throws you into his sack and carries you off to Hell. Yes, it's as nuts as it sounds.
However, none of the above is true. Krampus is not evil and he does not torture anyone. While he and Santa Claus do still have a partnership, it is much more civil. Santa delivers gifts to the well behaved, while Krampus delivers coal to the badly behaved. Wether you are visited by Santa or Krampus on Christmas Eve night is determined by what type of person you are. You will wake up to a either pile of gifts or coal on Christmas morning.
Krampus lives at an unknown location in the South Pole. He is said to live in a large wooden fortress, and with a "built in" coal mine only accessible through the inside. This is where Krampus gets the coal to deliver on Christmas Eve. And unlike Santa Claus, Krampus does not have elves to assist him with any of his work, not even mining. He does all of the work himself, which is honesty quite impressive.
While Santa is usually seen carrying a bag of gifts on his back, Krampus is always seen carrying a bag of coal. They say the bag never runs dry, there's always fresh lumps of coal ready to be left out. The same can be said to Santa's bag of gifts. A possible explanation for this could be some type of intense magic or long-distance spells.
Like Santa Claus, Krampus also travels by sleigh, which is pulled by 9 Truss Deer. What reindeer are to Santa, are what Truss Deer are to Krampus. A Truss Deer can be described as a reindeer, vulture, and reptile all combined. They have no fur on their head and neck area, just rough, sandpaper-like skin. There is a ring of fur around their necks that "separates" the fur from the skin, which gives it the vulture look. Their heads have a shape highly comparable to a dromaeosaurid. They also have long, serpent-like tails that roughly peel and tear out of their fur, and these also have the same rough skin as their heads. Some Truss Deer have ear flaps while some don't, and nobody has ever been able to figure out what causes this. They are usually brownish-tanish in color, but Krampus' Truss Deer each have their own unique colors to tell them apart. And you probably guessed it, but they have names. Meet Basher, Fracture, Wrathful, Bitten, Pummel, Putrid, Gonner, and Mixon. And now for the ninth one. Meet Yulog, the leader of the team. He is placed up front, leading the way with a pair of glowing red eyes, which serve the same purpose as Rudolph's nose. And if that wasn't enough, Yulog has a ring of fire around his neck instead of the usual ring of fur!
Krampus' sleigh is black, and with gold skis and lining. There isn't much to say about the sleigh, except for the fact that the two runners (the skis that carry the body of the sleigh) are designed to look like cobras. Very cleverly done, Krampus!
So with all of this being said, it is safe to say that the truth about Krampus has been debunked. But you're probably still wondering how all of this came to be. So let's get going, there's quite a story to tell.