[Loud singing from off-stage]

The unicorn is a wonderous beast
not nice to shoot at, to say the least
...

[The rest of the song is best not remembered.]

Should you have access to Creatures & Treasures I-III from RM 2 only, the following paragraphs from RMSS Creatures & Monsters should be of some use:

Creatures and Monsters, page 85 states:

Description: A deer's grace mated to a goat's dancing fragility imbues the Unicorn's equine features with an alien, etheral quality. The whorled horn of pearl and the drifting mane and tail of silk further remove the opalescent unicorn from the droll of mortal life.
Black Unicorns are different only in color and their horns have been found in silver, red and blue, but never in gold.

Lifestyle: Undying, yet subject to death. Virgins alone tempt the White Unicorn into captivity. It dewlls in the sylvan woodlands mainly, hating darkness but rarely taking action against it. Occasionally a female can be seen with a single foal, but new generations are rare.
The Black Unicorn is an evil version of the good Unicorn. Naturally, there is a tremendous rivalry between the good and the black unicorns. Also, Black Unicorns do not sek out noble and virtuous youn maidens for company; they avail themselves of the company of much more base sorts.

Combat: Aside from its horn, which makes a powerful weapon, the White Unicorn can use the Shield Mastery spell list (closed Essence), Elemental Shields spell list (open Essence), and Spell Reins spell list (closed Essence) to 20th level (they have 8 PPs per level). They can cast spells at 50th level of ability (regardless of their actual level). The Black Unicorns are more powerful in purely physical combat, but do not have the nobler Unicorn's powress in magic.

Background: The Unicorn is perhaps the most renowned, if not the most magical of all mysterious creatures. Like many such beings, it predated the ascension of Man.
All poisons within a 10 feet radius of its horn are neutralized; if horn is removed, the radius drops to 6 inches. This valuable horn is why self-serving evil men will sometimes convince a virgin to help them caputra a Unicorn. The horn of the Black Unicorn has no magical properties (though they are worth hundreds of gold to the proper buyer).

Spell Level	Time to effect the environment
1-8	every 1 - 5 years
9-16	every 3 - 15 years
17-20	every 9 - 45 years
25	50 - 150 years
30	50 - 150 years
35	50 - 150 years
40	50 - 150 years
50	50 - 150 years

The maximum area these spells may affect is determined by the size of the forest and the proximity of settlements.
In my world, only elven settelments may be in or adjancent to an area inhabited by a Unicorn. Fey Folk and Rural Spirits often dwell in such areas harmonized by Unicorns since they greatly value the peace and stability imbued by the Unicorn.
I treat the settlement's population x 3 to 10 in meters as the radius of influence for the settlement. In this area, the effect of the Geomancer spells is nullified.

Note:

This number is totally artificial and I change the distance based on the type of settlement (tanners, dyers, smiths and lumbering greatly increase this distance due to the influence on the environment).

Note:

Some myths state that animals and plants in woods where Unicorns dwell gain a certain amount of inteligence / sentience beyond what they 'naturally' posess.
This could explain the existence of Treeherds, Slowroots and Awakened Trees, since Unicorns have existed for a really long time, thus giving the trees ample time to become fully sentient under their influence.
This, of course is only a speculation.

containing information about Unicorns.

The Unicorn Tapestries (aka: The Valois Tapestries) is about the famous medieval vValois tapestries and their mystery.

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