Gulavhar, the Terror of Arnor (and other assorted beasties?)

[Pitchwife]

a being from an earlier time that should have perished long ago - a winged demon with a hunger for blood.

Sounds like one of Thuringwethil's lesser relatives (vampires). Some of them may well have survived into the Third Age, just like the Balrog of Moria and Shelob ("the last child of Ungolianth") did.
My main problem with Gulavhar is that the name doesn't seem to make any sense. Is that supposed to be Sindarin, or what? If yes, meaning what? (Sorry, but I'm a philologist at heart, if not by profession.) Nothing against expanding on Tolkien's work, but can't we try to get the details right? But that's probably too much to ask from a merchandising company...

[Rumil]

Perhaps this demon enjoyed travelling??

[ninja91]

Great point, Pitchwife, I had'nt thought of that. Or, on a save-face scale, I had'nt had the effort to search out the meaning . Obviously GW was merely looking for a name that could fit the creation, and sound both evil and Tolkien-esque at the same time. But without regard to the actual language accuracy, of course.

[Gordis]

Originally Posted by Pitchwife

My main problem with Gulavhar is that the name doesn't seem to make any sense. Is that supposed to be Sindarin, or what? If yes, meaning what?

Almost certainly it was supposed to be spelled "Gûlavhar", with "Gûl" meaning "Sorcery", like in "Morgûl" or ""Gûldur"

as for avhar, I don't know. Maybe it has something to do with "avari"=the unwilling?