☾ Carnivores & Insectivores ☽
Name: Ursuros
Designed By: Lycanraptor & Armundy; Biology by Samiakki
Size: Very large (Twice the size of an adult polar bear)
Element: Water
Habitat Description: Ursuros thrive in tundra biomes, especially frozen deserts. They can occasionally be found to stretch into taiga biomes if food is scarce.
Animal Description: Blue ursine creatures with an interesting biology; they naturally harbor enchantments on their backs that allow them to grow frozen stalagmites from their fur. This keeps temselves safe from would-be predators and the odd hunter who strays too close.
Males have larger stalagmites on their backs than females, although it is suspected pregnancy might cause a female's stalagmites to increase in size, in some cases. It is unknown if this is due to hormones or a need to better defend oneself. It is not known if this growth is even done consciously.
Ursuros are normally found preying on yaks and other large herbivorous ungulates that roam their territory, which can span several miles. Unfortunately, since Ursuros have appeared in other dimensions, due to overpredation from other beasts, their slim amount of food sources have left them to attack humans in desperation.
Name: Furokoru
Designed By: Lycanraptor & Armundy; Biology by Samiakki
Size: Very large (Size of a pteradactyl)
Element: Wind
Habitat Description: Usually found on mountains and the forests at the foot of them. Often lingering around Crooked Nose Mountain, so it is a familiar sight to trolls.
Animal Description: This horrid raptor is born from Dreamer crystals when they are charged with lightning. Gifted in the Wind Arts, these enormous birds of prey are known to be kept as familiars by some trolls who practice Elemental Arts. However, they are rarely used for malice and the birds are (usually) not hostile.
They are gonochoric; females are larger than males. Females seemed to 'incubate' newly charged crystals as a male forms a pair bond with her and feeds her.
They are not known to stray too far from the Troll Kingdom, almost being seen as emblems of it. To kill one is a great crime in troll culture.
Name: Horu-Ru-Ku
Designed By: Lycanraptor & Armundy; Biology by Samiakki
Size: Large (Size of a California condor)
Element: Wind
Habitat Description: Arid deserts and sandy dunes, where it will circle across an entire dream to find corpses to scavenge.
Animal Description: Its name literally means 'carrion bird' in the Low Trollish. Despite 'only' being a scavenger, these birds are highly adept in the Wind Arts that govern fire. Wind breathes life into fire and that is what they command with each wing flap.
Despite being the cleaning crew of the metaphysical lifeforms (death-forms?) in the Dream Realm - whose bodies don't fade after death - their heads aren't bald. Their feathers are frilled to protect against flying sand and the smoke of their flames, the latter of which is mostly a speculation.
Horu-Ru-Ku are highly territorial and have the capability of commanding small flocks of other carrion birds to bend to their will. They should never be challenged alone, because they will not be alone themselves.
Name: Gojanala
Designed By: Lycanraptor & Armundy; Biology by Samiakki
Size: Medium (Size of a domestic goat)
Element: Earth
Habitat Description: These arthropods burrow deep underground and would have the ability to penetrate terrestrial troll dwellings if not for one thing; they have no lies to give up for troll defense systems.
Animal Description: Very good at rolling up into balls and even better at digging through the dirt, these seemingly short monsters shouldn't be ridiculed because of their size. It's their numbers and mastery of the Earth Arts that have the ability to easily overwhelm.
They may reproduce through traditional spawning and crystalline spawning. Like seahorses on Earth, females lay their eggs inside of special sacs the males grow, who then carry them until they hatch.
Trolls don't favor these beasts and consider them pests, but some in Blanca and in desert regions have attempted to rear them as their meat is prized elsewhere. Alas, the trolls, who do not consume physical food, cannot partake.
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☾ Piscivores ☽
Name: Absinalis
Designed By: Lycanraptor & Armundy; Biology by Samiakki
Size: Very large (The size of a prehistoric Deinosuchus)
Element: Water
Habitat Description: Fond of swampy waters in tropical regions. Can also be found in woodland rivers.
Animal Description: A terrifying beast with a powerful bite and soundwave weapons it emits from its sides, Absinalis are considered to be distant relatives of extinct false-dragons. Absinalis are still well-protected by their venomous spines and ability to live an incredibly long life. It has been suspected by some scholars that they can live for much longer, given that they can't die of old age.
Absinalis are interesting in that they have three sexes - male, female, and hydra-male, the last of which contributes to an egg's genetic diversity due to hydra-males housing more chromosomes. This contributes to their feminine appearance compared to a regular male.
However, due to disease and their volatile habitats, Absinalis are endangered. Females are an exceedingly rare find and are much sought after by breeders, offering a large price on their heads. However, the same rings true for trophy hunters. . .
Name: Dokutorasu
Designed By: Lycanraptor & Armundy; Biology by Samiakki
Size: Very large (Size of a Reticulated giraffe)
Element: Water
Habitat Description: Usually lingers around beaches and other marine environments. Can dive to impressive depths.
Animal Description: Thought to be a form of marine reptile, but rather than be classified as a lizard, they are known as 'Water beasts' to Dreamers.They usually feed on fatty fish and occasionally marine mammals. Their 'wings' are highly flexible fins that allow them to navigate deftly in the water.
These creatures are something of gentle giants unless provoked. They have been known to attack creatures that agitate them too much, but ironically, they will refuse to feed when stressed.
☾ Herbivores ☽
Name: Mosshorn Goruga
Designed By: Lycanraptor & Armundy; Biology by Samiakki
Size: Large (Size of an Argali sheep)
Element: Earth
Habitat Description: Goruga tend to prefer temperate and deciduous forests. Those of the Mosshorn variety can also be found along the northwestern mountainsides of Blanca.
Animal Description: Herbivorous ungulates that live in herds of about ten to fifteen at a time. Goruga have the unusual ability to stand upright on their hind legs to feed off of vegetation on trees and fight with their front hooves. The Mossorn subspecies are notable for the moss that grows into their hair and horns.
They are gonochoric, with males being larger than females. Males are extremely territorial and will fight off predators - and each other - with their large horns.
Goruga are an invasive species to other dimensions. They are notorious for the destruction of plant life. Their hunting season is open all year.
Name: Layzaros
Designed By: Lycanraptor & Armundy; Biology by Samiakki
Size: Very large (Size of an African bush elephant)
Element: Earth
Habitat Description: Usually found in remote locations due to their specialist behaviors. An example includes Aurelius Island in the Sea Kingdom.
Animal Description: These normally docile creatures are known to be the most sensitive to magna-crystal structures in the Dream Realm of all monsters. This is amplified by the fact that they carry the very same magna-crystals on their backs, albeit they only spawn more Layzaros when it comes to creating more of the monsters.
These magna-crystals allow them to not only wield the Earth Arts, but also concentrate it in a beam in their tail. This is considered their most dangerous (and most valuable) body part, aside from the magna-crystals on their back.
They are naturally herbivores that betray an omnivorous nature. However, they won't pass up meat when starved.
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