Encyclopedia of the World
ANIMALS
Acid Eagles (Flowery Sunshine, Demihemios)
These very fluffy eagles can vomit stomach acids impressive distances at things that annoy them. In addition to making them unpleasant to deal with at close range, they can sometimes use it to harass off rivals or predators at range, and sometimes even stagger prey long enough to gain a meal. Their plumage is a beautiful, patchwork mix of blue, green, and brown, giving them a vibrant yet natural appearance.
Bilecrows (Flowery Sunshine, Demihemios)
These ravens are very aggressive and ill-tempered, pecking viciously at the faces of things that anger or annoy them, which is most things. They also sing beautifully, and will occasionally curb their aggression to sing at the objects of their displeasure instead. They have a disturbing ability to replicate and modify any sounds they hear, allowing them to mimic almost anything they've encountered, and modify it if they find it works better that way.
Changelings (Korwa)
These dragonflies are capable of completely controlling their life cycles and all aspects therein. They may mature or regress at will, grow, absorb, activate, or deactivate features of themselves at will, and regenerate any missing or damaged parts through similar processes.
Cloudwing Owlets (Superb Owl; DEVOURED)
These small, brownish owls are clearly made of clouds. They never land, eat, sleep, or breed, and instead routinely come about through cloudwings splitting into them through unknown forces.
Cloudwings (Superb Owl; DEVOURED; Demihemios)
These brownish birds are clearly made of clouds. They never land, eat, sleep, or breed, and instead come about through the birdwinds through unknown forces. Some of them resemble the Superb Owl, showing more of his essence. They appear to have genders, but this is a purely cosmetic distinction.
Cringemice (Tesserb)
These fairly large, plump, brown rodents have large eyes for their size. They tend to huddle fearfully in groups when not doing anything else, but are usually being bullied into action by the largest and no less cowardly amongst them.
Justice Mice (Tesserb; DEVOURED)
These Cringemice are white in color, brave, intelligent, and remarkably inspiring and justice-oriented for mice. They tend to rally the normally fearful Cringemice, and put an end to bullying from the larger members and injustice and unfairness in general. Some of them, however, are Cracked, having the powers of Justice Mice but resembling bully Cringemice more in temperament.
Mixbugs (Krozoa)
Mosquitoes with truly unique digestion mechanisms and food sources. They can suck up fluids of any sort, store them in stretchy underbellies, mix the fluids precisely, inject them into something else, and even concentrate them to save space or form more potent mixtures.
Nanoshrimp (Darkbane)
These miniscule shrimp live in symbiotic hives arranged into a coherent whole, acting as a much larger creature. Up close, they are fairly pointy, which aids them in forming sharp shapes. Their legs are extremely long, pointy, flexible, and thin, and are used primarily to lattice in and feel out each other and their environment.
Rapids Changelings (Korwa)
These Stone Rapids dragonflies are disturbingly curious and contemplative about everything, including each other. They have a frightening capacity to learn from what they've seen, and routinely engage in suspiciously sapient-looking behaviors. They are capable of completely controlling their life cycles and all aspects therein. They may mature or regress at will, grow, absorb, activate, or deactivate features of themselves at will, and regenerate any missing or damaged parts through similar processes.
Rotfish (Korwa)
Silvery fish with a bizarre life cycle- once they've mated, they start to rot, and the algae they feed upon begin consuming them. When the eggs hatch, the fishlings have a giant mass of algae to feed upon and hide inside.
Snickerlizards (Bob; DEVOURED)
These large lizards are extraordinarily intelligent for lizards, and routinely display uncannily cunning behavior. They are fairly social as a result, and prone to occasionally playing with objects. Mothers swallow small gemstones while producing eggs, which leave each hatchling a gem on its tail. This gem is the focus of their impressive telekinetic abilities, allowing them to hurl about and fight off predators many times their size. It also absorbs and stores fair amounts of magical energy from nearby sources, which is then released by glowing and being tasty when chewed on.
Spitesnakes (Gorlacois)
These small, long green snakes are unusually good at remembering and reacting to things that have wronged them in the past. Their saliva is festering and disease-ridden, making their bites likely to cause infection.
Tuffbugs (Gorlacois)
These almost triangular, segmented, many-legged bugs like to hide under rocks. They are remarkably bellicose and unforgiving for nearly-mindless bugs without much in the way of natural weaponry, and will follow and push at things that annoy them.
PLANTS
Cloaktrees (Liar; Semi-Devoured; Mostly Extinct)
These dark, somewhat twisty trees have a willow-like build. They generate a cloaking effect on themselves and a small area around themselves, rendering everything nearby mostly invisible.
Death Blossoms (Ανθουσα; Devoured)
A bright red, pretty, rose-like flower with sweet nectar. It is entirely and severely poisonous.
Foldmoss (Ralex)
This moss' leaves look like circles folded down the middle.
Thought Trees (Quercus)
These trees are connected to the roots of the might Colossal Tree, and are sapient as a result. They can communicate rapidly with each other through this connection. As trees, they are unable to do much except philosophize.
Shifty Thought Trees (Quercus)
These trees are connected to the roots of the might Colossal Tree, and are sapient as a result. They can communicate rapidly with each other through this connection. As trees, they are unable to do much except philosophize. These trees can shift their roots about slowly, though breaking contact with the Colossal Tree's roots would render them no longer sapient. They act as beacons to the Colossal Tree's communication roots. The effect is based on proximity, with physical root touching required for the full, normal effects.
Trunkfruit (Krozoa)
These trees have compact, delicious, nutritious fruit on their trunks, rather than on their branches. The fruit liquefies rapidly when ripening, becoming little more than sacks of mush not long after they'd be "ripe" by any normal fruit's standards.
FEATURES
Birdwinds (Demihemios, Superb Owl)
Fast-moving clouds sometimes take on very birdlike shapes as they travel through the sky, and frequently perform erratic, birdlike motions and changes in direction. The results often look like a flock of birds.
Colossal Tree (Quercus; Devoured)
A massive white tree that towers high above the forest around it. Grievous cracks run rampant throughout, but it remains standing. Its roots stretch out far in several directions, connecting to many trees along their path.
REGIONS
Miasma Grove (Liar)
This area is thick with a blinding miasma. The jagged black stumps of thin trees are common here, as is little else.
Stone Rapids (Korwa)
This area is predominated by several large rocks that make most of the river lengths in the area into rapids.
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Topic: Spirits of Creation [Turn 6: Refined] (Read 11475 times)