Fauna2
From Felarya
The Felayan fauna is composed of many species from many worlds which makes it very varied and unpredictable. See also carnivorous plants and plant life. These pages feature mostly dangerous or remarkable creatures. There is many many others, from small animals to harmless herbivores, or unreported species that aren't listed here but exist and are part of the great Felarya food chain.
- Jungle fauna2
Threat Ranking:
- Minimal: A totally harmless being such as a mouse or a rabbit.
- Very Low: Mostly herbivores but who can still strike back if attacked.
- Low: Various animals such as felines.
- Moderate: A moderately dangerous Felaryan creature can still be very dangerous in another world. For example a great white shark would rank between Low and Moderate here...
- Medium: A predatory, dangerous and often man-eating creature.
- High: A great predator. Crisis is in this category.
- Very High: A top predator. This creature could take on a small army.
- Critical: In Felaryan scales, very few creatures reach this rank.
- Extreme: A guardian or a mythical creature. Only a god can hope to survive a confrontation with one of these.
Note that threat ranking is based on the threat that the creature represents for a normal human. It's not necessarily linked to the strength of the creature. For example the dryad Cypress would rank very low because she is very friendly to humans, yet she is a powerful being.
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[edit] Jungle fauna
[edit] In deeper Felarya
[edit] Dimensional Trapper
Size: Unknown
Threat: Moderate
A dimensional trapper is best thought of as a more advanced angler fish... and far uglier too, according to those who ever had the rare occasion to see the creature itself. The trapper hunts by opening a portal to a paradise world and lurks in the dimensions between Felarya and that world, eating anyone foolish enough to step through. Dimensional Trappers are dangerous to unwary adventurers because the creature isn't physically here, and the world it shows to its victim is incredibly beautiful. However, they are not very clever, and always open a portal to a part of the same, abnormally fantastic world, so fantastic that it looks out of place even in the most beautiful parts of Felarya.
[edit] Vortex Tiger
Size: 7 feet but varies a lot.
Threat: Medium
A large white tiger with a curious pattern on their fur, and antenna on their head. Their method of attack is unique as it is dangerous: When attacking, they somehow become a tiger-shaped black hole, powerfully sucking everything nearby into them, and then becoming normal again. When in this form they are very dangerous. Not only do they suck everything up, but they can still move and change their size! When in black hole form they are not solid, and shooting them is useless.
[edit] Flying Squid
Size: 300-500 feet
Threat: Moderate
They are very rare, immense squid-like creatures that slowly and majestically float in the air, far above the jungle canopy. They usually are so high in the sky that comprehending their size is difficult. They let their long tentacles sweep down into the tops of the trees, capturing any creatures they can find. Despite their enormous size, these behemoths are relatively harmless to humans, who are too small to be held in their large tentacles.
[edit] Archmantis
Size: 50 to 80 feet
Threat: High
A gigantic, predatory, and very dangerous insect, found deep in the nothern part of Felarya. It possesses six thin but strong legs, a long arched neck, and small sized wings allowing it to fly and glide over short distance, althought it prefers to run. Its body is generaly blue or purple and bulkier than that of an actual mantis, though it possesses the same type of scythed forelegs. It's hard to describe just how sharp and deadly those are. The archmantis can slash them in a flash, the scythes being too fast for the eyes to see, and very capable of cutting a large tree to ribbons. Archmantises are fearsome hunters who will agressively attack any avaiable prey, including large hybrids such as giant nagas for the greater specimens, and will relentlessly pursue it. Their large compound eyes are able to detect and analyse the faintest moves, making it very hard to hide from them as well. A party of seasonned adventurers in full gear can be wiped in seconds by one of those ! They are thankfully rare.
[edit] Dimensional Dragon
Size: 90-110 feet
Threat: Moderate
Natives of Sandrag, dimensional dragons are able to navigate through dimensions, and some of them ended in Felarya where they set up residence. They are agressive and bellicose creatures that attack anything they think can put up a decent fight, or is edible. They are rather friendly to humans though, mainly because humans are present on their home world as well, but that doesn't mean that they won't devour one every now and then. Dimensional dragons have a spiked back, sharp claws, razor sharp teeth and strong tails. Males have dark blue scales, while females are a lighter shade of blue, with smaller spikes on their back. Dimensional dragons are quite intelligent and possess some magical abilities and magical resistances. They do not have wings, but with the help of levitation magic, some of them can fly anyway. They can breath a white flame that is imbued with magical powers of their own choosing. For example, they might enhance their flame with the ability to damage the body and soul of their foe, or temporarily paralyzes their victim. These great beasts make tough opponents, very hard to kill.
[edit] Saslenoth
Height: 12 feet head-to-bottom.
Threat: Very Low
Saslenoth can be found in many forests in Felarya, including Chidokai forest, the Forest of whispers, and Deeper Felarya. They could be best described as six-legged three-toed sloths. They spend most of their days hanging from trees, moving as slow as a sloth could move, eating leaves and bark from the trees they inhabit, and the moss and fungus that seems to grow in their fur. Their slow speed could make them easy targets for hungry predators, but it's usually a great test of will to withstand their foul stench.
[edit] Eisner
Size: Varies
Threat: High
Eisners are gigantic blobs of organic mass that slowly and mindlessly ooze through the forest. They can burn things such as rocks and trees simply by touching them, and they use this ability to digest their prey when they envelop them. The larger eisners are big enough that they have few problems eating large creatures such as nagas. They have a limited intelligence, and can alter their shape, forming tentacles and pseudopods. Eisners are slow, but they relentlessly pursue food for as long as they can sense it. Moreover, their globular eyes have dangerous hypnotic powers that render their prey unable to move, making eisners fearsome creatures indeed. These eyes are their weak point, but they are protected by a thin layer of slime that is very hard to pierce, though acid eats right though it. When an eisner has consumed enough prey it will divide itself in to several smaller creatures. Fortunately the flame of dimensional dragons is lethal to them or they would quickly overrun this zone.
[edit] In Misty glade
[edit] Ostralik
Size: 25 feet on their long legs.
Threat: Moderate
A sort of giant ostrich with reptilian features and a semi transparent body. Their legs are very long which makes them very fast and agile runners. Ostraliks are voracious, and will eat anything that seem vaguely edible. Their maw, throat and stomach are amazingly stretchable and can accommodate very large prey. If the prey looks like an easy target, the Ostralik will try to snatch it and swallow it right away. If the prey is tougher, the Ostralik will use its powerful legs to stunt it and knock it down first.
[edit] Blue Collared Cockatrice
Size: 5 feet
Threat: Low
A strange creature with the body of a bird, the crest of a rooster and the tail of a lizard. They are harmless to a normal human, as they feed purely on magic, but they are the bane of any spellcaster. Once they have sensed a creature possessing magic, they will chase it and drain the mana out of it. While chasing their target, they also emit an extremely annoying grating sound that can disrupt even the most focused of spellcasters, making it very hard to cast any spell. Blue collared cockatrices are an important threat to any purely magical creatures such as elementals.
[edit] Edgar Dragon
Size: 40 feet
Threat: Moderate
A strange and rare creature living in several magic-rich zones of Felarya. They stand on their hind legs, having no front ones, and posses large, delicate, colorful pixie wings. They have two heads, each adorned by long antennas, each head having its own personality and mind. Their body doesn't actually looks very draconic, and no one know how they got their name or who this Edgar is. Edgar dragons are clever creatures and very capable of speech but with one little restriction: they can speak only in rhymes. They do it amazingly naturally, though. Interestingly enough, if you manage to make a Edgar dragon say an unrhymable word, the beast will collapse, unconscious, and will sometimes even die.
[edit] Hecatick
Size: 3 inches
Threat: Very Low
Hecaticks are a strange species of parasites native to Felarya. Resembling ticks, they live a similar lifestyle, hiding in tall grass and such while waiting for suitable prey to pass. However, instead of sucking blood, hecaticks feed on the magical energies that flow through all living things in Felarya in varying amounts. In order to get at this food source, hecaticks latch onto a host and then begin feeding. they don't bite and the process is perfectly harmless, though. The magical essences then flows into them, causing their abdomens to expand. Once satiated, they fall off.
Hecaticks are naturally attracted to beings with great magical powers. While not harmful on their own, in large amounts they can drain a being's magic, thus making them temporarily vulnerable and unable to use spells for a short period of time. Hecaticks also possess a unique natural ability which is the projection of a "bubble" around themselves that not only masks their presence from "magical senses" but also "repels" basic magical spells, causing them to wash around them as if an invisible barrier were present and making them extremely annoying to get rid of. It's theorized that hecaticks do not "see" in the typical sense, instead being able to view concentrations, flows, and gradients of magic that exist within the world, a useful ability in a world as magic-rich as Felarya.
[edit] In Miragia forest
[edit] Mirror Bird
Size: 25 inches
Threat: Very Low
A bird whose feathers shimmer, and that can create replicas of itself when it feel menaced. The illusions looks incredibly real and mimic the exact movements of the bird. It can create up to ten replicas, depending on the specimen. Mirror birds can also cast minor magic missiles. The small creature is cranky and rancorous. If you annoy it, it will chase you out of its territory while blasting at you all the time.
[edit] Duplicator Gecko
Size: 30 feet
Threat: Moderate
These strange reptilian creatures reside between layers of reality most of the time, rendering them almost invisible to normal eyes and invincible to physical attack. Their name comes from a strange ability they have : when they locate a prey they surround it with an array of duplicates, in order to confuse it. The doubles looks incredibly real: they breath, their muscles moves, their eyes shine and you can touch them. They have no intelligence of any sort though, and they can't speak. Still, surrounding a prey with clones of itself usually confuses it long enough for the gecko to come from behind, phase in, gulp down its unaware victim and phase back out to quietly digest it.
[edit] Torkudas
Size: 50 feet
Threat: Medium
A sort of giant tortoise with a shell made of pure diamond. These dangerous creatures can only be found in Miragia forest. They are slow but almost unkillable due to their shell which is not only unbreakable, but also reflects any magic back towards the caster. Still, in spite of the difficultly in killing them they are actively hunted, being often seen as walking treasures. Slaying a Torkudas would indeed grant an adventurer a fortune large enough to make even most kings jealous. Very few have ever achieved this feat though, and many hunters became the hunted instead. Torkudas are clever creatures, voracious and good spell casters. They are especially feared for their very effective sleep spells. Many adventurers wake up after the fight only to find themselves slowly digesting in the large stomach of the beast.
[edit] Planar Mole
Size: Special
Threat: High
These bizarre creatures literally dig tunnels through dimensions, from a plane to another. They dig mostly through unstable dimensions where it is easier, and Miragia forest on Felarya happens to be quite easy to dig through. Planar moles are extremely dangerous: They advance by mindlessly "eating" reality so this means that if something is in their way, it will most likely be eaten as well. What makes them especially terrifying is that, rather than eating you directly the mole eats the chunk of reality where you are, meaning that your size matters little. If a giant naga happened to be there at that moment, she would be devoured as well! The naga Katrika is especially suited to hunting in Miragia forest, because she can sense disturbances through dimensions and can immediately detect if a mole or something dangerous is approaching.
[edit] In Bulvon wood
[edit] Giant Nematode
Size: 30 to 130 feet long
Threat: Moderate to Medium
These animals come in a myriad of forms and size but the most common variety runs from thirty to a hundred and thirty feet long. They have a slender unsegmented body with sensory hairs and warts running along it's length and a characteristic head shield. A very simple animal in design, it has six lips running around a circular mouth lined with razor-sharp projections that serve as teeth. They eat almost anything, vegetable or animal, and are relentless in pursuing a food source once they locate it. Surprisingly, they do not have stomachs, food going right to their intestines. This makes being eaten by one a very unpleasant experience and you can often tell what a nematode ate last by the bulges in it's body.
They're extremely adaptable and can be found almost anywhere in Bulvon wood, even underwater, although they prefer to live underneath logs and rocks in the leaf mulch out of the sun. This brings them into conflict with both Dridders and Chilotaurs. The latter hate them with a passion, as one variety of Giant Nematode possess a sharp stylus like a beak, which it uses to puncture Chilotaur eggs and drain them of the gooey contents. Nematodes themselves lay their eggs in the leaf litter where they are ingested by the giant snails of Bulvon Wood. Upon hatching the infant nematodes live as parasites in the snail's belly feeding on the vegetable matter the snail provides until the time they are passed naturally from the snail's body thusly being dispersed throughout the jungle.
[edit] Chorygate
Size: 80 to 160 feet
Threat: Medium to Threat: High
This strange creature resembles an enormous earthworm that would have been squashed flat. They range in size from eighty to one hundred and sixty feet long for the most gigantic, but thankfully rare, specimens. They come in a wide variety of often bright colors. They are highly common predators and one of the main cause of death for visitors to Bulvon wood. They feed on anything, from corpses, eggs of insects, worms and snails, and unlucky adventurers. These critters can also swallow prey their own size, and they are a lot quicker on the strike than one would think. The mouth of a Chorygate can extend quite a distance as well.
It's worth noting that their slime is one of the most disgusting substances in Felarya, causing retching and nausea for any poor predator silly enough to put one into their mouths.
[edit] Bulvonian Snail
Size: 15 to 40 feet
Threat: Very Low
The Giant Snails of Bulvon Wood are perhaps one of it's most common residents and found pretty much everywhere in the area. They are heavy bodied creatures with dark chocolate-brown shells, although some albino specimens or brightly colored ones do exist. They usually grow to about 15 to 20 feet, with some specimens reaching twice that size. They are thankfully mostly vegetarian, although they will rasp away at any bones they find in order to collect the calcium in order to grow healthy shells. They eat a variety of foliage such as ferns, cyclades, and many species of shrubs. Reproduction is by the usual hermaphrodite method which results in thousands of eggs being laid in damp soil and abandoned by the parents who serenely slide off mindlessly to go about their business. Most are devoured by parasites and predators before hatching and the tiny snails themselves are a favorite snack of Chilotaurs. Giant Snails are pretty placid as a rule and, so long as you avoid being crawled over by one, pretty much harmless. In fact, some residents on Bulvon Wood are even used to hitch a ride on them. It's slow but it throws off any predators tracking your scent. A few enterprising nekos dangle cabbages tied to the end of long poles, like fishing rods in order to lure the snails in the direction they want to go.
[edit] Drashig
Size: 7 feet
Threat: Low
A sort of Reptilian bird, the Drashig is commonly found in Bulvon wood, and some greater specimens are said to live in Deeper Felarya. Their main ability is to spray a corrosive venom to fend off predators, that they get from consuming a certain type of insect. Drashigs are not very agressive and won't attack humans if they are not provoked. But if they do, they can become serious opponents, with their very painful acidic venom and sharp talons.
[edit] In The Bach
[edit] Groomer
Size: 12 feet
Threat: Very Low
A strange species of arachnid that lives in large groups in dark places such as crevasses, caves, or the place called "The Bach" in Bulvon wood. Black in color and about twelve feet long, they resemble a scorpion that has been flattened by a heavy object, and ironed out flat. With their multiple scuttling legs and twitching palps they look absolutely creepy, and most nagas would just send them flying with their tail, repulsed by their alien appearance, and thus they would miss out on the groomer's "services". Groomers survive by eating the parasites off various creatures, from the fleas off a neko, to the dirt and fragments of dead skin off of a large naga.
They are almost totally harmless, even for humans, in spite of their size. If a human goes to a groomers lair with no hostile intent, a groomer will soon appears and give him the same treatment as other creatures, removing pests and parasites like head lice. While coming into contact with a groomer is rather scary, adventurers who have tried it have admitted afterwards that the animal knows it's job very well and that the session was definitely refreshing. Groomers are quite intelligent and possess a sort of limited telepathic ability. They can’t talk out loud so they communicate mind to mind with each other, and those lucky individuals who are also telepathic. They taste incredibly foul, which must have helped them get established.
[edit] In Threnos island
[edit] Alga Pepari
Size: 2-6 feet
Threat: Threat: Minimal
This dark green colored fish is only found in the Emerald river of Threnos island. It is very sought after by all types of predators, from humans to mermaids. Not only are they absolutely delicious, but they carry the healing properties of the algae they consume, making them very healthy to eat. Their scales can also be ground up to make a very potent healing salve that, when put on a wound, will help it heal twice as fast. The alga pepari is very common and some places in the Emerald river are teeming with them.
[edit] Giant Green Catfish
Size: 20-30 feet
Threat: Threat: Moderate
A very large catfish that lives mostly in tropical waters. They are of a dark blue-green color, with a powerful tail and a very wide mouth. They are considered a delicacy for their delicious meat, but their size makes them dangerous to hunt. Many people became the hunted instead of being the hunters, and only very skilled fishermen should go after them.
[edit] Mirror Fish
Size: 2-4 feet
Threat: Very Low
This strange and rare fish lives mostly around shores in shallower waters. They possess wide eyelids, which are the same silver grey color as their bodies, and gives them a strange and rather unique look. Their scales are mobile and are not flush with the skin, instead sticking out at a slight angle, which does not affect it's swimming ability. When frightened or threatened, the fish will immediately lay all it's scales down flat and close it's eyes, turning himself into the equivalent of a mirror. This maneuver often confuses and startles an unaware attacker which give the fish time to flee. Some of the smaller mirror fishes are often kept as pets because of there docile nature and because if you make any sudden movements towards them, they become very handy makeshift mirrors.
[edit] Serpent Fly
Size: 1-3 feet
Threat: Very Low
Unlike what their name says, these small creatures are more like gliding snakes. They glide by flatting their bodies out and leaping between trees, fluttering their small wings to catch preys such as birds and small mammals. Serpent flies can't control how far they move through the air very well, so if another creature gets in the way, they may end up colliding with it. They are otherwise totally harmless to humans.
[edit] Seaweed Snake
Size: 30 feet
Threat: Threat: Moderate
A giant snake living on the shores of Threnos island. It is of a dark green color as seaweed, and it has adapted so that seaweed will actually grow on its nutrient rich skin, giving it even better camouflage. They are dangerous because they hide frighteningly well in the beds of giant seaweed, to the point it's near impossible to spot one.
[edit] In grove of carnivorous plants
[edit] Steam Scorpion
Size: 20 feet
Threat: Moderate
A large species of scorpion, living mostly in undergrowth vegetation. They are rather similar to other scorpions, aside from their glowing red eyes and the scythe like appendages in place of claws. They possess the strange ability to discharge toxic steam from their shell like a steam machine, and they use this when they want to intimidate an opponent, or when they are preparing to charge. The steam quickly becomes non-toxic after a short period of time in contact with the air. Steam scorpions are rather peaceful toward humans though, and feed mostly on other insects and spiders. They are extremely territorial however, and if you inadvertently enter their lair you will be faced with an enraged mass of chitin, toxic steam, and blades that can cut through a tree when charging at full speed.
[edit] Titan Chameleon
Size: 40 to 60 feet
Threat: High
Chameleons are known for their ability to blend into their surroundings, allowing them to remain unseen. The Titan Chameleon takes this ability one step further by using total invisiblity ! Countless adventurers going through the grove suddenly found a sticky tongue adhering itself to their body and pulling them into a mouth seemingly opening from thin air. Only when moving, the chameleon becomes partially visible, and even then it's little more than a shimmer in the air, outlining it's huge body. Their tongue is very sticky, and once it is attached to you, there is little hope of escape. The Titan Chameleon can also capture prey incredibly fast. They have been known to devour entire parties of travelers in mere seconds. Fortunately they remain rare and are only found in the Grove of carnivorous plants.
[edit] In Chidokai forest
[edit] Jaykay Bird
Size: 2 feet
Threat: Minimal
A sort of parrot native to the Chidokai forest. Males are brightly colored, usually having alternating patterns of blue, green, and red, while females tend to be uniform forest green. Their diet consists of citrus fruits such as mangos, nuts, and berries. Their beaks are made of densely packed calcium-rich bone, and they are often hunted by Felaryan natives for their beaks as they make very useful tools. Jaykays possess two antennas that allow them to hear any sounds in their vicinity. They then tend to repeat them, including any conversation they've heard, sometimes spoiling an ambush or annoying a predator to no end. Moreover, their antennas are able to pick up radio transmissions as well, with the jaykay retransmitting it with remarkable accuracy. They aren't complex creatures though, so they just use this ability to warn of danger, and in mating calls to see who can transmit the most attractive signal. This is why sometimes you can suddenly hear music in the middle of the jungle in Felarya!
Dryads don't like them much as the birds sometimes intrude in to their private network and prevent them from sleeping with all the noises they make.
[edit] Escalnai Slug
Size: 1 to 4 feet
Threat: Minimal
Escalnai slugs can be found wandering next to rivers of Felarya and in other places where there is a lot of humidity. Basically harmless herbivores, these slugs are known to release a special secretion from every pore of their bodies as soon as they sense danger. When it comes in contact with the air this secretion instantly becomes hard, protecting the slug. In this state they don't look any different from a stone, so predators don't notice them and pass by. Once the area is safe again, the slug breaks it's thick stone-like shell and go back to searching for food. Escalnai slugs taste very good when grilled.
[edit] Muris
Size: 3-8 feet
Threat: Minimal to Low
The Muris is a giant rat-like creature found in Chidokai forest. They look like normal rats, save for their greenish fur that allows them to better blend into the foliage, and their unusually long sharp claws for easily climbing trees. They are most commonly found running around in the canopy, hunting birds and other small prey. Muris are very plentiful and provide a quick snack for most predators in the area, though said predators don't find them very tasty and sometimes have trouble swallowing them due to their over-sized claws. Muris are almost harmless to humans, although they can become aggressive when hungry and sometimes gather in to large packs.
- Credits to Nksrocks for the Escalnai Slug, to Shaman for the Steam scorpion, to Jasconius for the hecatick, to AisuKaiko for the Saslenoth, to Militant prey for the Jaykay Bird, to Servomoore for the Eisner, to Zoekin for the Giant nematode, Bulvonian snail, and Chorygate, to Archmage Bael for his help on writting some entries, and to Oldman40k2003 for his great help at editing ^_^ Muris, Alga Pepari, Giant Green Catfish, Mirror Fish, Serpent Fly, Seaweed Snake and Edgar dragons belongs to Melancholy-Melody13. Dimensional Dragon belongs to Wolf98456.
