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Melrathie Fauna

Descriptions

This is a Collective list of Fauna in Melrath. Includes both Melrath specific Fauna and Fauna shared with the world.

Name		Locations	Domestication	Size	Risk	Abilities	Useful Materials	Global or Local
Fliegneds	Mountains, Forest	Conditionally	Small	Minimal	None	Flight	None	Local
Sleipnir	Mountains, Forest	Conditionally	Large	Large	Dangerous	Flight	None	Local

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Melrathie Citzens

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Fliegneds

Name Fliegneds
Quick Facts: Fast, friendly, herbivore
Height: (Nose to tail) 1-2ft
Width: (Wingtip to Wingtip)
Length: (Nose to tail)
Weight: 1lbs<
Native to: Melrath
Locations: Throughout Melrath, specifically in the Melrathi Mountains and the Myrkvior Forest
Appearance: Often confused as large leaves when still or falling leaves when flying. When still they are compared to manta rays, with large, thick veined leaf wings. Their body is a flat, simple oval with a thick tail that has a leaf like tip. Their most prominent feature is their long whiskers that serves to help them understand wind currents, the cutting of these whiskers renders the Fliegneds flightless.

Habitat: Throughout Melrath, the Fliegneds roost and make nests near the tops of trees or mountains with dead grasses and plants. They stay in large groups, sometimes as large as hundreds.

Lifespan and Development: Contrary to their appearance the Fliegned does not grow on a tree but has live young, with the mother being in gestation for roughly 60 trials. Born able to fly but needing to dry out the Fliegned female will fly as high as they can to birth their young, letting them drop from heights that spell death if the babies wings cannot dry out in time to fly.

Those that survive the frightening drop grow slowly, reaching full size around two arcs and sexual maturity around four. An average lived creature the Fliegned can live for nearly 20-30 arcs with the females being longer lived than the males. As they approach death the Fliegneds wings will grow thinner and brittle, like that of drying leaves until they crumble away to nothing. These dried remains are considered a great source of nutrients for the Fliegned and it is not uncommon to see them collect remains to save for their young.

Mating: Mating season for the Fliegned is always during Ymiden or Ashan and last the first seven trials of each season, with the males attracting females via their dances.

Diet: Strictly leafy greens and grasses, they can eat fruits and veggies in small quantities but too many can lead to death as they lack the ability to process them properly.

Temperament: The Fliengeds are friendly, social and simple, making them great and easy to train mounts for Tunawa.

Abilities: Speed-- Most likely due to their light stature and lack of real bones the Fliegned can reach top speeds of 200mph or more.

Uses: Mounts for Tunawa.

Credit: Octopie

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Sleipnir

Name Sleipnir
Quick Facts: Highly intelligent and sturdy beasts that are well suited to the stress and chaos of combat.
Height: 6ft at the shoulder. These creatures are about the size of a large horse.
Length: 8-10ft from chest to tail.
Weight: 1000lbs
Native to: Melrath
Locations: Found living wild in the valleys of the Melrathi Mountains. The Sleipnir is also commonly domesticated by the Ragnari (The Melrath Military), especially for use by the Valkyrion branch in combat.
Appearance: The Sleipnir is a large equine species that comes in a variety of colors, although most appear in a midnight black , dark brown, or gray. It is rare to sight a white Sleipnir, those that do consider it a favorable omen. Rather than possessing four legs the Sleipnir is graced with eight legs, making it especially sturdy and surefooted when climbing mountains or covering rough terrain. They also possess a pair broad wings that compare closely with the wings of a hawk or eagle, rather than the narrow angular wings of a falcon. This is to ensure that the Sleipnir can stay aloft for long periods of time with less of a need to expend energy flapping. It is common for these equines to even sleep on the wing when flying at high altitudes in the mountains. Their eyes are always pitch black, and have no visible corneas or “whites”. This gives the Sleipnir a fearless appearance as they are incapable of showing fear or panic like a normal horse typically would. As for their bodies, they have a robust musculature and a heavyset, bony chest that can tolerate a substantial amount of wounds before succumbing to damage. Unique to this breed of equine is the presence of short fangs that are hidden just beneath their lips. These are not revealed unless they are eating or attacking prey.

Habitat: Found within mountain valleys, commonly on the western side of Melrath. These equines prefer the “highlands” of Melrath although they can survive perfectly fine in the lower altitudes of the area. Due to their prefered habitat the Sleipnir can live quite comfortably even in areas where the air is quite thin due to their enormous lungs.

Lifespan and Development: Sleipnir spend about two Cycles within the womb before being born. The foals are all born pure white and will slowly gain their true colors over the next Cycle of life. Only a rare few remain white for the full length of their lives. It takes roughly a Cycle for a Sleipnir to reach their full size. The lifespan of these beasts is roughly forty to fifty arcs when domesticated and close to thirty five arcs in the wild due to predation. Those that survive the frightening drop grow slowly, reaching full size around two arcs and sexual maturity around four. An average lived creature the Fliegned can live for nearly 20-30 arcs with the females being longer lived than the males. As they approach death the Fliegneds wings will grow thinner and brittle, like that of drying leaves until they crumble away to nothing. These dried remains are considered a great source of nutrients for the Fliegned and it is not uncommon to see them collect remains to save for their young.

Diet: As for their diet, the Sleipnir are able to eat a variety of different foods. Most of their diet is composed of plant life, such as grasses and hay. However they do require a moderate amount of protein at least once every ten-trials in order to maintain their dense musculature. As this is the case, Sleipnir prey upon small to medium sized mammals that can range from as small as a rodent to as large as a goat or sheep. Killing their prey is almost always accomplished by flying in low to the ground before executing a fanged bite to the back of the neck of their prey that instantly severs the spine. Kills are shared with the rest of the herd in order to ensure the survival of the group.

Temperament: Fearless to a fault, Sleipnir will charge nearly anything without ever thinking to retreat. They possess a unique predatory intelligence and makes them well suited for tolerating combat. The trait that makes these horses well suited as steeds is that they form very strong social bonds with their herd mates. Those that have been raised from birth in a domesticated environment will only ever see their handlers as their fellow family members.. Bonding with a Sleipnir is almost like gaining a sibling. They will desire to always be with you and can be quite mischievous with their handler; nipping at ears and toppling their riders over with a gentle nudge if left to their own devices for too long. It is because of this close knit relationship that they will always defend their riders to their last breath. If one wishes to tame a wild Sleipnir they will be faced with a difficult challenge. When captured in the wild, these equines must be broken before they can be trained and ridden. This often means exhausting them to the point that they finally give in. As these beasts rarely give up it is entirely possible to unintentionally kill them in an effort to tame them.

Abilities: Fangs, flight, durability in combat, and surefootedness.

Uses: Mounts (Highly used by the Valkyrion branch of the Ragnari.)

Credit: Oracle