Species AvailableNote; all lore is supplementary, and can be ignored if you want.Deerfly
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Insectoid, cervine
The Deerfly is a colorful, iridescent cervine with traits similar to a dragonfly, including an armored exoskeleton, long semi-flexible tail, and two pairs of wings. They have large eyes, small deer-like ears, and two small horns similar to a roe deer's.
These tiny, deer-like creatures can most often be found by bodies of water, particularly creeks, streams, and rivers. While they often gather in herds for protection and companionship, they are solitary creatures at heart. They are light enough to fly, and can do so for short distances. Bucks will fight during the spring over mates. During spring, they also shed their worn and old chitin, which is tough, durable, and very shiny, and can be used to make armor or jewelry.
Design prompts; Oilspill, hidden spring, cypress, bumblebee.
Driren
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Ursidae
Driren are a large, hulking creature, with soft, thin fur, and four eyes. They have six legs, four front, two hind, and while their hind legs are shaped similarly to a dog's, they walk on the knuckles of their front legs similarly to a gorilla. They have a short, doberman-like tail.
Maniwyvern
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Avian
The Maniwyvern is a large bird with three eyes and a magnificent crest running down from their forehead to their tail. Their wings have two claws each, and they use their wings as supplementary legs when traveling on land, much like a wyvern does.
Maniwyverns tend to travel in flocks of up to a hundred individuals, and can remember and pass down information for generations. They are very family-oriented, and anyone who threatens their chicks will face the fury of a hundred snapping beaks. They live in community dens, which they love to decorate with shiny trinkets and prizes. They can use the third eye on their foreheads to look into the future, and the older a Maniwyvern is, the stronger this ability becomes.
Design prompts; Birds of paradise, sun dog, prism, scavenger.
Rylabi
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Ungulate, canid
Rylabi are slender, graceful creatures, with large pointed ears and soft woolly fur. Their front legs are much larger than their back legs. They have a fluffy, curly tail, and a small mane of fur running from their forehead to the base of their skulls.
The Rylabi live in small herds on grassy plains and mountainsides. Their wool keeps them warm during the winter, and feels like what one might think a cloud would feel like until you learn it's made out of water vapor. To communicate to one another, they sing soft, gentle melodies. A herd of them is called a chorus for that very reason— when they gather together, their melodies overlap and mix until it sounds like an eerie song. A popular legend is that, if you befriend a Rylabi, they will eat your bad dreams for you, though that rumor has never been verified.
Design prompts; Aubade, hymn, cotton candy, liminal
Sleiprunner
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Equine
Sleiprunners are a sturdy draft horse with eight legs, a feathery mane and tail, and a single, antler-like horn that has a ball of energy floating in front of it.
Named after Sleipnir, the horse of legend, it is said that Sleiprunners were raised by the Gods of Winter. Their feathered coats keep them warm in the cold environments they prefer, and the ball of energy they carry with them is as warm as any campfire. Foals are born with a single, straight horn and no energy, as the distinctive branched antler and glowing energy come with age and experience. These horses are very intelligent and very, very loyal, and will only pick one rider whom they will remain with for their very long lives.
Design prompts; Glacier, solstice, winter star
Stalker
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Canid, reptilian
The Stalkers are a thin, nearly skeletal creature with no eyes and long, rabbit-like ears. They have a long, reptile-like tail which they use to balance. While they prefer to run on four legs, they can and will stand on their hind legs, and their front paws are flexible enough to be used as hands.
Stalkers are subterranean creatures who have very recently begun migrating to the surface world. Though they are totally blind, they use their keen ears to listen for danger, and use echolocation to keep track of their surroundings. They are solitary creatures, and will only meet up with other Stalkers to care for their young. Like their name suggests, Stalkers are extremely quiet, and will often follow things it finds fascinating for hours at a time. They like to steal interesting-feeling objects, only to leave them somewhere random later. It is theorized that Driren and Stalkers may be genetically related, and hybrid offspring may be possible sometime in the future.
Design prompts; Axolotl, halocline, bioluminescent, angler, crystal.
