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Terraefauna
Terraefauna describe animals that live above the surface, for example in open terrain. This includes amphibians, reptiles, and mammals that live on land.
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Ravager
Fauna: Terraefauna. Region: Youzem, Neo Titania, Aquilons Reach, New Chania, Verdura (virtually all known Biomes except subterranean and oceanic).
Appearance:
Ravagers are not the largest predators, but pound for pound not a single living creature on the planet is deadlier. Resembling a blunt nosed crocodile bastard offspring with a lion, and a long salamander liked webbed tail, these pebbly skinned creatures are hairless except for their long main, which has many long hairs, which will often whip majestically in the wind, and add an air of menace to them. Their numerous teeth are just above and below their gumline, like for many earthly reptiles. They come in almost every conceivable color. They're typically the size of a large Terrestrial dog on average, but can be as small as a beagle.
Eating habits:
Ravagers are relentless predators, whether in a pack, or on their own. Their vicious jaws are capable of tearing flesh and bone, synthetic skin and servo from Human and Wafan alike. Their appetites are scarcely voracious, and often a Ravager will follow prey for days merely because they aren't yet hungry enough to eat them, only to strike when their prey has grown complacent. Smaller, juvenile Ravagers will often move from carcass to carcass likes crows, eating carrion. Because of this, a group of Ravagers is called a Murder of Ravagers.
Living environment:
Much like Terrestrial wolves and coyotes, Ravagers can learn to hunt in virtually any terrain.
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Cluster Crab
Fauna: Terraefauna. Region: Youzem, Neo Titania, Aquilons Reach, New Chania, Verdura (any coastal regions).
Appearance:
Large land bound arthropods, quite similar to earthly Coconut Crabs. Like Coconut Crabs, they're entirely land bound creatures, with a large fat metathorax, and an immensely powerful pair of pinchers. They're almost as large as a full grown human adult. They come in an almost infinite variety of colors, and markings.
Eating habits:
Social creatures, Cluster Crab females lay eggs, and drive away all their female offspring, keeping their male for an entourage to hunt for them, and drag prey to their underground lairs in cliff sides and caves. Cluster Crab males only leave their nest to find a mate after their mother has died. Cluster Crabs can eat vegetables, animal or mineral with equal facility, but prefer red meat, and find humans to be quite tasty, and are capable of ripping a Wafan apart to get at the more appealing bits with their immensely powerful claws.
Living environment:
Found throughout the coastal regions of the world.
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concept art by Udana
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Crypto Scarab
Appearance:
Crypto Scarabs are large creatures, reminiscent of Earthly Scarabs, with immensely powerful beaks, and massively powerful skewering forelegs which can puncture even a Wafan's thickest armor plating with some repetition. Slightly smaller than an adult human in mass, these creatures' primary colors are dark metallic, typically red, blue or purple, but green and orange aren't unheard of. Their carapaces are rimmed with a golden metallic chitin. Their round heads, non-compound eyes and flush jaws give them a disturbingly human like face when their mouths are closed, and can look truly gruesome when open. They can fly for short distances, and their wings tend to be iridescent metallic shades which contrast their shell coat, and are primarily used for mating purposes.
Eating habits:
Crypto Scarabs eat any prey they can bring down, but prefer native life or Humans when they can get them. They will only mate during dry seasons, killing their prey, and laying their eggs in the carcass after soiling them, even going so far as creating funeral mounds of stones to protect the eggs of their young when they awaken in the wet season, and burrow their way free by feeding. Their eggs have been observed to be viable for as long as a decade until moisture brings them to life, much like terrestrial brine shrimp.
Living environment:
Found throughout the dry arid regions of the world which have wet springs.
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concept art by Udana
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Nemorisfauna
Nemorisfauna describe animals that live in forests, or even jungles. This includes amphibians, reptiles, and mammals that live above the water surface, specifically in any wooden area.
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Arbor Strangler
Appearance:
The Arbor Strangler is one of the few instances of land bound gastropods found on New Horizon. A writhing mass of tentacles around a sack-like core, which contains an enormous vicious beak for tearing large portions from its prey, as well as two enormous golden eyes. It resembles an octopus as viewed through a nightmare. They're capable of swinging from tree to tree with relative ease. They come in a variety of colors and markings.
Eating habits:
They dwell in trees near shallow or deep water, waiting for prey to pass, than drop and crush them to death in place, or drag them to water to drown them before consumption. Smaller prey may be grabbed with their whip like tentacles.
Living environment:
Found throughout the forests of the world located near rivers or streams.
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concept art by Udana
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Aquaefauna
Aquaefauna describe any type of animals that live below the water surface, such as the ocean, in rivers or lakes. Any type of fish, or animal that have gills, belong to this category of fauna.
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River Dragon
Fauna: Aquaefauna. Region: Youzem, Neo Titania, New Chania, Verdura (any tropical area and temperate areas with suitably large rivers).
Appearance:
River Dragons are enormous, armor plated reptiles known to wallow in the rivers of New Horizon like crocodiles. Their resemblance to earthly dragons, despite their lack of wings or breathe fires, has led River Dragons and their entire genus to be named after them. River Dragons are roughly fifteen to thirty feet in length, but exceptional forty foot specimens are not unheard of. Their bodies are long and narrow, but quite muscular. Their necks are short and stocky, with a large head housing a brain large and complex enough to rival most of the higher primates. Their skin is leather, with massive sub-dermal bone patches which act as internal armor, as well as having rows of long irregular spines on their backs. They have an organ on their head which when engorged in blood becomes erect, and acts as an open air passageway, and can be used like a snorkel so they can stay submerged indefinitely. It's normally invisible, laying flat on their heads in a deep crease at its back.
Eating habits:
River Dragons live in their rivers, often lurking underwater, and attack any large herd animals which approach its river. It takes only the weakest of the herd, leaving only the strongest to escape. It disposes of the carcasses by burying them so as not to give away its location.
Living environment:
Found throughout the river systems of New Horizon tropical and temperate regions, though less common in mountain regions where Grim Stalkers are more common.
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concept art by Udana
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