Post by Katlyn on Oct 13, 2012 11:14:58 GMT -5
NOTE These critters have not yet been discovered. Standby for notice on when the Weyr's inhabitants will know about these critters.
Rules:
1) Currently these critters can only be tamed by contest winners.
2) While these critters exist on the other islands we'll be expanding to eventually, currently the only variety available is the variety listed below. We'll expand later.
3) Only one critter per player for now, to maintain the rarity and high value of having one.
4) Breeding must be cleared by the BoD. Additionally, there will only ever be one tamed breeding female at any given time of each variety.
Description
Name: TBD Via Contest (Izuko Variety)
Average Life Span: 12-15 Turns
Family Size: Families consist of about 10 to 20 mature individuals and never larger than 20 individuals, except for the babies. They're led by a larger, more mature female and the male of her choice and consist relatively equally of male and female individuals. When the infants grow older and closer to maturity, some may leave the family to form their own, particularly any females of the golden variety as only the matriarch is allowed to breed during her reign. Tamed individuals will instinctively create a family unit around a tamed breeding female.(See appearance/size and breeding)
Habitat: In the warmer months, they move to the platuea and forest areas, dwelling in the trees and underground burrows. One family may inhabit an area after about 10-15 trees in size. They're also very territorial during the warmer months and will defend their area against any and all other families. In the colder months, they return back to the mountains and the caves. Families are more willing to live in the same area, to keep warm against the weather.
Diet: They're omnivores, surviving off of the plant life on the island and also the fish of the island's river and shellfish that inhabit the coastline.
Appearance and Size:
There are three varieties known to Izuko Island. The largest and the rarest are the golden-brown variety, which are just longer than the length from shoulder to elbow on an adult human. Families typically only have one, maybe two, of this variety and all are female.
The second most common are those who are entirely brown in nature. They're just slightly smaller than their golden mothers (about shoulder to elbow length) and are always male. A family unit will have four-five of this type.
The most common are the individuals who are an olive-brown color and don't make it all the way to the elbow of an adult human like the other two colors. These individuals make up the majority of family units and very rarely leave the family at maturity. They're both male and female.
All individuals are their colored variety during the warmer months when they're out in the forested areas. During the winter, however, they all turn white and it's nearly impossible to determine which variety they are. Their length difference is the only size difference between the varieties, as all are about the same height, about a hand high. They all have four legs. In between the legs on either side is a flap of furred skin, which allows them to glide between the trees in their territory, however they are incapable of complete flight. They're also light in weight, weighing less than the average flit.
Breeding: They're egg layers like their distant relatives. A clutch will typically only have three to four eggs. In each family, only the golden matriarchs are allowed to breed. The olive-brown females are capable of breeding, however their clutches are very rarely viable and, once the golden matriarch discovers them, they're nearly almost always destroyed. Mating typically occurs a month after the winter months pass. A female who is ready to mate will give a low-pitched trill and is normally fluffed out around the neck and head.
About a month after that, the clutch is laid, and approximately a month and a half later, the eggs hatch. Infants are furless at birth and their hides show what color they'll be once they're furred, golden, brown, or olive. They'll grow their fur within a month of life and will leave the burrow by two months of age. Any golden hatchling will have left the family and gone to start her own family by the fall months. Females reach breeding age by the start of winter.
A golden female will only stay with the family unit when the matriarch is near the end of her breeding life-time. The rest all leave to start their own family. The brown males sometime stay with the family unit, however many will leave with their golden sisters. The olivine varieties primarily stay with the unit, however as they grow older, they'll head off on their own to keep the family unit's size in check.
Characteristics/Misc:
These critters are distant relatives of the flits which inhabit the warmer regions of Pern. They developed their fur coats due to the cold weather of the region and lost the ability to fly when their wings slowly changed to the flaps of skin that are now present. Like flits, they defend their terrority against Thread by eating any burrows which make their way to the Island's ground. Unlike their distant kin, they're not Impressable. They do, however, occasionally bond with humans.
Those who do bond with humans normally do so as a result of that human either saving them if they're ill or injured at an older age, or are infants when they're taken by a human. It takens a gentle hand and a lot of patience to get one to bond with a human, however once they do, they're fiercly loyal and extremely protective, so much so that they're more protective than their flit ancestors. A person can't own one of these critters so much, as the critter will make the decision to stay or leave, though it may not ever leave if it likes its bonded enough.
They're quiet by nature, however there are a few sounds that they will make. Babies tend to chirp to indicate that they need something, be it food, warmth, or play time. The adults will chirp when they're startled by something. They trill at all ages to indicate extreme happiness and excitability. This trill is a high-pitched trill. Breeding females give a very low-pitched trill when they're ready to mate. Hisses are normally only done by the adults and indicate danger, fear, or hositility. Hisses also indicate tresspassors on their territory.
They're very shy and will hide unless immediately threatened. At that point, they'll attack and can leave very nasty gashes from their claws and teeth. Their shyness makes them almost impossible to catch, and clutches are nearly impossible to get as they're always in a burrow and defended by many individuals at once. The infants of the family are the most cherished individuals, and the most protected.
When not feeling threatened or scared by something, they're playful critters, coming up with a variety of games. They're gentle with their family units and will form balls of individuals when sleeping.
Rules:
1) Currently these critters can only be tamed by contest winners.
2) While these critters exist on the other islands we'll be expanding to eventually, currently the only variety available is the variety listed below. We'll expand later.
3) Only one critter per player for now, to maintain the rarity and high value of having one.
4) Breeding must be cleared by the BoD. Additionally, there will only ever be one tamed breeding female at any given time of each variety.
Description
Name: TBD Via Contest (Izuko Variety)
Average Life Span: 12-15 Turns
Family Size: Families consist of about 10 to 20 mature individuals and never larger than 20 individuals, except for the babies. They're led by a larger, more mature female and the male of her choice and consist relatively equally of male and female individuals. When the infants grow older and closer to maturity, some may leave the family to form their own, particularly any females of the golden variety as only the matriarch is allowed to breed during her reign. Tamed individuals will instinctively create a family unit around a tamed breeding female.(See appearance/size and breeding)
Habitat: In the warmer months, they move to the platuea and forest areas, dwelling in the trees and underground burrows. One family may inhabit an area after about 10-15 trees in size. They're also very territorial during the warmer months and will defend their area against any and all other families. In the colder months, they return back to the mountains and the caves. Families are more willing to live in the same area, to keep warm against the weather.
Diet: They're omnivores, surviving off of the plant life on the island and also the fish of the island's river and shellfish that inhabit the coastline.
Appearance and Size:
There are three varieties known to Izuko Island. The largest and the rarest are the golden-brown variety, which are just longer than the length from shoulder to elbow on an adult human. Families typically only have one, maybe two, of this variety and all are female.
The second most common are those who are entirely brown in nature. They're just slightly smaller than their golden mothers (about shoulder to elbow length) and are always male. A family unit will have four-five of this type.
The most common are the individuals who are an olive-brown color and don't make it all the way to the elbow of an adult human like the other two colors. These individuals make up the majority of family units and very rarely leave the family at maturity. They're both male and female.
All individuals are their colored variety during the warmer months when they're out in the forested areas. During the winter, however, they all turn white and it's nearly impossible to determine which variety they are. Their length difference is the only size difference between the varieties, as all are about the same height, about a hand high. They all have four legs. In between the legs on either side is a flap of furred skin, which allows them to glide between the trees in their territory, however they are incapable of complete flight. They're also light in weight, weighing less than the average flit.
Breeding: They're egg layers like their distant relatives. A clutch will typically only have three to four eggs. In each family, only the golden matriarchs are allowed to breed. The olive-brown females are capable of breeding, however their clutches are very rarely viable and, once the golden matriarch discovers them, they're nearly almost always destroyed. Mating typically occurs a month after the winter months pass. A female who is ready to mate will give a low-pitched trill and is normally fluffed out around the neck and head.
About a month after that, the clutch is laid, and approximately a month and a half later, the eggs hatch. Infants are furless at birth and their hides show what color they'll be once they're furred, golden, brown, or olive. They'll grow their fur within a month of life and will leave the burrow by two months of age. Any golden hatchling will have left the family and gone to start her own family by the fall months. Females reach breeding age by the start of winter.
A golden female will only stay with the family unit when the matriarch is near the end of her breeding life-time. The rest all leave to start their own family. The brown males sometime stay with the family unit, however many will leave with their golden sisters. The olivine varieties primarily stay with the unit, however as they grow older, they'll head off on their own to keep the family unit's size in check.
Characteristics/Misc:
These critters are distant relatives of the flits which inhabit the warmer regions of Pern. They developed their fur coats due to the cold weather of the region and lost the ability to fly when their wings slowly changed to the flaps of skin that are now present. Like flits, they defend their terrority against Thread by eating any burrows which make their way to the Island's ground. Unlike their distant kin, they're not Impressable. They do, however, occasionally bond with humans.
Those who do bond with humans normally do so as a result of that human either saving them if they're ill or injured at an older age, or are infants when they're taken by a human. It takens a gentle hand and a lot of patience to get one to bond with a human, however once they do, they're fiercly loyal and extremely protective, so much so that they're more protective than their flit ancestors. A person can't own one of these critters so much, as the critter will make the decision to stay or leave, though it may not ever leave if it likes its bonded enough.
They're quiet by nature, however there are a few sounds that they will make. Babies tend to chirp to indicate that they need something, be it food, warmth, or play time. The adults will chirp when they're startled by something. They trill at all ages to indicate extreme happiness and excitability. This trill is a high-pitched trill. Breeding females give a very low-pitched trill when they're ready to mate. Hisses are normally only done by the adults and indicate danger, fear, or hositility. Hisses also indicate tresspassors on their territory.
They're very shy and will hide unless immediately threatened. At that point, they'll attack and can leave very nasty gashes from their claws and teeth. Their shyness makes them almost impossible to catch, and clutches are nearly impossible to get as they're always in a burrow and defended by many individuals at once. The infants of the family are the most cherished individuals, and the most protected.
When not feeling threatened or scared by something, they're playful critters, coming up with a variety of games. They're gentle with their family units and will form balls of individuals when sleeping.
