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The Greymire

"Lost and Listless, Come no Fabled Mistress Seek not your purpose here, Walk into the grey blear"

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The Grey Lost Mire, quite the dangerous place. Blanketed by a thick haze that comes from the spores of the great The Daregas Tree. The main feature of the mire, capable of growing into immense sizes. Their shelf like extensions are gardens to their own. And animals hide and thrive in them. Most noticeably, the spores they produce tinge the Greymire green. But when it rains and the haze is washed away, they are met with a colorless landscape. Neighbor to the Palereach.

At times where the Daregas thins and the mire turns muddy and rocky, the Scarzei reign freely. Tall reeds marked with a silverish crown. A feature the Weingand uses to camouflage itself whilst also signaling to others of its kind with its crown. These reed lands can stretch for two to four miles in any direction. They choke out the mud beneath them with their roots and disallow the spores of the Daregas to take. Ensuring the reedlands stay reedlands.

It’s figure it does hide, Walk the listless mire, Harrowing it cried, Sorrow may it inspire

Fauna from Arkhan, 4 stanza.

Step through drear death, It won’t help you, holding your breath, Fall now to its coup

Fauna from Arkhan, 4 stanza

Such strange shape, Oh its legs look like they Break

Fauna from Arkhan, 1 stanza

Shard of Bone Water Driven no It Can’t be Forgiven

Fauna from Arkhan, 1 stanza

Grey Rétir-Dajirimbarg, also known as Grey Bonefish are the most common fish found in the Greymire. Fish is a word that is being stretched here, but it is a fish nonetheless. The boney plates are low nutrient and uncomfortable to eat. The body beneath the plates is eel like and filled with small filaments that lift and close the plates around it. Like this, the grey bonefish is not great food to predators. But it will be in time. As time moves forth, the bonefish will have to mate. When this happens they drop their plates (minus the ones on their head which hold their teeth) and become vulnerable until their plates can grow back if they get that chance. 

Bonefish typically are fearless creatures when matured. The hunt is not worth the energy spent. And thus they swim en masse around the mire. Bullying other fish into hideyholes and away from food. Grey Bonefish are known to launch themselves up out of the water to grab dangling fruit. This behavior happens when dragomii or others travel through the mire. The bonefish will leap and steal trinkets and unsecured items.

Gallop oh Canter For larger beast it avoid banter Leap and Swim, venom oh granter!

Fauna from Arkhan, 3 stanza

Through the murk it dost lurk, It face unfold in harrowing smirk. Face unfolds, never is it droll, Beserk your life it has stole.

Fauna from Arkhan, 4 stanza.

The reeds thick among this steed, It’s silver crown marks its creed

Fauna from Arkhan, 2 stanza

The Palereach

"Go Forth Unto Where The Color Bleaches, There you will find the Palest of Reaches"

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The Palereach is a rather calmer biome in comparison to the mire surrounding the whole of it. Bleached of nearly all color, this is a chromatic forest of interesting regard. Whites, greys, blacks, and reds comprise the reach. One of mainly low hills and sparse woodland cut by rivers and ponds. While two mountains do rise in its higher reaches, the majority of the wildlife action happens below on the ground. The humidity of The Palereach is slightly lower than the Greymire surrounding. Condensing often into thick thick ground fog. Of which a hardwood flower, The Palebasket, takes advantage of.

The sparselands, the outer rim of the Palereach. Where the mire and the reach meet, is decorated with Atuulmach trees among sparse patches of Rielseg. And where the sparselands consolidate into the reach, the population of Rielseg boom. While not thick, and generally spread out. They fill in for the Atuulmach. And around the roots of Atuulmach grow the Reachred Fronds. Towering red plants to low shrub. And around the roots of the Rielseg, grow the Reach Blackpuff.

In the palest reach, It comes without a screech, Red eyes and heady glare, It petrifies with a stare, It cares not for prayer thou shall swear

Fauna from Arkhan, 5 stanza.

The blackmane unicorn inhabits the deepest parts of the palereach. It is an apex predator and moves mostly unseen. Solitary and rare the blackmane sticks mostly to its den and sleeps throughout the year. The face is white, and its black mane fades to spotted white along the back. Its tail is longer than average for a unicorn and black. Keeping it hidden among the pale grass and puffy black flowers in its den. As the blackmane when asleep lays near comatose to conserve energy. Leaving them well open to surprise attacks, hence their camouflage. 

Blackmane when awake will leave their den to hunt. Creeping forward on all fours. And when the flowers and grasses grow tall, the blackmane will stand on its hooved hind legs to look around. When the blackmane finds prey it will stalk it silently. Following the animal to see if there is a den nearby or if it will lead to larger prey. The sudden appearance of the blackmane with its piercing red eyed stare is oft enough to startle prey into stillness for just a moment, before striking with horn. Spearing its prey. It eats in the killspot before cleaning itself and slinking back to its den.

The animal is quiet. And looks solely for a meal. The unicorns will ignore each other if they come across another one of their kind. But can conspire with one another to take down massive nomadic bloodpriest who may wander into the palereach. Displaying teamwork abilities. And its these teamwork abilities which turn dragomii to fools. Many try to tame the unicorn and many are eaten. Only a few have managed to snake their way onto the backs of the unicorns. One group specifically has managed to sequester away a breeding pair in order to create the new unicorn species of Blackfront Unicorn.

In the palefruit bush, a red tail writhes

Fauna from Arkhan, 1 stanza

The insect is of medium size, it bears no legs and relies solely upon its four crimson wings. The antennae is thick and horn like. Mandibles splay out to the side of its jaws. The red tail is soft and velvety. These insects are mostly solitary but can be observed in small groups. Thi’scweffeen often swarm around palefruit bushes. Their red tails exposed just like the fruit. Drawing in smaller grazing insects from which their mandibles perforate and shred their preys hide. Their long face able to drink the juices from the deceased.

Thi’scweffeen do not attempt to interact with anything larger than them. The bug is aware should its wings become damaged, the chances of survival plummet. Instead, thi’scweffeen will flee if approached. As when perched in palefruit bushes, they look like food.

A Dual of Pale Head, Now come Be That Dread

Fauna from Arkhan, 2 stanza

True to its name, the hounds neck is unusually long. Supporting a flat head flanked by menacing mandibles. Each mildly venomous. Its four legs are frail yet hooked at their ends. The tail represents a false head. The hounds move alone when exploring or hunting, but will form small colonies higher up in rocky outcroppings. Where typically 3-20 will live. Their hooked claw upon each leg mildly supports their rock climbing endeavors. Though they are not the most graceful, they can reach safety well enough. If their colony is raided by predators, the hounds if numbered enough will swarm and mob the danger. 

Their long armored necks keeping their legs safe as they joust with their heads. This too is how they hunt. With an impressive reach they ambush their prey. Ataulfen and Slopebacked horses alike. Hiding behind trees or boulders and then snaking its long neck around to strike. The mandibles offer a strong grip and hook deep into prey, and as their prey struggles they will rip and tear themselves. And as the prey wounds itself, the hound will feast, prey still living.

The hounds temperament is that of calculating almost docile interest. They wait and set ambush and trap for prey. And when they are not hunting, they use their long necks to survey, stalk, and watch. Some travel to the palereach solely in attempt to tame a hound for themselves. As they have proven time and time again to be extremely helpful on farms.