#vakkour

Khrosa and Khrosaken

Khrosa is a form of wrestling, I haven't figured out all of the details of what goes into it, but it looks similar to sumo, but it's based off of the fighting skistomids to for mating.

The air feels suffocating with the heat and humidity, both were enough to put anywhere in the tropics to shame. It was especially strange since it was dark out, one would think it would at leasr be a bit cooler. But the heat seems to be coming from the ground itself.

You look around

The sky is incredibly dark, it doesn't help the fact that many of these plants, if they even are plants, are glowing in some way. Some of them, it was only on certain parts of them, others it was almost the whole thing. In the distance, as much as one can see anyway, it looks like a very large cliff that gets eaten by the void of a sky as it goes up what could be miles, the base only barely visible from the bioluminescence on the geound, and a spatter of the "plants" growing from the side.

In terms of other senses, aside from the obvious very humid smell, the place smelled oddly pleasant, mostly like various kinds of mushroom. There isn't much in the way of noise, its uncomfortably silent, and any sort of animal noise doesn't carry very well in the air and sounds weirdly muted.

There is a sudden incredibly loud rumble around, also muted by the atmosphere, you end up leaning against one of the trees in case the ground shakes. But it is still.

In front of you is a great beast with a large glowing belly and many teeth. It grumbles at you, and as it actually speaks, it sounds and feels like the entire planet is speaking.

Finished his design

jahizaken (oracle) for a small colony, along with his razenken (partner)

Headdress is not on all the time, when it's not on, his earrings are smaller tusks

I decided to join in on doing Nichetember because I've been burning for worldbuilding stuff lately and it sounds really fun . I love thinking of ways things are connected!

Day 1- producer/ autotroph

Zukule, a lichen type organism that feeds from the abundant iron in Vakkian rocks (or.. iron-like substance), it's found abundantly on cave walls and more fresh breakdown piles.

Redesigned Ákhal [eɪ.'xɑl] feels more coherent now, the biggest change being the missing arm and scarring

From the Kitaliit area (same cave as Tape)

A traveler, he usually helps others find their stones, sometimes goes to other cities and colonies to trade stuff too

His earrings and collar have a bunch of collected stuff, showing where he's been

The only one that's encountered Tape and survived long enough to not die from injuries

He uses Jahiliilom (shadow bending) to make an arm, using small hematite rocks as an anchor for it. He doesn't always use the arm, it's mostly used while walking. When he's not using it, the rocks are kept in his throat pouch

Lower tusks are kept shorter

Usually travels light, skistomids don't need a whole lot of supplies when they travel anyway, if he does bring a bunch of stuff, it's usually to get rid of or trade it away.

Previous look under here

New animal for Vakkour- Kialar/ stum syngal (stone animal)

They parasitic fungi, mostly found on and around fungal trees.

They reproduce asexually, releasing almost spore like eggs, once those hatch, the young attach themselves to whatever mycelium they can (ones that don't get to larger or perennial fungi die off), and dig tendrils into it to start feeding from it, emerging as a stony protrusion from the host fungus. They die off as the host dies.