To All

[a_better_man]

I have a query for the masses, if you'll take a moment or two and indulge me.

Tell me about animals from your world. Or your favorite of the animals from your world. Or the most interesting. I'm curious. Friends in the Horizon have shown me critters I've never even heard of before, and even been kind enough to create one or two for my domain. And I want more. I want a vast menagerie of amazing creatures.

I've got plenty of animals I know well - foxes, badgers, rabbits, sheep - and some I don't think exist outside of this world that I've seen in Thorne. But so many of all you fine and lovely people come from amazing and vastly different worlds and I would be honored by a contribution to my little project.

Of which there is to be more than just a showcase of odd animals, and I will share with all when it's finished. But for right now...

It's all about the animals.

Comments

[princessvegas]

You just want weirdo animals? I mean, there's lots, but maybe y'all have some of them.

Narwhals
Platypus
Pangolins
Kangaroos aren't rare but they're kinda weird if you think about them

Plus mogwais. Definitely need a mogwai. [ Sorry, Mat. ]

[funbreaker]

Why such an interest in fauna? Do you simply have a fondness for them?

[provenforce]

I was always fond of happabores. They were a large animal with very thick skin and a sort of puggy nose and four eyes. They were used on Jakku for hauling scrap, for anyone who could afford to keep one. They were very gentle creatures, I befriended one that belonged to the junk boss.

[shadowthief]

[When she sees the message, it's an instant, visceral reaction to the word menagerie that has her pausing in a too-still way– the sort of way that gets Jesper's attention, and a quiet murmur of reassurance that makes everything in her relax-- 'Breathe,' he'd said. 'He means actual animals, Inej.'

Would it ever stop? And what would she do without Jesper in this place to keep her sane?

She takes a bit to answer him, but does eventually come in to do so, though her answers aren't all that fantastical, in her opinion.]

I don't know if my world has particularly strange or unusual animals.

There are dragons, though I can't say I've ever seen one. Big, winged reptiles who fly and breathe fire. Sort of like a lizard, but giant! They tend to be hostile, though you could skip that bit in your horizon, very fond of shiny things and they live in caves.

I also like snakes. There were charmers in our circus growing up, it was always fascinating to watch them.

[righteously]

Fiercest animal you're ever gonna get, hands-down?

Honey badger.

Honey badger don't care.
Honey badger don't give a shit.

[fourarmedandangerous]

The TaiGore is a warhound native to Outworld. Larger than Earthrealm ones, naturally, and hairless. Their hides run dark red with black stripes across the mid-section, and they grow spikes along their upper backs, as well as a pair of horns for goring. They also have four eyes to better track prey. Ah, and their tails are tipped by blades.

[Outworld is such a fun place.]

They are fierce and loyal beasts, if properly trained, and fine hunters. Two or three working in tandem can tear apart most anything. It's like poetry to watch.

[Goro should really add a TaiGore or two to the throne room of his domain...he had one millennia ago when he was a young boy, a present from his father for how well his martial training was going. Miss you, Lord Razortooth, you were the best of all TaiGore.]

[enduringkestrel]

There are a great many unusual animals, a great many unusual creatures in my world. I've had no occasion to see most of them, but I've learned about them.

Dragons, for one. Huge scaled, winged creatures. There are different families of dragons, I suppose you could call them. The primary of which are Chromatic and metallic. Chromatic dragons are supposed to be... cruel, and greedy. Evil. For the most part. There are always exceptions. While metallic dragons are more inclined to be good. Or neutral. Kinder, towards humanoids.

Their colours determine their powers. Each colour dragon has a different breath weapon. Some do breathe fire, but others breathe acid, or lightning, or ice.

[And then, because she's just talked a LOT about dragons. Something a little less... involved.]

There are giant goats, too. Goats, just... four or five times the size of normal goats.

[lackingtalent]

𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝐼 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑜𝓇𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒𝓈 𝒹𝑒𝓅𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑒𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓁𝓎 𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓃𝑒𝑒𝒹𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝓃𝑒𝒻𝒾𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇 𝒾𝓃 𝒷𝑜𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝑒𝒻𝒻𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑒𝓁𝑒𝑔𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑒𝓇.

𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝓊𝓇𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒻𝒶𝓈𝒽𝒾𝑜𝓃, 𝑜𝒻 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒! 𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝒹 𝓆𝓊𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝒶 𝓁𝑜𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓇𝑒𝓁𝑒𝓋𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒.

[unnecessaryflourishes]

The Source and her shards have a wide variety of creatures. But if you had wished to know of those not found on any other world, there are the amaro of the First.

[supersoldier]

Have you ever heard of a cactuar?