Animals and Monsters

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Animals

Any MODERN animal within our world can exist within Halfmoon. This means tigers are okay but smilodons are not; grey wolves are okay but dire wolves are not. Piggy backing off that, any modern animal species can also be of the Folk, including realistic hybrids (mules, tigons, wolf-dogs, etc.)

Monsters

NPC monster creation is open ended for Halfmoon. You may make up random creatures in the forests and the Grey Wastes to attack your rp party; just assume that said creatures are freaks or mutations. You may NOT take these NPC monsters as pets without mod permission. NPC monsters may use magic if you want.

Specific monsters are grounded into the world of Halfmoon, such as Grey Stalkers and the giant beasts of Brumeveil. There are also mythical creatures, which you may include if you can provide a wiki page or something to prove it exists within folklore (dragons, unicorns, kelpies, etc.)

This excludes human to creature shapeshifters like werewolves and vampires. The only way for a playable character to 'transform' into something else is by curse via a witch or object.

The Giant Beasts of Brumeveil
Giant, self aware animals roam Brumeveil forest. It's not believed they can use actual magic, but an old legend says that these creatures granted awareness to some animals, creating the Folk. Some witches and scientists alike suspect that these creatures are what's prompting nature to reclaim dingy areas in society; like generals sending out soldiers. They're rarely seen, however, and probably eat the common passerby.

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Member created monsters are from this post down

Snerfs: created and written by Sanr

Species name: Snerf
Is this a playable race or a monster? More a beast of burden, but I guess a monster
Average Height for males and females:
Males (bull): 4ft at the shoulder when on all fours, 8ft when standing
Females (cow): 3ft at the shoulder when on all fours, near 6ft when standing
Location of origin: All over
Current location:: Snerfs have been transported far and wide and while in some areas they may be more common than others they are mostly common in warmer climates, though longer haired Snerfs have been begun to be bred for colder parts of the world.
Species description:
You see Snerfs are desert dwelling critters who move around mostly on all fours. They dine on roots and dig for water and are extremely hardy creatures. Their hind legs have heavy three toed hooves that spread out wide for disbursing the heavy creature's weight on loose sand while their front legs hold two long strong claws accompanied by a curled thumb like talon. The knuckles of these hands have thick callused pads and they walk on these knuckles like gorilla to protect these claws.

The Snerf is able to rise on to it's hind legs and stand with the aid of it's thick tail to scout for predators to protects its heard. Also so that they may un-curl their claws and defend themselves.

When males fight over territory they do not unleash their claws unless they have the full intent to kill. When fighting amongst themselves they ram each other with their heavy set chests and punch at their rival with the horny knuckles on their hands.

Snerfs have three modes of movement. the first is slow casual walking on all fours. the second is a sort of gallop on all fours where their elbows bend outward and they lean forward in a charge like state, usually bellowing as they do so, and the third they tuck in their front legs and arch their backs for a full on two legged rung reaching astonishing speed.

Snerfs make strong reliable mounts having the intelligence of about your usual pet dog though like other animals this intelligence varies. They are herd animals so they seek bonds and comfort from those around them. A Snerf is a very loyal companion, and can be capable of learning many commands.

Their fur patterns and colorings come in many different patters staying within natural tones.

Gender differences:
Female Snerfs are of a slighter, faster, build than the males being more built for speed than claw to claw combat of the males who spend a good amount of their time in the wild combating with other males for a harem of their own.

Female snerfs also have longer manes, the reasoning behind this is unknown.

Physical appearance:


Please feel free to color the following lineart to design your own snerf

Male

Female


Social Structure:
Snerfs were originally nomadic desert and prairie dwelling creatures that live in herds of twenty or so members. Each heard has a single head male who is often flanked by three of his Adolescent male sons for support. The rest of the herd is a round selection of females, often some daughters thrown in to the mix as well. When the male deems his sons a threat he will often chase them off where they will go create their own herd.
Lifespan A snerf can live up to fifteen years in captivity under the careful care of a good master while in the wild they would have lived up to about nine.
Magic: No Snerf is known to be able to use magic.
Other: Most information about them can be found on that profile page.

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Boru Boru: written and created by Sanr.

Notice: Borus can only reproduce with SMALL MAMMALS NOT OF THE FOLK

Species name: BoruBoru
Is this a playable race or a monster? Monster
Average Height for males and females:
Males:6” tall, 15” long
Females: 9” tall 20” long
Location of origin: Errare
Current location:Vanguard mountains
Species description:

Boru are some of the few creatures that survive mostly off of magic, being drawn to the presence a boru practically filter feeds on magic not though its mouth but though the fur on it’s back which covers a large expanse of wide pores which the magic enters the body. When a Boru is near a source of magic their fur stiffens and as it gathers more magic the color of the pelts become much brighter. This attribute of the skin and fur carries on after the death of the creature which brings in quite a bit of money to fur traders. If you wave a Boru pelt in the air of a place that holds much magic it can collect the magic from the air to be used at a later time.

Boru however can not only survive off of magic, they also need a diet of meats, fruits and vegetables to keep their bodies working.

Gender differences:
The main gender difference between the two is size, females being a good bit larger than males.

Breeding:
Boru have one last interesting thing about them, they were known throughout history as creatures of peace and oneness because of this trait. A boru’s body is so highly fertile that it can breed with any mammal, keeping size in mind. There are now part boru rats, cats, ferrets and many other creatures about this earth making the most pure of the creatures increasingly harder to find. The children of boru can continue on to have children of their own until every bit of boru blood is drained from their veins. These mix breeds feed less and less on magic lowering the need for their feeding manes and with that making the amount of time in which they can become invisible shorter.

Physical appearance:
BoruBoru are mostly furless rodent like creatures with long bodies and arms and legs, naturally built climbers Boru use their long tails for balance as they climb and jump through trees, their movement being closer to that of a squirrel than a monkey. Their skin is thick and has a leather like texture to it and comes in many different earth tones while the mohawk like fur that stretches from the top of their heads down their backs and over their tails can be any varying amount of colors. A boru’s eyes are one of their most interesting features, large pupil less orbs swirled with many different colors it is said that a boru can look in to a person’s soul and know what sort of a person they are.

The best way to tell a pure blooded Boru from one of mixed blood is the eyes, when a boru is not pure they will have pupils while if it is completely pure it will have the empty orbs its kind is known for.


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Social Structure: Since boru can breed with any small mammal they come upon when they reach their bi monthly mating heat, for both males and females, they take little interest in each other, a boru can be just as happy living with a colony of squirrels than that of one of its own kind.

Lifespan 20 years

Magic: Boru have the ability of limited invisibility, only for a few seconds a minute at most, enough time to hide if found. The more tainted blood a boru has the shorter this time.

Other:
Boru can only feed off of magic that is in the air so they are known to be attracted to a witch, especially to the magic collecting collars that they wear waiting for the magic to be released when it is to be gathered by the government.

There have been a few people out there trying to breed the boru mane’s magic gathering power in to larger animals using science and artificial insemination but so far these experiments have become less successful.

Since the Halfsun bomb went off and the grey wastes was created some Boru have been mutated in to large muscled beasts, they are no longer able to filter feed off of magic so they have taken to devouring anything that holds magic. Even their Smaller pure boru brothers. They have also been known to attack traveling witches and other magic wielders. The mutated Boru travel in packs now the size and shape of a hyena. Their bodies are still hairless but their mains are short and limp being of no use to the creatures now. The ability to breed with other creatures has not been completely lost but the new children become infertile unable to bear their own young.

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Species name:
Fervora

Is this a playable race or a monster?
Monster

Average Height for males and females:
Male: 5 inches
Female: 6 inches

Location of origin:
The Grey Wastes

Current location:
All over Caedere and Sideris

Species description:
Fervora are a pest, swarming species. They live in large groups and can be a terror to get rid of if a building is infested with them. They eat iron and anything that consists of iron, breaking it down with strong jaws and an acidic saliva. Making them a living nightmare if they get aboard ships or into a mechanic's workshop.

They're tiny creatures with their biggest defenses being their saliva and the stinger on the end of their tail. Alone a sting from their tail wouldn't kill anything larger than they are, but in a swarm they can be deadly. They only use the sting as a last resort though, such as protecting their young or colony, as they die when they use it.

Fervora are really awkward looking creatures when they're calm. Their legs seem to always be bent in a strange way to keep their bodies up and they shuffle around carefully when they walk. They seem to constantly been on the lookout and extremely twitchy, sending low frequency grunts to find each other and stay together. It's rare to find one on its own.

They have only two legs and no arms. Their eyes are situated on top of their head as is their noses, which are two small slits. Their jaws are held closed together in front of their faces with two faux eye markings on either jaw. Eyes are a bright white as are the eye markings, their bodies are black or brown that turn white with old age.

When taking on an aggressive attitude their tails will raise up and their jaws will open up to make themselves more intimidating looking, spreading their legs out and screeching. They will huddle their young between them and form large circles around them to protect them.

Gender differences: Males are smaller than females.

Physical appearance:
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Social Structure:
Males are smaller, but they do run the species. One male will take charge of the group, usually the eldest male, and have multiple females. Each male under him will only have one female.
Lifespan 3-5 years.

Magic: None

Other: They stowed away on ships and once brought to Caedere, they developed a taste for iron and soon spread. It isn't known what they used to eat in the Grey Wastes.[/quote]