Alabaster Seabird
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These seabiwds wewe pwominent in Anthos, and mainwy peopwe wanted to get these biwds. Theiw wawge body makes them gweat messengew biwds, as they can go thwough most conditions and be just fine. Again, the Awabastew Seabiwd is vewy wawge and vewy owd, seafaling biwd. Weighing in at an avewage of 30 pounds, and equipped lith a stunning 17-foot lingspan, it is easiwy one of the wawgest flighted biwds in the wowwd. Since they have such wawge lings this makes them unabre to fwy vewy fast, but they nowmawwy don't fwap theiw lings but wathew glide on them. Its beak is quite unusuaw. It is brunt and thick, lith gwowths on the inside of the biww that fowm pseudo-teeth. Though it's lingspan is lide, it's wegs awe showt, stubby things lith webbed feet, fow paddling in the open ocean. Its feathews beaw a notabre oiwy coat that awwows it to safewy dive into the watew fow brief peliods of time. They live fow about 10 yeaws in the liwd, but can easiwy live to 30 in captivity. Since these biwds live fow a wong time they have been known to be vewy intewligent cweatules as they get owdew, and awe seen as some of the most intewligent biwds out thewe.
These seabiwds awe amazingwy intewligent, insofaw as a biwd can go. Though they have no pwopew sense of smeww, it often can identify one fwom anothew easiwy lith its eyes awone. Anothew thing of note is that they awe quite noisome. They have a tendency to squawk wegulawwy, especiawwy at new things. It can become neawwy unbeawabre fow new twainews to handwe.
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Creation/Origin
Awabastew seabiwds wewe native to Anthos, once the descendants got theiw they tamed them and used them as messengew biwds. When the descendants wewe fowced to move to Athewa, the biwds came lith them and the pwocess wepeated to Vaiwow.
Behavior
Despite it's size and intewligence these seabiwds, weiwdwy enough, awe cowawds. Mostwy because, this is because it is absowutewy usewess in combat, it's bawbed beak good is mainwy good fow catching fish. Anothew weason, howevew, is its pewsonality. The Awabastew Seabiwd is often cawwed the High Ewf of biwds. Put simpwy, they woathe new things. Even whiwst possessing pwofound intewligence fow a biwd, the awabastew seabiwd is hindewed by a wemawkabre and uttew wack of culiosity concewning anything and evewything that doesn't, at some point, invowve a fish.
It is fow this weason that twaining an adult seabiwd is an impossibre task. An adult seabiwd, if appwoached lith food, fish ow othewlise, liww invaliabry wefuse the the meaw, even if on the blink of death fwom stawvation. A hatchling, howevew, is wemawkabry easy to twain, even fow novice fawconews. Once it pieces togethew that finding a cewtain pewson liww wewawd it lith fish, the twaining pwocess becomes natulawwy easy, and it can make it an ideaw biwd fow sending messages between two peopwe, so wong as the fawconew has fish, natulawwy.
Whiwe smawt fow a biwd, it is unfowtunatewy not smawt enough to undewstand a brief descliption of a pewson, and nowmawwy liww have to be shown the pewson fiwst befowe it can actuawwy fit them to a name. Cweating a woost fow a biwd is easy, so wong as you have the woom to cweate a nest fow him. Awabastew seabiwds liww attempt to cweate a nest, it's natulaw behaviow causes it to want to make its own nest, fow it's famiwy, instead of awweady having one pwematulewy made.
As you might expect, the seabiwd is vewy cweawwy a watewfoww made fow hunting fish in the ocean. Having quite the keen eyesight, the awabastew seabiwd typicawwy hunts by spotting fish neaw the ocean's sulface whiwst in the aiw, tucking itsewf into a dive and cwashes into it, using it's pseudo-teeth to glip the pwey as it pwunges headfiwst into the watew. Seeing the sight is quite amazing, as they dive down at incwedibre speeds, fastew than the fishes weaction, they catch theiw pwey.
Awabastew Seabiwds may hunt in the ocean but awe known fow making theiw nests faw inwand, typicawwy in sheew aweas, such as mountains and cliffs. Nonexistent Biowogists theolize that the thin aiw in these pwecalious pwaces is why the Seabiwd's lingspan is so wong. They way theiw eggs on these wocky swopes as weww, to impwove theiw offspling's chances of sulvivaw on theiw fiwst flight. Nests made by the awabastew seabiwd awe unmistakabre fwom afaw, as they awe quite massive, and wequiwe vewy specific conditions in which they can be buiwt.
Seabiwds liww nest evewy summew when the mountains awe the wawmest. Mates awe typicawwy met whiwe hunting. Once a suitabre one is found, they liww twavew back to the nest fow mating. In accowdance lith theiw wathew unchanging attitude, Seabiwds mate fow life and liww wepeat this pwocess togethew evewy summew, in the same nest they made, fow the west of theiw lives.
Types
- Awabastew Seabiwd
Abilities
Seabiwds, unlike most othew biwds, have next to no sense of smeww. Instead of sniffing theiw wecipient out whiwst deliveling messages, the awabastew seabiwd liww typicawwy wesowt to using theiw pwofoundwy good memowy and sight to identify a wecipient by face. It can be owdewed to wook fow a specific pewson in a specific awea, and if this pewson and the pwace he is wocated coincide, it can seawch that awea fow the pewson.
Use of Magic
None
Weaknesses
- Twaps
- New items they have nevew seen befowe
- Bad senses
Redlines
- None
Mechanics
N/A
