Wyrssa

Art by Rella101 Wyrssa Area: Forests Diet:: Meat, Grass, as well as a Crystal flower that creates the crystals upon its fur. Size: Large, 6'8 at the shoulder Hostility Unhostile Tameable?: Tameable Note: This creature can only be played by Event Team members.

If you run across a Wyrssa you'd notice they're pack animals, quite often with one or two, once every two weeks or so they can produce 2-3 babies however these have a life span of about 20-40 years. They're the more hearty versions of the Athera breed, allowing humans, halflings, elves, gobo's and even Kha to ride them! However due to their size, being around 6'8 at the max, though with spindly legs orc's are still unable to mount these unless they're extremely small or underfed. These creatures are friendly yes, but they are omnivores allowing them to eat anything, especially when time is tough. These creatures, though to have perished in Athera where brought over on the boats, and slowly bred back up, before being released into the world. Now they wander in forests and on ocean sides calmly.

They're extremely skittish, being easily frightened however they are able to be lured in and with time tamed, usually it's best to get one from a breeder, or a young one from the wild to tame, however it has been said that even the eldest Wyrssa can be tamed with time.

Creation/Origin

These deer ate Crystal Flowers. They safely defuse the crystal’s chemicals by depositing it into their skin. This caused the many large crystal’s on their fur.

Behavior

It eats really anything it can get, being a scavenger they find life easy when bonded to someone else, due to being fed daily that way. While breeders may want these creatures as fancy steeds, they only have one through two babies. Not only that but their behavior causes these creatures to breed every two years.

The Wyrssa naturally do a pack system when they aren’t domesticated. Being extremely playful at a young age it takes several of them to take care of a baby. The leader is always the largest, and the ones of its pack will obey it, of course unless a larger one comes around and wins.

They are also extremely loyal, if one is domesticated by you, they will obey you similar to as if you where the alpha. These deer normally act docile and playful, they are quite often seen loping around the fields, and walking up to socialize with those around. They are rather skittish when people make extremely loud noises, back stepping and sometimes running. To avoid this you must have their full trust by feeding them and playing with them. Of course don’t forget that they eat meat. They do have teeth similar to ours, and that can make it rather painful to be bitten if you were to attack one.

Weaknesses

Weak spindly bones, as well as any weaknesses a deer would have.

Redlines

N/A

Mechanics

None

References

Original Lore[1]