Wyrssa
How do they get this way? They eat the Crystal Flowers. They safely defuse the crystal’s chemicals by depositing it into their skin. This causes the many large crystal’s on their fur. However if one was to remove them, the crystals are all but worthless.
Do the crystals help them at all? Yes, for their natural predators it makes them back off, because of the solid crystals that can cause teeth to easily chip, or the overly salty taste will overload the senses of the animals trying to eat upon these creatures.
Why do they like Atgaard? They stay there because its near a plant that helps them digest meat, and also gives them the large sodium boost they need. They can live without it, but they only can eat plants if they don’t get that. Which makes it hard for them to eat in the winter.
Are they aggressive? Not towards people, but towards other animals they can be when provoked. They are generally passive and loving, preferring to curl up against their riders and loving on them. Will they attack someone, they will run if attacked, they prefer being non confrontational. So No.
How hard are their horns? The horns are actually covered in crystal, so they are extremely hard, however it is mainly used to fight for dominance in their herds.
What size are they? They are the size of a moose being 6’8 feet at the shoulder.
How much do they weight? About 760 for a female, and 1020lbs for a male.
Can you get one? Sure, you can get one, however anyone thats not an elf or a halfling can’t ride them.
Why can only elves ride them? They have semi weak bones, dwarves, human, orcs, and Kha are all to heavy for them.
What if the elf is in armor, and its not light weight? Then it makes it extremely hard for the Wyrssa and their bones MAY snap. They are meant for speed and being light weight.
What does it eat? 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. How many babies does it have? 1-2.
How often do they breed? Once every two years, so two elven weeks.
How would you represent it in MC? A grey horse, or a white horse if someone requires the beast to be there.
Can you ride it? Yes, its big enough to have a saddle.
What happens if it doesn’t have access to these flowers? Well if its already eaten from it, it keeps its crystalline chunks and horn, if not then it just has a regular deer horn, and no crystals on is body, making it just pretty much a plain deer, with a tail similar to that of an arabian and cloven hooves. So I guess you could mistaken it for a strange antlered unicorn.
What types of group do they live in? The Wyrssa are in 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.
Are they loyal? EXTREMELY, being pack creatures, if one is domesticated by you, they will obey you similar to as if you where the alpha. What is their behavior like? 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, backstepping sometimes running. To avoid this you must have the full trust. Of course don’t forget to eat meat they do have teeth similar to ours, and that can make it rather painful to be bitten if you do attack one.
Ok, so I’m an orc and I want one as a pet, can I? Sure, just don’t ride it, you WILL kill it if you do. Why won't they accept other's? Now these creatures also are semi repulsed by other races, the smell of them is quite different from the almost nature scent. A human would smell more of war, a dwarf of stone, an orc of blood and sand, but halfling and elves to them they naturally smell like plants, trees, fields. This is a scent that animals can pick up, and its why humans, and other races though if you get one light enough, the Wyrssa would most likely reject.
