OOC Important Jianese Fauna Compendium

[Merciful]

Jianese Fauna will be posted here.

 

[Vicissitude]

Shunkan Tora
Challenge Rating 4
Created by: Kage​

Description:
The Shunkan Tora is a large, black-furred cat with white stripes. They are one of many hazards that exist in the forests around Jian. Their natural camouflage makes them excellent nocturnal hunters, capable of sneaking up on a wide variety of sleeping prey. They also have the ability to blink, allowing them to sink their teeth into their targets before they even knew what hit them. Their primary weakness is bright lights that hurt their eyes. Even a large campfire can be enough to deter attacks.

Cultural Significance:
These tigers are often trained by animists to keep watch over an area at night. In areas where they are prevalent, it's usually someone's job to make sure campfires are bright enough to deter attacks.

Habitat:
Exclusive to Jian forests

Size:
4 ft tall, 500 pounds

Biome Role:
Predators, but not Apex by any means

Life Cycle:
Breeding occurs once per year during the summer and births happen six months later. They grow to adolescents at 2 years and can live to be 10.

Resources:
Their pelts can be used for camouflage.

Their saliva can be harvested by alchemists to create blinding effects. Their venom can likewise be harvested for its saol-affecting properties.

Notable Features:

• See Beast Magic

Beast Magic:​

Flicker - operates off of the metaphor Saol

Minor Merit
Yes

Active: Blink - The user instantly teleports to a nearby location.

Novice: Can blink up to 5 ft. at a time.
Apprentice: Can blink up to 10 ft. at a time.
Journeyman: Can blink up to 15 ft. at a time.
Expert: Can blink up to 30 ft. at a time.
Master: Can blink up to 60 ft. at a time.
Ascended: Can blink up to 120 ft. at a time.

 

[Merciful]

Sensō Yosei
Challenge Rating 4
Created by: Merciful​

Description:
Senso Yosei are tiny creatures, they measure anywhere from 2-5 inches in height. They are winged humanoid creatures. Their wings resemble that of a butterfly typically, but the strongest of them have wings akin to a beetle. They can possess any skin-tone a human can, and all have traits associated with the region from which they hail. However, because of the Ancient Dragons outer alchemy these traits tend to vary. Their wings contain stingers that they make use of in combat, as well as their own small-blades forged in their tiny-cities. That look more like gargantuan bees-nests than "cities"

The most powerful among them will possess distinct traits that separates from their peers some will have horns, and other dragon-like traits. Senso Yosei are known to live in every corner of Jian and can be found everywhere, frolicking about engaging in various activities. Some choose to remain at the side of their Ancients; others enjoy the heat of battle just as much as the clans, and fight alongside their perspective clans in a swarm with their kin. They can speak, but because of their small-size the speech often sounds like a faint whisper to the human ear ; even when they are yelling. They protect the environment, by cleaning up trash, pollinating plants, and hunting invasive fauna in swarms. They have their own cities within confided-spaces in the trees, and villages of Jian; where they have their own functioning societies, and operate just like the Jianese Clans; at constant war with each-other for control.

Those who hail from Hatairu will possess cherry-colored wings, and have cherry-blossoms for hair. The most powerful among them will possess wings akin to a dragonfly; with sakura-colored reflective flesh, and have patches of steel-grade bark in their flesh.

Those who hail from Taigama will have bright-colored irises, spring-colored wings, and hair. The most powerful among them will possess wings akin to a moth with a firey-glow.

Those who hail from Koyomi will have fall-colored irises, and hair of various colors; like falling leaves. The most powerful among them will have patches of iridescent bark on their skin and will possess wings akin to a cicada.

Those who hail from Dongji will have stark-white hair, ice-blue irises, and have patches of ice that do not melt in direct sunlight on their skin. Their wings are like crystalline-ice and are akin to that of a dragon. The most powerful among them will have a crown of ice-erupt from their forehead and stick to their flesh.


Cultural Significance:
These tigers are often trained by animists to keep watch over an area at night. In areas where they are prevalent, it's usually someone's job to make sure campfires are bright enough to deter attacks.

Habitat:
Exclusive to Jian

Size:
2-5 Inches

Biome Role:
Primarily, Pollinators

Life Cycle:
Breeding occurs twice times per year during the summer, and fall and births happen four months later. They grow to adolescents at 5 years and can live to be 50 years.

Resources:
Their wings are a highly-valuable and sought after resource for their appearance and usage in ornate jewelry, as well as the stingers hidden within the folds of the wings having medicinal properties, and being used to craft poisons with similar effects to their beast magic.

Beast Magic:​

Sting- Can shoot small-stingers from their wings with various effects operates off of the metaphor Saol

Minor Merit
Yes

Active: Sting - The user instantly shoots out a stinger and attacks a target, with various side effects.

Novice: Can shoot one stinger every 24 hours into a target up to 5 ft away, upon contact with flesh temporarily blinds the victim for 30 seconds.

Apprentice: Can shoot up to two stingers every 24 hour into a target up to 10 ft away, upon contact with the flesh temporarily blinds the victim for 30 seconds, and causes muscle spasms for 15 seconds

Journeyman: Can shoot up to three stingers every 24 hours into a target up to 15 ft away, upon contact with the flesh temporarily blinds the victim for 45 seconds, and causes muscle spasms for 30 seconds.

Expert: Can shoot up to four stingers every 24 hours into a target up to 30 ft away, upon contact with the flesh temporarily blinds the victim for 90 seconds disables the voluntary muscles in the area struck for 2 minutes.

Master: Can shoot up to five stingers every 24 hours into a target up to 60 ft away, upon contact with the flesh blinds the victim for 3 minutes, and disables involuntary muscles in the area struck for 1 hour. ( Time is reduced by Resistance)

Ascended: Can shoot up to ten stingers every 24 hours into a target up to 120 ft away, upon contact with the flesh blinds the victim for 6 minutes, renders them deaf for 6 minutes, and disables voluntary, and involuntary muscles in an area struck for up to 2 hours ( Time is reduced by resistance)