Aburnickle

== Description ==
=== Appearance ===
An aburnickle (uh-ber-nick-ull) is a creature made entirely made from stones. The stones magicly hold together. Depending on how old it is, it gains more rocks. As a newborn, it has three rocks. Aburnickles can shapeshift as a special ability. they can shapeshift into anything, any animal, or even other creatures. Even though it can do all of this, the rocks do not change, and it only takes shape of the thing/animal/creature. Its regular form is like a human on four legs, except it has a tail.
=== Diet ===
To keep an aburnickle nice and strong, it must eat pebbles, or really any other rock that can fit in its mouth. Some aburnickles save the small rocks they had when they were young for when they were older, so that they could have an extra supply of food. Some even shave off bits of rock from their homes for food. Aburnickles also need to drink regularly. If an aburnickle doesn't get enough to drink, then its rocks might start getting rusty and crumbly, or even fall off.
=== Habitat ===
Aburnickle's habitat is over at the Eastern Mountain Range. Each family has their own cave. They can carve out caves if they want, but they prefer already carved caves. They also prefer a nice body of water, if they can find one. Aburnickles are even smart enough to add decorations to their caves, like flowers or ferns, to make their caves look nice. During winter months, these creatures make small fires as well to keep them warm.
=== Friends/Enemies ===
Aburnickle is in the shapeshifting trio with, as of now, ablumist. They are on the good side, but they don't usually like to fight. Aburnickles are always very friendly to other aburnickles, as well as almost all other good creatures, with one exception. The exception is verpies. Verpies sometimes lean on their caves by accident, and cause destruction. This results in some aburnickle families being trapped for weeks, until they dig their way out.
== Lore ==
=== Origin ===
Aburnickle was created as a cave collapsed nearly on someone in the giant caverns underneath the valley. Evernary sensed there was trouble, and saw the traveler was about to get crushed. Evernary held the rocks up in the air and saved the traveler. She then gave the rocks still in the air life. The traveler, unfortunately, never saw daylight again, because of Yanth, at the same time, creating [unknown creature].
=== Prophecy ===
Aburnickles, although created by Evernary, will most likely not get very involved in the war. A few will fight, but of those who do, many will die. When the Eastern Mountain Range is under siege, aburnickles will have to learn how to fight and defend themselves. Although many will die, those that survive will pass their knowledge of fighting to the next generation.
== Magic ==
Many aburnickles learn earth magic, and they are very skilled at it. Because many aburnickles are strong, most tend to prefer physical strength over magic use, but they will sometimes resort to using magic. They are good at earth magic and non-elemental magic, but are not good at air or fire magic. They also don't like water magic. Aburnickles are one of the few creatures Evernary tends to teach magic to.
== Trivia ==
* Aburnickles can shapeshift in such a way that they can switch body parts. For example: an aburnickle could put its head as its foot and its foot as its head.
* They love making replicas of themselves in their free time.
* If an aburnickle has to fight, it may surprise attack and then quickly run away to a different hiding place.
* Some say that the magical force holding together an aburnickle's rocks isn't a magical force, but a bunch of strong and sticky moss that Evernary made for them.
* A group of aburnickles is called a crumble.
* Aburnickles weren't made for the Great War, but used just to make a society.
* If good enough at magic, they can cause small earthquakes in times of danger.
** This requires extreme magic skill; basically at a triagloe's level.
* Aburnickle was the seventh creature made by the developers.
* Aburnickles usually guard the valley's mountain ranges.
Category:Creatures