Orderly

Orderlies are a somewhat recently extinct species similar to modern-day deer, and they were native to Sigzlor prior to their extinction many thousands of years ago. It is suspected that they were hunted to extinction by the ancient Sigzlorian people. Of all extinct species, orderlies are one of the most well-known due to how widespread their fossils are -- in particular, the antlers of both male and female specimens are extremely wide and glow when exposed to conjuration Chrono. It is unknown, but likely, that living orderlies had this trait as well, and they are sometimes regarded as having a possibly innate connection to the conjuration school of magic as a result.
The species' modern name is partially derived from how meticulous their every footprint and track is; in contrast to other herd animals, it is more common to find only one line of tracks even in the presence of many preserved remains of orderlies. Fossil records indicate that orderlies may have walked single-file behind one another, perhaps to reduce the number of tracks that a predator could perhaps follow them by. Furthermore, traces of medicinal plants have been found lining stomach fossils, and there have been fossils that indicate injured orderlies survived longer than one might expect of an herbivorous herd species. Popular explanations for this phenomenon mostly point to orderlies taking care of their own rather than leaving them for the dead; animal behaviorists reject this claim, however, as there is no comparable modern behavior to be found in modern species, instead finding it more likely that orderlies that became separated from their herds may have found other means of taking care of themselves in the absence of safety in numbers.
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