Puffwump/Legacy

== Description ==
=== Behavior ===
* live in large groups of dozens of individuals. They may not be the strongest, but they are surprisingly bright for such small creatures. 
* The large groups live in complex burrows underground, using several burrows for different purposes. Communal nesting dens, food storage dens, and spacious sleeping dens are among the most common to see in warrens. 
* Their light bodies aid in keeping them above freshly fallen snow, but they have no issues traveling through thick snow by digging their way through. 
* As a defense strategy, have been known to rapidly burrow themselves in snow to hide from predators. 
* Although they usually choose to flee or hide from a dangerous situation, when it comes down to fighting, they rely on their large digging claws to scratch at their attackers. If other individuals are nearby, they will all quickly follow suit and pile on top of the predator. It’s not the most effective, but it is a sight to behold. 
* Newly hatched have no feathers, and are kept underground in warm burrows until they grow their first feathers. They don’t get their bright tail plumes or spotting until adulthood.
=== Artist Headcanon ===
* A group of s is called a Puffle.
== Appearance ==
The is a small, bipedal creature thats appearance seems to take inspiration from raptors. The majority of its body is covered in thick feathers and down, so much so it looks like a cotton ball. It has small arms and skinny legs that stick out of its fluff. It also has a long, thin featherless tail, with a clump of feathers on the tip. The body is white, with some patches of orange-yellow on the body, and a fully orange tail fan. Its skin is grayish shade of brown, with small darker brown freckles on its beak. 
=== Males ===
Males have a large feather adorning their forehead, along with a few other, thinner feathers.
=== Females ===
Females have a much smaller feather on the forehead and have rows of small feathers along the top of their head.
== Abilities ==
== Gameplay ==
=== Pros ===
The is an omnivore a decent appetite stat, but more importantly its very good speed combined with high stamina, stamina regeneration and presence of Winter Tag, allow quite some leverage when roaming Sonaria and not being tied to a single food spawn/spot nor being too impaired during detrimental seasons, constantly on the run and even swim for quite long periods without drowning, with the HP regeneration slightly mitigating drowning for a while. Being capable of eating on-the-run helps too.
Its 1 bleed, decent bleed defense and good HP regeneration may help slightly on fights against creatures of its same tier, with low HP, and reducing the amount of bleed you get.
It has one of the best night vision stats (which also means Night Stalker will affect it the most, but still can triangulate where the Night Stalker creature is via its AOE).
Thanks to Strength in Numbers ability, the more adult in the pack, the more resilent and stronger the will be, amplifying HP, weight, damage and status effects and thus making attacks more crippling.
Lastly, it is known its fluffy/raptor/cute appearance may deter predators from attacking s, and their sticky fur ability may be a good defense against low-to-mid-damage predators while the creature flees.
=== Cons ===
Its HP are the typical for its tier, meaning several creatures are perfectly capable of one-shotting the , bypassing Sticky Fur; plus its average tier 1 damage makes normal fights against heavier targets usually a nightmare recommended to avoid, that's why the can run.
== Carry-able Creatures ==
== Trivia ==
* Concept art by kazooduder in the Creatures of Sonaria discord.
** Inspired by roadrunners, feathered raptors, and burrowing birds.
** Another heavy inspiration was an illustration of Leaellynasaura in the book All Yesterdays by C.M. Kösemen, John Conway, and Darren Naish.
* Despite the description explicitly stating that lives in cold environments, it originally didn't have the winter tag. Later received the winter tag and now has immunity to the cold effects.
* It's commonly called "chicken" and "puff" because of its appearance.
* Not only do s run fast, they can swim for a long time. Despite this, they don't swim faster.
== Gallery ==
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Main =
This tab is intended to present official concept sheets, color palettes, and Glimmer (if applicable).
Puffy-chicken-softpuff.webp| concept art
Puffwump_Palette.png|'s primary color palette
PuffwumpTrialGlimmer.png|Default Glimmer male day/night
pufffemaleglimmer.png|Default Glimmer female day/night
glim puff.PNG|Default Glimmer male 
Custom glim puff.PNG|Custom Glimmer male 
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Development =
This tab is intended to present anything showcased during the process of development, such as the creation of models, animations, and poses.
Puffchick-model.png| model
Puffwump Bald.png| model without fur (juvenile Puffwump design)
Puffwump Headshot.png| close-up
Puffwump Imported Size Compare.png| size comparison
Puffwump Rigged.png| rigged
PuffwumpDev1|Clip provided by Nimwit, CoS Discord, 3/28/2022
PuffwumpDev2|Clip provided by Nimwit, CoS Discord, 3/29/2022
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References =
This tab is intended to present anything to further observe a creature's design, inspirations, and changes in growth stages for reference.
Babypu.png|Juvenile 
Teenpu.png|Teen 
Puffwump Adult.png|Adult 
Puffwump Male vs Female Designs.png|A closer view of 's gender dimorphism
Illustration from "All Yesterdays.".png|Illustration by John Conway of Inspiration from the book, "All Yesterdays"
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Other =
Puffwump-and-maiueve.webp| and Maiueve card
Puffwump_Icon.png|The game icon used during the release of the , by sazanamijun
Puff Banner.jpeg|A group of s as seen in one of the game's thumbnails, by flowerpoots
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