Common Plants and Animals

The Dark Potato. This blackened potato was created by Wad. It grows quick, is nutritious, and tastes like black coffee. This crop was given to mortals by Wad, and despite the flavor, it has visibly encouraged growth in the mortal population.
Thunderbirds. These high-flying birds are the only beings that seem to understand how to fly to the top of the sky. They are massive birds with impressive wingspans. Ancient stories claim that mortal men used to be able to tame them and ride them around the sky, but that hasn’t been seen in eons and the tales are dismissed.
Sea Cow. The principle domesticated beast of the region, the sea cow are herded by aquatic shepherds along the coasts of the Sea of Zoth. Many of the shepherds come from entirely nomadic societies.
Hondorchid. These beautiful blue little flowers take on a fragile appearance, like that of glass. The fragile beauty of this flower, created by the demigod of beauty himself, masks the main reason for its cultivation: the flower produces a small serum from its pistil that mortals have learned how to turn into a relaxant.
Scrupuli. These creatures were created by the demigod of the hunt, Beautiful Bistro, as a gift to hunters everywhere. These yellow creatures, standing up like a humanoid at four feet tall but with a beasts brain, are easy to spot, and easy to hunt. The Scrupuli, in turn, simply try to survive, but these hapless creatures rely primarily on overpopulated to stay protected.
Squishes. The Squishes are the spawn of Fus Nei, the demigod of love, and this big-eyed creatures were created to observe and study the concept of love. These little creatures are curious about humanity, non-hostile, and many tribes have already figured out how to domesticate them for various purposes.
Semblas. The Quenched of Pronger Valley have domesticated these massive, hippo-sized capybaras, and they go up and down the Maitreya river on their behalf, transporting massive amounts of heavy goods. The Semblas are incredibly territorial and hostile, and even attempting to befriend one is incredibly dangerous.
Milkhorses. The Bowlkings of Pronger Valley have domesticated a breed of horse-like bovines that they can ride for long distances as well as drink milk directly from. These animals are well cared for and maintained, given what they call “bad kid” haircuts for religious reasons. They also believe if a milkhorse is born with a bad kid haircut, it’s a sign of the end times. Regardless of what they believe, your main mode of transportation also being a source of food is pretty helpful in terms of long distance travel.
Crustflowers. These massive, rigid, encrusted flowers of Karamar Island reach nearly forty feet tall. Their rigid flowers can only be opened by the massive Saltbee. When the bee leaves, surely these flowers will as well. They rely on the bee, who is the last of his kind.
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