Aueko/Legacy

== Description ==
=== Behavior ===
* are very playful and enjoy the days as they pass.
* emerge around spring and don't have many natural predators. Even if they were to be attacked, these playful but skittish creatures would bring the sensation of joy and fun to the attacker.
** If left no choice, will fight back but will mostly forget about the fight later on.
** can recognize and remember faces. If they come across a creature who they've seen kill a pack member, they will avoid them at all costs.
* are very sentimental. They care deeply for one another, living in groups of 4-8. 
* When courting, the male offers a female a brightly-colored flower it picked while performing a small ritual of vocalizations and tail waving, inviting the female to join the dance.
* 's flower is used to make themselves appear bigger or for courting dances.
* are excellent parents, nurturing their hatchlings until they are old enough to forage for food.
* hatchlings are very curious and will play with other species. This isn't really safe, but most of the time, their parents are nearby.
* (Not currently in-game) They can climb on most surfaces, like walls and ceilings, thanks to sticky pads on their feet.
=== Artist Headcanon ===
* Described to be "arguably the happiest creature of Sonaria" by Kyzenith.
* Kyzenith noted that the death of an Aueko "is a loss for the attacker as they do not get to experience the real springtime joy".
* A happy is a healthy one. In rare cases, they don't look as bright, and it's probably because they are unwell.
* The flower on an is like a real flower, but they have good regenerative abilities. This flower can release a sweet scent from the "flower" on their neck to calm an attacker.
** The type of berries an eats determine the scent they give off.
== Appearance ==
The is a colorful, quadrupedal, gecko-like creature. It has two large, crested eyes, and several frills on its body, most noticeably a flower-like frill pattern surrounding its head. It also has a 'mane' of petal-like frills along its back. Its palette consists mostly of green and pink, though the also has a typical 'Easter egg'-like pattern on its underbelly, with other multicolored patches on its throat and the sides of its tail. The appears to have no teeth.
=== Males ===
Males have no additional features.
=== Females ===
Females have frill-like feathers on their hind legs.
== Abilities ==
== Gameplay ==
=== Pros ===
The is a fast herbivore, meaning it can rapidly move to escape from getting hit and find food, compensating for its average-high appetite and, to a degree, being among the most restrictive mobility type (which makes switching biomes a far riskier affair than for any other mobility type apart from the full aquatics), especially as a juvenile. Being capable of eating on-the-run gives it multiple advantages, eliminating the risk of remaining stuck in-animation while eating and providing the ability to regain hunger while fighting and/or fleeing. Its average stamina and stamina regeneration are decent enough to back this speed up, so they don't tire immediately and don't take a very long time to recover from exhaustion.
It has a very high amount of HP for its tier (and even gets into the average of one tier above), meaning that thanks to its average-high weight for its tier, it can tank far more hits than the average tier-mate. Its HP regeneration is decent enough that it can fight several PvE effects for a while, such as cold, sickness, and to an extent drowning, resist %DPS attacks on average, and recover in a decent time from an attack, even while in combat. Its slight Bleed Defense helps somewhat against getting bleed stacked rapidly by getting bitten, and thus helping a bit to reduce the vulnerability that bleed can leave by chipping away HP and preventing passive HP healing from working. Finally, its |Necro Poison and poison effects (backed up by its health) help to reduce the mobility, endurance, and reaction time of an attacker and deal lethal amounts of directly-inflicted and indirectly-inflicted status if given enough time and getting bit.
=== Cons ===
Its turn speed is a bit low, meaning some of the faster and most agile smaller creatures can easily attack at vulnerable spots. The lack of any ranged defensive or offensive ability also leaves it vulnerable to such kind of abilities.
Its damage is quite low, like the oldest average for creatures of its tier, meaning pretty much any direct fight with a target is quite risky since any heavier target will reduce its damage to an even lower value that will not probably last except under heavy/pack attack (or if the target has a ridiculously low HP regeneration and low HP) and any lighter target will have the chance to deliver and maximize defensive status effects multiple times, such as the poisonous Eulopii; meaning the needs to rely on its poison, Necro Poison and patience to first tire the opponent and then make the fight turn into its favor, waiting for either Necro Poison reaching the confusing + bleeding state which at least will greatly reduce the ability of the attacker to heal, or for poison to reach lethal levels. For obvious reasons, this strategy can be greatly dampened by creatures with some manner of Poison Defense, status-removing abilities such as Fortify, and experienced creatures that know the effects of Necro Poison in-depth and can heal it before it reaches a significant amount, attack the mercilessly before the effect has time to stack, or can compensate for the confusing effects by manually switching the controls every pi seconds. Not to mention some creatures will just bite the to get the Necro Poison effect.
Its horrible nightvision does help it ignore Night Stalkers, but that means it cannot detect creatures at night that aren't right in front of it without scenting, nor if a Night Stalker creature is nearby. This can be problematic since, in the general scheme of things, the is still a creature that relies on speed, reaction time, and waiting at a distance to survive, and that means anything that nullifies that (including status such as Bone Break) will reduce the survival chances of the significantly, especially since overall its weight is still on the lower end.
Finally, its growth time, while still fast in the overall scheme of things, is still a bit long for its tier, leaving it more vulnerable for longer than the average tier-mate while growing.
== Carry-able Creatures ==
== Trivia ==
* Concept by Kyzenith in the Creatures of Sonaria Discord.
** Inspired by leopard geckos, Easter eggs, and sakura flowers.
*** Being based on geckos is also why the has eyelids.
** When asked about the creature's behavior, Kyzenith noted that the was one of their favorite concepts.
* 's model is capable of blinking. is the third creature capable of blinking, the first ones being Gorgonichus and Anutill, in that order.
* 's animations have a bug where the back left leg starts acting weirdly and randomly going up for one frame.
* can more or less safely traverse through lava (idle animation, sitting, laying down, aggro, cower, hiding scent, and walking on a straight line over lava will not hurt the ), as seen here.
* As of 10th April 2023, is the first creature in more than a year to lack a visible Glimmer.
** Upon the second week of Easter Event 2023, this issue was fixed.
== Gallery ==
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Main =
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AuekoConceptArt.png| concept art
Aueko primary color palette.png|thumb| primary color palette
AuekoGlimmer.png|Default Glimmer female day/night
Default Glimmer Male Aueko.png|Default Glimmer male 
Default Glimmer Male Aueko Night.png|Default Glimmer male (night)
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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.
AuekoRig.png| rigged
AuekoDev1|Clip provided by Triefelgrim (Wolfragon), CoS Discord, 4/5/2023
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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.
AuekoBaby.jpg|Juvenile (3/4 view)
auekojuvi.png|Juvenile 
auekoteen.png|Teen 
Aueko Adult.png|Adult 
Aueko Male vs Female Designs.png|Dimorphism between male and female 
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Other =
AuekoThumbnail.png| in the game's icon during its release, by ssaintlox
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