Valkadian egg

### Reproduction and birth :

The Valkadian specie is a peculiar one, looking a lot like mammals they tend to actually lay eggs like insects with the help of a tail dedicated proboscis (they are in fact not a naturally biological specie at all, but the descendant of creatures from another plane of reality meshed with a humanoid local specie).

Every Valkadian is able to produce Eggs by parthenogenesis or to combine genes with any other kind of living specie, they will generally inject clusters of five eggs in a grape. Needing mana to hatch properly and raise their young, Valkadian will tend to plant their eggs in hard rocks or crystals heavily infused with mana, but living beings can do in a pinch. The true egg size being smaller than a human inch, whereas they are often encased in shells the size of a coconut. Said eggs can survive extreme temperature, be it cold or warm, but will only hatch when reaching the right temperature range between 10°C and 20°C. Making temperate sea bordering region and cold provinces their favorite to settle in. Obviously, a continuous high density of atmospheric mana would be preferable to hatch some healthy young valkadian, but the eggshell usually contains enough energy for the hatching itself. As a byproduct a Valkadian egg will often radiate a high volume of mana in its local atmosphere, which might have a corrupting effect on the local fauna, flora or mineral, saturating them in undirected energy which might mutate them or alter the mind of the weakest willed creatures. The process of hatching a Valkadian egg is a complex one still shrouded in mysteries

Here are some other points of notes about the Valkadian Egg before we start to discuss the Valkadian Hatchling state. About Egg fertilization As we developed, the Valkadian specie doesn’t have a true concept of gender and can even reproduce via parthenogenesis. It has to be noted that any Valkadian can and will morph their physique over their lifespan to correspond to different stage of their life and mental states. This being posible due to several mechanisms embedded in their biology as much as thanks to their sorcerous nature and fleshcrafting abilities (see carnomancy, see osteomancy).

## Valkadian and Half Valkadian

This allows the Valkadian specie to mingle with other species regardless of their classification (there have been reports of valkadian experiments to breed with advanced plant species, giant insects and many different humanoid creatures, see report in annex for a full listing and relative combinations). This could then lead to two different outcome.

### Valkadian :

The valkadian egg get fertilized with the DNA from another specie, giving the Valkadian a bigger array of genetic diversity to take from, whil still retaining 100% of the Valkadian specie genetic code. The offspring being a pure Valkadian with specific traits and tendencies (see markings, skin color, psychology)

### Half valkadian :

The other specie get fertilized with Valkadian genetic code, this would usually lead to unfruitful reproduction and stillbirth, but on the occasion where the combination would work, the offspring would get most of it’s genetic code from the other parent with hint of valkadian descendancy : namely every valkadian descendant would be anomaly attuned to magical energy, have extremely strong bones which would slowly store mana from the atmosphere and release mana crystal secretions in the organism (which could or could not get excreted depending on the specie of origin), and valkadian signature horns. Among secondary traits would often appear : bluish tinted skin, prehensile tail or proto-tail. Each offspring would benefit from a valkadian lifespan an be, if not immune, vastly resistant to necrotic energies and therefore diseases, this would also potentially make them extra resistant to several toxic components. This kind of offspring would usually be sterile, but sometime would be able to bear children, either as their mother specie would, or with a deformed ovipositor of their own. In both cases they would then be classifiable as half valkadian subspecies (see list of known valkadian subspecies and half valkadian subspecies).