Rax

A **rax** is a supernatural being that represents a fact of nature. The Lorax from the likewise named storybook is argued to be such a creature, though there's no fanproject that acknowledges it or the species as a whole.

With raxes being a mix of The Lorax as portrayed in The Biggering and Dr. Seuss' work, they're a non-canon, stand-alone concept.

The date of conception was somewhere near the end of 2023, though The Lochrax made his first appearance in a Lorax, Wanna Hang Out? comic sketch, uploaded to the VampireMeerkat Wiki on August 2, 2022.

## Types of raxes

### The Lorax

> "*I am The Lorax, I speak for the trees!*"
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The Lorax is the canon protagonist in the likewise named children's storybook, originally written by Dr. Seuss. Though not stated to represent anything except a message that argues for nature's preservation, as a "rax", he represents life, Spring, and the element of earth. He primarily hangs out in the fictional Truffula, the exact whereabouts of which are canonically unknown.

Since life is a rare, valuable phenomenon and soil itself a base for most anything to settle down on or extract some kind of benefit from, he's considered the strongest variant of rax, with only The Lossrax being his natural adversary. Both respect each other's role, though Lossrax more than Lorax over the fact it's thanks to living creatures death occurs at all. Even so, scuffles and arguments tend to ensue when a living being risks harm; where Lorax will try his best to erase the threat, while Lossrax sees it as his chance and "right" to make things worse.

The Lorax is a guardian of all that lives and grows on the earth and has supernatural abilities relevant to the elements he represents. Unlike the other raxes, he has the body and mental understanding to do all that living creatures do and enjoy, like eat, play, sleep, dream, and the ability to love and reproduce.

Since life is what he's tasked to protect, he has a pacifistic nature and won't entertain extreme measures that may physically harm or kill another being. With speech as his only weapon of choice, it ironically leads to more deaths when dealing with an unrelenting transgressor that can't be reasoned with.

The Lorax is small, bipedal, has a beige-yellow moustache, and messy orange fur with dark vertical stripes on his elbows and knees.

### The Lochrax

> "*I am The Lochrax, I speak for the seas!*"
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The Lochrax represents infertility, Autumn, and the element of water. He primarily hangs out in Scottish waters and is Scottish himself.

He's in good standing with The Lorax and Loftrax, though the dangers of the sea and live-sucking Autumn season make him not the perfect ally, even if Lochrax argues his Autumn is merely meant as a warning sign to living creatures that The Lossrax is coming.

As the transition between life and death, he finds it hard to choose which one he values most, though more often favours life, if only because he doesn't envy the rax of death's reputation.

Despite water being beneficial to the growth and survival of the Earth, his body itself causes soil and creatures to lose their fertility upon contact, especially if it's long-lasting. He can transform himself into water as well, but outside of an existing body of water, it's acidic, and inside, he becomes extremely high pressure and risks killing any creature that swims through him.

Out of all raxes, he and The Lorax are the only ones with some level of emotional intelligence, though Lochrax is quick to get upset and threaten others. When an ocean gets tainted with pollution, he'll respond by calling upon a deadly tidal wave. Having that said, Lochrax is a careless guardian who harms or murders his enemies, even accidentally.

The Lochrax is small, bipedal, and has dense oily fur in a faded teal colour. Scales sit on his stomach, elbows and knees, which now and then fall off and shrivel up, looking like crumpled, dead leaves.

He has a thick, short tail, walrus teeth, yellow eye white, whiskers for eyebrows, small fins on his heels, flipper-like hands and feet, a blue nose, and a wavy, grey moustache. When angered, his nose turns grey and his moustache becomes like an unruly ocean wave.

### The Loftrax

> "*I am The Loftrax, I speak for the breeze!*"
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The Loftrax represents the inanimate, Summer, and the element of air. According to historic documents, he was first spotted above Northwestern Europe, but soon moved to countries known for their hot temperatures, primarily ones where the Winter season doesn't exist.

He holds control over everything that resides and functions in the sky, like oxygen, the Sun, other planets and stars, as for the clouds and whatever effects they may bring. He has slight control over water in the form of rainfall, life thanks to his Sun and the oxygen animals and plants need, and fire in the form of scorching Summers. While he crosses the territory of the other raxes, he's a silent, unthinking creature that operates like a machine; doing only what is necessary or makes sense in the moment. "I am The Loftrax, I speak for the breeze." is the one line of speech he can utter.

Since air and the inanimate are everywhere in the universe and impossible to eradicate from existence, Loftrax would've been the strongest rax if life and fertility weren't more valuable, rarer phenomenons. Nevertheless, he's the most durable rax in the sense he cannot be killed, though it's possible to "shut him off" by twisting his beak-like nose upwards, which appears to be a lever for that one purpose.

Why it's there is not known by any of the raxes, though Lorax thinks it's a safety measure in case he causes trouble and none of the guardians are allowed to be the absolute authority on what is otherwise deemed their expertise. It argues for the existence of a higher power that created them, but none of them can confirm this to be true.

Loftrax is small and has an owl-like head with a long white "beard" that forms into a tail, of which the end looks much like a kite handle intertwined with another handle. A yellow strip of kite lint is stuck to his forehead.

He's very light and perpetually airborne, and doesn't have legs to walk on land with. His skin is never quite the same and at any random given time looks made out of smooth stone, metal, rubber, or plastic.

"Feathers" are stored inside his body, made of different materials, to withdraw or release and form into a shape that's associated with a flying object; like the wings of an airplane, the sides of a kite, helicopter propellers, etc. He can only use and mimic devices or phenomenons, not animals.

While he's called "he" by the other raxes out of convenience, he qualifies as inanimate and doesn't have a gender.

### The Lossrax

> "*I am the flame that eats the trees, I am the freeze that stops the seas, I am disease that taints the breeze. I am what I am, I do what I must, I do as I please.*"
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The Lossrax represents death, Winter, and ironically the element of fire. He aimlessly wanders the Earth and usually rests under the soil of areas where alot of deaths occur, or alternatively, little to no living creatures reside. Resting is not a necessity, yet something he feels urged to do; since Lossrax' undead body desires to get buried as if it were dead.

His powers cause harm to the living and merely touching the skeletal part of his body instant death. He's a despised creature, though not an ill-tempered being and has much in common with the other raxes in the sense he's just doing his job.

He tends to surpass The Lorax on the hierarchy ladder, but isn't a threat to Lochrax and Loftrax, who rule over themes death has little to no effect on.

Though The Lorax is the most easy to kill out of all raxes, he won't perish when touched by Lossrax, since guardians cannot and may not harm one another. Lorax' touch of fertility grants Lossrax a body of flesh and blood, while Lossrax' touch of death turns him into a living skeleton.

Touching The Lorax allows him to experience sensations his regular body can't perceive and is slightly addictive. Whenever Lorax is in arm's reach, he may randomly approach to touch him and relive that experience. Lorax assumes his rival is doing it with the goal to get rid of him, though not necessarily with a scheme in mind, as he knows Lossrax doesn't know any better than to bring death to living creatures. While that is true, Lossrax appreciates the living, since it's thanks to the world's creatures he has purpose at all, even if Lorax' plight of keeping them healthy and alive as long as possible isn't appreciated.

Since he's a force that cannot be stopped or tainted, he isn't really a guardian and doesn't have to defend his "domain" from -for example- careless humans. He has no concept of empathy, thus cannot be reasoned with. He rarely speaks and doesn't have the vocal cords to do so, but knows telepathy. This power comes with the additional effect that the target will turn mad with anxiety if spoken to for too long.

The Lossrax is small, bipedal, and has very thick, icy-white fur. Some of the back ends look scorched and the hairs have a bit of a stiff, unpleasant feel, despite its deceptively nice look. The outside layer is hot and quick to irritate one's skin, while the inner layers are freezing cold.

Lossrax' skeleton body looks like The Lorax if he were without flesh, though his living form looks different enough because of his fur colour and texture. Nevertheless, Lorax knows he and The Lossrax are biologically identical.

Since his skeleton is the cursed element of his body that instantly kills living things, his living form is safe to touch, with exception of his teeth. The effects of his fur are lessened as well and his face and limbs feel mostly normal, as these patches of fur only exist thanks to Lorax' magic and thus don't have harmful properties.

## Gallery

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**Unfinished artwork showing the first, original designs of all raxes.**
 *(Wiki exclusive upload, 2023)***The Lorax, 1971 version.**
 *(Wiki exclusive upload, 2023)***The Lochrax, 1971 version.**
 *(Wiki exclusive upload, 2023)***The Loftrax, 1971 version.**
 *(Wiki exclusive upload, 2023)***The Lossrax, 1971 version.**
 *(Wiki exclusive upload, 2023)***Lorax and The Lossrax swapped, and Lochrax in a rage.**
 *(Wiki exclusive upload, 2023)***Comic sketch of The Lossrax sabotaging The Lorax.**
 *(Wiki exclusive upload, 2023)***Comic sketch of The Lossrax meeting The Once-ler.**
 *(Wiki exclusive upload, 2023)***Comic sketch of The Lorax struggling to keep the others in check.**
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