Glitter Cardinals

The glitter cardinals are a species created by Galaxian Explosion, the god of life. They are unofficially listed under Forengard's Endangered Species list and fall under the protection and domain of their creator deity.

Please refrain from mentioning harm to them, in terms of humor or otherwise. Thanks.

 **Genders** | Male (currently)

## **Hierarchy**

They technically don’t eat anything other birds would eat, so they’re not involved in the food chain. There really isn’t a hierarchy otherwise, also because there are no female glitter cardinals right now, so that means they mostly stick to themselves.

## **Typical Appearance**

It is a red cardinal—but made of glitter. Red glitter. And some other colored types of glitter.

Okay, that was a bad description. Let the narrator try again…

It is mid-sized, with a body length of 21–23.5 cm (8.3–9.3 in) and a wingspan of 25–31 cm (9.8–12.2 in). The adult weighs from 33.6–65 g, with an average 44.8 g. Each is a brilliant crimson red color with a black face mask over the eyes, extending to the upper chest. The color becomes duller and darker on the back and wings. Each also possesses prominent raised crests and bright coral-colored beaks. The beak is cone-shaped and strong. They are brown above and red-brown below, with brick-colored crest, forehead, wings, and tail. The legs and feet are a dark pink-brown. The iris of the eye is brown.

They sometimes fluff up their feathers, but they do not grow or shed feathers, which are also made of glitter.

## **Clothing**

None typically. Galaxian puts a small, light red flower (a cardinal) somewhere on each.

## **General Personalities**

Glitter cardinals are very territorial and don’t seem to have remembered what they learned in kindergarten, because they don’t share. Their personalities are much like actual cardinals. Sometimes they are even seen fighting their own reflection, as they mistook it to be a rival. They are fiercely competitive but if they ever will have the ability to mate, they will remain loyal to their mates. This loyalty extends to their companions.

## **Abilities**

Ability to peck and ability to eat glitter. Also, ability to fly, I suppose.

## **Communication**

They communicate like “real” birds. They chirp and sing. Usually males don’t tolerate each other that well, though.

## **Background/History**

After learning about Queen Serenity III’s doings, Galaxian became desperate to both solve the puzzle and not destroy their friendship, as he still tries to persuade himself that she did not actually commit wrongdoings of her own accord, but perhaps of something else in her past. He plans to take glitter cardinals to her as a gift and offering for her to never kill living beings like that anymore--a proof of the beauty of life, if you will.

Galaxian took inspiration from Serenity’s like of glitter and actual northern cardinals. He constructed each and overall the species is still a work in progress. However, their overall structure will likely remain the same.

Each cardinal retains its life force from Galaxian. If the deity dies, they die. They technically cannot starve to death or thirst to death, et cetera, because they are not normal birds. However, they can be killed by other means, such as weapons. As with all other living entities, by killing them, you are marking yourself as an outright enemy of Galaxian, under whom they are protected.

As of the moment, there are only 6 glitter cardinals in existence. Their territory is unknown, but they typically stay away from typical territories of their normally occurring counterparts.