FrogCon

Welcome one and all, to FrogCon. The place where all things frog can be seen. This is sort of a compilation of animals in the southeast specifically, with a focus on the rainforests made by me, frog [Other creations added by others will be put in square brackets, for credit's sake]. Also includes general animals made by frog [and friends].

# FROGCON:

## Fauna

### Land based

#### Golira

The golira is a land based primate native to the easternmost temperate rainforests. It is incredibly round and had a horn 6 inches thick, 9 inches wide. They are known for eating a mostly plant diet. Some cultures revere it's horn as a medicine for long lasting life.

#### Rwòlmshjel

This is a muscular hog, known to frequent rainforests for it's abundance of moisture. These animals rely on their pointed spines to absorb water, as their skin is non-porous. They are known for being incredibly strong, and can kill something four times it's own size mostly due to it's incredible muscular system. A well placed tackle from this beast can break bones, and if they survive, the spines act as a last resort, piercing the skin of his opponent at the cost of drinking for the next few days. The pig must find a suitable source of water to survive, which is why it can be seen in rainforests. The first Rwòlmshjel were discovered by the Ràl Atsel, when it was revealed they had a small population on the southwestern peninsula. They have since been spotted along the southwestern coast, with many small groups leading east.

#### Chromvelserpis

This is a land based snake. The first one discovered perplexed the Arbocerulean, as it's colour changing pigment made it quit difficult to find and catch. That, alongside it's incredible speed of 80 mph inspired the Arbocerulean with the idea of camoflague. They killed and skinned it, realizing it's colour changing capability could not be stolen, as such they keep the skins as trophy's, which are passed down from generation to generation and have significant value to the elders who caught them. These can be found along the eastern coast, while despite being land based, they still birth by the sea.

#### Fungrab

These crabs are not your everyday free thinking crab. These are a class of hive minded ghost crabs. The original species has been lost to time and have gone extinct due to the fungi growing on all members. These crabs are all interconnected through mycelium, and will all follow a specific set of orders when disturbed. They bury themselves in the day, where only their eyes and the mushrooms that grow on them are visible. At night, they get up and search for food to feed to the mycelium network deep below the forest floor. No specimens have been properly discovered as of yet, and as such their whereabouts are unknown. It is believed they can be found in places with dense forests where the sunlight doesn't reach the forest floor.

#### The Sentieit Race

This species of sentient rabbit stands at only 4 feet tall, but have a diverse culture. See the Sentieit page for more details.

#### Sloog

The sloog are a species of 8 feet tall slugs. They will roll around in the grass for camoflague, as anything that touches the sloog sticks to it. These massive carnivorous slugs are known to actively hunt for meat, chasing down other species for days on end. They leave a bioluminescent trail that will glow in the moonlight. If you ever find yourself out during the night and discovering these tracks, be sure to avoid at all costs. The sloog live in the very depths of the rainforests, away from the saltwater coast.

#### Speedle

The speedle is a palm sized beetle with red armour featuring yellow stripes. The speedle is known to have an unusually hard head, sometimes being mistaken for a projectile. These small beetles can fly at 36 mph and can be found in the depths of the rainforests, away from the coastline. They typically act in a somewhat odd fashion, ramming itself into trees making a unique audible sound. They do this in practise of battling others for mates or survival.

### Sea based

#### Gerori

Gerori are fast thin fish that range from 36 to 40 cm. They are typically eaten raw as they are hard to catch and anyone stupid enough to try usually starves themselves trying to catch it.

#### Geru

Geru is the most preferred fish ranging from 60-80 cm. It is still quite fast, but is stupid enough to fall for the same trick twice. Their intelligence is unlikely to be their downfall, as they breed four times during breeding seasons. Typically 300 are born each season, per fish.

#### Gips

The last fish is Gips, these fish have spiny bones that make them inedible. Sometimes a willing Froge will catch one and prepare the meat over a weeks time to remove the toxic materials found inside the fish. The meat is heavily spiced to keep it from rotting, and has become a sort of delicacy/staple of Froge cooking.

#### Grop

Grop is a round slow fish, but it is very armoured and has a tough set of teeth that can bite through bone. Grop are an average of 15 cm in radius.

#### Gip~GipGero'Gero

On the southern coast lives a Crustacean 4 feet tall and 6 feet wide, while they have shown potential for becoming a mighty steed, the Froge simply do not have that technology yet. These particular crustaceans have a spiked carapice, which has proven time and time again to be venomous. Taming these would require a saddle to protect the wearer.

#### Fihs

The Fihs are a worldwide fish that are an average size, but have a very unique property that makes them an efficient way of making various types of liquor. Their stomach is lined with a specific enzyme that assists in the fermentation of whatever it eats. As such, they have become a very popular fish to farm, as you can feed them anything, and have them produce varying types of alcohol. The extraction process does get a bit messy, but if you don't mind the fishy aftertaste the quality of the wine specifically made through this process is exquisite.

#### Zoniago

These were first discovered in the river name, where the people of Kāriri immediately took it as a new source of food. As it turned out, these fish were actually oceanic in origin. Zoniago have been traveling up the river all the way from the ocean for generations. Every mating season, the most potent males and females stay behind to lay their eggs, while the less likely to mate are sent off down the river. The fish do this as a way of spreading their influence, although this isn't necessarily the case. The fish are in no way near extinction, but they are seasonal, as they only go up river while it is mating season, and have never been spotted in their original location. This has led some to believe they are actually subterranean in origin. The Kāriri from the south have been known to sell these fish seasonally to great sucess.

### Sky based

#### Gip'GipGip

There is one bird that inhabits the rainforest alongside the Froge, The Gip'GipGip. These birds feast on many of the plants in the area, and as such are easy to bait and catch. These birds are 45 cm tall, with a thick beak for battling others. Their wings span up to 80 cm across individually and fly at 60 km/h. They have black feathers on the outside, with a white patch on the top of their head above their eyes. On the inside of their wings there are Red, Blue, Green and orange feathers. They are mostly docile, and will flee if attacked.

#### Rexchromorem

Rexchromorem are rarely seen creatures, being seen as close as the southeastern peninsula to as far as the tropical rainforest in the northeast. It is assumed they inhabit the rainforest all along the eastern coast. These terrifying birds fly at 160 mph and viciously stalk anyone it finds remotely interesting. Nobody has seen what these birds eat, how they reproduce or where they go when they are spotted. The only specimen ever caught was in Arbocerulean, where it gets it's name. After studying it and finding it has very little intelligence but an astonishing amount of processing power, they released it.

### Other

#### lapurturmatis

This is a turtle that widely varies in size. it can be found from the southernmost peninsula to the northernmost wetlands. It eats anything it can get its hands on, yet is quite docile and will stay still for days on end if it suspects a predator is nearby. These typically can last for a few days to a few weeks depending on how large it is. It is both aquatic and terrestrial, and as such has two distinct appearances. The oceanic variety will grow algae on it's back whereas the terrestrial will grow moss. While both are green it's important to know the distinction as you may seperate them from their natural habitat.

## Flora

### Land based

#### GroGro (spice)

These are a cousin to the fruit variant. It still maintains the toxic flower part, but instead of a fruit a stamen with a very peculiar powder is present. Froge will pick this stamen and use the powder it produces to flavour foods. The flavour it produces is spicy, with a very strong taste. This spice is rarely used by anyone other than gourmet cooks as it is incredibly easy to burn and ruin a dish.

#### GroGro (tree)

This is a tall tree that houses Gip'GipGip. Froge discovered the sticky substance inside when they attempted to break into the bird's nest. The sap is taken from the branches of the tree and used as a way to fortify burrows and flavour food. It also works as amazing bait to catch most fish.

#### GroGro (fruit)

These are the number one staple of Froge cuisine. The GroGro (Fruit Plant) consists of a toxic flower with 5 petals and a bright red fruit growing in the centre. One petal causes a brief nausea, two cause sickness, four cause death. The fruit, which is eaten raw, cooked and with other foods, is a bitter tasting fruit that gets sweeter the more you eat. These plants grow along the southeastern bay borders.

#### GroGro (grass)

This is a tall, blue-purple tipped grass that is unpassable. The tips of the grass foretell of a venom that causes shock and paranoia in whoever is unfortunate enough to touch it. This grass comes in patches and typically spreads wherever it is planted.

#### GroGro (leaf)

The Leaf plant grows on the forest floor, but is typically not surrounded by other vegetative life. It turns out this is a parasitic weed that mimics the look of a plant by having thick green leaves. These leaves can be taken by the Froge and used as a sort of serving tray to hold food at feasts. Since these plants require no actual sunlight, they have become a staple of an in-house plant.

#### Antsponge [NeonNaut]

The antsponge is a plant with spongy, prickly, bark, that grow on fallen trees, or in the v section of living trees. The clustered stems of the plant develop natural hollows which are used by a species of ants in a symbiotic arrangement. The ants patrol the plant, removing insects that would eat the plant, while their excreta is absorbed by the plant for nutrition. The plant has vine like roots that can rap themselves around tree trunks. Some of these vines produce fruit, (fruit also grows on the stem) which are small and pale in size, likely to have once tricked the ants into moving the fruit to different nests, thinking it was ant larvae. The ants seemingly have evolved past this trickery as the main spreader of the plants are small birds which eat the fruit and deposit the seeds in other trees.

### Sea based

#### Corrupulus

A parasitic microalgae that embeds itself into fish dumb enough to consume it. The parasite then spreads throughout the inside of the fish, eventually permeating flesh. At this point, consuming any part of the fish causes illness in civilized species. In most other species however, it simply causes more infection. Corrupulus can be found near the central islands between the two continents, but it's influence can spread thanks to other factors.

## Froglossary:

Subjects of the Great Divide:

The Froge

The Skikker

The Cx'Kn Brrgar

The Arktix

The Grenour

The Dawn

The OG

Other various pages:

The White

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