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Elk Crab

Disclaimer: The Elk Crab is a fictional animal from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

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Earth Ancestor: Inachidae\*

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Malacostraca

Order: Decapoda

Family: Inachidae\*

Genus: Unknown

Species: Unknown

### Description

The Elk Crab is a large species of spider crab so called due to its spiky appearance reminiscent of elk antlers, they are common place in the locations in which they are found

### Human Relations

Elk Crab are commonly harvested by crabbers, and although they can reach up to 25 lbs in larger males, most traps focus on sizes of 3-7 lbs.
Carnosuchus vulgaris

Disclaimer: Carnosuchus vulgaris is a fictional animal from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

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Earth Ancestor: Unknown

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Dinosauria

Order: Debated

Family: Debated

Genus; Carnosuchus

Species: C. vulgaris

### Description

Carnosuchus is a large theropod and apex predator of the Jurassic Islands. In the words of Dr. Aldus Hartsfield, they are a very generic theropod, with long serrated teeth like *Ceratosaurus*, a low-slung body like *Torvosaurus*, and a wedge-shaped head like *Allosaurus.*

### Habitat

jungles, open forests, floodplanes, wetlands, and open scrublands of Antiqua Major.

### Phylogeny

Variously argued to be a megalosaur, allosauroid, and even a primitive tyrannosaur, it is now believed that they are actually a highly derived ceratosaur, perhaps even noasaurs like *Pardosuchus*, although they are obviously from clades which have evolved in different directions in modern times. Others place them in the same ceratosaur lineage as *Ceratosaurus* itself, despite that it has three fingers on each hand armed with formidable meathook claws. Considering the inhabitants of this island have been in Kaimere more than twice as long as many of the late cretaceous dinosaurs of the known world, many in the Assembly are less concerned with narrowing down an ancestor a hundred and fifty or more million years ago and classifying them into modern clades. *Carnosuchus* does have two much smaller species on the island, namely in the two dense jungles on either southern peninsula, suggesting they only recently got large.
Pygmy Turtle Dog

Disclaimer: The Pygmy Turtle Dog is a fictional animal from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

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Earth Ancestor: Dicynodontia sp.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Synapsida

Order: Testudocyona

Family: Testudocyonidae

Genus: Testudocyon

Species: T. invictus

Video on the Topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taj02xNdeeQ&t=634s

### Description

The Pygmy Turtle Dog is a fossorial dicynodont most distinguishable by its comparatively small size and green spine. They live in complex burrows and are quite social. They are generalist feeders. The only teeth dicynodonts retain are their tusks, so they cannot chew. They have a strong tongue and rough upper palate they can use to break down some food, but will often just swallow it whole. With a fully endothermic metabolism they need a lot of food. Like other testudocyonans, the roots of their fangs in both sexes are encased with a thick, colorful flange of keratin used for both display and defense while they attach each other. While their burrows keep them warm, they have evolved filaments seemingly independent of hair that evolved in derived cynodonts, which is especially dense in the montane species. Although it may not be homologous to hair and fur, it is described as such in Assembly texts.

### Phylogeny

The Pygmy Turtle Dog is a dicynodont in the clade testudocyona, a clade unique to Kaimere which emerged around 30-40mya, the genus Testudocyon, which Pygmy Turtle Dogs belong to, is the most basal of this clade.

### Ontogeny

Unlike earth dicynodonts, which likely laid eggs, the Pygmy Turtle Dog gives birth. Mated pairs share in the responsibilities of guarding and feeding the young, though the mother provides a majority of the regurgitated food while the male guards the den, often quite violently.
Juki

Disclaimer: The Juki is a fictional animal from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

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Earth Ancestor: Ailurus sp.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family: Ailuridae

Genus: Ailurus\*

Species: Unknown

### Description

The Juki is a large ailurid which primarily feeds on plants near river beds, they are solitary, foraging during the day to avoid their main predator, tigers.

### Phylogeny

The Juki is an ailurid that is seemingly most closely related to the red panda of Earth.

### Human Relations

As Juki prefer to feed near rivers which flow from gold bearing mountains, they are often associated with luck, for some this attribute makes them sacred to some peoples, making it taboo to kill them. With other Kaimerans, taking the pelt of a Juki is said to bring good luck. Explorers say they are kind spirits, which readily lead prospectors to gold.
Solamontis

Solamontis is the smallest of the 3 main islands that make up the Jurassic Islands, it is a temperate island and the home of the tallest mountain recorded, The Mountain of the Sleeping God, Mount Solamontis, which reaches 5 miles above sea level.

### Mt Solamontis

  Mount Solamontis is a great spire of granite which, with a highest peak estimated to be nearly eight kilometers or nearly five miles above sea level, is thought to be among the tallest places in Kaimere. At least the tallest ever recorded by Kaimerans or Assembly agents. According to the records of the Great Library, this mountain is where an Elder God sleeps.
Snow King

Disclaimer: The Snow King is a fictional animal from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

Video on the Topic: The Moørkutlot: Spirits of the Silent Forest | Silent Ones of Kaishel

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Earth Ancestor: Watcheeriidae sp.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Heterothermia

Order: Pituitvera

Family: Unknown

Genus: Arctobufo

Species: A. rex

### Description

*Arctobufo*, is the top predator of the Desert of Frost and at about 2-3 tons and 2 meters tall at the shoulder, they largest known heterotherm on Kaimere. Their slime is under a layer of tough skin, giving them the impact benefits without deteriorating from both the salt flats and from saline onshore winds. They also do not spit slime, though their bite has the same venom. They can kill with brute force, but often prefer to bite and retreat, letting the prey succumb to toxins, shock, and blood loss. Most of their prey are migrating megafauna heading to the seasonally-abundant gulf-coast forests, then back to the warmer continental shores further north during winter. Arctobufo often only makes two kills a year: one on their way to the gulf coast and once back, and much of their lives beyond that is spent in stasis. This lifestyle, of bulk feeding twice a year and enduring the rest, is a gift of their strange metabolism.

   While all Pituitverans have a degree of color change capabilities, the chromatophore-dense skin of *Arctobufo* and its family are especially adaptable. Normally they spend their days in a dull grey or white depending on their environment, but when hunting or displaying they often show a radiant show of pulsating patterns. Especially when confronting prey like dinosaurs that have keen vision, this can be disorienting and even stunning long enough that they can land a killing bite. When choosing a mate, which takes place in the few times a year when there is abundant food, males will try to make their opponents surrender to nausea with neon flashes, which females find attractive from indirect angles and a safer distance.

   They have also been observed to mimic colors of their environment out of boredom.

### Habitat

The south pole and the surrounding Desert of Frost.

### Phylogeny

The Snow King and other related species all belong to a group of tetrapods known as heterotherms, an ancient clade of animals unique to Kaimere, descended from watcheerid tetrapods harvested during the First Dynasty. The Snow King are apart of a clade of Heterotherms known as Pituitverans. Their closest known relative is the Xuono.

### Ontogeny

Arctobufo do not change much throughout their lifecycle, being anatomically identical aside from size.

### Human Relations

The Tlaton say they are made from stone which fell from the tips of aurora lights, which is why when the winter lights dance, any *Arctobufo* not in stasis are seen mesmerized, staring up at the lights while the same hues of dark sky and green or violet stripes dance along their bodies.
Tlatonith Crabcraw

Disclaimer: the Tlatonith Crabcraw is a fictional animal from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

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Earth Ancestor: Insecta sp.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Caudomasta

Family: Coniferphthiridae

Genus: Unknown

Species: Unknown

### Description

The Tlatonith Crabcraw is a species of eusocial Whipcraw native to Pakardia. Though they lack the complex social structure of conifer mites, termites, and wasps, they do tend to congregate in large groups and are considered eusocial despite hives in the hundreds or thousands, not millions. They are distinguished (in workers) by their rust colored carapace, leanish build, and shorter antennae than their cousins. Being eusocial, Tlatonith Crabcraw do have different morphs designated to certain jobs within the hive. workers are around 1.5cm.

### Phylogeny

Tlatonith Crabcraw are is a member of the order Caudomasta, a clade of insect unique to Kaimere harvested during Earth's Late Devonian. They were initially mistaken by the Great Library and Assembly as a type of conifer mite. They are in the family Coniferphthiridae.

### Ontogeny

Like all Whipcraw, the Tlatonith Crabcraw do not have a larval stage, only nymphs which molt into their adult form.

### Human Relations

Crabcraw are often eaten by the handful by the Pakardiant.
Yakueko

Disclaimer: The Yakueko is a fictional animal from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

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Earth Ancestor: Scombridae sp.\*

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii

Order: Scombriformes

Family: Scombridae

Genus; Unknown

Species: Unknown

### Description

Being some of the fastest animals in Kaimere, the Yakueko is distinguished by its streamlined body, including lips, Yellow and black fins and finlets, as well as a striking scale pattern. Yakueko are effective hunters due to their speed, with their shear-like jaws being able to dismember and decapitate on impact, it is because of this speed that they are considered a keystone species, as they are some of the few animals able to reliably hunt Grakogen, a frustratingly agile animal to hunt for most other predators.

### Ontogeny

Juvenile Yakueko will live in schools for protection and as they reach adulthood become solitary.

### Human Relations

Yakueko do hunt humans, and have sparked myths of them jumping onto boats to eat humans. Despite being a ferocious animal they are at times the savior to a fisherman crew who are raided by a pod of Grakogen.
The Common Tongue: Amenetra

Disclaimer: Amenetra is a fictional language created for Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

Also known as the Common Tongue or the Trade Language, Amenetra is a language used by many cultures of the Known World and some beyond created and primarily spoken by the Free States. Unlike many Earth Languages it is phonetic instead of alphabetic, this was done because it seemed an efficient system for a language meant to be easily taught, written, and adapted to many languages. The peoples of the Free States have several other languages and writing systems, but Amenetra (Common) is adapted for ease of use.

You'll notice that in the second and third spellings of Amenetra (shown top of image at right) characters are combined and a dot is put on the "A" phonetic character, this dot is used to designate order of pronunciation, with the dot on "A" clarifying the pronunciation is 'Ame' and not 'Mea'.

An Amenetric spelling of a humorous phrase- Keenan Taylor
### Suffixes

-"Ith" is a suffix which denotes that you are talking about a group of people, Qajarith, Qadanith, Pakardith, etc.
Moosehead

Disclaimer: The Moosehead is a fictional animal from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

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Earth Ancestor: Proetida sp.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Trilobita

Order: Arthrocantha

Family: Arthrocervidae

Genus: Arthrocervus

Species: A. polychromalces

### Description

Moosehead are large, heavily dimorphic trilobites so called for their elaborate headgear.

### Phylogeny

Moosehead are proetid trilobites in the order Arthrocantha, which they share with the arthrocanthids and limnocarids. They belong to the family arthrocervidae. Their ancestors were harvested during the earlier harvests of the First Dynasty.

### Sexual Dimorphism

Though females have fairly uniform hornlets regardless of taxa, the massive many-pronged horns which form a unique shape to the males of each species is the most notable example of sexual dimorphism among trilobites.

They engage in impressive jousting matches, often with an effort to flip the loser. Given their headgear, righting themselves can take a few minutes, meaning the winner has plenty of time to corral and move their mates away. Females have small horns which are still fully capable of flipping other arthropods that compete with them, a signal that while the main driving force of these features is for sexual selection, there is an interspecific use for them as well.
Common Whipcraw

Disclaimer: The Common Whipcraw is a fictional animal from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

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Earth Ancestor: Insecta sp.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Caudomasta

Family: Caudimastidae

Genus: Caudomastix

Species: C. goliath

### Description

Though not as abundant as their name would suggest, the Common Whipcraw is the largest of the basal whipcraw, reaching average lengths of about 20cm.

### Habitat

Titan Gardens of the Known World and beyond.

### Phylogeny

The Common Whipcraw is one of the most basal members of the Whipcraw clade, an order of insects unique to Kaimere.

### Ontogeny

Like all Whipcraw, Common Whipcraw do not have a larval stage, only having nymphs.

### Human Relations

Common Whipcraw are sometimes roasted and eaten by kaimerans.
Dalejad’ha

Disclaimer: The Dalejad'ha is a fictional animal from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

Video on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeYFTmynC78&t=385s

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Earth Ancestor: Salmonidae sp\*

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii

Order: Salmoniformes

Family: Salmonidae

Genus: Unknown

Species: Unknown

### Description

Dalejad'ha are a large species of salmon which in larger individuals reach 500 lbs, they make a seasonal migration from the polar seas of Kaishel to Pakardia to lay their eggs. the Dalejad'ha's salmon run, like earth, feeds a variety of animals from the imposing Kurajaku to the meager Rat Pecker, even humans partake on the bounty provided by these imposing fish.

A conglomerate of scavengers feed on a discarded salmon-Keenan TaylorA school of Dalejad'ha making the perilous first leg of the journey through the polar sea-Keenan TaylorMegaraptorans getting first pick at the river salmon-Keenan TaylorA group of Pakardiant attempting to take their share of salmon from a hopefully full kurajaku to their home village- Keenan Taylor
### Habitat

Southern polar sea and pakardiant rivers and lakes.

### Ontogeny

Dalejad'ha have a well documented life, the salmon are born in the freshwater lakes of Pakardia where they either stay in the lakes as yellowish green patterning, or move southward to Kaishel where they grow significantly larger, more robust and especially vibrant, in the ocean morph salmon, when they come of age, return to their hatching place of Pakardia, facing almost certain doom to maintain the cycle of the river's bounty.

### Human Relations

The Dalejad'ha's salmon run is very important to the people of Pakardia, so much so that the word Dalejad'ha roughly translates in pakardiant to "the river's gift", with this annual rush being able to feed a village for months.
Skin Changers

Skin Changers are a Magically inclined Humans which are able to take the form of an animal comparable to their own size, some claim that there were skin changers which could take the form of multiple animals, and is supported by cave paintings. No one knows how skin changers came to be but the most supported hypothesis is that skin changers had a strain of hereditary Magic which would protect the host from attackers by assume said attackers form, evident by most skin changers being the usual man eater suspects. Another hypothesis for this phenomena is that skin changing is a form of viral Magic which once assumed the beast form as a host, something which has been seen in the wild. Another hypothesis is that skin changing was a development of the First Children or the specialized craft of certain witches.

Not all skin changers are born skin changers, and many are either infected via bite or rely on the use of an enchanted object to shift.
Ballad of Ka'Hai: An Uktan Story

Ballad of Ka'Hai: An Uktan Story is a two hour documentary style film from the world of Tales of Kaimere, starring the titular Ka'Hai, a male Uktan, as he grows from a small hatchling to a mighty beast of the prairie, all the while facing the dangers of Kaimere's harsh wilderness and the struggles of family life in a world where mercy is not an option. The film is split into seven segments or "chapters" each a retelling of an important event or ontogenetic stage for Ka'Hai

## Characters

### Kyan

Runt of Ka'Hai's generation, a melanistic male who specializes in night hunting

### Hyani

Mother of Ka'Hai and his siblings, comes from a family of Pronghorn specialists

### Trok

Father of Ka'Hai and his siblings, and taught Hyani and his children how to hunt Chelotaur, a trait brought from his chelotaur specialist family

### Druk

Meaning "martial arts instructor" in the tongue of the Dolani, Druk is Ka'Hai's older brother, and the first being he encounters once hatched. He acts as the primary guardian of the chicks while his parents are out on the hunt, but eventually leaves the family to pursue his own. He is the only remaining Uktan from the second generation of Trok and Hyani

### The Twins: Myaka and Bita

A pear of female uktan which were the only survivors of the clutch prior to Ka'Hai's
The Known World

Disclaimer: The Known World is a fictional location from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

The Known World is a section of Kaimere roughly the size of the US, consisting of east Arvel, south Ni'Khar, Pakardia, and as well as an archipelago to the southwest. Most Kaimerans live within the bounds of the Known World, primarily due to dangerous natural occurrences such as hostile fauna, malevolent magic, or generally harsher conditions. The Known World (as of now) is the home of the Portal, located just west of the Free States in Kabarahar, the Portal City. As a result of the Portal's locality, the Known World has not only the most diverse ecosystem on the planet, but also the most competitive.
Kaimeran Leviathan

Disclaimer: The Kaimeran Leviathan is a fictional animal from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

## Kaimeran Leviathan

Kaimeran Leviathan profile- Keenan Taylor

## Cladistics

### Description

Also known by the name 'Bilaruk', the Kaimeran Leviathan is a large multituberculate resembling archaeocete whales of Earth. At about 75 feet and 60 tons in an average male, they are by far the largest multituberculate known on Kaimere.

Bilaruk are bottom-feeders. Having a majority of their diet being composed of seagrass, mixed with whatever small fauna crustaceans and worms they get when seeking the sand at the bottom. Their tusks firstly mainly served for feeding. Using them to stir up sediment and sometimes grabbing a chunk of sea floor. They sift out sediment with their baleen, then use molars to chew the mix of seagrass and benthic fauna they mix in their mouth and then swallow.

They don't compete at all with Baleen Whales, to which they are still analogous in several aspects, as well they don't compete with great importance with Marine Ground Sloth, Desmotylian, Sirenian and Cetocynodontid Dicynodonts such the Mogoa too as they graze in deeper waters than Sloths and Desmostylians generally like to go.

Despite niche partitioning, the Kaimeran Leviathan is a very aggressive towards other animals in their environment, with nearly all individuals recorded by the Assembly having deep scars from tusk, tooth, and claws of other animals.They are fast animals but lack endurance

### Habitat

Seagrass meadows of the Known World and beyond, with preference for deeper waters.

### Sexual Dimorphism

Male Bilaruk are significantly larger than females, and have venomous spurs on their back fins and enlarged tusks used in intraspecific combat.

### Human Relations

Being aggressive animals, there have been occurrences of Bilaruk attacking ships, even using their tusks to pierce the hull.

### Redesigns

The Bilaruk has had one major redesign, it was originally depicted as a bottom walking animal with asymmetrical skulls for cropping seagrass. This design was scrapped for the Kaimeran Leviathan as the origin of the animal didn't make sense with pre existing lore, but the design will be used in the future for a large herbivore in Kairul's inland sea.

Original design of the Bilaruk, now in use for a large beast in Kairul's inland sea
Neogargoyleosaurus

Disclaimer: Neogargoyleosaurus is a fictional animal from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

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Earth Ancestor: Gargoyleosaurus

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Dinosauria

Order: Thyreophora

Family: Nodosauridae

Genus: Neogargoyleosaurus

Species: Unknown

### Description

Neogargoyleosaurus is a fairly standard basal ankylosaur most notable for its near one to one resemblance to gargoyleosaurus of Earth.

### Phylogeny

Although many animals on the island are surprisingly derived despite basal body plans, some are so indistinguishable from fossil taxa that they are considered Lazarus taxa, or living fossils. *Neogargoyleosaurus* is a prime example of this. These basal ankylosaurs have highly similar bodyplans to their ancestors to the point that some even consider them to be the same genus, though for the sake of assuming there have been genetic evolution since then, they were assigned a distinct genus. Some believe their existence confirms at least one of the harvests was from North America during the Kimmeridgian or Tithonian of the Late Jurassic, but others have countered the genus may have been elsewhere, such as Europe or Africa, and is just not discovered yet. So far back it is almost impossible for the Assembly to pin down times and locations of harvest, especially given how incomplete our fossil record is, but the existence of an animal so close to a genus from the Morrison Formation is enough that many Assembly paleontologists are comfortable with a tentative assertion that at least one harvest contributing to the flora and fauna of the Jurassic Islands was in North America around 150 million years ago.
Sharktail Walrus

Disclaimer: The Sharktail Walrus is a fictional animal from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

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Earth Ancestor: Dicynodontia sp.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Synapsida

Order; Testudocyona

Family: Cetocynodontidae

Genus: Cetocynodon

Species: C. marbovis

Video on the topic Permian Continent

### Description

The Sharktail Walrus is a marine dicynodont native to the seagrass meadows off the south and western coast, it can be differentiated from its known world cousin the Mogao from its visible back spines, smoother hide, as well as the remnants of toes on the flippers.

### Phylogeny

The Sharktail Walrus is a dicynodont in the clade Testudocyona, a clade unique to Kaimere which emerged around 30-40mya.
Gibbon bat

Disclaimer: The Gibbon Bat is a fictional animal from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

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Earth Ancestor: Pteropodidae sp.\*

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Chiroptera

Family: Pteropodidae\*

Genus: Vespersimia

Species: v. hylobates

### Description

The Gibbon Bat is a comparatively large bat found exclusively on the Permian Continent. While they can clumsily fly, these small game hunters sneak along the treetops upside down and kill with both wing claw and fang-like incisors. They mostly hunt small birds, other bats, and small arboreal dicynodonts, though will also feed on fruit, presumably the niche step their herbivorous ancestors took before turning to predation.

### Habitat

Lowland forests of the Permian Continent.

### Phylogeny

The relationship between gibbon bats and other bats is as of now unknown. Though they are descendants of bats harvested from the Oligocene Harvest.
Mole Scorpion

Disclaimer: The Mole Scorpion is a fictional animal from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

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Earth Ancestor: Scorpiones sp.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Chelicerata

Order: Scorpiones sp.

Family: Unknown

Genus: Unknown

Species: Unknown

### Description

The Mole scorpion is one of the smallest eurypterids in Kaimere, with this being their most distinguished characteristic. The Mole Scorpion unlike other crab scorpions is entirely carnivorous, hunting small worms and crustaceans hiding in the sand.

### Habitat

Sea grass meadows of the Known World and beyond.

### Phylogeny

Crab scorpions are the most common clade of carcinizised scorpions in Kaimere, and were harvested far before true crabs had evolved. The Mole Scorpion and other related species are apart of the carnivorous clade of crab scorpions.

### Ontogeny

Like other marine scorpions of Kaimere, crab scorpions are K selected reproducers, having relative few young that they put more time into, therefore causing them to be more likely to reach adulthood.
Kalikatszukha

One of the many demons in Pakardiant folklore is a sadistic and ravenous creature named Kalikatszukha: My Breath Decays.

"In the dark ages, when the witch-kings had fallen and the demons emerged from the shadows, there were many conflicts. One of the last great witches was ambushed by a greater demon. She managed to repel the demon, but in her weakened state, could not fend off the hungry oritaku that came looking for a meal. The drake consumed her, as was its nature. While her body was digested, the witch's magic fought back. Her magic was strong, and refused to die. Eventually she took control, but the spirit of Oritaku was displeased with one her bodies being controlled by other magic, so she put a piece of her spirit in the body to combat the witch's magic. Having the demands of two magics took a heavy toll on the body. It is said that to this day, Kalikatszukha wanders about the highlands, ever hungry for mortals to sustain the magical conflict within..."
Akanuk

Disclaimer: The Akanuk are a fictional people from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

The Akanuk are a culture of Khalin Kaimeran native to the western Khalin Islands, found in the southwest of the Known World. The Akanuk are considered the best dog breeders in Kaimere. They have a long history, going back millennia, of observing breed health. A conclusion they have come to is that temperament and health are paramount. Other Kaimerans breed for outstanding features and coloration, but the Akanuk consider this to be an influence of inbreeding that irreparably damages the health of their best friends. Akanuk dogs were blessed with a strain of their own hereditary magic by a witch back before the dark ages. It is not as potent as that of Kaimerans, and has been diluted over the years, but they take around three years to reach adulthood and can live well into their sixties. This may have slowed the breeding process, but helps their health and also makes them companions for much longer, perhaps contributing to the care and attention that the Akanuk treat their hounds. The hounds that the Akanuk have bred have been invaluable in their way of life, helping in whaling, defense, and even medical treatment.
Lidigurk

Lidigurk is the name of the Elder god which resides within Mt Solamontis, not much is known about this being. However, there are temples carved into its side far above native villages with writing similar to witch-holts back in the known world during the Age of Witches. Witches often drew power from trapped homunculi, and some even dared tap into the magic of elder gods like the Great Portal and Üshalek forest. In every recorded instance this ended in disaster, and it is assumed the same would be true of trying to bargain with whatever god resides at the heart of this lonely mountain. Even so, the Assembly is hopeful that future expeditions might illuminate more information about the nature of this sleeping god…
Kaimere

Kaimere is the setting of the Tales of Kaimere anthologies; in universe it is a distant planet much like earth in size and climate as well as distance from its sun, characterized by waves of life taken from our planet and introduced to the native lifeforms, the native lifeforms of Kaimere are microscopic organisms that are interconnected and intelligent, these organisms are commonly called magic by the people of Kaimere. Magic often bonds with living organisms, which are then thought of as witches, demons, and or magical creatures. Native magic created a portal between Earth and Kaimere with the intent of populating the planet with the flora and fauna of Earth. (1) What is Kaimere? | Sci-Fi Worldbuilding - YouTube

## Continents/Major Land Masses of Kaimere

* Northern Continent (Ni'khar)
* Western Continent (Arvel)
* Pakardia
* Eastern Continent (Kairul)
* Crown of Kairul
* Permian Islands
* Permian Continent
* Jurassic Islands
* Kaishel
* Arctic Continent

## Climate

Video on the topic: ￼(2) Gears of Wind and Water: Climate, Currents, and Biomes in Kaimere | Sci-Fi Worldbuilding - YouTube

**Dark blue- tropical rain forests**

**Blue- tropical monsoon, high fluctuation in wet and dry season**

**Light blue-Savannah/ tropical grasslands**

**Gold/orange-Hot steppes**

**Red- desserts**

**Yellow- Mediterranean climate**

**Green- subtropical climate, high precipitation in summer, mild winters**

**Dark green- oceanic climate**

## Life on Kaimere

See Magic Entities.

See Fauna.

See Flora.

## History of Kaimere

See Geologic History

See Recorded History
Opal Kraken

Disclaimer; The Opal Kraken is a fictional animal from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

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Earth Ancestor: Ammonitida\*

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Cephalopoda

Order: Ammonitida

Family: Unknown

Genus: Unknown

Species: Unknown

### Description

The Opal Kraken is a striking if not basal looking ammonite notable for it's namesake opal shell.

### Human Relations

Ammonites such as the Opal Kraken are culturally significant to many kaimeran peoples, they are the symbol of the Great Library of Bolondakoi, with their many collection vaults designed to appear like the swirling shell of an ammonite. The Khalin use these animals to represent a wide range of virtues including, artistry, mathematics, adventure, wisdom, and clarity, the deity of the Khalin, known to the Kentarim as Melrahim, is often depicted as having ammonite shells growing from her brow. Ammonites like the Opal Kraken are also prized for their striking shells used in jewelry and/or decoration, and their tender meat.
Celestial Wall

The Celestial Wall is a large structure which spans the landbridge between Qajar and the rest of Arvel, it was built by the First Children over ten thousand of years ago to develop a base of operations in Qajar protecting them from the dangerous megafauna of the rest of the Known World. A massive swarm of Magic is bound to the wall as its host, and protects and repairs it to the tests of time. Most hives eventually perish and their bonded artifacts decay, but due to the sheer size of the wall's magic and the vegetation it now grows along its top and sides, it has sustained itself. This wall forms a barrier which, combined with the fjord coast of Qajar, keeps the entire peninsula functionally isolated. After the First Children culled the beasts and indigenous peoples from the peninsula, it served as a safe and sustainable agricultural base for their civilization. Although the First Children are gone and most of their civilization little more than ruins, the Celestial Wall has kept Qajar safe from many of the destructive beasts that make establishing cities so difficult in the rest of The Known World. Many creatures have repopulated the peninsula in the thousands of years since the culling of the First Children, and flying predators like pterosaurs have no difficulty infiltrating, it the impact of the wall has transformed Qajar and it remains unique in its scale of safe territory.
Agt. Henry Abernathy

Disclaimer: Henry Abernathy is a character from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

Henry Abernathy is a vampire working for the Assembly. In his mortal years, he was a farm hand in Alabama. He enlisted in the Confederate army during America’s Civil War. At six foot four and big as a door, he was an easy choice for Captain James Donovan, a Confederate officer and lion-strain vampire looking to make a unit of elite soldiers to deal maximum damage to their Yankee opponents. Most of the men Donovan selected didn’t survive the transformation, but Henry was among those successfully turned.

   Though there was some initial success in this operation, it didn’t take long for the Assembly to take notice and send in a few slayers to put down the new vampires. Henry, feeling no loyalty to Donovan or the Confederacy as a whole, given it was comprised of rich slavers usually far from combat sending poor folk like him to die for their pocketbooks, readily turned on Donovan when he learned about the Assembly and their initiative. With the help of vampire hunter Tristan Baldwin, Henry either captured or killed his way to Donovan. After proving himself to the organization, Henry joined the Assembly, and has been a protector of their field agents and scholars ever since, both on Earth and eventually in Kaimere, where he has been since the early 1900’s.

Henry Abernathy also has a small species of horse in West Arvel named after him, Abernathy's Stallion.

## Henry Abernathy

### Occupation

Protector of Assembly agents on dangerous expeditions

## Physical description

### Species

H. sapiens (genetic similarities to Moorkutlot, Vampire bats, Lions, Plants, etc)
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Entelodonts of Kaimere

## Background and History

Entelodonts, often referred to as 'hell pigs' are omnivorous to carnivorous artiodactyls which on Earth lived from the Late Eocene to the Middle Miocene. Despite being called hell pigs, these mammals are far closer related to animals such as whales and hippos. On Kaimere, these beasts were harvested during the height of the Tyrant Dynasty in an event known as the Oligocene Harvest, which occurred 31 million years ago in the northern hemisphere, specifically North America and Europe. Unlike other animals which were harvested during the oligocene harvest, which were struggling due to extreme competition with dinosaurs, entelodonts such as Archaeotherium were quite successful, being highly cursorial and possessing a bone cracking bite, they competed directly with young tyrannosaurs, and the sheer number of these tyrants kept the entelodonts in check. Entelodonts had to adapt, and two solutions came about, bruisers which tried to muscle their way into the niche of dominance with mixed results, and the other invested more in being clever and adaptable, sacrificing some of their bite force for an enlarged cranium, and becoming social.

Two families of entelodont survived the Dynastic Extinction: the robust magnajavalinids, which took the niche of dominant mesopredator in the many open forests of Kairul, and swift and social cursusids, which took the niche of pack hunters and mesopredators on the prairie. Cursuids, unlike their cousins, are quite social and intelligent, this larger brain came at the expense of a weaker bite. Mimicry is a common trait in these animals, which they use to maintain communication, and ward away predators.

A third family, *Carnopachydermidae*, branched from the cursusids early on and quickly got massive, taking on the mantle of apex predator for a time. Since megaraptorans took over Kairul, this lineage became larger and omnivorous, now represented by a single species: the bokodu.

Due to their high intelligence and social disposition, it is no surprise that entelodonts have been domesticated, particularly by peoples in Kairul, such as the Maku- Keenan TaylorAn Archaeotherium defends his kill from a pack of young tyrants- Keenan Taylor
Shodima

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Earth Ancestor: Plesiosauridae sp.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Plesiosauria

Family: Plesiosauridae

Genus: Thallasocolubrus

Species: Unknown

Disclaimer: The Shodima is a fictional plesiosaur from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere

### Description

Shodima are a generalist species of plesiosaur, characterized by an especially long neck, marlin like coloration, and humpback whale like fins. being generalists, Shodima eat anything small enough to process in their jaws, with sharks being a favorite of the species, their prey is usually faster than the Shodima, but due to the agility of their powerful neck, this is usually of little issue. As plesiosaurs are unable to chew, Shodima get creative with food manipulation, processing their food by bashing their bodies into the surface of the water until soft enough to be ripped apart. Like other thallosocolubrans they are deceptively intelligent, having some of the highest neuron densities seen in tetrapods.

### Phylogeny

Shodima are a pelagic species of plesiosaur in the genus Thallasocolubrus.

### Ontogeny

Like all plesiosaurs within the genus Thallasocolubrus, Shodima start their lives looking quite similar to other juvenile plesiosaur species save for some slight anatomical differences and different coloration.

### Human Relations

Being small game generalists, Shodima do occasionally hunt humans, and though man eaters are rare, they are fatal, as a small pod of Shodima can take out a ship and its entire crew within minutes. Fortunately they don't venture into shallow waters, but are seen by fisherman and sailors in open oceans. Shodima who do hunt humans will sometimes spy hop, a sign for any sailor to steer clear.
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Seridic Whip Lobster

Disclaimer: The Seridic Whip Lobster is a fictional animal from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

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Earth Ancestor: Insecta sp.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Caudomasta

Family: Aspidoastakidae\*

Genus: Aspidoastakus

Species: A. seridensis

### Description

The Seridic Whip Lobster is a common insect found in the Seridic Wetlands. They reach average sizes of about 15cm but can sometimes reach lengths of up to 23cm in especially large individuals. They are generalists though mostly scavenge animal matter.

### Phylogeny

The Seridic Whip Lobster is a member of the order Caudomasta, a clade of insect unique to Kaimere harvested during Earth's Late Devonian. During the First Dynasty, a lineage of whipcraw developed massive forearms. this clade is known as the Whip Lobsters, and are one of the only insects to become fully aquatic. The Seridic whip lobster is a common species, though they actually evolved from whip lobsters in other river systems, as the Seridic Wetlands were purged of most aquatic life 6 million years ago.

### Ontogeny

Like all Whipcraw, the Seridic Whip Lobster does not have a larval stage, only having nymphs which eventually molt into their adult body.

### Human Relations

Like many other Whip Lobsters, the Seridic Whip Lobster is often roasted and eaten by kaimerans.
Dracocetus balaenodon

Disclaimer: Dracocetus is a fictional animal from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

## Dracocetus balaenodon †

A reconstruction of Dracocetus- Keenan Taylor

## Description

Dracocetus was a volant, filter feeding torosteonian which lived during the First Dynasty, originally thought to be aquatic, it is now known to have been a volant animal. Being a torosteonian, it was far lighter than its' body size would suggest. Despite its volant status, dracocetus was likely a clumsy flyer, as even with a hollow skull, its comparitively large head made flight ungainly

## Habitat

From fossils located across Ni'Khar, it can be assumed that Dracocetus resided on the Ni'Khari-Kairulan supercontinent during the First Dynasty, flying above the canopy and feeding upon the then abundant aeroplanktonic magic

## Phylogeny

Dracocetus was a torosteonian, a clade of tetrapods unique to Kaimere. This clade was distinguished by their hollow bones and air sacs, which allowed some, particularly the carnivorous "dragon" clade, to become completely volant.

## Human Relations

Originally discovered in 1894 by \_\_\_ Kaplan, the first specimen of Dracocetus was a partial skull, and was described as a large, aquatic, filter feeding torosteonian. For the next century, this view remained relatively unchanged, that is until the Great Library offered the skull for study by the Assembly, which had discovered a partial skeleton in northern Ni'Khar, which when compared to the skull was found to be the same species, revealing that Dracocetus was not aquatic, but volant!

Original reconstruction of Dracocetus balaenodon- Keenan Taylor
Inkilatura

Disclaimer: the Inkilatura is a fictional animal from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

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Earth Ancestor: Scorpiones sp.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Chelicerata

Order: Scorpiones sp.

Family: Unknown

Genus: Unknown

Species: Unknown

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Synonyms: Whale Scorpion, Piece of the night sky

### Description

The Inkilatura is the largest Arthropod on Earth or Kaimere, distinguished by their dark blue carapace and bioluminescence for which they get their name, meaning 'Piece of the midnight sky'. Inkilatura are filter feeders, using the baleen like filaments on their legs and bioluminescent carapace to ensnare small prey which are then processed by the chelicerae. Inkilatura are a migratory species, laying their eggs in the warm shallows of the interior seas and coastlines, and obtaining a vast majority of their food during a few months in the polar seas when a surge of krill and zooplankton rise from the abyss. It is during these months of plenty that they molt. Although this leaves them vulnerable, as their shells protect them from attacks by megalodon and the motomazor, the shedding occurs in waters too cold for the two greatest predators of Kaimeran waters. Orcas and the Zanitel elasmosaurs can be a threat while they are soft and growing from the bounty, but these threats are minimal. Once their shell hardens they are safe from these predators. Inkilatura vary greatly in size based on location, with an average individual measuring around 15 feet, with colder waters hosting 20 foot scorpions, and some rumors tell of colossal 30 foot long Inkilatura in the waters around Kaishel. This great size is the prime demonstration of the vastly superior respiratory system that marine scorpions have compared to other arthropods, with their book gills/lungs being larger and the processing chambers having greater reach throughout the abdomen.

### Phylogeny

Not much is known about the relations between the Inkilatura and other species.

### Ontogeny

Like other marine scorpions of Kaimere, Inkilatura are K selected reproducers, having relative few young that they put more time into, therefore causing them to be more likely to reach adulthood. Juvenile Inkilatura are rarely seen as they grow and develop in the abyss, only to reappear to the surface as 7-10 meter adults

### Human Relations

Inkilatura are harmless to humans, and humans have found themselves endeared by their almost magical presence. The Inkilatura gets its name from the Eskadin, meaning "Piece of the Midnight Sky", in reference of the legend which states that shooting stars are actually scorpions falling from the sky and into the sea. At night, when cold waters rise, many Khalin sailors are treated to the spectacle of the ‘ocean sky’ as millions of bioluminescent plankton rise from the depths and are fed upon by these massive silhouettes lit up by stars.
Houze Jumping Scorpion

Disclaimer: The Houze Jumping Scorpion is a fictional animal from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

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Earth Ancestor: Scorpiones sp.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Chelicerata

Order: Scorpiones

Family: Unknown

Genus: Halmascorpius

Species: H. gramenpanthera

### Description

The Houze Jumping Scorpion is a 10cm long Jumping Scorpion native to the Houze Prairie. As their name suggests, these scorpions possess large hind limbs which they use to leap towards prey and away from predator. Their eyes are comparitively large, especially for a scorpion, suggesting this is a primarily visual based hunter.

### Phylogeny

The Houze Jumping Scorpion is of a clade of primitive scorpions known as Jumping Scorpions, which have closer relations to animals such as the Trident Scorpion than other scorpions, their earth ancestors were harvested in some of the earliest harvests of the First Dynasty.
Sharktail Hippo

Disclaimer: The Sharktail Hippo is a fictional animal from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere.

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Earth Ancestor: Dicynodontia sp.

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Synapsida

Order: Testudocyona

Family: Hippocynodontidae\*

Genus: Hippocynodon

Species: H. amphibius

Video on the topic: Permian Continent

### Description

The Sharktail Hippo is a strange semiaquatic dicynodont found within the wetlands of south Permian Continent, unlike their cousins the cetocynodonts, they are poor pelagic swimmers, having retained their forelimbs for substrate locomotion.

### Phylogeny

The Sharktail Hippo is a dicynodont in the clade Testudocyona, a clade unique to Kaimere which emerged around 30-40mya. They are apart of the family hippocynodontidae which is a sister taxon to cetocynodontidae which share a common ancestor from around 20mya.