Fauna of Oconium

The fauna of Oconium is a varried and dangerous one, contianing beasts and critters in all corners of the world, from the height of the skys to the depth of the abyss, all of which are rated from 1 to 10 on the danger scale (of course it does varry within the species)

# **Natural creatures:**

Wolfs: wolfs are regular natural animals, that were present in the world even before the Re-genesis, and the somehow survived in the world with the rest of much bigger and more powerful predetors.

danger scale: 1

Dire wolves: dire wolves are like normal wolves but bigger, they are stronger but they are slower and have way less stamina than normal wolves due to their size.

danger scale: 2

Kekubears: A Kekubears is like a small bear, with a few exceptions, they have four arms, and a very thick layer of fur, their diet is mainly consistant of insects and their favourite is Gigawasp honey-glass, as it contains a lot of keratine in it and a lot of iron too.

danger scale: 1

Gigawasp: Gigawasps are wasps that grow to an enormous size, up to about half a foot long, and they live in hives, and although they do not create honey, they create a clear, tough, organic material known as honey-glass, which is a favourite among Kekubears.

danger scale 1 (goes up by 0.5 for each one in the fight)

Argentavis: a huge eagle like bird with a wingspan of twelve meters, its big and strong enough to carry two people at once and are considered a common transport animal, but it proved difficult to put armor on them, so they were not domesticated for war.

danger scale: 3

Midget Drake: Although they are not actually related to drakes, they do fit the title as they are large reptilians that are semi-aquatic and is resemblent of iguanas, except quite big and omnivorous.

danger scale: 1

Skyhound: Skyhound is a type of eagle with canine features and MANY teeth, they come in large groups of up to 16 members and usually hunt pray bigger than they are.

danger level: 3

mountain beast: mountain beasts are large, hexapedal mammals with thick hide and fur and huge horns, although herbivores they are no push overs, they can weigh up to 2.5 tons!

danger scale: 4

cascet crab: a crab that is common in lake and beach areas, they feed on corpses and sometimes use bodies of large animals as homes, they are easily scared and usually don't approach living creatures who may be a danger to them

danger scale: 1

garuda: garuda's are extremely wide pterosaur like monsters with huge mouths, the usually are between eighteen meters wide bit dont get much longer than eight meters long, but they can swallow any pray smaller than them whole due to their ability to dislocate their jaw like a snake and devour their pray whole

danger scale: 3

mountain mimic: they are GIGANTIC turtle like creatures that can sleep for up to two hundred years and they have giant amounts of rocks on their back, formed over many hundreds of years, sometimes, entire cities are built on their backs without even realizing that

danger scale: 7

Eel hound: the eel hound is a person sized reptile with sharp claws and a venomous bite, it mostly relies on its agility to avoid attacks from its opponent, but it is not very durable, it usually is green but can come in dark blue as well, although rare

danger scale: 4

Shirshu: shirshu is  a large, quadrupedal creature that is mostely found in the underground great caverns and around the caslaryia and Leonia border where it lives underground.  Its highly developed sense of smell and ability to paralyze a target make it well suited for both tracking and hunting respectively

danger scale: 5

Brinetalon: Brinetalons are large carnivorous beasts that hunts specifically mythical creatures, be it undead, banshee's, or even lesser and middling dragons, they hunt them, they have four arms, and two legs, all equipped with three fingers with razor sharp claws, their mouth is filled with 4 rows of tough-as-steel serrated teeth made for sawing through the bones of dragons, and their long tail supports spikes and a club at the tip of it, they have a thick layer of scales covering most of their body except their head, which has a plate like boney armor (edited)

danger scale: 7

# **Mythical creatures:**

Chimeras: chimeras can be any combination of naturally occurring animals in any assortment, these have three classifications of danger, low mid and high, very few chimeras stay alive for long, but the ones that do have an strong sense of survival, and are pretty intelligent too, there is a story of one infamous chimera, that is the one that took the high kings eye, a chimera of a lion, a bull and a scorpion, and it is the reason for the name of the blue chimera knights And their banner.

danger scale: 1-5 (heavily depends on the combination)

Mending bug: a large bug that produces slime that is used for medicine and mending wounds quickly, they are very valuable in the medical field and are used a lot in the military too.

danger scale: none

Gorgon: Gorgons are long, venomous, and surprisingly smart. be careful while fighting or around one, they are also known to luring sailors and equally unlucky people who happen to be at the beach. \*\*[elemental beast]\*\* \*\*[poison/water]\*\*

danger scale: 3

Kelpie: Kelpies may look like horses at a first glimpse, until you realize they are fourteen meters long and have 8 pairs of legs, kelpies are herbivores but they will not hesitate to drown anyone who gets close to it. \*\*[elemental beast]\*\* \*\*[water/ice]\*\*

danger scale: 3

Tarrasque: Tarrasques are very rare, and as rare as they are, they are a hundred times more dangerous, they are almost impossible to kill and are very destructive as well, if you encounter a tarrasque your best bet is to run away or find a way to put it back to sleep.

danger scale: 7

Lesser dragon: lesser dragons are the weakest variant of normal dragons, although the weakest in their family, still not weak mind you. \*\*[elemental beast]\*\* \*\*[ice/fire/poison/earth/water]\*\*

danger scale: 3

Middling dragon: the most common variant of dragons, they come in roughly the same size most of the time and are fairly hard to defeat or chase off. \*\*[elemental beast]\*\* \*\*[ice/fire/poison/earth/water/lightning/chromatic]\*\*

danger scale: 5

Greater dragon: probably one of the rarer types of dragons out there, they are hard to find and are very powerful, probably best so stay away from these if possible. \*\*[elemental beast]\*\* \*\*[ice/fire/poison/earth/water/lightning/chromatic/crystal/solar/lunar]\*\*

danger scale: 6

Ancient dragon: the rarest variant of all dragons, these are old, powerful dragons that although mostly peaceful, have the power of an army at their disposal if the choose to use it at any given time. \*\*[elemental beast]\*\* \*\*[ice/fire/poison/earth/water/lightning/chromatic/crystal/solar/lunar/]\*\*

danger scale: 7-8

Drakes: drakes (also known as land dragons) are very common in all shapes and sizes, drakes can come in many forms, including elemental, though rare elemental drakes are very powerful and their hide is valuable due to it keeping its elemental properties, even after death, drakes however can also come in an advancing format like dragons (lesser, middling, greater, anciant...)

danger scale: 1-7

Wyvrens: wyvrens are rarer than dragons, and usually bigger, they don't come in an advancing format but they do come in elemental forms like drakes, wyvrens are not counted as valuable pray since they are both hard to handle, and their body parts degrade quickly unlike dragons, who's hide, bones, and even flesh, stays good for a very long time without preservation

danger scale: 2-7

Lycenthropes: lycenthropes hate demons to the core, it is not entirely clear why, but all lycenthropes hate demons to the point that they refuse to interact with them in any capacity except violence, but it seems this hate is two sides, as demons too, hate lycenthropes, and especially werewolfs

danger scale: (varries too widely)

cockitrice: cockitrice are large chicken like with raptor like creatures that can paralyze ones who gaze into their eyes, and do not break eye contact until they kill the thing the locked eyes with

danger scale: 2

Bubak: as you come closer to bubak your sight begins to shortens and you hear the cries stronger and stronger once you come close enough the dead skeletons of its victims begin to grab you and pull you down to hell \*\*[undead]\*\*

danger scale: 1-4 (depending on how long its been exposed)

Banshee: A large Lyndwyrm that possess a long narrow beak and is covered by feathers and scales, scales on its underbelly and feathers covering the rest of their body. they have a powerful scream that due to its narrow beak it turns this scream into a beam of destruction, being even able to tear flesh and break bone of whatever is caught in its path.

danger scale: 6

Dreadmask: Dreadmasks are VERY DANGEROUS, they seem to have the physical ability to kill anything up to two times their size at least within the matter of seconds, it has a face that seems like a traditional eastern mask with tusks and horns and it's body is long and eel like, although it has four limbs all equipped with claws that can inject a deadly paralyzing poison, it has also been know to be able to cure abyss-fever if mixed with some medical herbs and a mushroom from hell named devil's eye

danger scale: ???

Razorleech: a leech with sharp teeth that has a grasp so strong it has been known to even cling to sea serpents for their entire lives

danger scale (on non draconians): 2

danger scale (on draconians): 7

# **Infernal creatures:**

Salamander: unlike the naturally occurring animal, a salamander in infernal terms, is a large, deadly, gecko like monster, that can spew out lava from its mouth and has a thick layer of rocks, obsidian, and raw metals covering its body, making it incredibly tough, so much so that it has been adopted by the infernal military as battle mounts, they are raised eating strong metals like infernite to both strengthen their bite, and their armor, salamanders are actually very smart and can tell the difference between their owner and a stranger just by the sound of their voice, some are even told to be able to learn to listen to commands from their owners

danger scale (domesticated): 6

danger scale (undomesticated): 4

Lava crab: a lava crab is a long limbed crab like creature that uses its long legs to stride in deep lava rivers and lakes, it uses its long sharp pincers to cut their preys limbs to make it easier to catch, will usually not attack humanoids but have been known to if they are left no other option, they often resort to cannibalism if per say a larger lava crab catches a smaller one, they will not hesitate for a moment, they have large spikes that drip lava all over their bodies, it is unclear what the use for the lava is, as almost all creatures in hell are immune to such heat, some speculate it's to attract mate, or even to challenge each other to duels (notice: lava crabs are very big, their average leg span is about 5 meters per leg, but some have been known to reach up to 13 per leg!)

danger scale: 5

Ancient hell titan: hell titans get bigger the older they are, the oldest of them are a hundred and forty meters tall, their skin is stronger than steel, their flesh is tougher than Infernium, and their bones? no man knows, no one ever got that deep before being killed.

danger scale: 9

Demonic brute: demonic brutes are the origin of how old scripts saw demons, big horned red skinned, sometimes with tails or wings, sometimes without, these demons are more beast like than humanoid in the way of thinking, they are sadistic creatures that enjoy battle and are often used as cannon foughter in the demon ranks, because they are stupid and strong, but they rarely follow orders and are very unrully which makes them pretty bad soldiers, they are however useful in exterminations, where the only simple order is, "kill" That they follow well, they are also sometimes reffered to as oni's, in eastern countries.

danger scale: 7

Shakuka: also known as rock eaters, they are large mammoth like creatures that eat rocks and mineral deposits in hell, they are Geovores, which means that only eat rocks and minerals in their pure forms, due to that their body is more similar to a gem or a rock than actual flesh. They are quite large and are known to be hunted for their diamond like tusks.

danger scale: 4

# **Abyssal creatures:**

Nielbys: a angel whose been forcefully put in the abyss and corrupted, much is unknown about these creatures since the way they are created is so abstract, and more over they rarely come to the surface. what is known about them is that they are giant humanoid who walk on all 4 with melted purple skin and bits of purple fur . their presence seems to make people go mad and overcomed with the desire to kill ones parents, its theorized this is because the Nielbys want  to go back into skies and kill however put them in the abyss. they can easily inflict \*\*[terror]\*\* upon sight do to their terrifying looks and \*\*[poison]\*\* since their skin is constantly being melted by acid.

danger scale: 7

Vexbyr: a large bird like creature with a shadowy coat of feathers, a toothed beak hoofs and very strong legs that has a mysterious ability to teleport at will, although resembelimg a bird it is quite smart, it can also shoot it's feathers with their quills directed in the direction of the attack, making it practically able to shoot arrows made of its own feathers, which when hit can inflict deadly \*\*[lightning]\*\* damage, but although it's deadliness, it still would rather to run away from a potential enemy than fight it.

danger scale: 6

Xarmedos: An incredibly large mantis like creature with 4 arms and 4 legs, it has an advanced sense of smell, is very fast, and has the ability to absorb light from its environment, essentially blinding anything that isn't used to the usual darkness of the abyss, it has been known to try and use a form of telepathy to lure things towards it making it a very efficient hunter, it's shell is a very dark blue with hues of glowing purple around it's eyes and non shelled parts

danger scale: 7

J'armegandus: a serpent like creature covered in thick spikes and spines, protecting it from a nothing that bites, and these spikes are also shocking and can paralyze a target if stabbed deep enough, it's jaw can split in to four mandible like hinges that are able to rotate a full 360 degrees making it's mouth especially a living blender, it is also fairly smart, and has been known to take advantage of its shocking spikes to kill pray larger than itself

danger scale: 6

Tsukalu: a large herbivorous beast with a body structure resembling that of a manta ray, being able to fly and scrape the tops of trees in the abyss, far from the dangers bellow, but still not safe from above, they have eyes both on the bottom and the top of their body to keep them safe from the other critters of that abyss, it also has a very corrosive layer of gel that they get from the mineral rich leaves of the abyssal trees covering their body, to protect them from. Anything that tries to bite them

danger scale: (if not attacked) 0

danger scale: (if attacked) 3

Shakuma: one of the apex predators of the abyss, with a fanged wyvren build, thick scales of armor a powerful jaw the ability to breath a breath of abyssal flame that is devastating to anything, including abyssal creatures, although it is not as large as some beasts of the abyss, it is definitely one of the strongest, being able to take on even some of the most powerful other creatures in the abyss, including the next creature

danger scale: 8

Kaykumaru: a giant draconic like creature with an aura that can only be described as a living nightmare, this creatrue had also earned the title the nightmare dragon, it is a gigantic creature that's claws are sharp enough to cut through glass, it's bite is strong and combined with its many fanged teeth, can almost instantly kill anything it catches in it's mouth, and worst of all, it's breath, or "whispers of the damned" As some call it as when it breaths it the sound it makes can almost seem like screams of men women and children, this breath is an amalgamation of abyssal fire, lightning and poison, and it is toxic enough to render an entire area void of life for years to come, it's size is also a very mysterious factor about it, ad it's size ranges from enormous, to **GOLIATH** which is quite a wide range to have for the size of a creature, some speculate that it is related to either how old it is, or to how much it eats, while some believe that it is reflected by the amount of things it killed, and yet it still sometimes falls to the Shakuma, not easily mind you, but still

danger scale: 7-9

Zhaumora: a giant creature with 6 powerful limbs, 2 used for hanging and climbing, and the rest for running and jumping, it has a body build similar to that of a dragon except that the arms on its back do not have webs like those of dragons, its thick boned legs are used to jump to high places as it uses its arms to grab on to walls. it also supports a powerful jaw without teeth but one continuous bone that goes around the jaw and acts like one giant tooth and is used to cut meat to large pieces so that the the zhaumora can swallow them whole, the zhaumora also has thick bones and shield like plates on its legs and face, but not on its torso and arms, which limits their use in self defense. the zhaumora is not very intelligent, with its intelligence being comparable to that of a reptile. (important to note, the zahuramora can burry itself underground and does so when it sleeps, so beware where you step!)

danger scale: 7

Garaju: also known as the abyss strider, is a gigantic herbivourus creature that strides over entire forests in the abyss using their long legs which could grow up to be 73 meters long each, the body of the garaju is round and has eyes and legs on all sides, it is one of the very few creatures known to have a radial body build instead of a horrizontal one, their main source of food actually comes from roots of trees, they eat with the spikes on their legs as they dig into the ground with every trembeling stroke of their legs

danger scale: 6

Zhaumora: a giant creature with 6 powerful limbs, 2 used for hanging and climbing, and the rest for running and jumping, it has a body build similar to that of a dragon except that the arms on its back do not have webs like those of dragons, its thick boned legs are used to jump to high places as it uses its arms to grab on to walls. it also supports a powerful jaw without teeth but one continuous bone that goes around the jaw and acts like one giant tooth and is used to cut meat to large pieces so that the the zhaumora can swallow them whole, the zhaumora also has thick bones and shield like plates on its legs and face, but not on its torso and arms, which limits their use in self defense. the zhaumora is not very intelligent, with its intelligence being comparable to that of a reptile. (important to note, the zahuramora can burry itself underground and does so when it sleeps, so beware where you step!)

danger scale: 7-8 (depending on size)