Monday, August 22, 2005

The forest dwelling draconis variant (elabi adumbratum or 'shadow glider') is the one featured in my "creation station". It is a warm-blooded creature originally only able to glide from limb to limb as its wings were not nearly large enough for flight. Even had they been, they would have only been a hindarance as these creatures need to be able to quickly compact their wings to drop into the entrance holes of their enclaves. Its cousin on the plains (herbosus natator, 'grassy swimmer') is cold-blooded and migratory (even though the summers provide exceptional sun and heat, the winters leave the sun blocked out for much of the day and temperatures able to freeze most creatures should they stop moving for a long peroid) but have sufficient wingspan for flight. Both live in family groups much like horses, with the group being predominantly made up of females and their young but having more than one unrelated adult male (with the harsh living conditions at times, being limited to a single male would prove detrimental).