The Jorid

Flora and Fauna

Creatures

• capricorn [ ˈka-pri-ˌkȯrn ]: goat-like fish-tailed aquatic creature
• fincheon [ ˈfin-chən ]: grey ugly birds, with the particularity of being extremely discreet (almost invisible) with a great sense of orientation, and loyalty to their owner. They are mostly used as message deliverers
• glukenitch [ ˈglu – ˌken-nitch ] (Gripshawk dialect: [ ˈglu̇k-ˌnitch ]): Slimy wet creatures fearing light, sharing one mind, found in Malvina’s cave. Useful recyclers of garbage, their droppings emit a glowing bluish halo, until they dry up completely and coalesce into a glassy substance.
• golfindel [ ˈgōl-ˌfin-dəl ]: golden coloured cetacean, found in Golfindely.
• grake [ ˈgrāk ]: big birds of Golfindely, with colours like mandarin ducks and shaped as geese.
• grizzard [ ˈgri-zərd ]: big reptilians looking like frill-necked lizard. During the mating period, and in some other occasions, they produce a chirping sound with their throat. They are considered a symbol of luck and are often used as a royal present.
• indogo [ ˈin-dō-ˌgō ]: blue type of flamingo living in the Eastern Lagunas of Lan’ork.
• langoat [ ˈlan-ˌgōt ]: daft three-eyed goat-like creature living in the Dragon Head Peninsula, the wool of which has many magical uses (enchanted cloaks, tapestries etc.). Their milk is known to have remarkable healing powers too.
• marmoth [ ˈmär-məth ]: big toothed hibernating woolliphants
• saurhse [ ˈsȯr-əs ]: bidepal saurian used as a mount in Asgurdy.
• schpurniatz [ ˈshpər-ˌniats ]: bat-like creatures, found in dark caves.
• sparfly [ ˈspär-ˌflī ]: birds usually seen in couples, loving to nest in silgreen trees, and their songs is one of the Treasure of the Worlds.
• weaszchilla [ ˈwēz-ˌchi-lə ]: little mouse-like ferret

Plants

• buckberry [ ˈbək-ˌbe-rē ]: fruit of wild buckberries shrubs, in the form of big electric blue-vermilion reddish berries, known to have thwarted all attempts to be grown in gardens.
• grogonut [ ˈgrō-ˌgə-nət ] tree: a tree indigenous of the warm coasts of Golfindely, known to provide grogonuts, which have a wide range of uses (food, drinks, cups etc.) depending on the maturation level of the nut.
• silgreen [ ˈsil-ˈgrēn ] tree: a big decorative shrub, blooming sparkling flowers of emerald and silver once every moon. Leafs can have medicinal use too.

·:tags:· flora, fauna, duane