by Myra on Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:03 pm
Familiar Submission
Postby Joshua_Jericho on Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:13 pm
Name: Gachatara
Type: Familiar
For whom: Saphamira
Description: Fox/otter cross with small feathered wings, four legs, short fur, identified by a stripe down the muzzle, or up the tail. Sharp eyes, and narrow muzzles, with a darting, quick-moving intelligence. Their ears tend more towards the vulpine, or feline, standing out from slim heads. Rather than mewling, or keening, they whistle, and click, as if communicating underwater.
Abilities:
Short-range gliding ability, without takeoff.
Keen sight, and hearing.
Sharp claws, and the determination to climb just about anything.
Exceptional balance.
Height: 8 inches from ground to tips of ears, standing straight (which is rare).
Length: 12 inches at full size, roughly another 6-8 inches for the tail.
Weight: Varying, though usually within 8-12 lbs, more when wet.
Color: Fur tends to be either silver or red, like a squirrel, though rare colours are known to exist.
General Write-up/background.
The Magi are so like us, it is easy to forget their true nature. Alien, foreign, outcasts from another world that burned as they fled. Their continent is perhaps the last surviving preserve of fertile earth from a world abandoned, and as such, is peopled by all kinds of alien and unknown creatures.
Besides the Magi themselves, these include some familiar faces, such as the common robin, and some entirely new, though not too far removed from the common ancestry they share with the plains below.
The Gachatara are among these creatures. Sleek, sinuous mammals, something akin to a cross between a fox and an otter, with narrow muzzles and sharp eyes. Four-legged,short-furred, and possessed with a bright-eyed intelligence, famously territorial when it comes to the protection of nest and mate.
The young are carried, as in most mammals, by the female, and usually in litters of three or four. Their overall lifecycle is surprisingly long for such small creatures (Not much bigger than a housecat, or fox at the largest), and as a result, they tend to live for around fifteen to twenty years, taking at least one of those years to grow to full size.
A nest, not located in water, as one might suspect, but high in leafy trees, tucked into the embrace of branches or knots. Neat, feathered wings to match their habitat, though the creatures are incapable of take-off, and instead, must rely on sharp climbing claws to ascend to treetops before launching themselves onto the mercy of the winds.
A soft-furred tail for balance, often seen waving in the air as a Gachatara runs from branch to branch. They are a rare omnivore within the forest, snacking on berries and fruits where they can find them, though particularly partial to small birds, even squirrels.. the occasional tree snake if they are lucky enough. Males are usually best identified by a single stripe of the opposite colour running down the center of their muzzle, females, by a similar stripe going up their tail. Thus a black Gachatara might have a white stripe, or a silver, a deep red one.
They communicate through soft whistles, clicks, similar in ways to the chattering of squirrels, and a soft croon of pleasure more akin to whalesong than anything else, though obviously, much quieter.
It is, however, notoriously difficult to separate a Gachatara from its family unit. Those wishing to domesticate one have to be quick. They form family ties with days of birth, and will never truly trust another after that. On the flip side, if one can catch such a creature within a few days of birth, and take the care required to raise it by hand, their loyalty is unparalleled.
Edited for tidiness!
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Re: Familiar Submission
Postby Devonix Relecon on Tue Sep 28, 2010 4:54 pm
Familiar submisson.
Name: trina
Type: Familiar
For whom: naut`kyn
Description: trina is a mephos a magical creation in the form of a winged serval cat A large eyed silver and black cat roughly two feet tall in size. Out of her back are two large black feathered wings styled like a ravens and retractable claws of equivalent size for such a cat. A creature built for speed and souting rather than strength like a similarly large cat however due to its hollow bone structure.
Abilities.
This creature was created as a magical scout and with its wings can manuver better than most birds turning and twisting almost like a fish through the water however not nearly as well as a hunting bird or raptor. Night vision is as good as most cats. And it posesses small retractable claws on each foot.
Senses of smell are also just a bit above average.
This creature was created as a magical experiment by a wizard to sculpt the best scout but before imprinting it escaped out into the wild where it lived on hunting fish. Before stumblng onto Devonix's lands in the forest and his slave naut`kyn.
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Re: Familiar Submission
Postby Elise`whitepaw on Tue Sep 28, 2010 4:57 pm
it will surve to help the little blind slave get around more easyly {is the play of naut`kyn}
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Re: Familiar Submission
Postby lyllamarie on Thu Dec 02, 2010 6:46 pm
JJ -- your submission is good, but can you follow the format the original post is set up with? So I can quickly grab the description, versus the abilities and back ground.
Elise, a mystical familiar should try to be smaller, something that is roughly the size of a house cat, 2 feet tall is a bit big. I would also strike mention of 'mephos' as that is already a game used term for another race.
This creature was created as a magical scout and with its wings can manuver better than most birds turning and twisting almost like a fish through the water however not nearly as well as a hunting bird or raptor. Night vision is as good as most cats. And it posesses small retractable claws on each foot.
Senses of smell are also just a bit above average.
This creature was created as a magical experiment by a wizard to sculpt the best scout but before imprinting it escaped out into the wild where it lived on hunting fish. Before stumblng onto Devonix's lands in the forest and his slave naut`kyn
I would retain that the wings might allow it to hover or glide, letting it be both a flier and giving it the enhanced capabilities as a feline is a bit much. The history might need to be changed, these are summoned mystical creatures and wouldn't be normally found in the wild.
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Re: Familiar Submission
Unread postby lyllamarie on Fri Feb 04, 2011 5:01 pm
Name: Gachatara
Type: Familiar
For whom: Saphamira
"approved"
(sorry for the delay)