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Creature Name: Galemninus

Classification: Endothermic Large Reptile

Habitat of Choice: Warm Marsh/Swampland

Description: Large (2.2 metres long, 1.8 metres wide) The creature has a yellowish tone and pebbly texture to boot. Dark blue coarse spiky fur along its spine and tail starting at the mid eye point and ending at the tails tip. Long muscular tail rudder like and powerful. Large forearms and claw tipped fore and hind paws. Squat sturdy back legs used for swimming/ running. Large flat head like a lizard with large and shiny black eyes. Serrated teeth that end in flat points. Muscular and bulky body.

Dietary: Seasonally Omnivorous. In times of wildlife activity the Creature's diet includes any large land mammals it can take down that stray too close to the swamp water edge. In the absence of sustainable prey, it resorts to eating roots it finds in it's natural habitat.

Behaviour: The Galemn is a strangely careful and inquisitive beastie. Patient to an extent, it waits for prey and often creatively disposes of them if they prove tough to capture. They are prone to creating routines and frequenting kill/foraging zones. The monster is also of a strong parental mindset, being intensely loyal and protective of it's mate and young. Can be playful at times, if not overbearing. Can be trained like a squirrel.

Weaknesses: Requires large amounts of food to stay active. May be overly loyal, dying in place of it's partner if need be. Loud movements outside of water. Heavy, fast for it's size, but not very agile. Has no natural camouflage outside of natural habitat. Can be very dumb sometimes. VERY afraid of fire.

Species: Cat sìth or Cat Sidhe (Fairy Cat)

Name: Scáthach

Classification: Feline Mammal?

Habitat: Scottish highlands

Appearance: Roughly the size of a medium dog

Diet: A carnivore, tends to hunt things like rabbits and the like. Rarely goes for things bigger than itself unless it has others to feed, which is also rare.

Sleeping Habits: Like most cats she likes to sleep the day away, though she is most active at night.

Behavior: Cat sìth typically remain unseen to most, going about their lives with silent footsteps, most acting hostile when others do happen to stumble across them as they feel threatened and/or cornered. While most would prefer to stay away from humans, Scáthach finds them interesting and likes to watch them from her hidden spots, typically only seeing morning activities before falling asleep for the day. But despite the curiosity she is a very cautious feline who will go from passive to aggressive at the drop of a hat should you make her feel trapped or threatened in any way.

She has also been known to curse peoples cows so their milk dries up if people don't leave milk out for her to drink and to snag the souls of the newly dead to play with.

Fears/Weaknesses: As is common in fairies and fairy like creatures, iron burns and weakens the cat sìth much like a severe allergic reaction. And while not a fear or weakness per say, she does have a dislike of fire and tends to stay away from it.

Scythes, Watermelon, and Flowing Breezes.
These are the things that bring me Joy.

Your Creatures Name: Xenoshadow

Classification: Amorphous Mammal

Habitat: Dark areas with plenty of shade and little light. Can be found in forests, caves, some cities, and some mountainous regions. Cannot be found in deserts, grasslands, or open tundra.

Appearance:
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Side View


*I actually made this back in high school when working with a program called 3ds Max*

Diet: Carnivorous. It drains the blood and nervous fluids of its victims for sustenance, and always goes for the heart and brain if possible.

Hunting Method: Senses the electrical signals of prey when in shadow form. It prefers to hunt via ambush, but if enraged or pursuing greater prey it will assail the target with slashing attacks and lightning blasts, which it can create by hyperactivating the electrical signals in the "mini-minds" within the three tendrils on its head.

Sleeping Habits: Mostly nocturnal in nature, as it prefers to move by darkness. Is usually sleeping in Shadow Form unless actively hunting or prey nears.

Behavior: Once a very aggressive and power-hungry species, the Xenoshadows were hunted to near-extinction by many who sought to protect their homes. This altered not only their behavior, but also their IQ, as in large numbers they share intelligence and grow more sentience. Now scattered, many are loners with only two base instincts: Survive and Feed. To that end, they have adapted greater use of a "Shadow Form", where one's body melts into a pool of shadow held together by the extensive electrical network that keeps the creature alive, and can move swiftly and silently through dark areas. Thus it does not have a physical brain but instead four nerve centers, one large and three small, that hold all the information in the Xenoshadow and comprise its "mind". Preferring ambush tactics when hunting, they sense prey much like a shark, by sensing electrical shifts in the terrain around them. If something that gives off high signals draws near, the Xenoshadow awakens and closes in on its prey, striking them from below and sometimes enveloping it depending on the size of the creature. It then drains them of blood and nervous fluids to sustain its own physical form, leaving behind the dried husk. If it comes into contact with a light source or water, it flees immediately back to a darker, drier spot. Repeated contact in differing locations angers the Xenoshadow, at which point it will attempt to destroy the source of the light or water should it emanate from another creature.

Outside of Shadow Form, the Xenoshadow takes a humanoid appearance as part of its evolution, with the large Electrical Center forming the head and three smaller centers branching off as tendrils with sharpened ends that can pierce through most materials. These "mini minds" are always awake and do not require much sustenance, and serve to alert the Xenoshadow of approaching danger and scan the nearby vicinity. Being smaller, they react faster than the Xenoshadow and are adept at intercepting both prey and danger alike, making them vital to its survival. They are also capable of hyperactivating the electrical signals within into a single point that can be launched at more dangerous prey or predators, but unless near a source of electricity that can be absorbed, it cannot be used often due to the energy it expends. It typically only has 5 shots per feeding, as it often feeds on small animals. Larger, more complex animals grant the Xenoshadow more sustenance and allow it to solidify its physical form to a point where the nervous system if fully protected. Were one to feed on a large group of mammels it would gain sentience and begin to utilize higher thought processes, making it more dangerous. It prizes survival above all else, and will either run from or eliminate anything jeopardizing that survival.

Weaknesses: Extremely photosensitive, the Xenoshadow is rarely spotted in broad daylight unless it has gained full sentience or has consumed a massive meal, as the light brings it extreme pain unless its physical form is solidified. Water also interrupts the electrical transmissions in its body, causing pain and potentially killing the Xenoshadow. As a result it avoids water at all costs unless solid enough that the nervous system is protected. Its capabilities are lessened should one of the mini-minds be cut off, but due to their fast reaction speed this is a difficult task.

I am Xashowd, the Nocturne Zephyr!