FASA 365 Day 210, Oblongus Rana (Elongated Frog) for 1879, 12-16 inch.
Six legs, three to each side; three eyes, and three tips to the tongue. AND its kept its ‘tadpole” tail. (Very tasty it turns out).
Adventurers note: Imagine the surprise and delight in the eyes of our ‘Creole’ Cook; when we come back from a night of “Frog Giggin'” with a bunch of these beauties.
FASA 360 Day 209, Magna Oris Anguilla, Large Mouth Eel.
Commonly known as a “Happy Jack” 10-15 ft.
Deep, fresh water carnivore. Nocturnal
Small, razor sharp teeth line the upper and lower mouth ridge.
Glowing, bright green bio luminescent eyes.
Has been seen, lighting the surface waters to attract large moths and insects.
Mouth wide open, it breaches the surface. Catching and swallowing anything that is caught in its gaping maw, including any fish that the swarming bugs have attracted.
Adventurers Note: IF you fancy skinny dipping with one of your party (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) keep clear of the glowing water.
FASA 365 Day 208, Tigris Egestas (Tiger Bunny) 1-2.5ft. Herbivore.
Movement is somewhere between a bounce and a pounce.
Very fast, but will bite and scratch aggressively when cornered. Very Sharp, retractable claws and powerful jaws and teeth.
Although the teeth are not sharp like the tiger, they are still very strong and have been known to bite through finger bone of those foolish enough to try to pet it.
Artists note: Why the long neck? … Why not?
FASA 365 Day 207, Corniger Ignis Volat Vermis (Horned Flying Fire Worm) 6-12 inch.
Not Dangerous UNTIL after mating.
After mating the female Fire Worm grows its wings, Marking it as pregnant, and avoided at all cost. It flys to find a nesting ground to lay its 1 or 2 larvae.
It only has a limited time in which to nest the larvae, so it is not “overly” choosy on its nesting.
Here is where it gets dangerous.
USUALLY, it prefers the backsides of animals incapable of reaching the bite or brushing it off. However, it will nest on an unsuspecting or sleeping animal. That includes humans.
If you wake and find you have been chosen as a nest. DO NOT attempt to remove the Worm. The legs have dug in deep. The larvae have already been implanted. AND the Mother is eating you, to process food, which is being transferred from her leg tubes and into your body (her nest) to feed the larvae.
You may ask, WHY should the Fire Worm mother NOT be removed?
Because when the larvae have finished gestating. Which takes about 2 weeks, the Mother dies. The young Fire Worms emerge from the nest and proceed to eat their Fire Worm Mother. RAVENOUSLY.
Now, let’s be more specific. When the mother dies, the nest site (on you) looks like a very large, very angry, boil or zit. With a big ugly bug gripping and humping it.
The Larvae… ERUPT, from the nest, spewing acidic enzymes to dissolve and devour their mother.
IF the mother is not there… they will eat the nest (YOU).
They have now imprinted on the nest (YOU) as food.
They won’t attempt to eat anything else. Just you. ALL of you. Till you’re ALL gone. Or until they find MORE humans.
So, it has been deemed more desirable for Fire Worms to eat Fire Worms. Only Fire Worms.
OH, one more thing. Doctors have attempted removing the mother and the larvae surgically and unsuccessfully in every attempt.
It seems the larvae are extremely delicate. So when the surgeon attempts to clamp or grip the larvae, they burst and spread into the blood stream of the nester… (YOU), killing the nester (YOU), in moments.
FASA 365 Day 206, Dryadalem Silva, (Forest Sprite) 1-2ft. Undetermined how or what the Forest Sprite takes as nourishment.
Forest caretaker. Promoting regrowth of the fallen, or peace to the trees that can’t be saved.
NOT a fan of humans as they kill trees indiscriminately, without regard for the health and welfare of the forest as a whole.
However, legend speaks of a “mountain man” who built a home in their forest. A warrior who’d grown tired of the human race and the ugliness of war. He wanted nothing more than to live out his days in peace. In the solitude of nature.
Respecting the forest, the man took care to only harvest dead or fallen trees to build his home. Further, he made a habit of planting new trees every spring.
The Forest sprites counted him as friend, visiting often, and keeping him hidden from those who would do him harm.
The man served the forest, tree and animal alike, for many years. Longer than any human could have lived, naturally. Blessed by the magics of the Fae.
But, even with the magics blessings, nothing lasts forever.
It came to pass, on a fine spring morning, the old man collapsed just outside the door of his forest home. As he lay dying, the Forest Sprites found him.
Unwilling to accept his death, they followed their natural instincts and attempted extending his life, indefinitely.
They turned him into a tree. As strong and tall a tree as the mans spirit.
When magics proved successful, they gave their friend
one final honor. The Dryadalem Silva blessed the new tree with the mans name.
The first of the Sequoia.