Plants & Animals

Dovlim
Dovlim are small, furless, quadrupedal mammals that grow to be about 40cm tall and 60cm long, snout to rump. They have two distinctive, bright yellow lines that run down either side of their backs. They live in colonies of between twenty and forty members in underground burrows mainly along the Southwestern edge of Cad'Lear and the Eastern foot hills of Rexthen. The Dovlim secrete a viscous, poisonous liquid from the yellow stripes on their back, which sticks to and coats the walls and ceilings of their burrows. This makes the burrows' interiors quite toxic for any other creatures. If the Dovlim are eaten raw, their poison can cause burning of the mouth and gullet. However, cooking the meat diminishes the potency of the poison and makes it safer to eat, though people can also develop resistance to this type of poison. The Dovlim are bred in Jasarius in large, fake burrows made of ceramics; from here they are sold across Cad'Lear for creation of a delicacy known as Oppilon.

Caracka
These dark blue, nocturnal birds tend to live high in the canopies of dense forests across Cad'Lear, Zilcan, and southern Carthorka. They weigh between 800g-1kg and measure up to 75cm in length. Their diet consists mainly of large nuts and seeds. To gain access to these nuts they have sharp-hooked beaks which they jam into the shells to rip them open. They generally are quite quiet animals, except during the full moon at the end of every month, when they can be heard making long, fluctuating songs. As long as the nest is empty, the female Caracka lay about three eggs per clutch every other month; once hatched, the fledglings take about three months before leaving the nest. Much of the mythology around these birds considers them to be connected to / born of / in sync with The Moon which is why traditional Naeg-o Mel Pies are created using their eggs.