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The Arcasian Emperor Tortoise

(Finally rehashed  and resubmitted with extra clarifications)

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     Brief summary, habitat, and origins

A species of large tortoise native to the savannas of Arcas. Totally mundane origins. May be found on future islands.

 

     Temperament

The Arcasian Emperor Tortoise is generally docile, but defensive in temperament. More-or-less what you’d expect of a tortoise. It will not attack in combat, but is likely to retreat inside its shell if attacked. The only time it will deliberately lash out at a person is if they shove their arm inside the shell and close to the tortoise’s head. Their bite is not strong enough to sever an arm, but may cause severe pain and broken bones.

 

     Description

Herbivorous and generally not aggressive, the Arcasian Emperor Tortoise’s first response to danger is to retreat into its iron-hard shell. Should this fail, the Emperor Tortoise possesses a set of powerful jaws, ideal for chomping on the hands of fools who refuse to respect the sanctity of its protective home. In general, however, this tortoise is docile, with the exception of competing males forced to share territory. In such cases, the males can become aggressive toward each other and even attack one another, sometimes resulting in serious injury. Commonly, one will even try to flip the other over on its back and leave it there to die of thirst and starvation.

 

  As a tortoise, the Emperor Tortoise is long-lived and grows throughout its life. Living to a maximum of 500 years, the Emperor has plenty of time to reach awe-inspiring sizes. Most adults grow to be roughly six blocks long and four blocks wide with a height of 3 blocks, though the maximum size they may reach is 4 blocks high, eight blocks long, and five blocks wide. This size can only be achieved by a tortoise kept in captivity and over the age of 300. At its largest size, the strong and stout Arcasian Emperor Tortoise is capable of carrying up to three people at a time, including their belongings. A common method of determining the age of these tortoises is by judging their size and the abundance of scars upon their shells; many male tortoises will engage in fights over territory, and may inflict scars upon each other’s shells and limbs. Tortoises are represented by a build.

 

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In the wild a tortoise may not be sexually mature or capable of producing fertile eggs until 15 to 20 years of age. In captivity, should one seek to keep them captive for whatever reason, sexual maturity can be achieved from approximately 8 or 10 years of age. The Emperor Tortoise is not difficult to keep, although strongly dislikes being kept in a small area. It will ram fences and walls if it is not given enough space to roam and graze. An ideal compound would be ten times as big as the length of its shell.

 

Their coloration varies between shades of gray, brown, or beige. Their diet consists mainly of grass and bushes, though the largest of them have been known to crane their necks into the trees, even chomping down whole branches at times. In addition to their usual diet, they also commonly swallow stones to aid in digestion. As all tortoises, the Arcasian Emperor is extremely slow, moving at a steady, even gate across its arid home. The females tend to lay and bury large clutches of eggs, many of which are likely to fall prey to various predators.

 

Their natural predators include wild dogs, badgers, and occasionally wild pigs which at times dig up their tasty eggs. Wolf packs and other large pack predators, from time to time, manage to take down the more average-sized adults. Those which make it to the more colossal sizes tend to be too large for anything short of proper monsters.

 

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  • They’re slow. Like, painfully slow.

  • They’re not combative/aggressive, though they are defensive.

  • Can definitely bite someone’s arm off if they’re stupid enough to wave it right in front of the tortoise’s face.

  • Will not attack to defend anyone or anything except itself, and even then only when someone shoves their hand up against its head while it is hiding.

  • Can’t swim.

  • General tortoise limitations.

  • No fighting on top of tortoises. Get off the damn shell.

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Not mountain turtles, but still cute!

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I love it, only question is habitat: so would it only be native to the area around Krugmar and the Talus Grove?

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This Lore has been accepted. Moved to Implemented Lore, it will be sorted to it's appropriate category soon. Please note that if this is playable lore, such as a magic or CA, you will need to write a guide for this piece. You will be contacted regarding the guide (or implementation if it isn’t needed) shortly.

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