DecoLamb

Go look at 'Fawnlings' on Deviant art. You could probably pull inspiration from there on future drawings. Maybe the crystals can cause some crazy antler variations? Would allow for some individuality behind them. Or perhaps the feathering is possible as well? Maybe there can be patterns in the crystal growth as well? Also a thought occurred, if the flowers and creatures are basically salt crystals, would rain bot melt away at them? Maybe they have a natural fear of water because they could melt? I didn't realize this when reading the previous sets of lore, but my eggnog swirled mind just recalled that salt dissolves. And again on the crystals, is it possible for there to be variations of color? Even if it is salt, salt comes in a lot of colors; You could potentially have pink variations of the deer, these flowers, and the cats, depending on what crystallization of salt makes up the batches of the flowers they eat.

I'll give you the deer and the flowers.. but these not so much. However if they were smaller, I'd be more approving. They would probably be more appealing if they were the size of a housecat or the default ocelot, rather than a cougar.

I'll give you credit that the artwork is rather nice, and the crystal aspect is interesting. As I've said before I love the flowers [i think you should also add trees and vines to this concept]. However I have some points of curiosity. What causes the salted flavor? Are the flowers chemically made up and are actually cyrstalized salt formations, not plants at all? I haven't re-read it in a bit so I'm curious there. On the hardness of the horn, and the horn itself. If it's simply a crystal covered horn, I would assume there is bone underneath like a normal horn. Since they are based on deer, do they shed their antlers in a seasonal cycle like normal deer? Might be interesting to find shed antlers, and smaller creatures like mice could eat the bone out leaving a hollow or near-hollow horn. Lovely for decoration or something I would suppose. And on the horn itself, does eating the crystal cause the antler to fuse or will the diet as they grow cause a different growth pattern? And do the crystals cause the tail to extend and plume? Since you said if they didnt have access to the crystal its just a normal deer, which this creature truly doesn't appear to be save for its bodily frame. Also what causes it so that only elves and halflings can ride them? If its the statement that they are fragile, could small children of other races not ride them as well? Or petite/female humans? Or are they just sentient and make this choice, if so what bases this choice? ARE THEY RACIST?! Could a druid commune with them possibly? On the aspect of birth size. i see that they're based on deer quite obviously, and very obviously there is pull form the mythological Kirin or Qilin, which makes me question how they could manage to hold that many young unless they have some kind of pocket demention inside them. 1-2 would probably make more sense, at least in my opinion. Also are those solid hooves or cloven? After those questions, I have to ask this. Have you ever heard of Glenmore? Other than the crystals, your creation is very similar to the deer that reside within that little story-rp thing hosted on DeviantArt. Very beautiful stuff, I recommend you check it out. And that leads to my other question; Is there a possibility of color variations within the crystals? Could there be some that are more golden or more violet? Or do all of them share the same basic hue with slight variations in saturation?