Kitten

What is it with everyone thinking I based these creatures off of something.

A cougar is 3 feet tall, an ocelat is 1 block high, and over 2 blocks long including tail. 2 blocks is 6 feet, 1 is 3. So logically something the size of a cougar, which is about the size of a medim/large dog, but smaller than a wolf would be ok.

OH! Thats right I meant to say yes, the crystals can come in different colors, forgot to answer that. The crystals can be worn away after long periods of time, but its why they prefer to stay in Atgaard so if it begins to fade they can replenish by eating the flowers.

Edited the lore a bit. I forgot to remove the cat bit as I said I edited my old lore. As for the crystals, they are hard because they are dense. However its not valuable because its just extremely dense salt. The horns are shed yes, but are rapidly regrown, no eating them does nothing, as the crystals don't hold the same exact composition as the plant when they are eaten its pretty much useless but if crushed it can make a healthy supplement! I based the name Wyrssa off of a Mercedes lackey creature and they are called Daemon Deer because they are very strange, and may once or twice have accidentally impaled people when first found. However they also eat meat, so that itself throws people off. No Deco I've never read that series, or even seen it, when I was drawing the creature i was like should I do scales? NO! Crystals, crystals would be prettier. The horns are hard because they are encased on top of the bone. As they are animals yes a druid can talk to them, but a druid isn't guarenteed to get it to ride, as they can be rather proud. If you read the lore on the flower you will see it will change things to a salty/calcium crystal.

What are they? Karin (Crystaline Kittens) How do they get this way? They eat the Crystal Flowers, just like the Wyrssa. They safely defuse the crystal’s chemicals by depositing it into their skin. This causes the many large crystal’s on their fur. However if one was to remove them, the crystals are all but worthless. Do the crystals help them at all? Yes, for their natural predators it makes them back off, because of the solid crystals that can cause teeth to easily chip, or the overly salty taste will overload the senses of the animals trying to eat upon these creatures. Why do they like Atgaard? They stay there because its near a plant that helps them digest meat, and also gives them the large sodium and calcium boost, they mainly eat them for the calcium, as their food usually has a low balance of calcium. Are they aggressive? Being rather leopard like, these creatures are known for being hissy and more than happy to growl at you, but they are rather friendly for the most part, they are loyal and will always follow after their chosen friends. They have sharp claws and can accidently hurt someone in play. How hard are their horns? Their horns are extremely hard but they just go over the back and point backwards, the purpose of this is to protect their sensitive necks. What size are they? Look at a puma, aka a cougar. They are 7 feet long How much do they weight? About 200lbs. Can you get one? Sure, you can get one, halfling can even use them as mounts. What does it eat? These creatures prefer meat, but they eat the flowers to help digest it, and get a larger amount of salt in their system. How many babies does it have? 7-8 How often do they breed? Once every three years, so three elven weeks. How would you represent it in MC? An ocelot. Can you ride it? Sure, if you’re a halfling or a really young child. What happens if it doesn’t have access to these flowers? Well if its already eaten from it, it keeps its crystalline chunks and horn, if not then similar to the Wyrssa they look just normal, two tailed pale cat with deer horns protecting their neck. What types of group do they live in? They don’t live in large groups, they may run in small groups of 2-3 others but thats about the worse it is. Are they loyal? EXTREMELY, these creatures tend to choose people to run around with, as they are drawn to affection and love. What is their behavior like? Playful and cat like these creatures are quite often seen eating animals, roughing around, or following their chosen friend. Ok, so I’m an orc and I want one as a pet, can I? Sure, just make sure not to sit on it. Now theres something special about these creatures, if they realize that their companion is stressed they will do about anything they can do to curl up around them and provide comfort. If it was an orc stressed they may try to curl up on their shoulders to purr soothinly, if its a dwarf they may just knock it over and curl up, a halfling they may run off with to a quiet area to love on the halfling, a human it just may pester them, and an elf, take them down with a pounce! But these actions are easily mixed up or changed, its only examples. They also have a good nose for diseases and any off levels in the blood, if it senses something they would pester the companion to try and solve the issue. These you don’t need to train to be therapy pets, they are naturally like that, being able to live about 30-60 years they make great companions and great defenders. HOWEVER these creatures WILL NOT kill, they may bite, claw, scratch, maul, but it will never kill, if someone goes to attack it, it will disable the person, it will never go for the throat and crush it, unless its some sort of food item. Will it eat other livestock, sure if you don’t store it properly, or its hungry. They don’t kill prey for pleasure.

What are they? Wyrssa, also called the Crystal daemon deer. How do they get this way? They eat the Crystal Flowers. They safely defuse the crystal’s chemicals by depositing it into their skin. This causes the many large crystal’s on their fur. However if one was to remove them, the crystals are all but worthless. Do the crystals help them at all? Yes, for their natural predators it makes them back off, because of the solid crystals that can cause teeth to easily chip, or the overly salty taste will overload the senses of the animals trying to eat upon these creatures. Why do they like Atgaard? They stay there because its near a plant that helps them digest meat, and also gives them the large sodium boost they need. They can live without it, but they only can eat plants if they don’t get that. Which makes it hard for them to eat in the winter. Are they aggressive? Not towards people, but towards other animals they can be when provoked. They are generally passive and loving, preferring to curl up against their riders and loving on them. Will they attack someone, they will run if attacked, they prefer being non confrontational. So No. How hard are their horns? The horns are actually covered in crystal, so they are extremely hard, however it is mainly used to fight for dominance in their herds. What size are they? Let me show you. They are the size of a moose being 6’8 feet at the shoulder. How much do they weight? About 760 for a female, and 1020lbs for a male. Can you get one? Sure, you can get one, however anyone thats not an elf or a halfling can’t ride them. Why can only elves ride them? They have semi weak bones, dwarves, human, orcs, and Kha are all to heavy for them. What if the elf is in armor, and its not light weight? Then it makes it extremely hard for the Wyrssa and their bones MAY snap. They are meant for speed and being light weight. What does it eat? It eats really anything it can get, being a scavenger they find life easy when bonded to someone else, due to being fed daily that way. How many babies does it have? 1-2. How often do they breed? Once every two years, so two elven weeks. How would you represent it in MC? A grey horse, or a white horse if someone requires the beast to be there. Can you ride it? Yes, its big enough to have a saddle. What happens if it doesn’t have access to these flowers? Well if its already eaten from it, it keeps its crystalline chunks and horn, if not then it just has a regular deer horn, and no crystals on is body, making it just pretty much a plain deer, with a tail similar to that of an arabian and cloven hooves. So I guess you could mistaken it for a strange antlered unicorn. What types of group do they live in? The Wyrssa are in a pack system when they aren’t domesticated. Being extremely playful at a young age it takes several of them to take care of a baby. The leader is always the largest, and the ones of its pack will obey it, of course unless a larger one comes around and wins. Are they loyal? EXTREMELY, being pack creatures, if one is domesticated by you, they will obey you similar to as if you where the alpha. What is their behavior like? Docile and playful, they are quite often seen loping around the fields, and walking up to socialize with those around. They are rather skittish when people make extremely loud noises, back stepping sometimes running. To avoid this you must have the full trust. Of course don’t forget to eat meat they do have teeth similar to ours, and that can make it rather painful to be bitten if you do attack one. Ok, so I’m an orc and I want one as a pet, can I? Sure, just don’t ride it, you WILL kill it if you do. Why won't they accept other's? Now these creatures also are semi repusled by other races, the smell of them is quite different from the almost nature scent. A human would smell more of war, a dwarf of stone, an orc of blood and sand, but halfling and elves to them they naturally smell like plants, trees, fields. This is a scent that animals can pick up, and its why humans, and other races though if you get one light enough, the Wyrssa would most likely reject.

https://www.lordofthecraft.net/topic/119429-flower-of-crystal-lore/?view=getnewpost

They aren't actually big, they are represented by the blue orchids.

This along with a few other creatures are going to be made, for wood elves. This is the first of a few mounts, and animals bearing one main resemblance of the crystals that i will be adding. I plan on adding a deer creature, as well as a few helpful beasts for the more or less impaired. Orcs have so many mounts, so do other races. Really as long as I follow Mech standard which I did, as this gives no benefit to fights or such, then it is allowed. It was posted in Roleplay because I didn't need everyone saying OH, LOOK! Idea! Lets downvote it so much, the person will want to remove it. If Deco can make a lore for a type of horse that she sells. Jade can make lore for giant wolves for dark elves. Orcs can make huge mounts for them. I see no point in me making a few passive mounts that will effect you in no way. Also I've never seen your pictures, or the creatures you're talking about, so you can stop spamming with ideas that I've ripped people off. I created this blatantly from my own imagination, only using a reference picture of an actual cat.

The lore of these creatures and their art is rather unique, I would know =P I made it all up and drew it.

What are they? Wyrssa, also called the Crystal daemon cats. How do they get this way? They eat the Crystal Flowers. They safely defuse the crystal’s chemicals by depositing it into their skin. This causes the many large crystal’s on their fur. However if one was to remove them, the crystals are all but worthless. Do the crystals help them at all? Yes, for their natural predators it makes them back off, because of the solid crystals that can cause teeth to easily chip, or the overly salty taste will overload the senses of the animals trying to eat upon these creatures. Why do they like Atgaard? They stay there because its near a plant that helps them digest meat, and also gives them the large sodium boost they need. They can live without it, but they only can eat plants if they don’t get that. Which makes it hard for them to eat in the winter. Are they aggressive? Not towards people, but towards other animals they can be when provoked. They are generally passive and loving, preferring to curl up against their riders and loving on them. Will they attack someone, they will run if attacked, they prefer being non confrontational. So No. How hard are their horns? The horns are actually covered in crystal, so they are extremely hard, but they serve no purpose besides decoration due to their backwards angle. However they can make extremely good handles. What size are they? Let me show you. They are about 15 hands at the shoulder. So about the size and weight of an Arabian horse. How much do they weight? About 800-1000lbs. Where do they live? Atgaard, they prefer wood elves and have a special way of training them only truly learned by the Taliame family. Can you get one? Sure, if you want to rp getting one from Lily, mind you she will prefer to keep it as a racial mount for wood elves, and they reject other riders. What does it eat? It eats really anything it can get, being a scavenger they find life easy when bonded to someone else, due to being fed daily that way. How many babies does it have? 4-5 per litter. How often, once every two years? So two elven weeks. How would you represent it in MC? A grey horse, or a white horse if someone requires the beast to be there. However it can also be represented by a cat. Can you ride it? Yes, its big enough to have a saddle. What happens if it doesn’t have access to these flowers? Well if its already eaten from it, it keeps its crystalline chunks and horns, if not then it just has regular backwards deer antlers, and of course two tails. How do they bond to people? A tradition learned by the family is passed down, the creatures will bond to someone, their eyes will turn from bright to darker. They live for about 40 years, and are loyal to the family of those they bonded too. How do they live when unbonded? They prefer to be in small groups of their kind maybe 3-6.

No. It is just fine when crushed! ^.^ Since the properties are in the crystal unless you mix it, it will be regular.

Well, then have someone RP to make a cure silleh, right now it hasn't been experimented with.

Flower of Crystal - Also known as Crystal Death What is this flower? Well it is a flower that has an abnormally high amount of Sodium Calcite and Calcium. It has the ability to grow and bloom despite this, however it appears to be covered in crystal. It is edible but rather crunchy. Ok, so I ate it, what happens to me? Well for the first few hours nothing, then it starts to hurt, your body feels like its stiffening, from bones first. This is caused by a property in the flower spreading out into your body and turning you into a crystal. Breaking the crystals will actually chip part of the body the it is encasing, as the skin is the last thing the change. Ok, I want to cure it, is there a non magical way? No, so far it hasn't been experimented on to try and find a cure. However if one was to directly figure it out I would love to see the screenshots and then even add it to the lore. My suggestion is find a chemical that would de-calcify and another that would affect salt or slow a chemical reaction down. Now a way to do this, and the key ingredients are Sugar, which stops most of salts progress due to it being the opposite of salt in many ways, and an acid which stops the calcification. You can experiment to figure these out, I don't want to see just BOOM I GOT A CURE! Without actually working on one. The acidic compound must be high in acid. Wines, Carbonated waters, and cherries all have high content, so adding these may help. As for sugars you're going to need a good amount in it. Of course you're not going to just want those two ingredients, you're going to want to reduce that, and make it much more potent. Adding in a few other things most likely to numb pain if you want the pain of it reverting back to be numbed. A low dose will just stop it, a high dose will turn back the transition, unless yet again, it has completely taken over the organs. Ok, so I'm a cleric, how do I solve this? A cleric would most likely not be able to figure out what is going on first time around, as this acts unlike any other poison and a cleric would have to figure out whats going wrong they would most likely watch in horror as their friend turned to Crystal. However after seeing it done the first time the cleric would be able to figure out that they are turning to crystal from the inside out, so the symptoms would have to be cured by first purifying the blood, then working on the joints, once its past crystallizing the organs, the persons already dead, you can't live without a beating heart. If the cleric can get to the person before that stage is complete then the victim will live. Ok, can I mine it? No, you can represent the statues with Lapis or Quartz but the crystal is completely worthless, no mining it and trying to find diamonds. So what can eat it? Well there are a few animals that I will put here later. Why can they eat it? Over the many hundreds of years these creatures have developed an immunity, they tend to eat these leaves to help their digestion. So why can you rp this? Its just a poison with a different way of killing, and has a special effect on specific animals but it doesn't impact any MC default as the bodies aren’t really valuable, nor will it give the animals any special abilities. This sounds rather op, what drawbacks are there? Well for one always wear gloves so it doesn't begin to crystallize your hands. It also has a rather salty taste so if you put it in food, replace the salt with this so you don't give yourself away. Its also quite hard, so either compound it, or liquefy it to make it easier fed, or else those hard chunks will break a tooth, and give you away. ALSO when compounded it would still have the texture of sand, and be gritty in food. So better find something to disguise it in if you plan on feeding it to someone. What if normal animals that haven’t developed a tolerance for this try to eat it? Simple they die just like anyone else. Where is it found? In the underbelly of Atgaard, and rarely in other locations. Could it grow in other environments? Yes, though it is rare in other locations (This allows ET's to use it in events). If one was to take two and transplant them, properly of course, that means to cropping the roots and if they survive the shock they can live in other areas. Of course you need to wear gloves during this whole process. Would it kill the animals in those environments? Of course!