Bestiary

Charuck

• Lifespan: 120-160 years
• Length: 12-35 meters (40-100 feet)
• Weight: 6-15 tonnes
• Native to Raana: Yes

A "charuck" is a class of large, reptilian predator. There are many different kinds; the Academy has listed at least 20 different species, differing widely in size and appearance. Some are sea-dwelling but amphibious and can terrorize coastal villages; others stalk prey in dense jungles. They are seldom found in mountainous regions or open fields however.

Chanoga Wasp

• Lifespan: 3-5 years
• Length: 30-40 centimeters (12-15")
• Wingspan: 60-80 centimeters (25-30")
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• Native to Raana: Yes

The chanoga wasp is one of Raana's few native flying creatures, dwelling mostly in regions of high altitude (3,000+ meters). It's extremely rare, thankfully, as its aggressiveness is a thing of legend.

Narlet

• Lifespan: 6-12 years.
• Length: 15-40 centimeters (10-15")

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• Native to Raana: Yes

A narlet is a small rodent-like creature common in all of Irendoria. It's ragged fur and bony structure make the creature uninteresting for most hunters - only a handful of destitute tribalists are known to frequently hunt the animal

Wrool Cats

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• Weight: up to 100kg
• Native to Raana: Yes

A cat-like, leopard-sized predator native to Raana. Widespread, fierce, and bold enough to enter cities. They can hunt in small family packs, and can be dangerous.

Beryll Monkeys

• Latin name: Inexor valacae
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• Weight: up to 200kg
• Native to Raana: Yes

Ape-like creatures native to the Irendorian continent. Lots of rumors circulate about these beings, many of them lurid, and some motivated by a desire to demonize them to justify exterminating them, as they live in forests which some humans would like to chop down for timber. More intelligent than the Earth gorillas that they equal in size: they are said to have language, live in villages, create and use tools, have some form of religion, and trade gemstones with humans. The rumors about their males' taste for human women, and the enormous size of their genitals, may also be true.

Thought to be most likely responsible for the "Beryll pottery culture", dated by its artifacts to the brief period 5,000-4,750 BHE.

Tar snakes

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• Length: 100m+
• Weight: hundreds of tons?
• Native to Raana: yes

Gigantic, elongate, lizard-ish creatures, far bigger than any animal ever evolved on Earth. Capable of standing up to even large bodies of soldiers equipped with the best weapons; their defenses seem not merely physical. One was recently responsible for a recent incident on the Haalu Plateau which dealt a severe blow to the Chancellor's elite space marine force. Stay well away.

"The Degosa tar pit is famous for the Haalu incident in September 2488, when 120 space marines were sent to destroy a large tar snake dubbed "The Degosa Demon". They failed miserably, and the 500-foot serpent pulled over 70 marines into the depths of its dark abode. Those who survived, came back... changed. Most subsequently rejected the call to go back into service even though refusal to guard the Spheremasters equals a death sentence once you have taken the space marine oath."

Vermer rats

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• Native to Raana: yes

Pests that occasionally boom in numbers to form plagues which devastate human crops and food stores.

Cikko flies

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• Native to Raana: yes

More local pests that can form plagues devastating food storage.

Boars

• Lifespan: 10-14 years
• Length: 1.5-1.8m
• Weight: 60--00kg
• Native to Raana: No

Introduced from Earth, and now plentiful in the wetlands within Ikaanos City and some other areas in and around human habitation (within the growing area of the Great Biological Wipe). These fierce omnivores can be hunted safely as long as you are better armed than they are, and keep an eye out for bandits. People concerned about the replacement of native Raanan flora & fauna with invasive Earth species encourage the culling of boar as pests.

Deer

• Lifespan: 10-13 years
• Length: 2m
• Weight: 100-200kg
• Native to Raana: No

Introduced from Earth, and now plentiful in undeveloped areas around Ikaanos and some other human settlements (within the growing area of the Great Biological Wipe). These gentle herbivores can be hunted safely as long as you keep an eye out for bandits. People concerned about the replacement of native Raanan flora & fauna with invasive Earth species encourage the culling of deer as pests.

Mules

• Lifespan: 35-50+ years
• Length: 2m
• Weight: 300-700kg
• Native to Raana: No

Another Earth import, these hardy, willful & characterful creatures rarely roam wild - they are used as beasts of burden, well-suited to Ikaanos' unsurfaced, muddy tracks. Doubly convenient, as they self-fuel by eating the familiar Earth plants of the great biological wipe rather than needing bio-ethanol, irreplaceable Energy Cells or a connection to a fusion power module. You will likely acquire a couple to haul camping equipment around if you want to explore beyond Ikaanos City itself; they come included in the price of a "Camp Level 2".