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Looking back 🌇
“So! I was out and about in the mountains near my home city, looking for interesting creatures to take pictures of. I got stopped by a wildling kobold– much taller, beefier, and more uh… ‘traditional’? Cousins to us cityling kobolds.
He told me in Scalespeak(thank Sahvriyol I speak it) that I wasn’t welcome in their territory, and I may’ve listened to him and the pike he was whirling around if he wasn’t riding a Silver Monster!!
I’d never seen one before, not even in the Phonan zoos, so I begged him for a chance to get some pictures, maybe give it a pet or two? He thought it was funny, and said as long as I turn around and leave right after, he’d allow it. Needless to say, that was the best experience I had that day! His name was Kirasir (the Silver Monster I mean) and he was very friendly and surprisingly photogenic! I don’t think I got a single bad picture of him.
Silver Monsters in general are pretty friendly monsters– they’ll only attack if you have 'food’ on you.
They’re a species of Insectoid Arcfauna, and a very close cousin of Rust Monsters who eat tarnish instead of rust: despite the name, they don’t eat just silver. Wannabe pathmakers, don’t forget to memorize all the metals that tarnish: steel is one of them!
They are social pack monsters, who live as part of a hive in a biiiiig underground network of tunnels that they carve from the earth. They communicate by rubbing their antennae with each other’s: certain patterns mean certain things to them. Kirasir tickled my arms quite a few times with his, I’m not sure what he was saying but I hope it was something happy!
Due to tarnishable metals being a little rarer than rusting ones, they’re a bit smaller than their Rust Monster cousins, so they can eat less. Their carapace is also a bit smoother, since they prefer to run away when threatened: they’re incredible burrowers, and they can dig a hole and hide in less than 15 seconds, even in solid stone!
Still, it’s probably not a good idea to go out and pester them. Silver Monsters will fight back when they have numbers or are cornered, and even if you’re not wearing tarnishable armor, their bite is designed to pierce rock, so it’ll certainly take a chunk out of you. However, they don’t usually fight to kill, and once you back off or can’t chase them anymore, they’ll probably run away.
Unlike Rust Monsters, which are a bit more aggressive, Silver Monsters make great pets! They’re very friendly and they have a surprising amount of personality– they’re even great with kids! However, I implore you to do a ton of research before you go get one. You don’t want to be one of the people that has their houses fall down when the braces to your support beams get eaten! However, it’s certainly possible if you’re wealthy enough to keep them well-fed and you have a large enclosure made out of non-tarnishable, sturdy metal.
I hate having to say this so often, but when you’re getting a pet, especially an exotic one, do. Your. Homework. However, the groups who have the most unanimous success with Silver Monsters are the wildling kobolds.
I guess I should probably talk about them too, huh? Wildling kobolds live in tribes out in the wilderness– they would make great insight for all kinds of beasts if they weren’t so territorial. They make great smiths, combatants, and beastmasters, making Silver Monsters perfect companions to them: not only can the wildlings feed them well, but they’re small enough to ride the Silver Monsters as mounts! Wildling scouts like the ones I met patrol the crags with hooked pikes, designed to grab and pull to make up for their height disadvantage. Coupled with the facts that Silver Monsters can climb on walls and up trees, a skilled wildling kobold rider is an amazing fighter, able to use their environment to gain all kinds of advantages over their opponent.
I’m glad that guy (I forget his name, sorry) thought I was funny, because I admit I was pretty intimidated to see him! He was a pretty relaxed guy once the initial tension died down.
I will say, DO NOT DO WHAT I DID. I am a kobold, and even if I am a cityling, wildling kobolds still somewhat see us as 'kin’. They are extremely territorial as I said, and they will not give a non-kobold a second chance. You’ve been warned! ”
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Written by @pyyakelp, slightly edited by me. In case y'all didn’t know, we share lore with our stuff.
This is Viras, a member of a species of snakes known as Korleks. They are enormous, Viras here is about 20 feet in length, and they unanimously have psionic abilities. They tend to be rather prim in terms of personality, and Viras, while nice about it, is no exception.
Viras in particular has a little basilisk in him, giving him natural armor plating and a petrifying glare. The unfortunate bit is that his petrification is broken, and is active at all times. To not endanger others, he either shuts his eyes at all times while using his psionics to navigate, or dons a pair of welding goggles so that he can at least somewhat see.
My friend did a thing go check him out please he’s cool
Feeling cute, might begin a prequel webcomic, idk
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