Magic and Magical Creatures

Magic appears in the realm mostly in the form of creatures. These creatures have a few traits that make them magical:


 * 1) They are evolutionary isolates. There may be a few subspecies of any given magical creature in different locations or magical creatures that bear obvious resemblance to other magical creatures, but magical beings do not have traceable evolutionary ancestry.
 * 2) They have abilities or skills that shouldn't be possible, given the laws of physics and the body structure of the creature.
 * 3) They can interact with the surrounding world in ways that no other creatures in the realm can.
 * 4) They are naturally occurring and not man-made.

Stone-Eaters
"Main Article: Stone-Eater"

Stone-Eaters are a type of magical creature. They have been described as resembling something akin to a wingless honeybee, a gangly-legged dog with mandibles, or a yak-spider. These creatures are about 70-110 cm (27,5" to 43") tall and about 125-145 cm (50" to 57") long.

Stone-Eaters live in cave systems - both naturally occurring ones, and ones that they have dug out. Their social groups are quite large, with a single colony potentially numbering up to 75 individuals. These colonies are centered around a single larger den, wherein the colony protects a hivemind queen. Stone-Eaters have a complicated and eusocial structure.

Their diet, as their name might suggest, consists of rocks, metals and ore, which is what allows them to build such complex cave systems extremely quickly. However, once they ingest the rocks, they convert them to different minerals, even ones they eat. Thus the amount of rock in an area never increases or decreases because of the presence of Stone-Eaters.

Stone-Eaters are extremely aggressive towards any threats they perceive. Because of their thick protective carapace that leaves them functionally immune to most human weapons, their aggression, and other combat adaptations, they are very dangerous for humans. However, they have an extreme toxic shock reaction to a species of coral that grows all over the realm's shores.

Tree Fairies
"Main Article: Tree Fairy"

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Lakewalkers
"Main Article: Lakewalker"

Lakewalkers are a large, serpentine magical creature. They live semi-aquatically in and around still freshwater bodies.