Category: Creatures

Dino Dossier: Pelagornis

Common NamePelagornisSpeciesPelagornis miocaenusTimeEarly MioceneDietPiscivoreTemperamentSkittishDomesticationTameableYesRideableYes Wild: The much larger ancestor of water birds like the stork or pelican, Pelagornis miocaenus shares many traits with its modern-day brethren. However, it seems to spend much more time hunting for fish over the open deep-sea.Domesticated: Because of its ability to fly, walk, and surface-swim, a tamed Pelagornis is one of the […]

Dino Dossier: Purlovia

Common NamePurloviaSpeciesPurlovia maximaTimeLate PermianDietCarnivoreTemperamentPatientDomesticationTameableYesRideableNo Wild: Purlovia Maxima perfectly embodies the element of surprise. Though Nanictidopids such as Purlovia were once thought to be herbivores, I discovered that this creature is, in fact, a patient hunter of the most clever sort.Domesticated: Though Purlovia is ill-suited to the life of a mount, its usefulness in staging an ambush or […]

Dino Dossier: Moschops

Common NameMoschopsSpeciesMoschops cibumutanteTimeMid PermianDietOmnivoreTemperamentCowardlyDomesticationTameableYesRideableNoWild: Moschops cibumutante in the wild is a lethargic, cowardly creature that primarily lives in the forests of the island, primarily making its home among the great redwoods of the West. It survives by being extremely flexible in its eating habits and completely averse to fighting. It never starves, since it can eat […]

Dino Dossier: Basilosaurus

Common NameBasilosaurusGroupMammalsSpeciesBasilosaurus solatiumfecitTimeLate EoceneDietPiscivoreTemperamentPassiveDomesticationTameableYesRideableYesWild: One of the stranger creatures in the waters surrounding the island is Basilosaurus solatiumfecit. It’s a powerful swimmer which has adapted to the shallows so remarkably well such that it rapidly recovers from injuries when near the water’s surface. Conversely, it’s vulnerable to deep water pressure, which slowly cause it harm.Domesticated: Despite […]

Dino Dossier: Leech

Common NameLeechSpeciesHaementeria laetusTimeHoloceneDietSanguinivoreTemperamentPassive – AggressiveDomesticationTameableNoRideableNoWild: It is difficult to be angry with Haementeria laetus, despite its rather terrible nature. The creature has practically no intelligence, and just attaches to any nearby living flesh in an attempt to drain that creature’s blood.Domesticated: While Haementeria is not intelligent enough to be tamed, and does not provide a resource […]

Dino Dossier: Oncorhynchus – Sabertooth Salmon

Common Name Sabertooth SalmonSpeciesOncorhynchus GrexlamiaTimeMiocene – Mid PleistoceneDietCarnivoreTemperamentEvasive, Aggressive when attackedDomesticationTameableNoRideableNoWild: Fairly unremarkable by the Island’s standards, Oncorhynchus Grexlamia is a generally passive fish. Far smaller than a human, its main form of protection is swimming in a large school. Oncorhynchus does not like conflict, and generally swims away from anything larger than it at very high […]

Dino Dossier: Chalicotherium

Common Name:ChalicotheriumSpecies:Chalicotherium obsidioequusTime:Late Oligocene – Early PlioceneDiet:HerbivoreTemperament:TerritorialDomesticationTameable:YesRideable:YesSaddle: Command: Wild: Found in small numbers within the Island’s colder regions, Chalicotherium obsideoquus is normally a peaceful herbivore that prefers to spend its days lazing about or playing with it’s family. It is very territorial, however, and the entire family, young and old, will turn against an encroaching creature at just […]

Dino Dossier: Titanosaur

Common NameTitanosaurSpeciesTitanosaurus vagacastrumTimeLate CretaceousDietHerbivoreTemperamentPassive, Unless ApproachedDomesticationTameableYesRideableYesWild: Today I witnessed an unforgettable sight: the extremely rare Titanosaurus Vagacastrum. Essentially a walking mountain, it is an absolutely enormous sauropod which has developed armored plates of bone protrusions all over its body.Domesticated: I suspect that a Titanosaur, for all its sheer size, is overkill for a lone rider. Rather, […]

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