Bestiary
&
Plant
Compendium
A list of
plants and creatures
featured
in The Smut Sagas
~ Color Coded
to TOL ~
Echo Phase
Echo
beings are echo energy dominate, and they exist in the echo domain. They have never lived at all in physical
form.
~ Creatures
~
Khahuhrus
– SPOILERS!!!
Astral Phase
Astral
beings are astral energy dominate, and they exist in the astral domain. They have never lived at all in physical
form.
~
Creatures ~
Krysphaira
- sentient beings native to the astral wilds. They looked like giant soap bubbles,
transparent orbs shimmering the colors of the rainbow. They were gentle creatures, and some had been
domesticated and were used as a mode of transportation to the higher reaches of
the astral plane. Boarded in astral form
within the omni-transmundane replica, one rode inside the Krysphaira, but was
not digested, for Krysphaira did not eat as a physical creature would. Krysphaira simply absorbed cast off energy
from that which was inside it, for astral bodies cast off something akin to
body heat. In the wild, it would swallow
another astral being, live off of it for a while, and then spit it back out.
Muth Phase
Muth
plants and beings are muth energy dominate, and they exist within the muth
domain. Muth beings may have once lived
and are now dead, or they may have never lived at all in physical form,
dependent upon the nature of the creature.
Those once living and now dead are commonly referred to as “spirits,”
but one should not confuse them with the element of spirit, aka quintessence,
or spirit elementals.
~ Plants ~
cucur vine – a vine that produces large gourds
ebony
tears – Found only in the muth domain around
Tenfkep. Black vines dripping with black
Fuchsia-like flowers.
ercuss
tree -- similar to the Cork Oak of Earth
~
Creatures ~
djinn – a disembodied spirit imprisoned in a glass decanter, enslaved
by a master.
eyekos – Spirit birds, which looked like sparrows that were made of
shadows. The flock worked as a
collective and had shared vision. They
sang a sad song, like the dirge of a female kalavinka after her lover had died.
ghosts – free roaming, disembodied spirits who, for various reasons,
are stuck in limbo.
pretas - hungry ghosts, found in the muth domain. The circumstances of their agony was dictated
by karma, and thus they differed in plight and appearance. They were humanoid but cadaverous with
swollen, distended bellies and skeletal limbs.
Their skin was withered up like rotten leather. Their faces were gaunt with sunken eyes,
while their mouths were often miniscule or sewn together. Their necks were elongated and scrawny. For pretas, food was scarce, manifesting in
abundance, but withering up or rotting before they could get it into their
mouths.
What
little food they found was difficult to swallow, sometimes bursting into flames
once the preta tried to swallow. Other
times the food would expand and hang in their skinny throats, rotting there,
slowly dripping decay into their hungry bellies.
Thus, they
were never sated; always their distended bellies were doomed to grumble. Additionally, they were oversensitive to heat
and cold, with the heat of a candle burning them, and the cold of a cube of ice
freezing them.
thos – Hellhounds, watchdogs.
They were creatures similar to jackals, but black as pitch, as if
crafted from the very night itself, bespeckled with red pinpricks like laser
beam stars. They were hematophagous
creatures. They had the power to
mesmerize with their eyes, and enticed their pray into laying prone and
exposing his or her throat, at which point they pounced upon him or her and
penetrated the victim’s veins with a retractable proboscis, an elongated mouth
tube like those of the female mosquito, designed for piercing and sucking.
thunderbird
/ mothman - Inspires feelings of fear, coldness,
terror, electricity, etc. in the observer.
Its form shifted as if made of a shadow blacker than black, a swirling
confluence of all colors like an oil slick, yet somehow solid. Like a Rorschach inkblot test, it could have
been many things. It appeared to be
covered in ruffled black feathers. It
stood eight feet tall and had a wingspan of fifteen feet. It had the broad, muscular chest and
shoulders of a vulture. It had the lower
torso and legs of a man but fearsome talons instead of feet. Its shifting face had no real shape, but the
oversized, razor-sharp, black beak seemed fixed.
It had two
huge, fierce, and powerful eyes, which glowed, usually red, but also green if
channeling the will of another entity. Its shriek was like a pterodactyl’s
roar, only backwards and dreadfully fast.
The creature smelled musky like a rotten animal in a wet forest. A thunderbird’s natural habitat is a specific
cave within the muth domain. They are
saprophytes, feeding off the ripple of fear and terror that lingers around
tragedies.
vashigast - a ghostly guardian, a humanoid ghost who becomes a protector.
vowyr - a creature native to
the banks of the Medianus Iteru. A
leopard woman with gorgeous breasts, hippopotamus’ feet and the face of a
crocodile. Always female, they reproduce
by fission after eating a soul.
Eden’s
Mundane Phase
The
mundane phase is the physical world.
This section focuses specifically on the mundane phase of Eden
only. Since the beasts of Eden are
elementals, this section is further color coded to indicate the elements.
~Plants~
In Eden,
plants sang arias like crickets chirp and birds twitter. Each species sang its own unique songs. Some plants have an earthly counterpart, but
many plants are unique to the world of the gods.
adoc
flower - found in the Swamps of Tara, used in
levitation potions. Campanulate (Bell-shaped)
flower, with a light blue luminescence.
amart
shrub --thick, bitter-tasting root is used
in levitation potion. Grows in ashy
soils. A stemless, succulent plant
growing to 24-39 inches tall, spreading by offsets. The leaves are
thick and fleshy, resembling octopus tentacles, and are covered in spines.
ambrosia
tree - contained bitter persimmon like fruit rich in mescaline, eaten
by Shatter Kinder, and when infected, by Geist.
big reds - mushrooms which grow up
to thirty foot tall, found in the area of Dreams of Dionysus. They are petrified and used to construct
buildings.
cobradarlings - are carnivorous plants whose prey-trapping mechanism
features a deep cavity filled with liquid known as a pitfall
trap. Similar to pitcher plants. Grows up to five foot tall. Native to Mount Agni. They are poisonous, animated, angry plants
that screamed like the vocalist of a black metal band.
droseros – Native to Mount Agni, carnivorous plants similar to
sundews. Grows up to three foot
tall. They lure, capture, and digest
insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf
surface. They are poisonous, animated,
angry plants that screamed like the vocalist of a black metal band.
ego
trumpet -
flower with seeds that contained lysergic acid amide, eaten by Shatter
Kinder
eleazar
tree -- native to Mount Agni, it has leaves which were large, about
eight feet long. Leaves are spirally
arranged and are easily torn by the wind, resulting in a frond look. large herbaceous flowering
plant that tall and often mistaken for trees, but their upright stem is
actually a pseudostem that grows 20 – 30 foot tall, growing from
a corm. Looks similar to a banana
tree, but its fruit, though similar in appearance, is toxic.
fey cap - A mushroom containing psilocybin. A dietary staple for Shatter Kinder.
gogo shrub – Grows 6-30 foot tall. Has small green leaves, white and
pink flowers, and orange, round or oval fruit.
Its yellow-colored roots contain ibogaine and are eaten by Shatter
Kinder.
hul gil – an opium poppy, eaten by Shatter Kinder
iya – a flower that was rich in tetrahydrocannabinol, eaten by
Shatter Kinder
Jörmunrsul
– a colossal tree with metallic golden bark and
foliage. Its flowers were all tendrils
and spikes, like oversized bromeliad flowers that were made of black
nacre. Its song sounded like the
harmonious, lustful moans of a woman reaching climax.
lerrab-teews -- a cactus plant with bright red trumpet flowers, teews pulp is
used in levitation potions
passiflora – flower of Mordecio & Astothan, Eden’s equivalent to the
Passion flower.
phalaris
mons-avon - grass rich in
dimethyltryptamine. Staple of the
Shatter Kinder diet.
psylocybe-eris - A mushroom containing psilocybin. A dietary staple for Shatter Kinder.
rueion – a flower that contained harmine, eaten by Shatter Kinder. A perennial plant typically 11-31 inches
tall, preferring dry soil. The flowers
are white, 1- 1.5 inches and stellate (star-shaped).
Saybah
tree – a giant tree that grows in the jungles of Koslovea
semilanceata – A mushroom containing psilocybin and baeocystin. A dietary staple for Shatter Kinder.
tipitiwitchet - Native to Mount Agni, similar to giant, Venus fly traps, these
plants grow up to nine feet tall. A carnivorous plant that catches and
digests animal prey. Its trap is formed by the outermost portion of the plant’s
leaves and is triggered by tiny hairs on their inner surfaces. They are poisonous, animated, angry plants
that screamed like the vocalist of a black metal band.
tolguacha - flower of Mordecio & Astothan, Eden’s equivalent to
Datura. An annual herb forming bush
3-5ft tall with beautiful trumpet flowers, leaves like bat wings, and spiny
seed capsules. This plant is known to be
hallucinogenic.
via mint – a plant used by Shatter Kinder to make a tea, which was sweet
like stevia, minty like spearmint, and contained an abundance of salvinorin A,
like salvia.
wailing
fur - ancient, slow-growing evergreens found in the Feral Mountains,
whose song sounded like chanting monks.
wapaq -- mushroom
which were rich in muscimol. Often red
or orange with white spots.
~
Creatures ~
The
territories of Eden were full of all types of animals, which were actually
elemental beasts, with the word elemental referring to the archetypal classical
“elements” of air, water, fire, earth, and spirit. Just as human flesh is 62% water, a
creature’s flesh is dominated (75% or more) by the element in which it has been
categorized. Humanoids are a more
balanced mixture of all elements.
These creatures could be commanded
by certain Kinder. The elementals were
god forms representing the animals of Earth and Lovea. All descriptions in the bestiary are through
the eyes of a Shatter Kinder and are negated when viewed through the eyes of a
Geist Kinder. All entries may be
encountered in Eden. Unless otherwise
noted, all entries are native to Eden.
Most non humanoids are fixed
neutral. Most humanoids have a charge
until dead, at which time they behave like any other object.
Air
Elementals
Air
elementals’ bodies were made out of the very atmosphere, which could include
any mixture of the chemical elements in their gaseous states, as well as small
amounts of floating debris or dust. Some
of the air elementals thus appeared to be there but not there, like solidified,
morphing air, ethereal, like vapors rising from a hot road, similar to the
appearance of active camouflage, while others appear to be like clouds or mist. Air elementals came in all shapes and
sizes, some resembling the familiar shapes of the legendary griffins, dragons,
and Pegasus, but also in the more common shapes of bugs, bats, and birds.
air
deoxyribo – A creature similar to a snake, found amongst all elements
ariapeg - a birdlike creature with the head and wings of a humming bird
and the body of a seahorse. They always
traveled in flocks.
fluttera – a butterfly made of clouds
muzkah – a common housefly
nesierax – glowing red falcon-like birds made of neon gas
recarffilc
– was a huge bird, with a wingspan over twenty feet. Instead of a traditional beak, it had a long,
sharp bill that resembled a sword over a mouth full of long, needle-like teeth
with a hinged lower jaw. To make matters
worse, it was made up of hydrogen chloride gas contained by a skin thin
membrane. Any cut would expose the gas
to atmospheric humidity and release an acidic mist of concentrated hydrochloric
acid that could leave one blinded, gasping for air with burning lungs while
one’s skin peeled off in oozey globs.
zefragon - The dreaded beast
looked like a huge cat in the sky, with its body shaped like a running
cheetah’s. It had scales, not fur,
scales that shimmered like a rainbow trout, or the bottom of an old copper
pan. It had small wings and long
whiskers, like a Chinese dragon. It
breathed steam, which was so hot that it would peel the skin right off its
enemies.
Earth
Elementals
Earth
elementals’ bodies were made out of the very rocks and dirt, which could
include any mixture of the chemical elements in their solid states as well as
small amounts of water in the case of mud.
Earth elementals came in all shapes and sizes, some resembling the
familiar shapes of the legendary golems, gargoyles, and unicorns, but also in the
more common shapes of worms, moles, and groundhogs.
brimbleblatt - Basically a cockroach made of sulfur. Releases diphenylamine as a defense. Taken orally by Kinder, it functions as a
drug, a spiritual downer, street names: Blatt, need some more
capra - similar to goats, but made of X (white gemstone?). They were domesticated and prized for their
dairy products.
chepritera – jeweled beetles, which are made of actual jewels
darwinites – termites made of gemstones
earth
deoxyribo – A creature similar to a snake, found amongst all elements
khurliches – roughly three feet tall and made of orbicular
granite. A khurlich looked like a
muscular Peterbald cat with bat wings, ferocious teeth, and small, devilish
horns. The language that they spoke was
Proto-Slavic. Often used as protectors.
naxomot – a groundhog like creature made of green onyx
olifant - a creature much like an elephant, made of jade
praw – an elephant-sized frog like creature with the
ability to echoport.
pompeii – One of the creatures
that was native to the Feral Mountains was the Pompeii, which was a Thylacine
like creature with vestigial bat like wings.
Its hide was made of some precious, black drusy gemstone and thus
sparkled as if innumerable miniscule black diamonds covered it from head to
toe. Pompeii traveled in packs. In unison, they howled the Pompeii’s lament,
which translated into something like:
Yes, we
cover the past, we are the caretakers of the past, and we bury it like bones,
to save for later. We preserve when we
can, destroy what we must, and embrace it all.
Dust is a god. In time,
everything is covered in dust. Dust is
always in the air, settling down upon us, sometimes violently like in a
sandstorm, as during the Dust Bowl of the dirty thirties on Earth, when the
very earth rained down. Over time, dust
settles over the past and covers it up completely, known as the sands of
time. Ashes to ashes and dust to dust,
we were made from dust by god, we return to dust when we die.
The
Pompeii’s diet consisted mainly of water elementals. Pompeii’s had large fangs used for draining
the liquid from their prey through small circular incisions. The mainstay of their diet was the Blood Fish. The Pompeii would use their rock hard paws to
pound cracks into the ice, and then use their sharp claws to dig away the ice
to expose the water underneath. The pack
would have its own favorite fishing spots that it would maintain over the
course of the winter, and pack wars over the best spots were common.
Pompeii
are marsupials, and their young are called joeys.
quuscallus - Domesticated creatures which were rode or used to pull
chariots. They were elegant and regal
beasts, slightly smaller than a horse, with sleek, muscular bodies like that of
a panther. They were made of yellow
jade, and were covered in large, hardened, plate-like scales that were mottled,
like the color of parchment paper. They
had long, thick necks. Their faces were like
a sea lions, and were adorned with long whiskers. Large, brilliant orange horns spiraled from
the tops of their heads. Their tails
were like a bobcat’s.
scuzzlewugs, hamster like creatures with pockets in their mouths.
spithre – a creature like a spider, it feeds on water elementals by
draining out its preys liquid insides.
However, it can also feed on other elemental creatures, by liquefying
that creatures insides and then consuming them.
Beware the black spithre, known to eat its mate.
vigghe - A creature that is made of Anthracite. It looks similar to and sounds like a pig.
zhomzux - A rabbit sized creature with three heads and thus three pineal
glands, which made a fantastic stew.
Zhomzux are prized for their furry coats.
Fire
Elementals
Fire
elementals’ bodies were made out of flames.
Thus they were considered the most holy of the elemental creatures
because of their similarity to the suns.
The suns were living beings of plasma, fire elementals on a grand
scale. The suns were entities that
billowed life from their tongues of fire, licking the faces of creation,
nurturing plants with their sacred rays and thus nurturing all life, all the
while rife with destructive properties, making sick with cancer those who dared
to spend too much time soaking up their powerful rays.
Fire
elementals appearance was that of fire and plasma flickering in a fractal
display of self-illumination, often with striations, and in a variety of
colors. Some were more solid than
others.
Fire
elementals were rare, exotic, and not understood. They came in limited shapes and sizes, some
resembling the familiar shapes of the legendary phoenix, but also in the more
common shapes of peacocks, salamanders, and orbs.
Fire
elementals were native to Destruction Region and were partial to Mount Agni and
Mount Goibniu.
Many thought fire elementals could refine a
sick soul, offering rebirth through destruction, while others thought fire
elementals could completely obliterate a soul, taking one out of the
reincarnation loop. Kinder who had
somehow failed in their duties would occasionally seek out these rare creatures
and offer themselves as sacrifices.
amba - a large, tiger-like creature made of purple glowing coals
coid – crawfish like creature made of orange molten rock. They live in hot springs.
eskharasaurus - a plesiosaur-like monster that is made entirely of orange fire
and lives in lava lakes.
fire
deoxyribo – A creature similar to a snake, found amongst all elements
glow newt – salamander made of electricity
moko – a creature that looks similar to an iguana. It is made of jet
and prone to spontaneous combustion, which doesn’t harm the creature.
orbi – luminous, floating, sentient sphere made of fire, plasma, or
electricity, depending on species. Often
kept as a familiar and can be summoned.
Used for light.
phoenix – bird made of blue fire like the burning gas of a stove eye
taus – a bird, similar in appearance to a peafowl, with long trains
adorned with ocelli, crest atop its head, and iridescent plumage. Made of neon magenta and electric blue plasma,
like that found in a plasma lamp. Known
for pecking one’s fucking eyes out.
Water Elementals
Water
elementals’ bodies were made out of liquids, which could include any mixture of
the chemical elements in their liquid states, as well as small amounts of
floating debris. Some of the water
elementals were actually made out of pure water, and were thus transparent with
a very light blue hue. However, some of
the water elementals were made from other liquids, such as red creatures made
from blood, silver creatures made from pure liquid mercury, green creatures
made from chlorophyll, and ever-changing rainbow colored creatures made
from the waters of the chaos oceans.
Water
elementals came in all shapes and sizes, some resembling the familiar shapes of
the legendary Melusine, Hippocampus, sea serpents, and Krakens, but also
in the more common shapes of earth bound sea creatures such as fish, jellyfish,
squids, octopuses, whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, manatees, and
crustaceans. Small species were native
to the lakes, ponds, and streams, but most of the larger species lived in the
oceans.
Many water
elementals lived in water, but not all of them.
blood fish – Fish composed of blood, native to the Feral Mountains.
dred – a cryptid described as
an oversized, ape-like creature made entirely of ice.
mruqs - Large, slug-like creatures found on the glass of the Crystal
of Kismet & the Crystal of Constellation.
They were suctioned to the side of the glass, and they would clean the
glass with their mouths, purifying and sanctifying the space with their sacred
spit.
water
deoxyribo – A creature similar to a snake, found amongst all elements
waterworm – A Fluttera caterpillar, made of water
siphs – a pest like a flea but composed of blood
Spirit
(Quintessence) Elementals
Spirit
elementals’ bodies were made out of pure spirit energy, raw kundalini
power. Spirit elementals often came in
the reptilian shapes of snakes and lizards or as birds.
dragon – The legendary beasts of mythology, dragons are huge flying,
lizard like creatures, with mirrored scales, an unbelievable stench, acidic
spit, breath of fire, and massive strength.
They love treasure and meat.
Humanoids
bomothe - a race of giants, god forms representing reptilian
thought. They were about sixteen feet
tall with massive legs and broad shoulders.
Their skin was teal like the salted sea and thick, leathery like a
boar’s hide. Their features were
elongated and delicate, a contrast to their size and skin. Their heads were bald, and their eyes were as
black as wet onyx. Thought to be
extinct.
Geist
Kinder - a race of fairies, gods representing
chaos. Their average height is around
four feet six inches tall. The flesh of
a Geist Kinder appeared to be a pale, grayish blue. Their hair was shades of blue or white and
their eyes were blue as well. Their
wings were bug-like in nature. The
skeletal infrastructure of their wings looked like the branches of a tree,
though a rich blue and purple in color.
Over this stretched a translucent membrane, black in hue and opalescent,
reflecting a rainbow of milky colors in the light. Despite its brittle appearance, their wings
felt flexible and strong, as a bug’s wings would be considered strong to
another bug.
Even if a
Geist Kinder had fully developed his or her third eye or forth eye, it was
rarely made manifest in flesh or in the subtle body. Most Geist Kinder entered the astral realm
through astral projection only. Divine
Geist rarely had the gift of echoportation.
Geist
Kinder are made of the light of Koslovea, and come into being via the
interference provided by Ordearth. They
see the world in its negative as compared to how humans see.
Tellurian
Powers may include: humming, flying,
astral projection
Divine
Powers may include: mental touch, telekinesis, invasive telepathy,
invasive
thoughts, divination
humans – native to Earth, they are the shattered souls of fallen
gods. Adam and Eve were the first gods
to crumble, according to the kinder story of creation. Humans are made of the light of Ordearth, and
come into being via the interference provided by Koslovea. They see the world as Shatter Kinder do.
loveans – native to Koslovea, a human in a metamorphosed state in the
“afterlife.” Humans are the caterpillar,
Loveans are the butterfly and a life in each realm equals one complete life
cycle. Loveans are made of the light of Koslovea, and come into being via the
interference provided by Ordearth. They
see the world in its negative as compared to how humans see.
Omega – A mixed race of Shatter Kinder and Geist Kinder, with some of
the magical abilities of both races.
They have the power to shape shift as well as telepathy. They possess the power of regeneration, but
can only regenerate the features of a Shatter Kinder. They are a cursed race with a painful desire
to devour souls, brought about the severance of their Geist Kinder wings
coupled with an awareness of their identities.
They
appear as Geist Kinder when on Earth, the Order dimension, with the reflection
of a Shatter Kinder and they appear as Shatter Kinder on Lovea, with the
reflection of a Geist Kinder. They
typically shape shift into the appearance of the native races. In Eden, their appearance strobes between the
two forms.
Divine
powers include: humming, transmutation, regeneration, the voice
Shatter
Kinder - a race of sabbatic goats, gods
representing order. Their heads were
like a goat’s. Black flames snorted from
their flared nostrils. Their heads were
topped with fierce horns that seemed more solid than the rest of their
bodies.
Their bodies were human from neck to lower thigh. The fur thickened on their lower legs, and
bushed out like a pair of bellbottom pants around their hooves. Their average height was seven foot six
inches tall.
Their forms continuously created and changed, seeming as
poisonous, rolling smoke, both black and every hue in chaos at the same
time. It was the shape and structure of Chaos,
distinguished from its substance, Void.
It was the essence of Pattern, distinguished from its shape and
structure, Chaos.
Their eyes were infinite, and ever changing in depth and
hue. In addition to the two eyes of
normal vision. If a Shatter Kinder had
fully developed his or her third eye or forth eye, it was made manifest in
flesh as well as the subtle body.
The third eye was
positioned in the middle of the forehead and it was slightly larger than the
two eyes of normal vision, but not nearly as large as the oversized forth eye,
which was located between the horns, upon the top of the head.
The male’s faces were
framed with a long mane, thin threads of obsidian shimmering like black
icicles.
Female
Shatter Kinder looked much like their male counterparts, but they were smaller,
including their horns, which were more crescent-shaped. They lacked the mane about the entirety of
their faces, but were ornamented instead with locks of spiral curls that grew
from the tops of their heads like human hair, surrounding their horns and forth
eye (if awakened). Furthermore, their
torsos were as a human female’s, and their fur was softer and less course.
Shatter
Kinder are made of the light of Ordearth, and come into being via the
interference provided by Koslovea. They
see the world as humans do.
Tellurian
powers may include: mimicking,
regeneration, the voice, astral emanation, mental sight
Divine powers may include: echoportation, divine voice,
bilocation, replication, actualization, transformation, mental sight, imparted
knowledge
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