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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 7425523" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p>"It's a sturdy animal," Sir Ghal says. "Let's hope so."</p><p></p><p></p><p>"That is a bit disturbing," Sir Ghal muses. "As far a know, the Strandlands has never had a significant problem with werebeasts. Yes, an occasional werewolf roams into the land and causes problems for a while, but the senate is very vigilant when it comes to eradicating those with such curses. More often, they've had to purge vampires and other undead from the larger cities. The last vampiric purge was over 100 years ago, however. Perhaps doing so has caused a void of evil that wererats are now taking advantage of."</p><p></p><p></p><p>"Hmm, I don't think I've ever heard of such a creature before. It's definitely not native to the Thunder Lands. Of course, I might know it as something else. What does it look like?"</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><u>OOC</u>:</strong> Sure he can and he knows all about the rhinos of Harqual. He knows that that true rhinos (as we know them) are rare on Harqual, although he's heard tales from Aeron about the large numbers of rhinos that exist beyond the continent's shores. The few rhino-like animals that exist on Harqual are found in a half-a-dozen large herds (known as crashes) on the savanna's of the Far South. They tend to live along the river systems of the Savanna of the Mist and Savanna of the Sun. While most of the humans and halflings living in that region call these beasts rhinos, the gnomes of the Heverkent Forest and the savanna-dwelling rakasta prides (that sometimes hunt them) call them teleos (or more correctly, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleoceras" target="_blank">Teleoceras</a>).</p><p></p><p>Caerth knows that the most common type of rhino living on the contient are the woolly rhinoceros that live in the Northlands of Harqual. While they aren't as numerous as other big animals living on the continent, they are more numerous that the teleoceras. Caerth can tell that the rhino hide was made from woolly rhino's hide not from a teleoceras's. Woolly's are often hunted by the human tribes known as Northerners and those use all of the animal. None of it is wasted. The wererat's rhino hide armor likely originated from the Northlands, although the wererat's features don't mark him as a Northerner. More than likely he stole it or killed its original owner.</p><p></p><p>Note that on Kulan, Pleistocene megafauna still exist throughout the world, although the numbers of these animals aren't as substantial as normal animals. Harqual, however, is one of the few continent's of the world with more numerous types of megafauna that once existed on North America (and a few key choices from Eurasia and South America -- thus the woolly rhino). This includes american lions & cheetahs, camelops, dire wolves, giant beavers, giant polar bears, giant sloths, glyptodons, mammoths & mastodons, short-faced bears, smilodon, stag-moose, etc. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p><u>Direct link to Caerth's PC sheet on the RG</u>: <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?250956-Rogues-Gallery-Aerie-of-the-Crow-God-PbP-Campaign!&p=6341042&viewfull=1#post6341042" target="_blank">[v.3.5] Rogues Gallery: Aerie of the Crow God PbP Campaign!</a></p><p>================================</p><p>[MENTION=49929]Scott DeWar[/MENTION]: FYI, I'm going to post another reply specifically for Quinn. It will go up today. (Knock on wood.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 7425523, member: 2012"] "It's a sturdy animal," Sir Ghal says. "Let's hope so." "That is a bit disturbing," Sir Ghal muses. "As far a know, the Strandlands has never had a significant problem with werebeasts. Yes, an occasional werewolf roams into the land and causes problems for a while, but the senate is very vigilant when it comes to eradicating those with such curses. More often, they've had to purge vampires and other undead from the larger cities. The last vampiric purge was over 100 years ago, however. Perhaps doing so has caused a void of evil that wererats are now taking advantage of." "Hmm, I don't think I've ever heard of such a creature before. It's definitely not native to the Thunder Lands. Of course, I might know it as something else. What does it look like?" [B][U]OOC[/U]:[/B] Sure he can and he knows all about the rhinos of Harqual. He knows that that true rhinos (as we know them) are rare on Harqual, although he's heard tales from Aeron about the large numbers of rhinos that exist beyond the continent's shores. The few rhino-like animals that exist on Harqual are found in a half-a-dozen large herds (known as crashes) on the savanna's of the Far South. They tend to live along the river systems of the Savanna of the Mist and Savanna of the Sun. While most of the humans and halflings living in that region call these beasts rhinos, the gnomes of the Heverkent Forest and the savanna-dwelling rakasta prides (that sometimes hunt them) call them teleos (or more correctly, a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleoceras']Teleoceras[/URL]). Caerth knows that the most common type of rhino living on the contient are the woolly rhinoceros that live in the Northlands of Harqual. While they aren't as numerous as other big animals living on the continent, they are more numerous that the teleoceras. Caerth can tell that the rhino hide was made from woolly rhino's hide not from a teleoceras's. Woolly's are often hunted by the human tribes known as Northerners and those use all of the animal. None of it is wasted. The wererat's rhino hide armor likely originated from the Northlands, although the wererat's features don't mark him as a Northerner. More than likely he stole it or killed its original owner. Note that on Kulan, Pleistocene megafauna still exist throughout the world, although the numbers of these animals aren't as substantial as normal animals. Harqual, however, is one of the few continent's of the world with more numerous types of megafauna that once existed on North America (and a few key choices from Eurasia and South America -- thus the woolly rhino). This includes american lions & cheetahs, camelops, dire wolves, giant beavers, giant polar bears, giant sloths, glyptodons, mammoths & mastodons, short-faced bears, smilodon, stag-moose, etc. :D [U]Direct link to Caerth's PC sheet on the RG[/U]: [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?250956-Rogues-Gallery-Aerie-of-the-Crow-God-PbP-Campaign!&p=6341042&viewfull=1#post6341042"][v.3.5] Rogues Gallery: Aerie of the Crow God PbP Campaign![/URL] ================================ [MENTION=49929]Scott DeWar[/MENTION]: FYI, I'm going to post another reply specifically for Quinn. It will go up today. (Knock on wood.) [/QUOTE]
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