Arcobalenian Flora and Fauna
From Ouroboros
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Introduction
The unique array of flora and fauna on Arcobaleno is due to the heavy presence of magic used in its creation. While altering the structures of the life forms, Tovenarr gave many creatures slight magical abilities, which over time seeped into the land itself. This made life spring up in the most unlikely forms, such as rocks or sticks. There are several strange things about the life on the planet. The first strange thing is the aforementioned presence of unnatural life forms that would not normally be living. The other strange thing is the unique behavior of plants on the planet. While showing plantlike characteristics in appearance, most actually behave like animals in their feeding habits and movement. Finally, the last group of creatures is neither plant, animal, or fungi. It is a race of creatures that was entirely man-made, or a golem. Although orininally simply puppets of Tovenarr, they eventually grew semi-sentient.
Flora
As previously stated in the Introduction, the flora of Arcobaleno are different from most other plants in their ability to move and to eat food like animals. However, they are still technicially plants due to their posession of chlorophyll and the ability to produce their own food if they have nothing to eat.
Baum
The Baum are treelike in structure and appearance, with a long trunk and branches. However, they have the ability to uproot themselves and slither across the forest floor by using their roots in a similar way to tentacles. They also posess a wide, flat mouth and three lidless black eyes. They obtain food by either hunting insects and small mammals or obtaining energy from the sun and soil. Like traditional trees, the Baum produce asexually by littering seeds on the forest floor. These seedlings are rooted for the first two weeks of their life, but can move like their parents once they grow to a sufficient size. Adults can be from 10 to 20 feet in height, and grow wider with age. their life-span is thousands of years if they receive ample nutrition and sunlight.
Zweig
The Zweig is a confusing life-form, for wizards who have studied it cannot tell if it was a twig that became inbued with magic and gained life, or a bug that simply grew to look like a twig. It is counted as a plant officially, considering it's wings appear to be leaves and it posesses few bodily liquids, but the truth is still rather blurry. It is roughly seven to ten inches in height, and eats leaves. It has a life span of three years, and reproduces by laying eggs. Females and males look exactly alike in appearance.
Pilz
The Pilz are small, shroomlike fungus which inhabit dank places in the forest. Although they feed like traditional Fungi, they have the ability to move in a way somilar to the Baum, by utilizing small tentaclelike appendages on their underside. They share the same eye structure as the baum as well, which makes wizards who have studied them belive they are related. The Pilz reproduce asexually, and have a life span of roughly five years.
Unkraut
The Unkraut are a water-dwelling race that has the appearence of watergrass. however, it can swim about using it's roots, and posesses a mouth hidden amongst it's foliage. It is eyeless, but can tell when prey is near by the ripples of the water. It ensnares it's food in it's grasses, then feeds it into its mouth. They generally have a lifesan of ten years, and reproduce asexually.
Fauna
The animals of Arcobaleno are strange and varied, for they have been taken from a variety of different planets. This makes a large variety of odd abilities and behaviors. Some people have attempted to take certain specimens as pets, but they prove to be too wild or dangerous to tame.
