Ivern
Ivern
I watched as the critter nibbled on some old boiled roach scraps by the butcher shop. I needed to be patient and wait for just the right moment. Any sound could have spooked it, making it fly away and turning the two periods it took to find it into a waste of time. I took one small down the alley, then another, hoping the noise from the market will disguise my footsteps. Its head perked up and I froze in place while it glanced around..after a few moments, it went back to its meal. I readied my net as I took two more silent steps. Then disaster struck, the butcher came out the door and saw the Ivern. I had no choice but to lunge with the net and hope to catch it. It jumped to the air ready to fly just as my net hit it. A high pitch scream came from it as it struggled in the net. I quickly grabbed it to get it in the jar before the wings are damaged, suffering a minor bite in the process. With the lid on, it slowly drifts to sleep after inhaling the Souder Dust. Satisfied, I sprinted away to Ellara the Herbalist, she usually offers me the best deal.
Basic Information
Anatomy
Genetics and Reproduction
Growth Rate & Stages
Ecology and Habitats
Dietary Needs and Habits
Additional Information
Social Structure
Domestication
Uses, Products & Exploitation
Bligt Thorscrapper found that the yolks can mixed with a few other ingredients to create a cream that helps with several bites and minor rashes. Havers (Clanless) uses the yolk with Blood Mold to treat the Verdant Infection.
Ivern wings are more rare, but are sought for their use in a more controversial procedure. Intera Darkside used the wings to improve her skin tone and to reverse aging and stress. Although the results seem questionable, the process has stayed strong for over 200 years.
After the tragedy of the Age of Light, there was a massive amount of dead and very few options. Kyren Yorik Valumbar started using newly hatched Ivern to eat the bodies of the dead. This process is still used in some places around the city.
The process of taking the fur does not outright kill the Ivern, but they will likely not regrow the fur. Naked Ivern usually do not breed though, so most will only hunt adult Ivern to allow them to breed a few times first. Sadly an Ivern without wings does tend to die within 2 cycles as they tend to stop eating or hunting without their wings.
Even though that drawing probably wasn't drawn for this article, it's still really cute, so points for picking a good image.
"Any sound could spook it and it will fly away and it will have wasted the two periods to took to find it." I'm guessing this is supposed to say "Any sound could spook it and it will fly away, and I will have wasted the two periods I took to find it." (or some other variation of that)
Does the medicine-making process kill the Ivern? Or do some of those processes just make the Ivern temporarily have a bald patch or something?
Thanks for the help! I fixed the grammar a bit and I even added some stuff about their survival.