Euadora: Gentlebeast

Basic Information

Biological Traits

The euadora is a creature of Retrougo. To the untrained eye, it has a striking resemblance to the aikunga, a carnivorous predator that has been known to hunt sapient creatures. Both have six limbs, dark fur, a long snout and a longer tail. The gentlebeast, however, is completely herbivorous. Its teeth are flat and dull compared to the aikunga's sharp fangs. Its eyes are slightly further apart compared to those of the aikunga, and its paws have slightly longer digits. Outside of physical properties, the aikunga is considerably more intelligent. You could forgive one for mistaking the two, though; the aikunga is capable of catching its prey in the time it takes for the victim to identify it.

Additional Information

Symbiotic and Parasitic organisms

There is no record of aikunga preying upon euadora, though that could be because even the aikunga can't tell the difference from sight. Rather, the aikunga hunts animals both big enough to be a threat to the euadora and small enough to be a nuisance or a parasite to the euadora. The euadora are not intelligent enough to recognize this symbiosis and so shy away from any aikunga (or even euadora) that present aggressive behavior.

Conservation Status

In order to protect the tribes (and later kingdoms) of Retrougo, bounties were placed to hunt down members of the aikunga species. Naive and dishonest bounty hunters instead went out into the wilderness and bring back a dead euadora instead. Paying entities became aware of the difference over the course of time, and the practice became less commonplace. The euadora's fur was too thin for proper use, and its meat was less nutritional than that of farm-raised animals. As the aikunga's numbers began to dwindle and the species was endangered, the bounties became fewer. Even the threat of naive bounty hunters was lifted from the euadora population, and the species thrives today.

Geographic Distribution

• Retrougo: Lively East