Birds

Blue Crested Bandi

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 +2 d6 +5 Flight, +10 dex and reflexes
Lifespan of 650 years.

Information
Large, macaw-like bird with red and blue feathers. Body is red while the wings are blue. They have yellow beaks and talons. Wings and tail are very long, and the tails are blue. Bodies are streamlined and long. These birds live in the tops of immense trees in temperate and sub-tropical rainforests. They have a complex sound range, and can learn to speak and understand almost any language.

Gray Breasted Bandi

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 +2 d6 +5 Flight, +10 dex and reflexes
Lifespan of 350 years.

Information
Medium sized dark and deep blue parrot-like bird with a gray breast, shoulders, beak and talons. These birds live in forests almost the world over and are often found in the dense foliage of trees and bushes. They have gravely voices, a complex sound range, and can learn a limited amount of speech. Though they can learn to understand some of what they speak, they usually just mimic.

Yellow Breasted Green Bandi

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 +2 d6 +5 Flight, +10 dex and reflexes Lifespan of 650 years.

Information
Large, macaw-like bird with brilliant green feathers. Wings are a lighter green than the body, their large crests a deep blue. They have yellow breasts, and red beaks and talons. Wings and tail are very long, and the tails are blue-green. Bodies are streamlined and long. These birds live in the tops of immense trees in tropical and sub-tropical areas in An Morendor and in other placed where they have been imported. They have a complex sound range, and can learn to speak and understand almost any language. These birds sing beautifully as well.

Crested Fork Tailed Belar

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 +2 d6 +5 Flight, +10 dex and reflexes
Lifespan of 40 years.

Information
Medium sized birds of paradise which have irridescent black feathers, bright yellow crests, and very long, forked, brilliant red tails with two streaming feathers. They have long, yellow curved beaks and yellow legs.

Ruby Winged Belar

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 +2 d6 +5 Flight, +10 dex and reflexes
Lifespan of 40 years.

Information
Medium sized birds of paradise which have irridescent, dark green feathers, brilliant red wings, and very long, dark green and brilliant green tails with five streaming feathers. They have long, red curved beaks and black legs.

Sapphire Belar

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 +2 d6 +5 Flight, +10 dex and reflexes
Lifespan of 40 years.

Information
Medium sized birds of paradise which have irridescent sapphire blue feathers, bright blue streaming crests, and very long, brilliant blue tails with five streaming feathers. They have long, yellow curvedbeaks and yellow legs.

Willow Tailed Belar

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 +2 d6 +5 Flight, +10 dex and reflexes
Lifespan of 40 years.

Information
Medium sized birds of paradise which have irridescent plum bodies and very long, white tails with six streaming feathers like tendrils. They have long, azure blue curved beaks and azure blue legs.

Glassy Black Bird

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 +2 d6 +5 Flight, +10 dex and reflexes
Lifespan of up to 50 years.

Information
A solid black bird, shaped much like a martin, with very glossy feathers. They feed on insects and worms and are found in temperate and sub-tropical zones. They are a common bird found in cities as well. Superstitions have risen around these birds owed to them being used by spies as familiars.

Dusky Gray Crow

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 +2 d6 +6 Flight, +7 dex and reflexes
Lifespan of 80 years.

Information
Smaller and slimmer than ravens, Dusky gray crows are light gray with dark gray speckling on their bodies, and dark gray bands on their wings and tails, which are both tipped with black. Mobs are gatherings, while legions are flocks which act together to attack or drive off a threat. They have similar calls to earth crows. These birds are opportunists.

Morashtar Crow

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 +2 d6 +6 Flight, +7 dex and reflexes
Lifespan of 200 years.

Information
The largest crow, they are the size of ravens, but are more streamlined in their build, their wings are not as broad, and the fan of their tails is not as wide. These crows are only loud when sounding an alarm cry, and otherwise make quiet purrs, clicks, and ticking sounds with their throats and tongues. Morashtar crows are solid black with blue shoulders. Mobs are gatherings, while legions are flocks which act together to attack or drive off a threat. These birds feed on mice, rats, insects, and other small life forms, and never eat carion as most crows do.

Raucous Crow

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 +2 d6 +6 Flight, +7 dex and reflexes
Lifespan of 80 years.

Information
Smaller and slimmer than ravens, raucous crows are often loud, particularly when they form a mob. Raucous crows are solid black. Mobs are gatherings, while legions are flocks which act together to attack or drive off a threat. They have similar calls to earth crows. These birds are opportunists.

Bronze Eagle

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 +2 d6 +10 Flight, +8 dex and reflexes
Bite: +5
Talons: +6
Lifespan of up to 200 years.

Information
These large eagles are bronze colored with highlights of gold and copper. They have a wing span of up to 22 feet. They also have a long life span. Their wings are broad and perfect for gliding as well as arial maneuvers because of their long pin feathers. These birds can lift animals as large as fifteen pounds in their talons to fly distances of up to several miles with their prey. Bronze eagles are sometimes tamed and used for hunting birds, and can be called with special whistles carved of bone. These eagles mates for life, so form strong bonds. They are very territorial and have large territories. Their beaks are light brown.

Great Red Eagle

Stats
Level: 4-40, 7 d6
Checks: 8 +5 d6 +10 Flight, +6 dex and reflexes
Bite: +15
Talons: +35
Lifespan of up to 2000 years.

Information
These eagles are the size of a horse and have two strong rear legs and two smaller front arms with slashing talons sometimes used as legs. Some of the human races call them griffins although they are six-limbed eagles (their wings being the third set of limbs). They also have incredible wing spans of up to 40 feet and a very long life span. Their wings are powerful enough that they can carry a weight of up to 160 pounds on their back. These eagles are impossible to tame, but they may form a bond to someone similair to a friendship and act as guardians, or do favors for those they bond with. These eagles will not stray far from mates or others they bond with, but they will come and go as they like. They are very territorial and have large territories. These eagles are rust-red in color with brown tails that are banded with black. They have white breasts, and light rust undersides and leg skirts. Their beaks are dark gray and black. Though they cannot speak, they can learn to understand a language, and even to communicate in their own way if someone can read their body language.

Great Red Eagles are one of the more aggressive great eagles and have a strict sense of justice.

Great Sea Eagle

Stats
Level: 4-40, 7 d6
Checks: 8 +5 d6 +10 Flight, +6 dex and reflexes
Bite: +15
Talons: +35
Lifespan: until killed.

Information
These eagles are the size of a dragon and have two strong rear legs and two long front arms with slashing talons sometimes used as legs. Some of the human races call them a dragon, although they are six-limbed eagles (their wings being the third set of limbs). They also have incredible wing spans of up to 80 feet and a very long life span. Their wings are powerful enough that they can carry a weight of up to 260 pounds. These eagles are impossible to tame, but they may form a bond to someone similair to a friendship and act as guardians, or do favors for those they bond with. These eagles will not stray far from mates or others they bond with, but they will come and go as they like. They are very guarded and control large island or coastal territories.

These beautiful eagles are very colorful-with green undersides, yellow on throat and on the shoulders of their otherwise blue wings. Their back and topside of their wings is blue. They have some white on their cheeks and behind their yellow eyes. Their tails are blue with a yellow rump beneath. Their beaks are flesh coloured and yellow. These dragon sized Sea Eagles can speak and those which are well traveled know many languages. Though a very intelligent sentient being they are sometimes hunted for their beautiful feathers and abundant tasty flesh, thus are distrustful of humanoids. Few hunters are successful however as these avian giants are as fierce, powerful and dangerous as any dragon, one of the reasons they are called Dragon Hawks by some.

The six limbed great eagles are the evolutionary ancestors of the Tsulari and Tsetar. Their name of origin is Tsultep.

Great Snowy Eagle

Stats
Level: 4-40, 7 d6
Checks: 8 +5 d6 +10 Flight, +6 dex and reflexes
Bite: +15
Talons: +35
Lifespan of up to 2000 years.

Special Abilities
SA: Ice Elemental, +3 d6. Ice Attacks: Slows -1 mvm per success, -1 AR per ace, damages, double damage when mvm is at 0. Freezing Claws: added damage to claws Freezing Bite: added damage and ice effects to bite. Breath of Vaporous Ice: range of up to +1 foot per success.

Information
These eagles are the size of a horse and have two strong rear legs and two smaller front arms with slashing talons sometimes used as legs. Some of the human races call them griffins although they are six-limbed eagles (their wings being the third set of limbs). They have a very long life span. Their wings are powerful enough that they can carry a weight of up to 160 pounds on their back. These eagles are impossible to tame, but they may form a bond to someone similar to a friendship and act as guardians, or do favors for those they bond with. These eagles will come and go as they like, and they often fly for long distances seeking mates. They are territorial and have large territories. These eagles are snow white with impressive ear tufts, pale blue eyes and beaks. They can speak many languages, and live in mountainous regions with seasonal winters. They nest and roost among mountain craigs and cliffs.

Great White Breasted Eagle

Stats
Level: 4-40, 7 d6
Checks: 8 +5 d6 +10 Flight, +6 dex and reflexes
Bite: +15
Talons: +35
Lifespan of up to 2000 years.

Information
These eagles are the size of a horse and have two strong rear legs and two smaller front arms with slashing talons sometimes used as legs. Some of the human races call them griffins although they are six-limbed eagles (their wings being the third set of limbs). They also have a very long life span. Their wings are powerful enough that they can carry a weight of up to 160 pounds on their back. These eagles make poor mounts however, unless they bond closely with a person. Their intelligence, strong will, and strong instinct to be free is the reason they are not easily tamed. One who does bond with a Giant eagle must allow them their freedom as much as possible, and beckon them only when needed. These eagles will not stray far from mates or others they bond with. Though they cannot speak, they can learn to understand a language, and even to communicate in their own way if someone can read their body language. They are territorial and have large territories. They are a deep blue-gray in color with snow-white breasts. Their wings, breasts and tails are banded with silver.

Marbled Eagle

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 5 d6 +10 Flight, +8 dex and reflexes
Bite: +5
Talons: +6
Lifespan of up to 250 years.

Information
These eagles have two strong rear legs and two smaller front arms with slashing talons sometimes used as legs. These eagles have a wing span of up to 20 feet. They also have a long life span. Their wings are broad and perfect for gliding as well as arial maneuvers because of their long pin feathers. These birds can lift animals as large as ten pounds in their talons to fly distances of up to several miles with their prey. These eagles are sometimes tamed and used for hunting. They mate for life in the wild. They are territorial over their roosting and nesting grounds. These eagles are marbled gray and brown in color, with red shoulders and tails. Their undersides and leg skirts are also marbled, but the underside of their wings and tails is white with pale brown barrs. Their beaks are gray.

Red Hooded Eagle

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 5 d6 +10 Flight, +8 dex and reflexes
Bite: +5
Talons: +6
Lifespan of up to 200 years.

Information
These beautiful eagles have rust colored hoods and crests, and a wing span of up to 18 feet. They also have a long life span. Their wings are broad and perfect for gliding as well as arial maneuvers because of their long pin feathers. These birds can lift animals as large as ten pounds in their talons to fly distances of up to several miles with their prey. These eagles are sometimes tamed and used for hunting birds, and can be called with special whistles carved of bone. These eagles mates for life, so form strong bonds. They are very territorial and have large territories. These eagles have rust-red hoods and crests, shoulders the same color, are a deep golden-brown in color with tails that are banded with dark brown tipped in black. They have white breasts, and light rust undersides and leg skirts, their tails and wings included. Their beaks are blue-gray.

White Earred Eagle

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 5 d6 +10 Flight, +8 dex and reflexes
Bite: +5
Talons: +6
Lifespan of up to 250 years.

Information
These beautiful eagles have white hoods and ear tufts, six limbs, and a wing span of up to 22 feet. They also have a long life span. Their wings are broad and perfect for gliding as well as arial maneuvers because of their long pin feathers. These birds can lift animals as large as twenty pounds in their talons to fly distances of up to several miles with their prey. These eagles are impossible to tame, and are fiercely territorial over the roosting and nesting grounds. These eagles are unusual in that one male has eagle 'prides'. The male eagles compete for females viciously with arial battle displays. These eagles have white hoods and ear tufts, blue-gray shoulders, are sienna-brown in color with gray banded, tan tails. They have pale gray, brown banded breasts, undersides, and leg skirts, their tails and wings included. Their beaks are a dark slate-blue.

Barred Falcon

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 3 d6 +10 Flight, +10 dex and reflexes
Bite: +3
Talons: +5
Lifespan of 200 years.

Information
Large, light brown falcon with copper bars on its breast and feathers. Wings and tail are barred also with umber brown and cream. Bodies are streamlined with long, narrow wings and a wide fanning tails. These falcons are diurnal, have yellow-orange, and eat medium to large rodents and snakes. They have whistles, screeches, and long repeating kees.

Great Red Banded Falcon

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 3 d6 +10 Flight, +10 dex and reflexes
Bite: +3
Talons: +5
Lifespan of 110 years.

Information
These falcons are a light amber in color with cream colored breasts and darker amber undersides and leg skirts. Their wings, breasts, and tails are barred with a deep, rust-red, and their beaks are dark gray. They have a wing span of 6 feet.

Hell-dagger Falcon

Stats
Venom: 10 d6 venom, progressive
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 3 d6 +10 Flight, +10 dex and reflexes
Bite: +3
Talons: +5
Lifespan of 250 years.

Information
Large, light gray falcon with dark gray bars on a white breast, and bars in a darker gray on their bodies. Wings and tail are barred also with black and gray. Bodies are streamlined with long, broad wings and a long arrow shaped tail. These falcons are seen mostly at dusk and dawn, have large silver eyes, and eat medium to large rodents and snakes. They have whistles, clicks, kees, screeches, and long repeating i-ees. Their spurs inject a strong venom which stuns, paralizes, and can be deadly if enough gets into the bloodstream. These falcons are immune to poison themselves, and they form groups called squads.

Noble Falcon

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 3 d6 +10 Flight, +10 dex and reflexes
Bite: +3
Talons: +5
Lifespan of 220 years.

Information
Large, russet colored falcon with a white breast, gold shoulders, yellow beak and talons, and gray hoods with a large white crest. Bodies are streamlined with long, broad wings and wide fanning tails. These falcons are diurnal, have green eyes, and eat medium to small snakes and fish. They have kees, screeches, and long screams.

Russet Breasted Falcon

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 3 d6 +15 Flight, +10 dex and reflexes
Bite: +3
Talons: +5
Lifespan of 120 years.
Information
Medium-sized, gray falcon with a rust-red breast, black beak and talons, and black hoods. Bodies are streamlined with long, narrow wings and forking tails. These falcons are diurnal, have blue eyes, and eat small birds and rodents. They have whistles, clicks, and long screams.

Great Ocean Glider

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 3 d6 +7 Flight, +10 stam
Bite: +3
Talons: +5
Lifespan of 220 years.

Information
This sea bird is the size of an albatross, and is black with a pale grey head, and whiteside. These birds can fly great distances and have incredible stamina. Found anywhere at sea, and on the rocky cliffs where they breed. They can be trained as ocean homing birds to carry messages over great distances across the sea.

Great Black Knight Hawk

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 4 d6 +11 Flight, +10 dex and reflexes
Bite: +4
Talons: +6
Lifespan of 100 years.

Information
These hawks are often mistaken for eagles for their size. They have a wing span of eight feet, and their wings are broad. They have wide fanned tails, and are hooded with dark gray while the rest of their body is solid black. These hawks have powerful beaks and talons and they are nocturnal, hunting medium-small mammals and night-wings. They are acrobatic in flight, and mate in the air. These hawks are very difficult to tame (LoD-40) and live in many different terrains.

Great Razor Talon Hawk

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 4 d6 +11 Flight, +10 dex and reflexes
Bite: +4
Talons: +6
Lifespan of 120 years.

Information
Great Razor Taloned hawks are often mistaken for eagles for their size. They have a wing span of ten feet, and their wings are broad. They have wide fanned tails that are a deep rusty red in color that are banded with dark brown. Their rumps are umber brown, their backs are rusty red, and their heads and shoulders are a deep golden brown, while they have cream colored undersides and leg feathers. These hawks have powerful deep yellow beaks and talons. These hawks are very difficult to tame (LoD-40) and live in mountain areas, and never in arctic regions.

Morendor Black Hawk

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 3 d6 +10 Flight, +10 dex and reflexes
Bite: +3
Talons: +5
Lifespan of 180 years.

Information
Medium-sized, solid black hawks with dark gray beaks and talons. Bodies are thick with broad wings and fanned tails. These hawks are seen mostly at dusk and dawn, have large brown eyes, and eat small and medium sized rodents and birds. They have whistles and long screams.

Snowy Crested Hawk

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 3 d6 +10 Flight, +10 dex and reflexes
Bite: +4
Talons: +6
Lifespan of 180 years.

Information
Medium-sized, copper colored hawks with dark brown speckling, red shoulders and tails, black and tan banded wings and tails, yellow beaks and talons, and a snow white crest, head, and throat. Bodies are thick with broad wings and fanned tails. These hawks are diurnal, have yellow eyes, and eat small birds and rodents. They have kees, whistles and long screams.

Star Gazer Hawk

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 2 d6 +10 Flight, +12 dex and reflexes
Bite: +4
Talons: +6
Lifespan of 80 years.

Information
Small, sparrow hawk-sized, dark, dusky blue hawks with light gray beaks. Bodies are very streamlined with long kite-like wings and long narrow fanned tails. These hawks are nocturnal, have large pale gray eyes, and eat moths, and small rodents. These hawks form groups called squads, and they have echelons, or ranks much like crows, with a Regent Hawk, a Steward Hawk, a Rook Hawk, and Serf Hawks. They have varying kees, warbles, and whistles they communicate with.

Messenger Bird

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 2 d6 +10 Flight, +8 dex and reflexes
Bite: +1
Claws: +1
Lifespan of 500 years.

Information
Small, beautiful, finch-like bird with a long, swift-like forked tail, and red, blue and green feathers much like a red macaw. These birds can learn to speak many languages, not just mimick them, but actually speak and understand them, along with many animal sounds and tongues. They are intelligent, swift of wing, stunning, and hard to catch. Most who use them as familiars usually do so by gaining a messenger bird's trust. Others buy them from animal traffickers who capture and cage them. They eat small insects and flock together in the tops of tall trees, and fly in flocks while hunting swarms of insects. They live in forests and jungles in temperate or tropical areas, and nest high in trees. Often used as familiars by elves.

Blue Morvetch

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 3 d6 +5 Flight, +6 dex and reflexes
Bite: +4
Talons: +3
Lifespan of 300 years.

Information
Fairly large, toucan-like bird with an enourmous, horn-like beak. Body is black. Wingtips are white and underside is white, while wings are a bright blue and sky-blue. Ice blue eyes are ringed with black, and then smallish white spectacles, and head has a brilliant blue hood. Throat has a fairly wide band of sky-blue. Tail is bright blue and quite long with triangular tip. Upper beak is tri-banded in black-pale blue-black. These birds have loud calls; Ee-yow-I, Ee-yow-I, which they use to sound alarms. They otherwise make clicks and whistles to communicate to each other.

Gold Morvetch

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 3 d6 +5 Flight, +6 dex and reflexes
Bite: +4
Talons: +3
Lifespan of 300 years.

Information
Fairly large, toucan-like bird with an enourmous, horn-like beak. Body is a dark blue that looks black in most light. Wingtips are white and underside is white, while wings are black with brilliant blue shoulders. Orange eyes are ringed with black, and then smallish white spectacles, and head has a partial hood of yellow which blazes back from the eyes. Throat has a fairly wide band of yellow-orange. Tail is deep yellow and quite long with triangular tip. Upper beak is tri-banded in black-yellow-black. These birds have loud calls; Ee-yow-I, Ee-yow-I, which they use to sound alarms. They otherwise make clicks and whistles to communicate to each other.

Red Morvetch

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 3 d6 +5 Flight, +6 dex and reflexes
Bite: +4
Talons: +3
Lifespan of 300 years.

Information
Fairly large, toucan-like bird with an enourmous, horn-like beak. Body is a deep red. Wingtips are black and underside is white, while wings are a bright red and pink. Yellow eyes are ringed with black, and then smallish white spectacles, and head has a partial hood of yellow which blazes back from the eyes. Throat has a fairly wide band of yellow with small bands of black above and below it. Tail is bright red and quite long with triangular tip. Upper beak is tri-banded in black-orange-black. These birds have loud calls; Ee-yow-I, Ee-yow-I, which they use to sound alarms. They otherwise make clicks and whistles to communicate to each other.

Moth Catcher

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 2 d6 +10 Flight, +11 dex and reflexes
Bite: +1
Talons: +1
Lifespan of 100 years.

Information
Moth catchers are 'nighthawk-like' birds with whiskers around short, wide beaks. They have very large, reflective eyes and excellent night vision. Some are dark, and others lighter, some even white with black and gray speckling, depending on the region from they are from, but all are mottled in color with speckled feathers. These birds nest and roost on the ground, which they blend into perfectly, and are nocturnal. They have haunting 'who-werill, who-werrill' and 'woor-grr-Av, woor-grr-Av' calls which can be heard for miles around. They feed on moths.

Dewdrop Nectar Bird

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 2 d6 +12 Flight, +9 dex and reflexes, strength of 3
Bite: +1
Lifespan of 50 years.

Information
Tiny bird that is hummingbird-like with dark blue feathers, pale blue throat, sky blue wings and fanned tail, and an inch long, curved beak for drinking nectar. Wings are stiff and make a loud humming sound, their bodies are only an inch long, are streamlined, and their wide fanning tails are the same length as their body. They are very acrobatic in flight, and the smallest bird in Morashtar. The trumpets and humming flight of these birds can lead people to flowers which are high in life sustaining sugars. +5 stamina, +10 HP, per cup of tea made from flowers.

Jeweled Nectar Bird

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 2 d6 +12 Flight, +9 dex and reflexes, strength of 3
Bite: +1
Lifespan of 50 years.

Information
Hummingbird-like with brilliant blue feathers, red throat, green wings and tail, and long, curved beak for drinking nectar. Wings are stiff and make a loud humming sound, their bodies are streamlined, and they are acrobatic in flight. The trumpets and humming flight of these birds can lead people to flowers which are high in life sustaining sugars. +5 stamina, +10 HP, per cup of tea made from flowers.

King Nectar Bird

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 2 d6 +12 Flight, +9 dex and reflexes, strength of 3
Bite: +1
Lifespan of 100 years.

Information
Hummingbird-like but the size of a robin, with brilliant green feathers, yellow throat, blue wings, and a long, deep purple, forked tail. Beak is sharp and long with a slight curve for drinking nectar from large flowers. Wings are stiff and make a loud humming sound, their bodies are streamlined, and they are acrobatic in flight. The trumpets and humming flight of these birds can lead people to flowers which are high in life sustaining sugars. +5 stamina, +10 HP, per cup of tea made from flowers.

Nightsong Bird

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 3 d6 +5 Flight, +6 dex and reflexes
Bite: +4
Talons: +3
Lifespan of 40 years.
Rejuvinating Flesh: Their flesh rejuvinates stamina and regenerates wounds +1 stamina per success, +5 HP per success, +10 HP per ace, per bird eaten. Roll level of bird for healing.

Information
A grouse sized, thick bodied bird with wide wings, red brown in color with white, gray, and light brown speckling on its body feathers. Its wings and broadly fanned tail are banded in dark brown and tipped with white. These birds are nocturnal, feed on moths, and have beautiful voices which make a variety of sounds. (so-weel, so-weel-o, so-weel, so-weel-o. ee-o-way, ee-o-wee, ee-o-way, ee-o-wee. swee-o-it - repeating. swooeet - repeating). They are often hunted for their flesh and the wing feathers make excellent fletches for bows. They nest on the ground in tangles and are found in forests.

Orchid Nut-Cracker

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 3 d6 +5 Flight, +6 dex and reflexes
Bite: +2
Talons: +1
Lifespan of 120 years.

Information
These small, parakeet-like birds are exceptionally colorful with tropicana orange body, brilliant red breast, yellow green and brilliant green wings, tails and hoods. These birds live in tropical jungles and are found around jungle orchids which their colors emulate. they have sweet voices, a complex sound range, and make beautiful bird song.

Red Crowned Nut-Cracker

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 3 d6 +5 Flight, +6 dex and reflexes
Bite: +2
Talons: +1
Lifespan of 190 years.

Information
These small, parakeet-like birds are bright yellow with red crowns on their heads. These birds live in mountain forest and jungles in tropical and subtropical areas. They have sweet voices, a complex sound range, and make beautiful bird song. Lifespan of 90 years.

Black Speckled Owl

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 3 d6 +8 Flight, +6 dex and reflexes
Bite: +6
Talons: +4
Lifespan of 250 years.

Information
These gray owls are speckled with black, and have irregularly barred breasts. Their tails and wings are black with gray bars. They are very large owls which grow to twenty-eight inches in height. Their large talons are perfect for catching rabbits and other medium-small prey. These owls can be taught to hunt prey like falcons, and woodland elves, and shadow elves often use them for this purpose, forming tight bonds with this long lived birds.

Daredevil Owl

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 3 d6 +11 Flight, +10 dex and reflexes
Bite: +6
Talons: +4
Lifespan of 250 years.

Information
These beautiful owls can perform elaborate ariel displays when chasing and capturing the night-birds, bats, and moths they prey on. They are mottled with varying shades of brown and speckled with silver, black, and light brown. Their tails and wings are barred with light brown and black.

Horn Eared Smokey Owl

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 3 d6 +8 Flight, +6 dex and reflexes
Bite: +8
Talons: +6
Lifespan of 120 years.

Information
These horned owls vary in shades of gray from dark to light with gradual color transitions which give them the appearance of smoke. They have black faces, black horn tufts, and gray beaks, and have wide wings and fanned tails. These owls live in forest lands, and mountains. They are a large owl which reach two and a half feet in height.

Great Gifted Owl

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 3 d6 +8 Flight, +6 dex and reflexes, +2 Intelligence
Bite: +10
Talons: +8
Lifespan of 155 years.

Information
These owls are silver with white, black, and dark grey speckles. They are a large owl which reaches 26 inches in height. They are a mountain and cliff-side bird, which prefer high promontories for perches. They have incredible eyesight, are highly intelligent, and can learn to speak in broken speech, though their voices are deep and coarse. They hunt rats, mice, snakes, and other small to medium-small sized prey. These birds mate for life and are untamable unless raised from hatchlings with an owl of the opposite gender for a mate. If the other owl is unhealthy, or for some reason one of the owls 'dislikes' the other, the owls will not bond and they will try to escape to find a mate. If they are unable to escape to freedom, they will stop eating, drinking, and perish.

Great Owls

Stats
Level: 10 d6
Checks: 11 + 3 d6 +8 Flight, +6 dex and reflexes
Bite: +46
Talons: +22
Lifespan of 3120 years.

Information


These high elevation mountain owls are the size of a horse and have two strong rear legs and two smaller front arms with slashing talons sometimes used as legs. Some of the human races call them owl-griffs although they are six-limbed owls (their wings being the third set of limbs). Their colors vary, some are white with blue eyes and large ear tufts; others slate grey and spotted with barred light underbellies and breasts with smaller ear tufts; some are brown with russet eyes, barred chests, with large green eyes and no tufts. Another is a giant sentient version of the Horn Eared Smokey Owl (below). These birds are sentient thought few humans can speak their language.

Special Abilities
SA: Elemental, +3 d6, up to 3 elemental attacks. Elemental Attacks: elements vary, choose 1 from elemental paths. Elemental Power: elements vary, choose 1 from elemental paths. Elemental Bite: added damage and or elemental effects to bite. Choose 1 power from elemental paths that works with bite.

Giant Grey Mottled Owl

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 5 d6 +8 Flight, +6 dex and reflexes, +2 Intelligence
Bite: +32
Talons: +21
Lifespan unknown.

Information
These giant owls vary in grey shades with undertones of red, blue, and gold, which can be dark or light. These owls hunt large prey, and have a taste for predatory animals. They live in ancient forests and jungles and nest in the tops of titan trees near clearings which they can swoop down into when they spy prey passing by. They rarely hunt humans unless they have learned to fear or distrust them. These giant owls blend in very well with shadows despite their enormous 'great owl' size. Unlike great owls they are not sentient, and lack the arms of the other genus.

Silky Amber Owl

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 3 d6 +8 Flight, +6 dex and reflexes
Bite: +3
Talons: +2
Lifespan of 80 years.

Information
These owls have long silky feather like fur which is amber in color. Their wings are a lighter shade of amber with brown bars. They are 15 inches in height with long, lop-eared tufts of silky feathers. Their legs are also covered in long silk skirts which are amber in color. Their tails are silver in color with black bars.

Tufted Heart-Faced Owl

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 3 d6 +8 Flight, +6 dex and reflexes
Bite: +3
Talons: +2
Lifespan of 50 years.

Information
These owls have heart shaped faces and large ear tufts. They are mottled in soft brown, gray, ocra, deep brown and speckled in black, white and pale gray. Tufted heart owl's hunt mice, rats, snakes and other small mammals and have haunting calls which vaver in volume and resonant harmonics. They are a large owl that grow to two feet in height with fairly large bodies and wide wings. They are silent in flight owed to their soft feathers. Their wings and tails are tan and barred with a darker reddish brown.

Poet Bird

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 2 d6 +10 Flight, +8 dex and reflexes
Bite: +1
Talons: +1
Lifespan of 50 years.

Information
Found in forests, on farmlands and orchards, and around cities. These birds are lark-like indigo blue with an black head, a yellow throat band, and purple tails. Their feathers are highly iridesent. They have wide, short, yellow beaks used for cracking nuts and husking seeds. They sing in rythimic sounds which rhyme. (say-wee-o-way, kee-ah-o-ay. shwee-ee-shoo, shwee-ay-shoo. swee-oo-ee, twee-oo-ee. shwoo-shoo-shoo-shoo-shoo, shwee, shooewt, shooewt,shooewt, shooewt). They nest in dense shrubs and branches and feed on insects, seeds, and fruit. They eat foods that are also edible to humans.

Purple Throated Prism Bird

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 2 d6 +10 Flight, +7 dex and reflexes, +3 intelligence
Bite: +2
Talons: +1
Lifespan of 160 years.

Information
Prism birds are colorful birds with highly irredescent feathers, long swallow-like wings, sloping heads which meet pointed beaks, and long, forked tails. This prism bird is red from its head to its shoulders, with a purple throat, gold breast and white belly. It has a deep purple back, a large red rump patch and tail base, with a deep purple tail. Its shoulders and upper wings are a deep blue and the lower wings are bright blue. These birds have complex songs and calls, and harmonic voices. Prism birds can learn to speak in many tongues if they are around speaking creatures for five or more years. They are highly intelligent, but are also very shy of people who have abused their talents for ages.

White Throated Prism Bird

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 2 d6 +10 Flight, +7 dex and reflexes, +3 intelligence
Bite: +2
Talons: +1
Lifespan of 160 years.

Information
Prism birds are colorful birds with highly iridescent feathers, long swallow-like wings, sloping heads which meet pointed beaks, and long, forked tails. This prism bird is deep blue from its head to its shoulders, with a white throat, red breast and white belly. It has a bright blue back, a red rump patch and tail base, with a deep blue tail. Its shoulders and upper wings are a deep green with with bright blue lower wings. These birds have complex songs and calls, and harmonic voices. Prism birds can learn to speak in many tongues if they are around speaking creatures for five or more years. They are highly intelligent, but are also very shy of people who have abused their talents for ages.

The females have small crests and some motling of green and blue feathers on their back.

Primal Woods Raptor

The male eagles often guard the nests while females hunt.

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 2 d6 +10 Flight, +7 dex and reflexes
Bite: +3
Talons: +2
Lifespan of 80 years.

Information
Primal Woods Raptors live only in the Primal Forest and Eternal Wilderland in An Morendor. These raptors are black from their heads to their shoulders with silver backs and wings, and black tails that are banned with ocra. Their undersides are white as are their leg feathers while females have white cheeks and ocra patches and bars on their breasts and legs. They hunt small to medium small mammals, reptiles and birds.

The females have more white markings and ocra patches and bars.

Rainforest Raptor

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 4 d6 +10 Flight, +8 dex and reflexes
Bite: +5
Talons: +8
Lifespan of 150 years.

Information
These very large raptors are similair to Harpy Eagles, only instead of crests they have horned ear tufts. They have black hoods, rust-brown bodies, and cream colored undersides and leg skirts. Their tails are tan and barred with cream and dark brown. They have a wing span of 12 feet, and hunt medium sized mammals, and primates. They are highly territorial and will attack anyone who comes too close to their nests or roosts. They roost high in the canopies of rain forest trees.

Abyss Raven

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 2 d6 +6 Flight, +7 dex and reflexes, +4 intelligence
Bite: +1
Talons: +2
Lifespan of 550 years.

Special Abilities
SA: Shadow Elemental, +3 d6
Shadow Elements: Shading Phasing, Shadow Form, Veil in Shadows, Shadow Flight.

Information
Large, solid black raven. Their voices are gravelly and their language complex. Though they have common calls. (craw-aw, kah-kah, ah-kaw, with a loud alarm KAH-KAH). These birds can learn to speak and to understand any language. They are found around caverns, mountains and rocky areas and are opportunists. These birds are often used as familiars though they are difficult to capture, their nests often veiled.

Craig Horn Raven

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 2 d6 +6 Flight, +7 dex and reflexes, +2 intelligence
Bite: +1
Talons: +2
Lifespan of 230 years.

Information
Large, solid black raven with slate-gray shoulders. Their calls are gravelly. (craw-ah, kah-kah-kee, ahk-aw, with a loud alarm CRAW). These birds can learn to speak and to understand a limited language. They are found around mountains and rocky areas and are opportunists.

Gold Raven

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 2 d6 +6 Flight, +7 dex and reflexes, +2 intelligence
Bite: +2
Talons: +1
Lifespan of 200 years.

Information
Large, solid gold raven with red shoulders. Their calls are gravelly. (craw-ah, kah-kah-kee, ahk-aw, with a loud alarm CRAW). These birds can learn to speak and to understand a limited language. They are found around forests, cities, and farmlands in temperate and subtropical areas and are opportunists.

Snowy Raven

Stats
Level: 6 d6
Checks: 8 + 2 d6 +6 Flight, +7 dex and reflexes, +2 intelligence
Bite: +2
Talons: +1
Lifespan of 210 years.

Information
Large, solid white raven with slate-gray shoulders. Their calls are gravelly. (craw-ah, kah-kah-kee, ahk-aw, with a loud alarm CRAW). These birds can learn to speak and to understand a limited language. They are found around mountains, glaciers, and tundras in semi-arctic areas and are opportunists.