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Mythical Creatures
The combined colonial and native cultures have led to a large account of mythical creatures that have been claimed as native to the peninsula. The Ari civilization had many different accounts and stories relating to mythical creatures. The majority of these have been lost to time but some have managed to survive into modern day stories and some have combined with colonial myths due to similarity. The majority of colonial myths are from the five original states of Solaurora (Amador, Konya, New Enfield, Novalia, and Verden) but influences from other colonies and groups have extended the range of creatures claimed to be native.
Name(s) | Period | Location | Description |
Starbird | Ancient | Whole Peninsula | An ancient creature, it is a giant, glowing, multicolored bird that leaves a shining trail in its wake. It was said to bring either blessings or doom and surviving records of the First Calamity claim the starbird attacked the Ari civilization before bringing the Indefinite Winter. It is believed that comets in ancient times were mistaken for this mythical creature as the earliest accounts are concurrent with the cycles of Nikola's Comet. The myth have some relation to the Native Vesperian thunderbird |
Witness Wolf | Medieval | Whole Peninsula | It is a black wolf with what appears to be either many eyes or many eye shaped markings along its mane. The Witnesses are claimed to appear before a major event and are simply observers. They do not interact with people and do not have any effect on the event itself. They serve as the record keepers for the 12 Facets. Their origin is unclear. |
Woodman | Medieval | Western Forests | It is a tall dark humanoid creature with glowing eyes. It wears a wooden mask and has four arms. Its height is disputed as some stories say they are only tall enough to see into the second story of a house while others claim they are as tall as a redwood. There are also conflicting stories as to its nature as some stories claim they are guides for those lost in the forest while others call them monsters that lure them deeper into the forest to kill them. |
Bomb Ghosts | Modern | Urban Centers | It is a shadowy ghost of someone who was lost during the Crisis. Their bodies are ash black and their heads emanate smoke. It is said that they were created from the shadows of those who were vaporized in the explosions and that they've returned either for revenge or to protect the loved ones they left behind. Some accounts describe them with halos behind their heads. |
Enfield | Colonial | New Enfield | Enfields are fox-like creatures with eagle wings and talons. Originally and Anglian creature there were early colonial claims of enfield sightings in the forest. Imperial colonists took this as a sign to name the colony New Enfield after the city of Enfield. |
Monster of Rolaine, | Colonial | Rolaine, NV | The Rolaine Monster is a winged monster said to live in the hills near Novalia's state capital of Rolaine. Accounts of the monster describe it as a horned, bat-winged creature with large eyes. It is considered a protector of the city and its citizens. In some cases it has been likened to the Galian gargoyle giving it the nickname as the Rolaine Gargoyle. |
Verden Dragon | Colonial | Verden | This creature is said to live in one of Verden's many lakes. It has been described as a long green lindworm and is said to only come out at night to feed on forest animals although it will not differentiate between animals and people. There are currently three different lakes claiming to be the home of the monster. |
