Do you have any 'critters' for your stories?

[Naruzeldamaster]

By critters I mean like, wildlife.
Not like zombies or mummies n such. (I'd consider those monsters)

I've come up with a few for multiple original fictions.

 

[Insolent Lad]

There is a mix of fauna (and flora, for that matter) in my primary fantasy cycle. Some pretty much identical to what we know here, some prehistoric holdovers (both megalodon and mosasaurs swim the seas), some that have found there way in from other worlds, such as ghalun (ghouls, which are essentially jackals with ape-level--or a little better--intelligence), unicorns, and, to be sure, dragons and their relatives. They do all make (more or less) biological sense--no 'magic' critters for me.

 

[Adam Scribentis]

My fantasy novella stars (alongside humans and a very urbane dragon) twin cats kept by the two heroes' foster-mother, a fierce farm dog that menaces the heroes after they sleep in a barn, an aristocratic horse belonging to the persecuted warrior who befriends them, and the winged pigs on which they fly to their destination. (In case you were wondering, the warrior with the horse is needed to slap the pigs' backsides to make them fly.)

 

[Romy]

In the troll sections, I have the Bikkel and Kei types that might not register as full trolls. Basically rocks that like to be thrown, on their own not really that dangerous. Might even keep one as a pet rock...

 

[Orc Knight]

All sorts. Mostly coming out of a speculative evolution and biology area. From dinosaurs to stem mammals all sharing the world. And some domesticated, some not.

 

[Lynea]

I created a flying familiar for one of my characters. The species is 'icuthar' - a tasteful mix of dragon and falcon, rather small and travel-easy. The name of the particular creature is Zuahyr.

 

[pmmg]

No time for pets in my story. Some horses did get names, but getting names is usually bad for their longevity...

There was a goat named Fargle...

 

[Naruzeldamaster]

All sorts. Mostly coming out of a speculative evolution and biology area. From dinosaurs to stem mammals all sharing the world. And some domesticated, some not.

I have a few domesticated and non domesticated animals. Some original some not (I feel like dragons are fairly common concept in fiction)

My favorite one (that only amuses me as the author) is a sugar maggot (named such because they're very colorful and are very sweet / good for you, thought about calling them gummy worms but...yeah.) that has a high calorie protein that makes one's skin glow in the dark for a bit. It's cautioned not to eat too many in 'one sitting' because it does take one's body a bit of time to process said protein. It's mostly used as a potent ingredient for hair die (the protien is extracted humanely from the bugs)

They are featured in exactly one/two scenes in the first book, but they amused me lol

 

[pmmg]

I'd have to be pretty desperate before I would eat a maggot.

 

[Naruzeldamaster]

I'd have to be pretty desperate before I would eat a maggot.

I mean how do you think the first adventurer that found out about the glow in the dark thing even found out about it...
I guarantee you they weren't thinking 'oo protein/food!' lol but something is better than nothing.
I'm pretty sure the story even has a planned bit about said adventurer being annoyed that the locals were treating his survivalist discovery like a fad.
I could change it from a maggot to something else I guess too.

 

[pmmg]

I am sure it was two dudes, and one saying, I will give you a dollar if you eat that...