Ulkmcela

Group: Serves as a family, animals within a group are very closely related.

Ulkmcela are quadrupedal and feature a head formed of four chitinous bone beaks. Usually serrated or hooked to some degree. Their hide will always be either red or green and is loaded with photosynthesizing cells. Giving them both the ability to see all over, and the ability to live among the harshest conditions of Malia.

Ulkmcela due to their capability to photosynthesize don’t necessarily need to hunt should conditions be perfect enough. But they as a group do tend to embark on hunts for enrichment and for extra calories to support their life choices, such as Racers.

Shrinebuilders

This subgroup true to their name build ‘shrines’. Whilst lacking a true religious connotation to the animal at least, their dens and communities they decorate. Using bones from kills, using rocks and stones, using remnants from others hunts, do they build up their own home. These shrines start out small but depending on the individual or group building them, end up massive and old. Often does this confuse travelers in Malia, who may think they are nearing civilization but instead are walking into a predators elaborate den. Some of these shrines can be miles long and decorated so thoroughly they become of their own ecosystem. With skulls leering from trees or embedded in mud, of ribs used as fencing for nonsensical paths that loop upon themselves, and those paths studded with rock and bone. When a shrinebuilder dies, their shrine is rarely taken by another shrinebuilder. But instead pulled apart or just left as a picture of the past.

Shrinebuilders are not a common subgroup but alas their shines dot Malia all over. Often are others confused by how old a shrine could be, or if its even lived in. Ambushes are common due to this confusion. As to why Shrinebuilders build their shrines… Well it isn’t truly known why. The confusion the predator takes advantage of is merely a side effect of a wellbuilt shrine, not the reason for it. Perhaps its simple boredom, given the shrinebuilder like all other Ulkmcela, do not really need to eat as long as their is enough sun. They don’t need to go on hunts and thus don’t have that much enrichment all things considered. So instead they fill their time with creativity and a mindless task of building a maze like shrine.

Racers

Built to run, built to chase, built to race. These Ulkmcela hunt way more often than others, needing the extra calories to keep up with their lifestyle. Racers chase down prey with terrifying efficiency, but will falter and stall should something stand its ground and face the beast. As Racers refuse to get into fights. Their jaws are made to slam into and subsequently stab deep into prey, mortally wounding or outright killing. They are hooked as to stay deep in prey, but are not designed for active fighting. They lack the strength to withstand a fight, and lack the serrated edges to actually do damage in a fight.

Sertha

Ulkmcela

Shrinebuilders

Racers

Lighter Beast

Ulkmcela Catalog