Hey guys, so as I was sorting through some of the material from past fragments, it occurred to me that we don’t really know a lot about, well, what the fragments are. I mean, sure, we know that the first four are flowers and the second four are some kind of animals, but that’s pretty general, right?
So I thought it would be cool if maybe we theorized or designed some aspects of the different flowers and animals in the magiq-verse? Here are some things were know:
Eye of the Moons have vines, and you’re not meant to look into them once plucked.
According to Cole’s dream of The Last Traveler, obenhedge/vhelicorus look kind of like branches.
We don’t know anything about Siren’s Lace or any of the fauna fragments.
We know what the Fraylily looks like from Cole’s sketch, and the Book’s image. Fraylilies grow in a place called the Fray.
I thought I’d start us off. Here’s a quick little painting I did of what the Eye of the Moons might look like:
I thought it would be a kind of plant that has patterns similar to ridges on the Moon, and that it might glow a little in the night time. I kind of based the general shape off of a ghost orchid. And of course, there’s the vines.
So, what do you guys think? Have any sketches or prose you’d like to share?
Also, if people are feeling particularly creative they can come up with designs or concepts for the animals of the last phase - Brachursis, Galluskulk, Furomaris, and Tigrantula
Brachursis:
• Brach could be a brachiopod (like a mollusk) or an archaic word for a female hunting hound
• Ursis - bear
Galluskulk
• Gallus - rooster
• Skulk/kulk – skulk is a term used to describe a group of foxes?
Furomaris
• Furo – could mean ferret?
• Maris - could be a gastropod (like a snail)?
Tigrantula
• Tigr – could mean tiger?
• -rantula – could mean tarantula?
Ichthywara
• Ichthy – could mean fish?
• -wara – unknown
Caprathorn
• Capra - goat
• -thorn – unknown
Equicorun
• Equi – could mean horses or some sort of equine in general?
• -corun - unknown
Lots of unknowns and question marks lol. I think that people can be relatively creative and play around with whatever they want. Who knows, we might one day get confirmation from the book or elsewhere as to what these creatures are exactly. For now, take creative liberties.
I believe @Nahemah 's analysis went like this. I believe this is the pattern @Brendon used to build the tetrahedron.
Brachursis: Crab + Bear
Brachyura is the infraorder to which crabs belong to
Ursis means bears in latin
Galluskulk: “Rooster” (the other name is censored) + Fox
Gallus means rooster in latin
Skulk is the name given to a group of foxes
Furomaris: Ferret + Fish
Mustela putorius furo is the scientific name for ferret
Maris comes from the latin for “sea” (this one is a bit of a stretch…)
Tigrantula: Tiger + spider
I think this one is obvious
Caprathorn: Goat + Deer
Capra is latin for goat
Thorn might refer to the deer’s antler (this is also a bit of a stretch…)
I think that maybe the fragment animals are hybrids, but the rest are just a kind of… whatever they are? Like the Caprathorn is a kind of goat beast, but a Tigrantula would be a tiger striped hybrid tarantula or whatever.
