65th of Ashan, 719, ~13:00 - Continued from here
And so, they'd managed to separate the male Ithecal from the females. With a whole village to choose from, they had the time to carefully examine the bodies for the genetics that best suit them. One by one, the Wyvarnth sorted through the tallest and strongest looking of all three species, then gathered them and checked them for faults or genetic traits that they found unappealing.
They managed to learn quite a bit more on the anatomy of ithecal as they searched and sorted through them, like how the Paltharnum and Thiussum had claws, though the Paltharnum had the sharpest ones on their feet, which would make good from gripping the ground at high speeds. The Thiussum were the tallest and had webbed wingers, which would make them ideal swimmers. Neither of them likely had the dexterity they would need for every-trial life, though. There was always borrowing, but repeating the process over and over would be exhausting. Perhaps there was a way?
First, they would need totems of all three sub-species. So, with their embersteel war ax in hand, they got to work. With the point of the ax, they worked to pry one of the larger back teeth from all the specimen they had collected. After each successful removal, they placed the long, sharp piece bone on the chests of their respective donors.
Next, Fridgar went to search through the rubble again. Within, they found two large clumps of debris, broken wall segments, and a mostly-intact door. Placing all three of them on the sand, they managed to form a sort-of makeshift table. they placed all their remaining totems on the table; the five of them. There was the Stekir figurine, Magekir. The Llewnos figurine, Majad. The Trachadon figurine, Boomer. The Solghannon, Terrance, and finally, Aeon, their Sohr Khal.
That was all that was left of them. They'd lost four this season alone. It was all just rotten luck, they knew. But how could things have gone so badly so quickly? They left their totems there, then returned to the ithecal corpses and collected their teeth and laid them out on the surface of the door. They put them in the order from smallest to biggest: Wyvarnth, Paltharnum, Thiussum. Once that was sorted, they returned to the table and severed the arms from the elbow-down on all three of the men before they brought them over. they placed each respective severed limb upon the table below the teeth they had collected.
They still dripped with the fresh blood of their foes, which was opportune for them. They took the ax again and began to flay the arms of their skin. Until they had long, bloodied strips of scales of each respective species. After some digging around in their domain bag, they found various jars for products that they had long since used or expired and set them out on the table before ringing out the meaty limbs into their own separate jars and filled them with an adequate amount of blood. The final step was to leave the strips of scales to marinate in the jars for a little while, to let them soak up the blood. So, they summoned Terrance as a totem Guardian and left him at their makeshift work area while they explored.
And so, they'd managed to separate the male Ithecal from the females. With a whole village to choose from, they had the time to carefully examine the bodies for the genetics that best suit them. One by one, the Wyvarnth sorted through the tallest and strongest looking of all three species, then gathered them and checked them for faults or genetic traits that they found unappealing.
They managed to learn quite a bit more on the anatomy of ithecal as they searched and sorted through them, like how the Paltharnum and Thiussum had claws, though the Paltharnum had the sharpest ones on their feet, which would make good from gripping the ground at high speeds. The Thiussum were the tallest and had webbed wingers, which would make them ideal swimmers. Neither of them likely had the dexterity they would need for every-trial life, though. There was always borrowing, but repeating the process over and over would be exhausting. Perhaps there was a way?
First, they would need totems of all three sub-species. So, with their embersteel war ax in hand, they got to work. With the point of the ax, they worked to pry one of the larger back teeth from all the specimen they had collected. After each successful removal, they placed the long, sharp piece bone on the chests of their respective donors.
Next, Fridgar went to search through the rubble again. Within, they found two large clumps of debris, broken wall segments, and a mostly-intact door. Placing all three of them on the sand, they managed to form a sort-of makeshift table. they placed all their remaining totems on the table; the five of them. There was the Stekir figurine, Magekir. The Llewnos figurine, Majad. The Trachadon figurine, Boomer. The Solghannon, Terrance, and finally, Aeon, their Sohr Khal.
That was all that was left of them. They'd lost four this season alone. It was all just rotten luck, they knew. But how could things have gone so badly so quickly? They left their totems there, then returned to the ithecal corpses and collected their teeth and laid them out on the surface of the door. They put them in the order from smallest to biggest: Wyvarnth, Paltharnum, Thiussum. Once that was sorted, they returned to the table and severed the arms from the elbow-down on all three of the men before they brought them over. they placed each respective severed limb upon the table below the teeth they had collected.
They still dripped with the fresh blood of their foes, which was opportune for them. They took the ax again and began to flay the arms of their skin. Until they had long, bloodied strips of scales of each respective species. After some digging around in their domain bag, they found various jars for products that they had long since used or expired and set them out on the table before ringing out the meaty limbs into their own separate jars and filled them with an adequate amount of blood. The final step was to leave the strips of scales to marinate in the jars for a little while, to let them soak up the blood. So, they summoned Terrance as a totem Guardian and left him at their makeshift work area while they explored.
