Flora & Fauna

Below is an incomplete list of the plants, trees, and animals within the Republic of Iridine. Some may seem familiar to you…while others are found only in The Eternal City.

#Animals

Anteater

You see a creature the size of an average dog. It is mostly gray in colour, save for a thick black stripe with a white border which runs along both its forward shoulders. It has an elongated snout and a huge bushy tail.

Aralex

Not much is known about this creature yet. It has recently found it's home below the depths of the Colosseum in an abandoned quarry. A fierce lizard with livid green scaly armor. Be wary to be knocked down by this foe as many have already succumb to it's territorial nature.

Bear

Boar

You see a red boar. Its small piggish eyes glare from above two stubby tusks. It has a short spiky mane just atop its head and thick neck. The boar stamps its foot impatiently.

Cobra

Chicken

Doe

You catch sight of a sleek doe with golden fur. Its thin head is without horns bearing instead a set of round child-like eyes and a harmless expression.

You catch sight of a fat doe with light brown fur. Its thin head is without horns bearing instead a set of round child-like eyes and a harmless expression.

Doe can appear in different sizes (fat, sleek, slender) and with different colored fur.

Deer

Dirt Snake

This long and sinous snake has a triangular head and mottled-brown scales. Its pair of amber-colored eyes seem to glimmer in the slightest light.

Eruofera

Ewe

Gazelle

Goat

Grass Snake

Field Hare

Fox

It is a small, dog-like animal with a pointed face, large triangular ears, and a thick brush of a tail. Its coat is orange-red with black feet and a white tip at the end of its tail.

Fluvitur

Magris

Marsh Adder

You see a medium-sized snake, several feet long. It is a brownish-green color and bears a distinctive row of bright red scales along its back.

Marsh Gecko

You spot a bright green lizard about two hands' length in size. It has a small, scaly head and a thin, flexible tail. The toes of its feet end in curved black claws.

Mole

Mouse, Field

Mouse, Forest

This scruffy little brownish-grey rodent has a long light red tail about as long as the rest of its body. Much of its tiny head is dominated by two black eyes and a pair of protruding front teeth.

Mouse tails can appear with different colored fur.

Mouse, Thicket

You see a scruffy mouse with reddish-brown fur. Bits of mud cling to its skin and its forepaws are rather large compared to the rest of its small body. Beady red eyes are set above a tiny pink nose. Its short tail looks stiff and straight.

Mountain Goat

Mountain Lion

Muskrat

Pheasant, Black-Toe

You spot a small bird with a spotted plumage of brown and white feathers. Its black head has a distinctive yellow marking around the eyes and its beak is pointed and slightly curved. Its two legs are straw-yellow, except for the middle toes of both feet which bear long black stripes from the claw to the ankle.

Pheasant, Plump Red-Brown

Porcupines

Quail

You see a small somewhat plump bird with brown plumage. It lacks a tail and its small wings seem made for only limited flight. Its scraggly feet and legs are dirty yellow in color. Its head is marked by a short curved beak.

Rabbit

You see a small brown rabbit. Its body is barely larger than a man's hand, and its hunched head lays close to the ground. Its silky ears lay nearly flat along its back. Its nose twitches fearfully, and its eyes are always open for predators.

Ram

Rattlesnake

You see a vicious-looking snake bearing ruddy red scales and an usual knobbish tail that produces rattling noises when shaken. Its flat triangular head looks poised to strike.

Raven, Large

Stag

You see a majestic stag boasting a ten-point rack of sturdy antlers. Its fur is of a whitish brown hue.

Stag can appear with different colored fur.

Skunk

Squirrel

Squirrel, Thicket

You see a squirrel with thick reddish-brown fur. It has round black eyes set in a tiny furry head. Its furry tail is unusually long and thin, waving back and forth behind it. It darts its eyes about timidly .

Sword Cat

You watch the actions and physique of a large and heavy cat. It has two wicked-looking fangs in its toothy mouth. It has a shaggy coat of long dark brown fur and large green eyes. Its tail is fairly long and tufted at the end.

Wildcat

You see a large cat, tan with brown spots. Its large head is filled with sharp teeth, and its tail lashes dangerously behind it.

Wild Dog

You see a large dog with shaggy brown fur. A cursory glance suggests that it is far from being well-fed, and is certainly not domesticated. The creature bears numerous claw marks over its body.

Wolf

Wolf, White

#Fish

Fish can be caught in a variety of sizes: small, somewhat small,'normal' (no descriptor), large, somewhat large & massive.

Amblyopsis

Description: Pale white eyeless fish

Being cave fish, they lack pigmentation and are blind.

Bass

Description: Meaty brownish fish

Name shared by many species of fish. The term encompasses both freshwater and marine species

Blood Trout

Description: Red trout

Catfish

Description: Whiskered gray fish

Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers.

Eel

Description: Long dark eel

Greengill

Description: Stumpy green-gilled fish

Greengill's are a type of sunfish named after their green-colored gills.

Green-striped Trout

Description: Silver fish with a deep emerald green stripe
A type of trout known for it's striped scales.

Grubber

Description: Oily fish with a rotund body

Large-mouth Bass

Description: Meaty greenish brown fish with a large mouth

A larger variety of bass, typically with a large mouth than its smaller cousins.

Mudshark

Description: Greyish brown fish with needle sharp teeth

Also known as a dogfish, this breed of shark often is found in shallow waters.

Muskie

Description: Silver and black fish with an elongated body
The muskellunge or Muskie for short is the largest of the pike family.

Perch

Description: Bluish-gray fish with an elongated body

Many species of freshwater gamefish more or less resemble perch but belong to different genera.

Pike

Description: Muscular fish with an elongated snout and body

A carnivorous fish are known for its teeth. They can often be found in brackish or freshwater.

Redtail Pike

Description: Muscular fish with a brilliant red tail with an elongated body
A cousin to the pike, its bright red tail gives it its moniker.

River Turtle

Description: Soft-shelled turtle

Known for their pliable leathery shell, these are a delicacy in some areas.

Salmon

Description: Salmon

Salmon are known to migrate to the exact place they were born to breed, even if it requires traveling up stream.

Silver Carp

Description: Thick silver-colored fish

Silver carp are from the carp family. They get their name from the bright silvery scales.

Statorus

This small, brown-skinned aquatic creature bears some resemblance to a large frog, though its limbs are stunted. It possesses a pair of relatively large fins and large eyes that protrude from the top of its head. The creature stares forward with its mouth half-open, revealing two rows of large teeth.

Sunfish

Description: Yellow-orange fish with a narrow body and wide fins

A popular panfish for fishermen.

Suntrout

Description: Gold-scaled fish covered in short spines

Swordfish

Description: Broad-bodied dark-grey fish with an elongated upper jaw

The swordfish is named after its pointed, flat bill, which resembles a sword. Also known as a broad fish. Due to the danger of their sharp swordlike bill, this is a popular fish to catch at sea.

Trout

Description: Trout

Trout are closely related to salmon and char. They can be identified by their spotted scales.

Tuna

Description: Wide-bodied flat silvery fish
A popular food. The tuna has a sleek, streamlined body, and is among the fastest-swimming fish in the ocean.

Weeder

Description: Thick yellow fish

#Plants

Alaniss

A short stubby brownish plant that grows freely in the plains. It has small star-shaped white flowers, commonly used to aid in digestion, and it is reported that the thick squat brown roots can help to quell nausea.

Aloe

A small cactus-like plant that thrives in dry and sunny environments. The gel that grows inside the leaves can be used for burns or minor cuts.

Amolis

A tiny plant that grows in rich shady soil, usually deep in the forest. Its tiny round red flowers are said to capture the morning dew, and the entire plant is good for burns.

Bai

Plant Description: a sturdy gray-green vine with light blue flowers

A large aromatic plant that tends to overrun fences and trees. Its light blue flowers impart their color to fabric quite well, and the leaves are used in cooking. Certain cosmetics are scented with bai leaves, as well.

Blackberry

A thick bramble-covered bush, found in lightly forested areas. The berries are edible and used in dyes.

Black Lotus

Extremely rare. Not typically found in the wild. Used in brewing extremely rare potions.

Blueberry

A large bush, generally cultivated in gardens but can be found in lightly forested regions. Berries are edible and used in dyes.

Borage

A large and hardy plant that grows in the plains. The bluish flowers make a good lavender dye, and the leaves can be used to make soothing tea.

Celandine

A small plant found in the forest with large lobed leaves, it has small four-petaled yellow flowers which are said to settle the digestive system.

Challis, Red

Plant Description: a deep red plant with brilliant yellow flowers
Description: a deep red stem

A variant of white challis, the red challis has deep-red leaves and stems, and deep yellow flowers. The plant clings to the outer edges of the desert and other hot areas.

Challis, White

White challis, also found in the desert, shares all but the color with red challis, being a grayish-green.

Clove

Plant Description: a tiny dark green plant dotted with wrinkled black seedpods

This small forest plant produces fragrant seedpods that are used to flavor certain alcohols and mouthwashes or added to mixtures for their fragrance.

Clover

This small plant can be found in sunny fields. The flowers can be either white or pink. Clover is used to feed livestock and honey made from the honey is very popular.

Coneflower

Description: A violet flower (some violet flowers)

Daisy

Description: A wide white flower with a thin stem

These flowers are cultivated in gardens or found in sunny fields. The white flowers have a bright yellow center.

Dogsbane

This mountain plant is tough with barklike covering on the stem, the tiny white bell-shaped flowers give off a smoky scent that dogs will avoid at any cost.

Eyebright

A small forest plant, with tiny white blue-centered flowers that resemble eyes. Parts of this plant can be used to soothe sore eyes.

Flax

Description: A tall spindly weed topped with a pale lavender flower (some tall spindly weeds topped with pale lavender flowers)

A tall and spindly weed with pale lavender flowers that develop into large oval seeds. The seeds can be pressed for their oil. These plants are usually found in the plains or meadows.

Garlic

Description: A small pale green plant topped with an explosion of white flowers

This small pale green plant with an explosion of tiny white flowers at the top is found in the plains or cultivated in gardens. The roots are used in cooking and in some herbal cures.

Goldenseal

This small mountain shrub with huge lobed leaves and a tiny knot of yellow flowers at the top. The flowers are very poisonous if eaten.

Grape

A vine that requires plenty of sun, with small green, red, or purple fruit. Edible, and useful in dyes.

Hayrack Weed

A huge, rambling, indestructible plant, it grows in hayracks and barns, anywhere hay or straw is stored. Farmers don't like it, but animals eat it as well as anything else, so they leave it alone.

Horses' Hoof Mushroom

Description: a cluster of small dark gray mushroom with sickly white gills

A small dark gray mushroom with white gills is found in forests.

Indigo

This tiny forest plant has deep purple, almost black flowers used to dye both fabric and hair.

Jalaeus

Plant Description: a small straw-colored rambling vine

A small rambling vine, also called sugarvine, that hides among grazing lands, its low levels of toxin don't seem to hurt anything. It's a straw-colored plant.

King's Penny

Descriotion: a small yellowish-leaved plant with blue-white flowers

This plant takes its name from its round yellowish leaves. The leaves and the bluish-white flowers are both used in dyes, and the plant grows on sandy soil, usually near a beach.

Melons

A variety of melons can be grown in sunny gardens. The fruit is eaten raw or cooked depending on the variety.

Mint

Description: a tiny pale green leafy plant

A small plant that likes partially sunny areas. It is used as flavorings in food and in teas.

Moneypouch

Description: a small dark green plant covered with tiny bulbous white flowers

The small white flowers close in on themselves, resembling a tiny pouch; thus the name. The flowers grow on large spikes and greatly outnumber the leaves. They can be found in the mountains.

Mullein

Plant Description: a large green bush with brilliant yellow flowers

Mullein's brilliant yellow flowers dye fabric well, and also work to bleach hair to a golden yellow shade. Mullein grows in huge bushes, usually deep in the forest.

Paicorn

A rambling brownish ivy that grows in the plains. The large seeds are highly acidic and poisonous, used in tanning leather and hides. Animals that eat the paicorn swiftly learn not to.

Pokoi

A rambling tree-climbing ivy, its wide leaves are popular in teas. It has an astringent quality, and it is said that it can stop bleeding in small wounds.

Polypodia

A large bush with hundreds and hundreds of small yellow-orange fruits found in forests. The fruit are not filled with water but with an unusual gelid fluid, and can only be harvested in the spring.

Privals

Plant Description: a glossy dark green bush with vivid reddish-pink flowers

A large bush with reddish-pink flowers, privals grows wild on the outskirts of forests and is cultivated as a yard hedge. The flowers are used in dyes, and the leaves make a strong purgative.

Purliss' Balm

Plant Description: a pale green plant with heavy green seedpods

The heavy seedpods of purliss' balm contain a lot of water and are good at bringing down a fever, whether taken internally or externally. Purliss' balm likes a moist cool climate and grows everywhere in swamps or cool forests.

Ropeweed

A huge straggling vine, this plant can take over an entire field if not checked in time. The tiny fluid-filled leaves are dwarfed by the long stems.

Rose

Description: (some blossoming red flowers)

This popular decorative plant comes in several colors. It is used as a fragrance, and in some teas.

Rosemary

This popular herb can be added to almost any cosmetic for its scent. Its scent is usually very calming, and it is added to teas for this purpose.

Rufus

Description: A long stem covered in small spiky leaves (some long stems covered in small spiky leaves)
Plant:

A large bush of spiky leaves, with small whitish berries is found in the mountains. Rufus is characterized by its extreme staying power; it is often the first thing to grow back after a fire.

Sage, Green

This spicy weed is used to flavor foods. It grows wild wherever it can, usually in a plains area.

Sage, Red

Plant Description: a small dark brown vine with a barklike covering

This variation of green sage has a deep brown bark-like stem, which gives its rich color to anything it is applied to. The leaves are a popular ingredient in teas. It also can be found in the plains area.

Sere

Found in moist swampy areas, the sere plant contains a mild analgesic which soothes the skin. It is unpleasant to eat, but cures itching and reddened skin.

Semencil

A tall and spindly plant with wrinkled leaves and bright red berries found in forested areas. The berries are mildly poisonous, but the roots are a popular spice.

Silverfinder

A small vine, it is said to grow atop good veins of ore in the mountains. Despite its name, its flowers are a pale gold color.

Sleeping Sarah

This unobtrusive ground-running ivy found in the forest gets its name because it can be used to cure pain by numbing the body. It can be taken internally or rubbed on the skin.

Snake's Tooth

The whitish bark of this small shrub is covered with whitish thorns, hence the name. The leaves are reddish in color. Usually found in lightly forested areas.

Soapwort

An unobtrusive plant that grows near swamps or other bodies of water, soapwort is a natural foaming cleanser. It can be used by itself to clean the body and hair but is better in a preparation.

Strawberry

A ground plant with small sweet red berries found in shady areas. The berries are used in dyes and as a fragrance.

Semalus

A large bush with spiky green leaves and hundreds and hundreds of tiny red berries. The berries are not harmful but taste very unpleasant.

Sweetcress

A small vine with a profusion of tiny leaves and small lavender flowers that grow in water, usually slow-flowing rivers. The plant is known for its purgative and absorptive powers.

Thorndark

A thorny plant that hides in a forest or undergrowth. Thorndark looks dead, as it is a uniform brown color and has no leaves or flowers. The 'thorns' are really tightly rolled and rigid leaves that exude the highly poisonous sap.

Tobacco

A huge-leaved plant, dried tobacco is good for smoking, and also makes a good dye.

#Trifolium Leaf

Some small furry green leaves.

Tymours

The heavy, thick-lobed flowers of the tymours plant help prevent infections, and is said to calm the stomach when drunk.

Vertiwort

A low-key moss that grows in thick lush patches on old trees. The moss absorbs twice its weight in water, and can actually pull the bark right off the tree.

Violet

A small, 'shy' forest plant, the deep violet of the flowers is used in dyes.

Yarrow

A small plant with pale blue flowers. Yarrow is said to be helpful in treating skin problems. It can be found in plains, forest or anywhere that isn't too wet.

#Trees

Birch

Description: a tall thin tree with white papery bark

A slender white-barked tree, birch generally grow in small groves. The leaves have cosmetic properties, and the dark brown sap can be used to dye fabrics a rich golden-yellow.

Dursc

A strong wood, usually a dark gray or black in color, it resists cutting. Dursc is fairly common and used in weapon hafts.

Brightash

The brightash tree is very slender and tall, and its wood is naturally white. Brightash is fairly expensive, and pieces are necessarily small because of the tree shape. It weathers with time and exposure to a very attractive silvery ivory.

Softsun

Named for the sunset, this wood contains striations of orange and red, with occasional golds and yellows. Its natural brilliance makes it popular for house decorations and furniture.

Moskan

Normally, moskan wood is a fairly ugly dark green color, although with such polishing the dark green can be quite pleasant. However, with a bit of experimentation, lumberjacks discovered that it was the sap of the tree hardening that produced the green color; if the tree is drained of sap before being cut, the wood is a very soft gray color, and much more pliable.

Tilock

Exposure to the acids involved in papermaking turns the wood of this tree into a tan so bright it can be called yellow. It's very smooth wood, and easy to carve, but will snap easily under stress.

#Fruit

Almond

A small tree found in forests, its large nuts can be eaten, provided they are properly roasted. Raw almonds are poisonous. The almond is pressed to make almond oil, one of the sweet nut oils.

Apple

A medium-sized tree either found in forests or cultivated in groves. The fruit is eaten raw, cooked, dried, or pressed into cider.

Apricot

A small tree usually found in groves, its light orange fruits are eaten raw, used as a flavoring, or dried.

Bascae

A large deciduous tree with thick runnelled bark. Its wood is used for the more common items, being sturdy but plain.

Cherry

A small tree is usually found in groves in cooler climates. The fruits are bright red and eaten raw, cooked, and dried.

Date

These trees are a type of palm tree in grows in hot regions, usually deserts. The oblong brown fruit is eaten raw or dried.

Fig

This tree is generally cultivated in groves. It produces a small to medium pear-shaped fruit that is pulpy and eaten raw.

Hazel

A large and healthy tree, its nuts are a source of sweet nut oil, and its leaves are used against poor circulation.

Lemon

Description: a yellow fruit with a thick peel (some lemons)

A small citrus tree, it likes warm sunny places. The lemon peel and zest is used in cooking and cosmetics, as well.

Lime

A small citrus tree, it likes warm sunny places. The fruit is barely edible, used more for flavoring and dyes.

Nihimis

A short and spindly tree, that produces hundreds of tiny edible nuts called nihims. Nihims are best roasted, but not harmful raw; pressed nihims are one source of sweet nut oil.

Olive

These trees are cultivated in groves. They produce a fruit that is pressed for oil or eaten. Oil is one of the most important resources.

Orange

A medium-sized citrus tree, the fruits are edible and used as dyes.

Pear

A medium tree that is cultivated in groves. The fruits are eaten raw, cooked, or dried.

Pistachio

A small tree grown in groves and producing a green nut. The nut is edible and used to flavor foods.

Plum

A medium tree grown in groves. It produces a purple fruit that is eaten raw, cooked, or dried.

Walnut

These large trees usually are cultivated in groves. The largish nut must be dried and the outer husk pulled off before it can be shelled and eaten.