Creatures
There are many creatures throughout Yliakum, in here you will find information on both ferocious (and not so ferocious) creatures as well as rogues and other vile characters.
Wild Animals
Rarely are wild animals found in large cities except for rats which come and infest the sewers and cellars. These animals are often the best for people seeking to train since they range from simple creatures such as rats to extremely powerful monsters such as ulbernauts. Because of this, some creatures have been brought to the Hydlaa Arena so that various people can fight them without having to look for them.
Arangma
Forest Arangma
The easiest to find, this arangma subspecies is also the easiest to defeat.
| Appearance: Green, very green, to blend in with its suroundings. | 
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| Strength: Due to their brittle forms, Forest Arangmas are fairly easy to defeat. | |
| Natural Habitat: Wooded Areas and Forests. |
Frost Arangma
| Appearance: The carapace is purple with large green spots, the legs are blue. | 
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| Strength: Due to their brittle forms, Frost Arangmas are fairly easy to defeat. Mages beware, however. Due to it's predilection for the cold, attempting to freeze this creature to death is unlikely to work. | |
| Natural Habitat: Cold and Dark places. |
Weaver Arangma
Spending most of its time skulking around, a weaver arangma may often crawl away rather than seeking a fight with a potential aggressor.
| Appearance: Purple body, with turquoise-blue legs and a vivid yellow and red marking on the carapace. | 
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| Strength: Due to their brittle exo-skeletal structure, weaver arangmas are fairly easy to defeat. However their shell is tougher than a forest arangma's. | |
| Natural Habitat: Grimy areas such as the Hydlaa Sewer. |
Vesper Arangma
This subspecies of arangma can be found in the darkest, deepest shadows.
| Appearance: Almost completely purple, save for some green and blue spots on the carapace. | 
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| Strength: Due to their brittle exo-skeletal structure, vesper arangmas are fairly easy to defeat. However, it should be noted that it possess some magical resistance. | |
| Natural Habitat: Deep shadows such as those found at the bottom of the Hydlaa Sewer. |
Sand Arangma
This subspecies of arangma can be found in sandy places, such as deserts.
| Appearance: Almost completely black, with some yellow details on their abdomen. | 
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| Strength: Sand Arangmas have a strong exo-esqueletal armor, while they tend to be a bit resistant to spells. The explorer must be wary about those bugs, as Sand Arangmas are one of the stronger arangmas in Yliakum. | |
| Natural Habitat: Sand dunes like the ones outside Eagle Bronze Doors. |
Biorlitrosan
A semi-intelligent, quadrupedal mammal. It uses limited native speech. It is herbivorous, and thusly eats grass and grains. It can manipulate tools using tusks and a thick, forked, prehensile tongue.
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Appearance: All grey, and about 1.5m high at the shoulder. | ||
| Strength: Unknown. | |||
| Natural Habitat: Biorlitrosans live in burrows or simple huts on all six levels, but forage in grasslands. |
Barn Bouncetail
Barn Bouncetails are insects, so named because it jumps on its hind legs while using its tail for control. Although not rare, they are not very common either. Barn Bouncetails originally come from The Barn, the second level, and just like many other insects, they eat plants. However, they seem to like certain kinds of rare flowers in particular, which makes them very much disliked in the gardeners' community. Luckily for gardeners, Barn Bouncetails flee from the odour of consumer pheromones (consumers being one of their natural enemies).
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Appearance: A green insect-like creature that is half a centimeter in length. | ||
| Strength: Fairly stupid and not a serious threat to the experienced. | |||
| Natural Habitat: They are often found around plants and flowers. |
Carkarass
Carkarasses are one of the only type of flying creatures, along with Pterosaurs and Megarases. They are seldom seen in the world of the living, but many people coming back from the Death Realm claim to have seen some flying around. Not much is known about them; scientists know only that they live in the Death Realm and that they are reptiles capable of hovering, gliding and low flight. Coming across one is seen as a bad omen.
| Appearance: A feathered, flying creature with two tails. Their height can very from 1m to 2m. | 
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| Strength: Not a hindrance to any experienced adventurer, but amateurs should beware. | |
| Natural Habitat: Wilderness area. |
Poison Carkarass
| Appearance: A Poison Carkarass resembles the normal Carkarass. Most people cannot distinguish one from the other. | 
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| Strength: Poison Carkarasses are far stronger then normal Carkarasses, so beware when engaging them in combat. | |
| Natural Habitat: Grimy areas such as the Hydlaa Sewer. |
Fire Carkarass
| Appearance: Fire Carkarasses are identical in most respects to other Carkarasses, but are easily distinguished by their fiery colour. | 
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| Strength: Fire Carkarasses are as strong as Poison Carkarasses. | |
| Natural Habitat: The Fire Carkarass lives in the Death Realm. |
Clacker
Clackers are very closely related to crabs, having a hard exoskeleton, which gives them protection and makes them very robust. Their two front limbs are tipped with razor-sharp blades, which can be used to inflict serious damage on anyone who comes within range, but they are generally harmless if you keep your distance. They are named for the sound they produce with their legs. Clacker legs have been at times fashioned into crude tools, and their meat is considered edible, though an 'acquired taste'. They are one of the few omnivorous insects.
| Appearance: An insect-like creature resembling an over-sized hermit crab. | 
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| Strength: Fairly stupid and not a serious threat to the experienced. | |
| Natural Habitat: The arena has a fairly large population of these, but mainy can be found in the sewers and dungeons throughout Yliakum. Clackers are sometimes hunted for their meat, which is used to prepare many flavourful dishes. |
Jade Clacker
| Appearance: Physically, they look just like Clackers, save for their green colouring. | 
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| Strength: Fairly stupid and but a more serious threat then the common clacker. | |
| Natural Habitat: Jade clackers are the rarest of clackers. It is not well known where they live. |
Thunder Clacker
Unlike common Clackers, Thunderclackers are a brilliant, deep green shade. Because of their coloring, they often blend in with grass and flora, and are rarely seen.
| Appearance: Physically, they look just like Clackers, save for their their royal blue and silvery grey colouring. | 
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| Strength: Basically, they are slightly stronger than ordinary Clackers. They can be very dangerous when they clack their thundering sound. | |
| Natural Habitat: Thunderclackers are found mostly in the wilds, and are quite uncommon near towns. |
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Consumer
Consumers are rarely seen and little is known of them. Only in recent years have consumers been spotted in any numbers, and scientists speculate that they arrived via the great pits into which the dead are thrown. They will eat anything that fits into their large, round mouth, and some people claim that consumers have the ability to "upgrade" themselves from what they eat. For example, if they eat intelligent creatures, they will themselves become more intelligent.
| Appearance: A being with a large, slater-like body and a massive maw of needle-like teeth. They are about 5 meters long. It has four front claws, and a series of small legs. | 
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| Strength: Consumers are aptly named as they have a constant, ravaging hunger and can eat and digest almost any known substance. It is rumoured that the only things consumers cannot digest are certain types of magical weapons and armour, although this information has never been confirmed. Although Consumers have no eyes, they possess the uncanny ability to find prey using some strange sensory organs unknown to the peoples of Yliakum. | |
| Natural Habitat: Consumers are rare, but can be found in the wilds between Hydlaa and the Bronze Doors. Some have been spotted near the road between Hydlaa and Ojaveda as well. As they are light-sensitive, they often prefer spots where they can hide in shade and shadow. |
Imago Consumer
| Appearance: A being with a large, green slater-like body and a massive maw of needle-like teeth. It has four front claws, and a series of small legs. | File:ImagoConsumer.png |
| Strength: Unknown. | |
| Natural Habitat: Unknown. |
Neoten Consumer
| Appearance: A being with a large, fire-red slater-like body and a massive maw of needle-like teeth. It has four front claws, and a series of small legs. | 
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| Strength: Unknown. | |
| Natural Habitat: Unknown. |
Derghir
Like the Kran, they are based out of silicon as opposed to carbon. Also like the Kran, their diet consists of sand and crystals. Derghirs are small creatures with a relatively high intelligence. They are able to construct buildings from what looks like stone and crystal, they also appear to have a social order of some kind. The Derghir also have their own complex language. Some people claim to have learned this language, stating that they can communicate with the Derghir. Other people say that the Derghir are a ravaging threat to the civilizations of Yliakum.
| Appearance: A short, humanoid creature with a thick rock-like exoskeleton. They have very large, powerful claws and the ability to withstand the Crystal's radiation better than any other race. They are usually coloured brown and/or grey. | 
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| Strength: Their vulnerability has not been documented to this date, but it has been estimated that these creatures are hard to kill with conventional weapons due to their rocky exterior. Blunt weapons such as clubs and maces are thought to be more effective. | |
| Natural Habitat: They have been observed through observatory telescopes as living on the Azure Sun itself. Recently however, small villages of derghir have been discovered in remote places on the Dome level. |
Gawerts
The only insectoid semi-intelligent specie.Live in tree colonies, and are capable of simple language.
| Appearance: Similar to dwarves in size except for a larger abdomen, four thin arms and four wings.Usually green in colour. | File:Nopic.png |
| Strength: Scavenger. | |
| Natural Habitat: Native to the Barn but will fly to the Dome if food is scarce. |
Gobbles
Gobbles are unpleasant creatures living in Hydlaa's sewers and probably other dark places. They are semi-intelligent and display a certain amount of cunning. It is said among scientists that they can even speak to each other. Their long limbs allow them to run quickly, either to fight or flee.
| Appearance: A short, humanoid creature with mottled skin and a nasty disposition, these beings can be dangerous to the young and inexperienced. Though short, they have a muscled physique, and both their hands and feet have opposable thumbs to aid with climbing. Although they have limited intelligence, it is believed that one might communicate with them if one speaks their native tongue. | 
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| Strength: They are strong enough to tear chunks of flesh and meat from their victims, often in an eating frenzy that earned them their name. | |
| Natural Habitat: Individually, they aren't that threatening to large prey and seasoned warriors, so they tend to hide out in unexpected locations, sometimes even improvising ambushes for unexpected passerby's. |
Eagle Gobbles
Eagle Gobbles, members of the 'Eagle' Clan of Gobbles, are identical in build to the common gobble, but adorn themselves with tattoos and, sometimes, jewellery. This body decoration is indicative of their fairly high degree of intelligence.
| Appearance: Similar to the common gobble, Eagle Gobbles can be distinguished by their distinctive red tattoos on their blue skin and tendency to wear jewelery. | 
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| Strength: They are strong enough to tear chunks of flesh and meat from their victims, often in an eating frenzy that earned them their name. | |
| Natural Habitat: Eagle Gobbles are found in the wild areas of Yliakum. |
Serpent Gobbles
Serpent Gobbles are members of the 'Serpent' Clan of Gobbles. It is believed that their custom of wearing more jewellery than other Gobbles is to signify their higher degree of intelligence.
| Appearance: They are identical in physiognomy to the common Gobble, but with striking orange skin, the occasional tattoo and an abundance of jewelery. | 
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| Strength: They are strong enough to tear chunks of flesh and meat from their victims, often in an eating frenzy that earned them their name. | |
| Natural Habitat: Serpent Gobbles can be found in all wild areas. |
Gorweal
Grendol
Rats
Riverling
Tefusang
Tloke
Trepor
Ulbernauts
Velnishi
Domesticated Animals
Domesticated animals are creatures which have been adapted to work or to just provide company. Of the latter, the most common species are the Groffel and the Yulbar. However, there are some people who might want a clacker for a pet. Animals like the Pterosaur, the Goujah and the Megaras aren't often kept as pets, but as working beasts as they are quite practical.
Drifter
Goujah
Groffel
Kikiri
Megaras
Pterosaur
Rivnak
Yulbar
Malicious Characters
People seeking a fight can not only attack various creatures, they can also try to kill rogues, mercenaries and other vile characters. Some of this lot are extremely powerful and hard to vanquish, whereas others are weak enough to be defeated with little or no skill.
Dark Rogue
Dlayo Gladiator
Expert Gladiator
Gladiators
Mercenaries
Onyx Dagger
Rogues
Cutthroat
In Character References
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In game, a couple of books refer to Yliakum creatures. They can be found in the famous Hydlaan library owned by the Ylian Jayose:
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