Hiraeth Creature #1159 - Lotosung“Overrun with overgrowth, the jungles of Hiraeth heave upward

Hiraeth Creature #1159 - Lotosung“Overrun with overgrowth, the jungles of Hiraeth heave upwards into mountainous trees, creating great verdant monuments attesting to the fertility and strength of these insurmountable forests. The trees of the tropics have scaled to such a height that some of them puncture through the clouds, giving them the appearance that they are holding up the very sky itself. While the folk of Hiraeth can only dream of exploring these titans, Lotosung move about freely along their bark-coated ridges with few obstacles. They have adapted to life at extreme altitudes, able to climb and glide with extreme proficiency, giving them access to the full scope that these natural towers have to offer. Being omnivorous, they ambush flying creatures who stray too close to their roosts, as well as pluck from a bounty of rare fruits very few creatures have the ability to reach. Living in fairly loose congregations, friends come and ago between the trees as they see fit, even members who leave for long periods of time still keeping a familiarity with their allies on different trees. Though they hold no strictness with their comrades, rival gangs do form and fights occur over time, contenders either looking to gain ground upwards or push their challengers downwards— the higher up you live, the more resources you control and the less likely you are to be preyed upon by other beasts of the jungle. Being about the size of a river canoe, fights between gangs can cause a stir amongst the trees and bring unwanted attention from more monstrous predators, so despite their occasional animosity, neighbours try to stay out of each others’ way. Lotosung near the base of the trees do have some advantages, such as quicker access to the jungle rivers. Though they prefer to use their fins for gliding, they also help them swim, making them good fishers when they need to be. Lotosung are said to have some of the keenest eyes of any beast, able to pinpoint food and treasures along jungle ridges while up as high as the clouds. They scour hill tops and rivers for shiny objects like gemstones and lost trinkets to hoard away in tree hollows, giving them extra reason to defend their turf and more incentive for explorers to try and find ways to conquer these monolithic trees.” -- source link

More pics about