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From tumblr where I post most of my sketchy stuff [link] ;

Mountain Gorse (new Rimarian species), designed by Naomi and Rosanna P. Brost (me.) NEW ART!

Attributes of this species are as follows;

-Gorse will replace unicorns on Rimer - because unicorns make me squeamish for some reason. (Thus, Andromeda will be a gorse, which may make his characterization more amusing than it was before, seeing as he will now be an animal that is smaller than Kayoss and one which at least one god may have trouble remembering is not prey - and that god is not Kazik.) Unknown yet what effect this will have on AOH, (Uri) but gorse are too small to be ridden, so it is likely that Uri will either be cut or changed into a horse. (Or possibly, though improbably, a hynorse. Improbable because I already have one white hynorse in the series and I don't want any more of them!)
-Gorse, like all ‘deer-horses’ (derse) of Rimer (except for ‘Rimarian horses’), have three hooved toes which they put weight on. Gorse hooves are ideal for mountainous environment.
-Gorse colouration is much like the colouration of a bighorn sheep or elk in summer - as in, brown or grey with a white rump - and the colouration of a mountain goat in winter - as in, pure white. Summer colour design mostly undecided still - will have mealy muzzle.
-Gorse fill same ecological niche as mountain goats, bighorn sheep, dall sheep and mouflans - their survival tactic is to live in high elevation areas and upon cliffs. Their primary predators are glacier wolves, which fill the same predatory ecological niche as snow leopards but which hunt in small packs. Starfers also share gorse habitat but they rarely prey on them, preferring larger Rock Derse which come down lower off of the sheer sides of the mountains.
-Again, gorse cannot be ridden. They cannot be domesticated.
-In spring, humans living in mountainous areas (such as Outpost) make part of their livelihoods possible by collecting the long fine hair that gorse shed during this time which is an excellent fibre for weaving. Gorse are exceedingly hard to hunt. They use their sharp horns for self defence and possibly for courtship battles. Males can be extremely aggressive. Females may or may not have horns - this is undecided but they probably have them in this species because horns are also used for scraping bark off of sub alpine trees and whatnot for sustenance.
-Other subspecies and closely related species are possible but have not yet been designed or conceived. A scrub version has been thought of.
-This species is so far found in Escavia, but may also be present in Thundarica and possible Tarn.

My stomach hurts.

(c) Rosanna P. Brost All Rights Reserved

Description
From tumblr where I post most of my sketchy stuff [link] ;

Mountain Gorse (new Rimarian species), designed by Naomi and Rosanna P. Brost (me.) NEW ART!

Attributes of this species are as follows;

-Gorse will replace unicorns on Rimer - because unicorns make me squeamish for some reason. (Thus, Andromeda will be a gorse, which may make his characterization more amusing than it was before, seeing as he will now be an animal that is smaller than Kayoss and one which at least one god may have trouble remembering is not prey - and that god is not Kazik.) Unknown yet what effect this will have on AOH, (Uri) but gorse are too small to be ridden, so it is likely that Uri will either be cut or changed into a horse. (Or possibly, though improbably, a hynorse. Improbable because I already have one white hynorse in the series and I don't want any more of them!)
-Gorse, like all ‘deer-horses’ (derse) of Rimer (except for ‘Rimarian horses’), have three hooved toes which they put weight on. Gorse hooves are ideal for mountainous environment.
-Gorse colouration is much like the colouration of a bighorn sheep or elk in summer - as in, brown or grey with a white rump - and the colouration of a mountain goat in winter - as in, pure white. Summer colour design mostly undecided still - will have mealy muzzle.
-Gorse fill same ecological niche as mountain goats, bighorn sheep, dall sheep and mouflans - their survival tactic is to live in high elevation areas and upon cliffs. Their primary predators are glacier wolves, which fill the same predatory ecological niche as snow leopards but which hunt in small packs. Starfers also share gorse habitat but they rarely prey on them, preferring larger Rock Derse which come down lower off of the sheer sides of the mountains.
-Again, gorse cannot be ridden. They cannot be domesticated.
-In spring, humans living in mountainous areas (such as Outpost) make part of their livelihoods possible by collecting the long fine hair that gorse shed during this time which is an excellent fibre for weaving. Gorse are exceedingly hard to hunt. They use their sharp horns for self defence and possibly for courtship battles. Males can be extremely aggressive. Females may or may not have horns - this is undecided but they probably have them in this species because horns are also used for scraping bark off of sub alpine trees and whatnot for sustenance.
-Other subspecies and closely related species are possible but have not yet been designed or conceived. A scrub version has been thought of.
-This species is so far found in Escavia, but may also be present in Thundarica and possible Tarn.

My stomach hurts.

(c) Rosanna P. Brost All Rights Reserved