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adrala · 14th October 2008, 22:26

GRANG

The grang is believed to be one of the biggest land creatures. It´s reported to reach more than 20 meters in lenght though there are few warriors who have survived an encounter with a grang. However the grang population on the contitent is low and the creature is considered more as a myth in the big human towns. The official reason for this has been the excessive forest destruction by the humans in order to provide land for farming. The unoficial reason though is the wide spread beliefe that grang´s eggs are a powerfull aphrodisiac.

Habitat:
Grangs are teritorial creatures and live in groups of 2 (female and male). They can be found in the deep forests near water sources such as rivers, lakes or murshes. Though they are believed unable to swim, grangs need water to lay their eggs.
Lately there have been reports of grangs living in caves high in the mountains.

Life cycle:
Each automn the adult female grangs lay eggs and the following spring baby grangs are hatched. Each female grang is capable of laying more than 50 eggs (each egg weights near 2,5kg) but as few as 3 grang survive the first year. As soon as their glands become capeable of creating poison and their body hardens the little grangs (normally 0,7m in lenght) leave the home nest and begin their journey in search of fresh meat.
Grangs gain length and weight fast and in less than 5 years they can reach 5 meters in length and 300+kg.
At the age of 8-10 they become to look for a partner to form their propper territory and start breeding a new generation of grangs.
It is believed that grangs can live to up to 90 years.

Precautons:
Grangs in spite of their big dimentions are pretty fast creatures and can surprise even the most agile warrior. Their upper part of their body is covered in natural scale armour which makes it very hard to injure it. The venom pair of stings in the end segment must be the warriors principal target since even a tiny drop of the Grangs venom on human skin can provoke lasting paralisis in thiz zone.
Its legs end in sharp claws and can easily pierce almost any kind of human armour. And Grangs do have a lot of legs.
The jaws are another potential threat and there are stories of a grang slicing a mamooth in two without much effort.
The only known weak point is the abdomen zone where the scale armour is almost abscent and a well placed hit can penatrate the thick skin and injure the internal organs.

Trophies:
The most precious thing of a dead grang are the scales that cover the upper part of its body. These scales are used for making body armour since the material of the scales is harder than forged iron and very light. Female grang scales are better for this since they are smaller and easier worked with.
The horn ( only male grangs have it) is also very demanded since it has self glow propierties which remain active even couple of years after the death of the grang.(the glowing horn is used by grangs for atracting females) The horn can be used as a light source.
Grang eggs though not even close to being an aphrodisiac can be used in mixture with garlic for healing infections and deep wounds. Such injuries threated with this mixture can heal in just couple of days.
Finally the venom glands can be extracted from a recently killed grang. It is adviced that this should be done by an experienced hunter since as said above, grangs poison is highly concentrated and can cause lasting paralisis. And you DONT want to get paralised in the deep forest in wait for the killed grangs partner. The glands contain from 0,5 to up to 3 liters of poison each one depending on the size of the grang. There are ususally 2 venom glands in each body.
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About my entry:
Well in first place I had no time to do anything more decent than the fast render below. I assure you that the idea I have in my head is much more fierce and is covered in liters of blood and rotten meat and...oh well

Basicly I were inspired of a rl animal I fear pretty much since child- the centipede.
I tried to add some original details such as the SIZE

the mouth and the horn...
I think such giant creature will make MortalOnline world an unique one and also will take full advantage of the real time PVe and the ability to aim at certain body parts (ie the armour covered back vs the soft abdomen)

14th October 2008, 22:26	#1 (permalink)
adrala Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Spain Posts: 3,979 Rep Power: 0	Adrala´s entry GRANG The grang is believed to be one of the biggest land creatures. It´s reported to reach more than 20 meters in lenght though there are few warriors who have survived an encounter with a grang. However the grang population on the contitent is low and the creature is considered more as a myth in the big human towns. The official reason for this has been the excessive forest destruction by the humans in order to provide land for farming. The unoficial reason though is the wide spread beliefe that grang´s eggs are a powerfull aphrodisiac. Habitat: Grangs are teritorial creatures and live in groups of 2 (female and male). They can be found in the deep forests near water sources such as rivers, lakes or murshes. Though they are believed unable to swim, grangs need water to lay their eggs. Lately there have been reports of grangs living in caves high in the mountains. Life cycle: Each automn the adult female grangs lay eggs and the following spring baby grangs are hatched. Each female grang is capable of laying more than 50 eggs (each egg weights near 2,5kg) but as few as 3 grang survive the first year. As soon as their glands become capeable of creating poison and their body hardens the little grangs (normally 0,7m in lenght) leave the home nest and begin their journey in search of fresh meat. Grangs gain length and weight fast and in less than 5 years they can reach 5 meters in length and 300+kg. At the age of 8-10 they become to look for a partner to form their propper territory and start breeding a new generation of grangs. It is believed that grangs can live to up to 90 years. Precautons: Grangs in spite of their big dimentions are pretty fast creatures and can surprise even the most agile warrior. Their upper part of their body is covered in natural scale armour which makes it very hard to injure it. The venom pair of stings in the end segment must be the warriors principal target since even a tiny drop of the Grangs venom on human skin can provoke lasting paralisis in thiz zone. Its legs end in sharp claws and can easily pierce almost any kind of human armour. And Grangs do have a lot of legs. The jaws are another potential threat and there are stories of a grang slicing a mamooth in two without much effort. The only known weak point is the abdomen zone where the scale armour is almost abscent and a well placed hit can penatrate the thick skin and injure the internal organs. Trophies: The most precious thing of a dead grang are the scales that cover the upper part of its body. These scales are used for making body armour since the material of the scales is harder than forged iron and very light. Female grang scales are better for this since they are smaller and easier worked with. The horn ( only male grangs have it) is also very demanded since it has self glow propierties which remain active even couple of years after the death of the grang.(the glowing horn is used by grangs for atracting females) The horn can be used as a light source. Grang eggs though not even close to being an aphrodisiac can be used in mixture with garlic for healing infections and deep wounds. Such injuries threated with this mixture can heal in just couple of days. Finally the venom glands can be extracted from a recently killed grang. It is adviced that this should be done by an experienced hunter since as said above, grangs poison is highly concentrated and can cause lasting paralisis. And you DONT want to get paralised in the deep forest in wait for the killed grangs partner. The glands contain from 0,5 to up to 3 liters of poison each one depending on the size of the grang. There are ususally 2 venom glands in each body. __________________________________________________ __ About my entry: Well in first place I had no time to do anything more decent than the fast render below. I assure you that the idea I have in my head is much more fierce and is covered in liters of blood and rotten meat and...oh well Basicly I were inspired of a rl animal I fear pretty much since child- the centipede. I tried to add some original details such as the SIZE the mouth and the horn... I think such giant creature will make MortalOnline world an unique one and also will take full advantage of the real time PVe and the ability to aim at certain body parts (ie the armour covered back vs the soft abdomen) Attached Thumbnails Last edited by adrala : 15th October 2008 at 07:25.