Chalkydri
Michael MacWolff
Cryptologic Name: Malakminyor chalkydri
Planar Origin: Celestia
Habitat: n/a
Diet: Manavorous
Appearance & Morphology
The chalkydri is a celestial creature from the divine realm. These beings are an amalgamation of animals with the head of a crocodile, the body and limbs of a lion, and six sets of feathered wings in a spectrum of colors. Their fur and feathers absorb magical energy from the sun, which is the only sustenance these creatures require to survive.
Behavior & Magical Abilities
Like most angelic beings, these creatures can hide themselves from human eyes or release a great brilliance to avoid being seen. Chalkydri have a great love of nature and enjoy travelling the wilds, particularly at daybreak. One of their favorite activities is coaxing fresh dew from plants. If you hope to someday see one of these creatures, dawn is the most likely moment they will reveal themselves, and only if you maintain a calm and tranquil mind. Like many other angelic beings, chalkydi can sense human emotion and intention and will vanish if they sense too much activity around them.
A chaklydri’s fur and feathers retain some of the solar energy they absorb for sustenance, and these creatures can release that stored energy to create bursts radiation at specific wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum. Most often this is used to temporarily blind observers with bright light, allowing them to escape from danger or unwanted attention. Additionally, they have been known to release a wave of heat and ultraviolet light. seemingly for the purpose of encouraging plant growth.
Field Notes
As mentioned previously, chalkydri will often flash a bright light to blind observers before disappearing. This behavior is rather odd, however, due to the fact that they can dematerialize at will which leads me to believe that they do this more for show than out of necessity.
OOC Corner
The chaklydri is a creature described in an apocryphal text in the greater Judeo-Christian mythological body.