Oh Deer

Believed to be the first living creation of Aldriv Mass upon the world of Azgaar, first appearing from the Ederitha Mountains in the early days of creation. They are some seen to be one of the most dangerous and deadly predators across the entire land, being able to eat almost anything in plant for and in animal form, and able to live just about anywhere makes them incredibly terrifying to most of the sentient beings that came into being later.

Their antlers are thought to be made in the image of that which Aldriv Mass wears upon his armoured helm, and the beasts are seen as hold by who follow Aldriv Mass. They are seen as near untameable by any that do not follow the ordered and protective ways of the god, and that only a select group of those followers again can bring the beast to be tamed.

The Oh Deer is often over 3 metres in their from the top of their skull to the base of their feet, with their antlers making them much bigger to those who se them.

Forested Oh Deer
Living in the inner regions of the Dawning Isle, from the base of the Ederitha Mountains though the deer forests of the isle, often hunting small to medium mammals and eating leaves and grass that are within their reach. Their digestive system is able to slowly digest their food so that they do not need to eat for, sometimes, months at a time. They often move slowly through the woods until they need to eat and hunt, or defend themselves, where they can reach speeds of 40mph.

They live in family packs, often with the eldest Oh Deer is seems to the most senior, and even though they are not considered intelligent life, they do seem to have major social structures and understand basic territorial ideas and build very basic shelters. Some family clan even even adopt and bring in outside Oh Deers into their packs, and the family understand this concept and often are very accepting of these outsiders.

Coastal Oh Deer
An off shoot of the Forested Oh Deers, the costal Oh Deers very quickly became distinct in their looks and behaviours in comparison. While their appearances are similar, the coastal Oh Deers are much lighter in colour and are after hard to see from a distance due to them blending into the general coastal brush, often only visible when they are within 100 metres of the subject viewing them.

This coastal variety are more known to have much larger herds that migrate around the Dawning Isle's coasts, and they seem to be slightly less intelligent than their forest dwelling cousins, but they are still vicious and in some ways are more as they seem to have more layers to their societal structure, but often this seems to be out of necessity and not always agreed upon roles. Their diet consists mainly of fish and seaweed, and seem to have dedicated members of their groups as fishers and others as seaweed gatherers.

These sub-species of Oh Deer are the most reclusive and often less known about, as they are seen on a less regular basis by those who study them. No one known their average life spans, some claiming them to be as old as time itself and that the first family of the Oh Deers still live as a family somewhere out in the Dawning Isle's forests, though other believe they have a life span only that of around 100 years.

Original Oh Deer Pack Myth
Upon the Dawning Isle, it is believed by some that the first Oh Deer to leave the Ederitha Mountains still walk among those deep forests of the island as they did at the dawn of life. This original tribe is supposedly not like any of the family packs that it spawned, they are similar to both of the sub-species that their descendants would evolve into, though are similarly different from both as well. They are able to eat most things that both sub-species have adapted to and allegedly have some strange controlling nature over most of the other Oh Deer family packs upon the Dawning Isle.

It is believed that they have not aged out of their young adulthood, though it is though that over years of survival they are heavily scared from the tough environment and battles they may have had with other creatures of the forest. This old Oh Deers are not invincible, they just have an infinite life span, outside of that they are exactly the same as other Oh Deers, just flesh and bones.

Magna Rapax Rivalry
The Magna Rapax and the Oh Deer have been rivals since their "creation" upon the Dawning Isle, battling for the territorial slopes of the Ederitha Mountains, it seems they will still hate each other for the worlds lifespan, as wherever there are Magna Rapax and Oh Deer, there is massive bloodshed between the two races. Neither feed off the others corpses, they only kill each other and leave the bodies for the other to see. It's a sign of hatred, and even when they don't need to kill each other they will for some reason not known by observers.

The Oh Deer seem to know that the Magna Rapax see the bodies of their families should be kept near the family when they die of any cause, even if it is in battle their head should be kept with the heads of the ancestors. When the Oh Deer kill a Magna Rapax in battle and their body isn't quickly recovered by it's family, the Oh Deer will display the Magna Rapax body within it's antlers, on display for the rest of the pack to see when they see the Oh Deer.