30 Days of World-Building - Day 21 - Flora & Fauna

Exercise 21 - Spend fifteen minutes or so sketching out some of the animals and plants your characters might encounter in the world. If you want to add a little fun, toss around some plot hook ideas while you're at it.

While the flora and fauna will be similar to what you would find in a typical temperate deciduous forest, there might be options for rather different creatures.

Due to the spreading effects of the taint, and the ancient legends of the Gem-scale Dragons, anybody venturing into the darker regions of Cordaire may find themselves face-to-face with frightening, shadow-infected creatures. They might also come across long-lost creatures created by the Gem-scales themselves, which were initially created to serve as minions, but now wander aimlessly, still charged to protect their masters with their very lives.

The flora, especially in the North-Western Region, would be severely affected by the taint. The closer to the mountain one goes, the more twisted the trees become, the grass begins to fade to brown, the din of the birds dies out, and one feels as if they are being watched. And odds are, they are.

Just a few ideas. Nothing too crazy, but then again, nothing too boring. Should be enough to keep me entertained.