Creatures of Geba

The fauna, flora, and peoples recorded across the planet, grouped by ecology. Choose a category and an entry, or search.

Fauna Flora Humanoids

Legendary Fauna

Crystalhorn Behemoth Deep ocean serpent Redback Titanbird Uncharted reptilian flier Blackwing Titanbird Northern Thazvaar coastal giant Terraveth Behemoth Inland Thazvaar bipedal predator Thaloryn Wanderer Geban folklore The Red Raptor Legendary

Terrestrial Megafauna

Boretheris Titan Kela plateau herbivore Boughstrider Saethera canopy predator Darkroot Subterranean burrower Duststalker Inland Thazvaar desert predator Emberjaw Sentinel Manalheim volcanic giant Gelivox Stalker Kela ice feline Ghyralis Charger Berinu plains herbivore Lichengrazer Inland Thazvaar herd animal Palmstrider Saethera canopy omnivore

Mammalian Predators

Ngorrhal Ice Bear Ngorrhal glacial predator Yuvaar Kelek Yuvaar lowland feline

Pack Hunters

Greater Smilohound Northern canid-line predator Lesser Smilohound Geba canid guardian Sentinelhound Lesser Smilohound Variant Plains Smilohound Inland Thazvaar pack predator Field Howler Semi-domesticated smilohound breed

Volant Fauna

Hollowwing Bat Kela nocturnal predator Swiftwing Geban Sea raptor Whitewing Ngorrhal peak raptor Goldenwing Yuvaar aerial predator Jadenraptor Uncharted high-altitude raptor Violetraptor Polar jet stream raptor

Aquatic Predators

Softbelly Blackclaw Deep trench ambush predator Northern Sea Phantom Northern coastal ambush predator Reefmarcher Jeyrha reef fish Thazvaari Jungle Viper Inland Thazvaar giant serpent Venomveil Serpent Inland Thazvaar jungle snake Edgerammer Kela coastal sea creature Mirehook Berinu marsh predator

Arthropods

Imperial Striking Wasp Geba stinging insect Hedgethorn Berinu swarming insect

Sessile Marine Life

Trenchcrown Geban Sea trench coral

Trees & Woody Flora

Aquarex Elm Geba woodland tree Berinu Rainwood Berinu wetland tree Lavaridge Palm Manalheim volcanic palm Manalheim Megatree Manalheim geothermal giant Myrith Oak Coastal hardwood Ngorrhal Cliffspire Ngorrhal cliff plant Saethera Bridgewood Saethera bridging tree Saethera Veilwood Saethera parasitic shell Stormbread Tree Inland Thazvaar desert giant Trailpalm Grove Warm-coast palm Ukhaal Ruinwood Ukhaalstaag ruin trees Saethera Skypillar Saethera giant tree

Shrubs

Ashpalm Inland Thazvaar desert palm Emberbriar Thazvaari bio-engineered plant Thazvaar Dustblade Inland Thazvaar razor shrub Thazvaar Heatthorn Inland Thazvaar desert succulent

Ferns & Reeds

Edgeweed Geba toxic wetland plant Ngorrhal Passreed Ngorrhal stimulant reed Ngorrhal Windbrace Ngorrhal antidote shrub Ngorrhal Root Calming root grown planet-wide Pitstraw Lethal mimic grass Stonefern Calming fern Reedglass Berinu wetland plant

Epiphytes & Lianas

Barkmilk Vine Saethera canopy vine Glassbloom Saethera predatory plant Ropevine Yuvaar and Thazvaar vine Veilvine Coastal Thazvaar climbing vine

Herbs & Forbs

Berinu Stormgrass Berinu salt grass Brineth Herb Coastal salt herb Bluecup Berinu dye flower Bluecrust Berinu dye flower Bogfloss Berinu bog sedge Chalkbell Berinu delta flower Geban Grain Geba staple crop Icecup Northern frost flower Lowcandle Saethera glowing groundplant Mirebell Berinu marsh flower Moorbloom Rare moorland flower Saethera Shadegrass Saethera groundcover

Mosses & Lichens

Glowmat Southern Jeyrha coastal grass Lamplichen Subterranean glowing lichen Rockjaw Mat Volcanic rock mat Softmoss Planet-wide moss

Succulents & Xerophytes

Coasthorn Coastal Thazvaar desert shrub Dusthorn Coastal Thazvaar thorn shrub Nightspout Inland Thazvaar desert succulent Frosthorn Kela parasitic icevine Berinu Riverhold Berinu wetland plant Raincatcher Berinu wetland plant

Aquatic & Wetland Flora

Tidelash Berinu tidal algae Trenchribbon Geban Sea deep algae

Natural-Born Peoples

Geban People of the Geba continent Jeyrhan People of Jeyrha Berinese People of Berinu Thazvaari People of Thazvaar Yuvaari People of Yuvaar Ngorrhali People of the Mountain Passes Kelan People of Kela

The Engineered

The Engineered Era of Late Conquest to Modern Geba Assault-Class Engineered The most common Engineered class Tactician-Class Engineered Strategic Command Variant Scout-Class Engineered Sensory Dominance Variant Destroyer-Class Engineered Cataclysmic War Variant Hybrid Engineered Engineered and natural-born descent

Other Lineages

Rupturan Rupture Born, Warborn Progenitors Neron Devolved Humanoid Ukhaal Walkers Devolved Humanoid Vessels Merged Humanoids
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Ngorrhal Ice Bear

Ngorrhal glacial predator

Origin
Ngorrhal, Kela, Ukhaalstaag (glacial valleys, high altitude ice fields)
Height (Reared)
6 to 9 meters (never stops growing)
Weight
8,000 to 35,000 kg (proportional to age)
Lifespan
Up to 2,000 years
Maturity
15 to 20 years

Overview

The Ngorrhal Ice Bear is the most dangerous creature on Geba, by so wide a margin that no other predator on the planet belongs in the same category. Its head is larger than a Frost Sentinel's entire body, and it overpowers packs of Greater Smilohounds. Its pale or mottled grey fur blends into rocky outcrops and snow mounds, and it ambushes silently from ridgelines and crevasses.

Growth

The ice bear never stops growing. A mature specimen of several hundred years stands approximately 6 meters when reared and weighs between 8,000 and 12,000 kg. Ancient specimens that have lived more than a thousand years approach 9 meters and can weigh upward of 25,000 to 35,000 kg. The oldest bears still hold the territories they claimed centuries ago, and those territories are so vast that whole expeditions cannot cross them, because the bear decides what moves through its land.

Intelligence

Its intelligence goes beyond predatory instinct. It targets humans specifically, even where megafauna would provide far more sustenance for less effort, and it kills without feeding, which suggests the killing serves some purpose other than food. Researchers have described this as sport-like behavior, and it has baffled them since the species was first documented; no consensus exists on what drives it. The bear identifies, tracks, and kills human parties with a methodical patience that implies planning, and it blends into terrain so well that even keeping a considerable distance is a gamble.

Hunting

The only successful ice bear hunts in recorded history have been carried out by groups of post-service Assault-Class Engineered who specifically seek out the much larger males, and these hunts are rare enough to be notable. Ice bear fur makes the most valuable coats and headpieces on the planet. Its bones are made into decorative ornaments so expensive and so rare that owning one places the owner in a class of wealth most people will never see. That demand sustains a poaching economy that regularly kills natural-born hunters without the physical capability to survive the encounter.

Destroyer-Class Coexistence

The Destroyer-Class Engineered are the only group on the planet known to live in ice bear territory and survive without issue. Whatever calculation the bear makes about everything else that enters its territory, it makes a different one about the Destroyer-Class. Whether this is recognition, respect, or something else is unknown. The result is coexistence, and the ice bear coexists with nothing else on the planet.

Restrictions

The ice bear is banned from the Yuvaar Hunting Games after fatal events made the disparity between the creature and any human participant, natural-born or Engineered, impossible to justify as competition. Field guidance is simple. If ambushed, stay perfectly still. If detected on open ground, retreat to confined terrain such as caves or ruins, where the bear is too large to maneuver. Firing at it on open ground is certain death.