Don't Feed the Howndders!

Don't ever, ever feed a howndder. These are pleasant and friendly creatures. However, if you make the mistake of throwing one a scrap of food it will follow you night and day begging for more, at first politely but with increasing intensity. You cannot hide from or outrun them, as they are the greatest trackers on the continent. Several of them followed us back to our airship and we spent several hours shooing them away. It was quite sad to hear them howl as we lifted away. One industrious howndder held onto a gondola robe but was shaken loose so he wouldn’t fall to his death when we lifted higher.

Slow Going

This is the most sure-footed creature on the planet. It wobbles a great deal as its legs swing to and fro but it'll surely get you to where you're going. Make sure you have plenty of shade, a good book to read or something to daydream deeply about.

Rock Lobbers

Young predators are in a big surprise if they think these creatures are easy prey. Once pummeled by these rock-throwing mammals a prowler is not likely to forget the experience. Living on a mountain of stones, an endless source of ammunition, the Rock Lobbers are the dominant species.

Besides throwing rocks, the Rock Lobbers also use their prehensile noses to capture insects, find water and as whips against smaller trespassing animals. Normally they wouldn’t advance as closely to a predator as seen here. The forward Lobber has been pretending to be lame to lure a hungry Grindhundt away from a hidden nest. The ruse has worked and the Grindhundt, despite his armored skin, is about to receive some hard knocks.

By the way, I’ve updated and corrected an earlier entry here. I do my best searching through Gnemo’s notes and drawings but sometimes I make mistakes. The full understanding of something may not be revealed along with a drawing but will be contained in later notes. This is something of a puzzle with many missing pieces. I have to guess what some of the missing parts are and sometimes my guesses are wrong. So now, Godandreas has been renamed. It is now Chwotashun and the story behind it is considerably more interesting. Scroll down.

Airship Musing

For some, traveling slowly is better. For them absolute privacy and luxury is much more important than speed. This way, by the time you reach your destination you are filled with creative energy and ideas. These beautifully ornate and intimate little airships were built to transport people needing careful rumination, deep reflection and airborne meditation.

Cloud Cruise Liner

On the great Cloud Cruise Liner Skyship the richest of the rich travel this world at a leisurely pace. This massive airship cruise liner has no equal. Every possible luxury is on board along with the most exotic of entertainment. Still, the most popular pastime is sit on the ship's deck or look out its massive windows and to simply watch the clouds float by.

Passengers are loaded and unloaded via smaller airships seen here. This airship rarely moors.

Swimming Hole

From Gnemo's Journal:

The nooks and crannies of the Booth Tree made it quite easy to climb. I came across a number of Marsulephants along the trees branches. They paid little attention to me as long as I was respectful of the tree. From a higher branch I saw some of them swimming in a water-filled hollow of the tree. When I climbed down to them I got sprayed with water but in what I interpret as just being playful. Fortunately I'd packed away my sketchbook at that point.

Ed: Marsulephants are arboreal pachyderms that have a symbiotic bond to the Booth trees and live in their branches.

Snowpeys

These burrowing animals live in the northern most part of Terrain where there is perpetual winter. However, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t a few nice days and that’s when the snowpeys come out to play.

Some species of snowpeys are solitary creatures while others live in large communities. They all love sledding on their unusually long furry tails though.