Dodore (doh-dohr)

Dodore

The one eyed, one legged, and one-armed dodore kind of got the short end of the stick creation wise. They were nocturnal animals who ate small varmints and insects. Despite their ugly appearance, dodore were quite docile, but would viciously attack tribes if threatened.  A group of dodore was called a colony. They lived in hot, humid, regions laying along the equator. During the day, dodore slept in dark areas such as caves and entic burrows. They slept hanging upside down like bats with their thin leathery wings drawn in. Hunting occurred throughout the night and promptly ended at dawn. If a dodore did not return to the colony by morning, they were shunned and forbidden to ever return. Unfortunate dodores who received this treatment did not often last long.

Female dodores were called “corneas,” and Males were called “retinas.” There was no special season set aside specifically for mating. Corneas gave live births to one or two pups at a time. Each pup started out at about the size of a tennis ball and grew to the size of a basketball over the course of a few years. Mothers carried pups on their backs until they reached adolescence. Once they reached adulthood, dodores were free to stay with the colony or embark on their own to start a new one. Dodores were roughly the size of a basketball when fully grown. Their foot was just as capable of grasping objects and clawing at prey as their hand. Their retractable claws were razor sharp and capable of slicing through a veo’s tough armor shell with the greatest of ease. Only the cockatrice had sharper claws. Thin leathery wings enabled them to fly quite fast. Dodore could fly at excess speeds; clocking in at hundreds of miles per hour.