[Mkat]

Domestication thoughts and Facts about Grodon’s, Initial report

Combat ability: Primarily earthen based magic, though it has a potent venom that is mineral based and can be deadly to magi and non magi alike. Throwing off parts of its body to launch a geode of earthen magic that quickly regrows as soon as the attack shatters. Leaving not only heavy crushing damage, but small shards of crystal and gems embedded inside of a foe. It is able to use its legs to rapidly launch a wave of earth upon a foe, assisted with its innate earthen magic.

Some of the geodes and rocks that cover its body it is able to throw off in a circle around it, these geodes and rocks are covered in the mineral poison. Overall these creatures are fairly physically strong, and resilient due to their bodies primarily being made up of rock and geodes.


While undomesticated Grodon’s are aggressive, it appears as if they only primarily attack those who have an active mana circuit. This is why the quarry is able to operate by Non-Magi. It may be because they believe that those with magic are a threat to them and must be beaten off from their area to preserve their lives. Outside of the range of the Grodon’s territory, they swiftly retreat back to their area without much fuss.


Diet: Apparently it mainly consists on gems, crystals, minerals, and rocks. Somehow using this for energy and to expand its bulk. They typically only eat once a week but generally a fair amount for their body size. This is in part that they are mostly stationary and do not require a lot of energy. Though their innate magic seems to aid them as well in supplying energy.


Domestication status: Currently using Gem magic, we are able to use earth crystals to calm the Grodon’s and allow Magi to work with them. An artificed device that allows non earth magi to use earth crystals to this effect has been manufactured by Ael Gelmont and it is showing good effect on these creatures. Currently they are being housed safely in a compound outside of the city dug partially underground to simulate the environment of their habitat.


Uses of Grodon’s: Mineral harvesting, they can help dig through tunnels and find loadstones of gems, though we must be careful in guiding them as they may eat part of the mineral veins. Tilling fields is something they do fairly well but may become too enthusiastic and till more than we wish. Defensive wise we need to focus them on a target, possibly by some way of attaching a signal to attack, but this is unknown at this time.


Due to the strength of the Grodon’s and their resilience, they can hold and drag heavy loads easier than oxen, training them to pull wagons could be of great use to our trade routes.


Upon death we can break open the Grodon’s and harvest several minerals such as earth crystals and gem stones. Some of the rocks could also be useful in construction.