#endlings

[theartofmadeline]

"Men still live who, in their youth, remember pigeons. Trees still live who, in their youth, were shaken by a living wind. But a decade hence only the oldest oaks will remember, and at long last only the hills will know."

spent the morning crying over passenger pigeons <3

[great-and-small]

[lamb-kind]

various miscs from discord and the 82 hour file I draw everything in

[callstheadventurescience]

I was having emotions so I decided to linocut about it. This is a test print; might clean up a few areas but I do love chatter. Thinking about making patches? Idk.

Quote from Tamsyn Muir's Nona The Ninth

[juenavei]

the sun and all the lights in the world grew dim over time, and finally after a long while they went out. the endlings couldn't remember the color green yet the world became covered in blankets of plush moss which became the only source of warmth.

[cuppajoyaps]

been thinking about endlings recently (and superman, frequently)

“Last of My Kind”, Jason Isbell and the 400 // “Superman Kryptonite”, Darwyn Cooke and Tim Sale // “Endling”, Wikipedia // Thylacine at the Hobart // The Lonesome Gods, Louis L’Amour // “Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod”, The Mountain Goats // CBS Sunday Morning Interview, David Corenswet // Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures, Kate DiCamillo //“Recording of the Last Kauai 'o'o Bird”, Internet Archive

[revarrie]

Character Dossier: Arion Tergiversari

Base source

Name: Arion Tergiversari

Age: 25

Sex: Male

Species: Parringale (Original wyvern species)

Occupation: Pathologist Assistant / Assistant to the Medical Examiner

Relationships: Gylfie Tulekdo (biological half-sister), Astro Elián (brother in all but blood), Jatan Tulekdo (employer), Farren Ardent (co-worker, friend), Merlin Ardent (flyball teammate), the Tergiversari Dynasty (exterminated)

Titles: Prince Arion of Pashor (formerly), Mr. Tergiversari

Appearance (Written): Arion Tergiversari is an abnormally small adult male Parringale of light blue coloration. His eyes are a vibrant red, enhanced by eyeliner-like markings of a paler red that also run down the face on the rostral (closer to the nose) side of his cheek scales. His cheek and rostral scales are a dull navy, and there is a pale pink patch on the tip of his snout. The hair is a bluish-grey and worn loose and short, while horns are a dark teal and curved like the horns of a ram. He has brown barring on the back of the neck, and a copper line that runs from the jaw-neck junction to the tail tip. The ears are tipped purple, ear spines are red, and the aural interior is the same color as his hair. The wing membranes are pierced just behind the shoulder to allow for arm straps, and his wing membranes are a light blue. His tail is notably stunted, with his wings being lengthier than his tail, and the talons are the same color as the horns.

Arion is Dr. Tulekdo's assistant. Arion hatched in the parringale kingdom of Pashor to Gulior's northwest before being orphaned by what historians call the "prophetic coup" as a baby. The same night, he was taken in by the former king of Pashor (who was fleeing after being overthrown by a relative) before being orphaned once more by the coup that destroyed the country when he was ten years old. He has extreme trust issues from this difficult upbringing in addition to getting betrayed several times as an adult. He beats himself up over it. He's been tricked or abandoned by everyone, even his current employer, but he stays because he doesn't think he'll find anything else. Plus, Tulekdo's adopted daughter turned out to be Arion's biological little sister, and he refuses to leave her. While Tulekdo and Arion are on better terms now, Gylfie was what initially prevented him from quitting. His best friend is a feline military pilot named Astro Elián.

Literally the most harmless man. He was born without most of the defenses of a Parringale, has curved in horns, and has a stunted tail that really couldn't do much slapping even if he wanted to. Borealis trusts him with Farren because "if being a man was being like the ones [Farren] knew, he's not a man". He only attempts to hurt people when either he gets betrayed or someone he loves is in trouble. His teeth are perfectly clean, which is quite substantial. Parringale teeth are sensitive to hemoglobin (the substance that makes blood red) and will stain rapidly upon contact, so his clean teeth means he's made it to twenty-five without biting. (Stains can be cleaned if you're super rich, but Arion is not anywhere close to rich.)

Arion has what's known as "leaky" magical discharge. Parringales have magic similar to a unicorn, but the organ responsible for this magic is located in the face rather than a horn. A colored discharge typically releases from the magic organ in their face when the "spell" ends, however, in Arion it begins almost instantly and with more volume. It's not known if this is a genetic quirk, or if Arion's magical organ was damaged at some point. It tends to make a mess. He gets around it in the lab/morgue by using his teeth and wings where he can and tying a hairnet around his lower jaw for the rest.

Character Playlist:

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[tortally-rad]

I recently found a wonderful blog dedicated to endlings (animals that are the last of their species), and I wanted to share them with you all so you can see their wonderful blog :}

@endlingmusings posts about endlings, ensuring that they are not forgotten, and are shown the love they deserve. I highly recommend checking them out!