Galajdowi

Also known variably as dragonlights or glowwyrms, galajdowi are a genus of magical creatures. Most galajdowi live in the wild, but there are many tame breeds throughout the continent.

Basic Information

Anatomy

As a rule, galajdowi are generally around 50cm tall and 120-170cm long, including the tail. They have four legs, and a set of wings. The galajdowi's scales range from a blue to green color. Some individual species scattered about the continent have other colors, however. Their wingspan is about 150-220cm, with the hind set of wings slightly smaller. While its insectoid wings might give the impression that galajdowi might have an exoskeleton, its internal structure is more than of a lizard. Galajdowi are cold-blooded as well, and migrate during the winters.

Additional Information

Domestication

There are three main 'types' of domesticated galajdowi: those bred for pets, those bred for communication, and those bred for light.

Pet galajdowi are slightly smaller and rounder than the wild glowwyrm at 40-50cm tall. Their colorations are the widest from blues to oranges to purples. The most popular breeds also sport patterns. A few rare breeds even have different color lights on their tails. The range on bio-luminescence is not much larger than wild, but some have green and red lights in addition to the yellow range.

Next, the galajdowi bred for communications have been selected for speed. Lean, their tails have lost most of their bio-luminescence, for a sharper point. Most mail galajdowi have green or blue scales, with black spots and patterns.

Then the smallest line is the lantern galajdowi. Bred only in the last few hundred years, the lanterns are the smallest breed at only 30-38 cm. Their scale color is the least pure of the breeds, usually a mottled blue brown. However, their tail lights are the brightest of all the species. However, they have the shortest lifespan at 20 years, sometimes less. Their target audience was travelers and adventurers, but only the high ranking adventurers pay for a living lantern.

Interestingly, the most popular breed is a rare hybrid of pet and lantern galajdowi. The smaller size and bright light of the lanterns are popular, so in recent years a breeding project to brighten their colors has been going. Only a few successful lines have appeared thus far. While not smaller than 35cm, the bright blues with bright yellow bio-luminescence are apparently quite striking. They are definitely striking for the wallet, in any case.

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Etymology

Translates as light needles.

Lifespan

25 years