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--- creatures:animals:amblers [2025/05/18 14:58] – created jaz
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 ====== Amblers ======
-Amblers are a large bipedal omnivore that live in small herds. Native on central [[geography:eldask:]], Amblers have a long standing symbiotic relationship with [[ancestries:halflings]] that has developed an ecologically beneficial system of agriculture.
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+^Type^
+|Animal|
+^Habitat^
+|forests of central [[geography:Eldask:]]\\ Halfling farms|
+^Diet^
+|mostly herbivorous; grasses, roots\\ Supplemented by insects and worms|
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+Amblers are a large sloth-like bipedal omnivore that live in small herds. Native on central [[geography:eldask:]], Amblers have a long standing symbiotic relationship with [[ancestries:halflings]] that has developed an ecologically beneficial system of agriculture.
 ===== Appearance =====
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 Amblers independently live in small roaming herds and present a different set of behaviors than the Amblers who have adapted to remaining in one place and living amongst halflings. However at any given time a roaming Ambler may join a herd that has settled or vice versa, yearling amblers especially are known for leaving settlements and joining roaming herds if they have not grown attached to their caretakers.
-This has led to halflings reaching incredibly high care standards, with many celebrations and traditions centered around showing their devotion of care. Ceremonies to name the calves of new parents involves both halfling caretakers and the new Sow and Sire parent drinking a ceremonial variant of [[#Culture|Slothback]].
+This has led to halflings reaching incredibly high care standards, with many celebrations and traditions centered around showing their devotion of care. Ceremonies to name the calves of new parents involves both halfling caretakers and the new Sow and Sire parent drinking a ceremonial variant of [[#Slothback]].
 ==== Reproductive behaviour ====
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 Once the juveniles are weaned off of milk they begin to move around on their own and explore, which will often distress the nanny Sows who can't get the playful juveniles to stay on the sows back, it is common for halflings to separate the juveniles from the nanny at this stage to ensure the younger calves are protected.
-===== Culture =====
+===== In halfling Culture =====
+The agricultural use of amblers is mostly limited to them being beasts of burden. Neither their meat nor milk is particularly useful to [[ancestries:|kin]]. Rarely wool is made from their fur, though as this process is very labor-intensive and produces no particularly great quality, it is reserved for ceremonial purposes.
+When a field needs tilling or new land needs clearing, amblers are let out to dig for roots and critters with their long claws, in the process making the land usable. This is the main way of tilling most halfling farms utilize, at least one ambler is part of every farm in [[realms:Cicolia]] and [[realms:Thax:]].
+In addition amblers are also used as pack animals. With great harnesses many pouches and packs for tools can be attached to them.
+Halflings build up great bonds to amblers, being around them from childhood and not slaughtering them. Young halflings will often climb on an amblers back to hang onto it like calves. Some halfling parents let amblers babysit their children this way.
+==== Slothback ====
+The moss on amblers' backs can be processed into a type of [[culture:drugs:alcohol:|schnapps]]. This schnapps is highly alcoholic and has a slight fizzines. It is said that the idea for it originated from observing amblers eat moss off each others backs to get tipsy.
+Slothback is often shared with amblers and also finds its way into special ceremonies, such as [[#behaviour|the naming of new calves]].