Alrighty, then. I'll see if I can handle two fanfics at once.
Chapter 1: WildlifeSection 1: The HeartlandsSpecies native to the Heartlands are usually rather commonley seen and dull. This is because of the close proximity to the massive cosmopolitan Imperial City, which houses hundreds. Such creatures are also treated with contempt and disrespect, as most are seen as pests.
The largest mass of the Heartland's mass can be found within the sprawling sewer network that lies beneath the city. The huge amounts of tunnels and hiding darkness is pure heaven for giant rat colonies, of which there are two major ones. The fact that the water inside is connected to the Lake Rumare, notorious for it's Slaughterfish shoals, has produced many new specimens of the predatory fish that are specially adapted for the dark area. Mudcrabs also enjoy the dank air and tend to make their nests in the safety of the smaller sewer tunnels.
There are also some more disturbing sewer occupants. Secret practicioners of Necromancy tend to dump their subjects down city drains when their usefulness has ended, and thus there are at most several dozen Zombies wandering around the sewers aimlessly. Sewer Zombies are considered a threat by the Imperial Legion, as although they tend to stay in the darkest depths possible, more than once a lone Zombie has exited the sewers right into the city centre.
A small tribe of Goblins also make their home beneath the city, in a labyrinth of caves that are entwined with the main sewers. Goblins rarely come under threat from the rest of the Sewer's inhabitants, as they find reaching the cave difficult whilst agile Goblins can easily traverse the high and unstable entrances. However, a stray Zombie or two have been known to have infiltrated the Goblin hideout. Goblins primarily eat the Sewer Rats that also live in the sewers.
Moving outside the sewers, City Isle and the small plot of land surrounding Lake Rumare still classed as the Heartlands are usually dominated by wolves and deer. However, there is one specimen that the Heartlands can call unique, and that is Slaughterfish. Lake Rumare is the only place one can actually find Slaughterfish in the open, and it isn't difficult to find them here. With the ferocity of pirahnas, they will strike without thinking literally all the time. Whilst Slaughterfish are fairly small, usually about the length of a Human arm, there have been rumours of larger specimens living deep in the lake - Which are supposedly just as vicious.
----------------------------------