Xikkizer
Description
A six legged reptile the size of a dog with webbed feet, with a deep jaw. The female of the species are large with a heavy, flat tail while the male are smaller, with a sharp bone at the tip of their tail and display a impressive frilled collar when angered. They range from a bright green at a young age and a sandy brown near death.
Behaviour
Xikkiver have a need, an obsession, with building streams in the bogs of the east. The xikkiver diets need clear root, that grows in only in running water, and evolved to secure a source of it if one is not easily available. They use their unique tails to cut and place branches and dirt and for nests and waterways.
Relationship to locals
The streams of xikkiver are sought after by the people of the bogs as they will in tandem build filters on the running water to secure a source of cleaner water for drinking and washing. The xikkiver allow it as long as the the locals do not disturb the clear root though sometimes harvest the filters to build from, not understanding their purpose.
Folktale
It’s rumoured that so great is the xikkiver’s love for things that shine clear that when presented with a glass box they will freely entrap themselves. The smallfolk of the bogs have a saying when one acts blindly out of love that they “as a glass eyed xikkiver”.