Talyxians
Talyxians (タリクシアン Tarikushian) are the organism group which covers both of mobile creatures (animals) and sessile creatures (plants), consisting of very wide, various, plural kinds; "Talyxian creatures" or "Talyxian organisms". They are common and basic living things which live in the Planet Tal. Most of the biota, flora and fauna, natural environments in Tal belong to Talyxian Biomes, a colony composed of this organism group. They have very alien, strange, complex features on their biology and ecology, that are greatly different from creatures which belong to Eltus organism group and common creatures on Earth.
Some of them in this group such as Talyxian-Stalkers and Dogs have a partial inorganic constituent in a surface of their body parts, it may look like some mechanical appearance, however, they are never a machine, cyborg, or robot beings.
As they can be said to different existence from Eltus organisms, Eltus folks generally consider Talyxians as alien beings and distinguish from themselves in their cultual sense.
This article describes the common features of all Talyxians. To read each Talyxian species creatures, see each article on the List of Talyxian Creatures and Areas within Talyxian Biome Realm.
Summary
Biology and ecology in Talyxian organism group are very complex and diverse. In addition to this, even in the classification of their species, it is not sure whether they have actual divisions of "species" as they have a strong unstableness and fluidity in their biological identity.
For some examples of their biological unstableness and fluidity; Some may perform 'behavior' what can be considered to be reproduction or cross-breeding between ones which have greatly different forms each other. Some may turn into a totally different form depends on an environment surrounding of them. Some intakes a different kind of Talyxian creature within their inner body in order to use as their own organ.
Not only this, their biology and ecology more feature very unparalleled, chaotic, various peculiarities, which are not seen in common Eltus and Earth creatures.
As some examples;
- Most of creatures have non-colored blood, such as gray or black. A part of them have more colorful body fluids in plural kinds.
- Sessile Organisms in this group, which are considered to be "plants", do not display green tones as they have no chlorophyll. Instead, they are generally colored with reddish or grayish tones.
- Some may show alternative genders rather than the simple binary female and male, sometimes up to four different genders.
- Some may change their gender acquired depends on an environment surrounding of them.
- Some perform reproductive behavior in a way that does not apply to either sexual reproduction or asexual reproduction.
- As most of them generally display strong randomness in their appearance, shape, and form. In some cases, it is not an actual mutational species nor subspecies capable, however. All of them are biologically the same kind creature and just show only minor differences in appearance.
- Depends on the environment and situation surrounding of them, they may allow mixing and cross-breeding between kinds which have totally different biology and ecology.
- Some may allow performing 'grafting' between animals and plants if they have biologically similar genes to each other.
And so on.
Also, in the biological kingdom in Talyxian organism group, the biological boundary and difference between animals and plants are very different and far from the definition which plants and animals on the Earth and Eltus organism group have. In Tal's biology, Sessile type organisms and every immobile and static creatures are considered to be 'plants'. This definition includes remains of massive corpses or fossils that forms a shape which looks like plant. Like this, Tal's biology defines difference of animal or plant with their superficial behavior and situation; dynamic or static, rather than actual biological and inner difference.
Because of hereinbefore reasons, they are very difficult or impossible to defined and classified strictly with the same way of biological law which Eltus organisms or common creatures on Earth have. However, rather than actual biological classification such as plants or animals, they still show some certain biological and ecological trends depends on hues which each display; Red / Meat type, Gray / Skin type, Black / Nerve type, and White / Bone type. As a result, there are general and broad classification and distinguishing of Talyxian creatures based on these trends of hues.
In Gold Ring towards the modern era, biology scientists carry out "GR Standard Classification" for Talyxian organisms, in order to give name and division of "species" to them. This style is limited on the way which name them while referring their biology which can be distinguished visually from their appearance and behavior. Like this, method to classify Talyxians still relies on superficial features, rather than cellular and genetic classification.
Meanwhile, in Shigu, there are the traditional way of naming and classification which shamans have performed for a long. This is some kind of mysterious and unique style, which is greatly different what Gold Ring does. The way of naming and classification relies on shamans spiritual and sensual sense based on 'sound' and 'atmosphere' － How they sensed from creatures. As names which are given with this style are impossible to express in written words with specific and fixed spell, this style is not used so much other than Shigu region.
Despite Talyxians and Eltus are considered to be different existences, however, actual differences between them are still not defined completely. Because some kinds of Talyxian creatures may show features and traits in nature which are similar to what Eltus organism creatures have. As well, almost all of Eltus organisms which include both races and plants show more or less Talyxian traits in nature, while a degree is depending on the species.
In definition, they fall under the same umbrella term "Tal's Primitive Creatures", and their origin is veiled in mystery.
Name
The form of name "Talyxian-***" and "Talyxian" itself is generally treated as a scientific name, or speaking in a formal way.
Eltus folks usually call them while sharing the same name from Earth's creatures, or a simple common name of Tal's own things like Dondokos. As a prominent example, Eltus people usually call Talyxian-Stalkers as just "cats" while the name of "Talyxian-Stalker" is treated as a scientific name.
Eltus folks often use a word of "Alien biomes" as a generic name for a whole of Talyxians or Talyxian biomes. Or they often use also just word of "monster" for ferocious and harmful creatures like actinias.
In colloquial language, the name of "Talyxians" itself be used as respectable race name also for ones who have surely 'human right' like A part of T-stalkers in modern Gold Ring.
Talyxians and salt
Almost all Talyxian species creatures avoid salts for unknown reasons. Salt is not inherently toxic to Talyxian creatures, but talyxian creatures have an inherent repulsion towards the touch of salt, especially on their mucous membrane areas. And they do feel intense pain and discomfort if salt is applied, especially to an open wound. For comparison, it is significantly more painful to Talyxians compared to those of the Eltus people.
The truth behind the biological relationship between salt and Talyxians is still a deeply unknown matter to Eltus. However, it is common knowledge among the Eltus people that salt is a very effective deterrent to almost all Talyxians.
Hizomi-Nonbon
One kind of excrement of Talyxian creatures that are excreted when they had ingested salts by eating Eltus creatures.
When some kind of harmful talyxian creatures has eaten Eltus people, they will excrete salts that are included in Eltus blood while taking a long time. And those salt excrement is wrapped by the black matter that has rubber-like hard quality. It will be shown as completely a lump of black thing when those are excreted. And there is an unalloyed crystal of the salt in center of those. If they took something that has highly-concentrated salt, they often wrap a whole of it without digestion.
Those things are called by various names according to each region, "Hizomi-Nonbon" is one of a popular name. But it often be called as "Hizomi" or "Nonbon" for the abbreviation. Eltus people use those things for magic rituals. Because of this, people usually be going to take and crack it to get a crystal of salt if they found Hizomi-Nonbon.
Talyxian-Rooters
Moved to Talyxian-Rooters
Talyxian-Stalkers
Moved to Talyxian-Stalkers
Talyxian-Associators
Moved to Talyxian-Associators
Talyxian-Plants
Main article: Talyxian-Plants
Other Talyxian creatures
There are a lot of creatures that belong to Talyxian in Tal.
Gallery
Common bird in Tal. This is a kind of talyxian creature.
Actinia head.
A sergal hunter in the NorthEast hunted a wild talyxian hog. There are ascidian shelves in the background.
Mowamowa the stalker and various creatures that are around her.
Mountain leech and Ta'ls actinia.
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Cracked the stalker hunting various creatures.
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