What To Do With A Foumri

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Wc: 648

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Aut: Dri’Iefres
Dt: 792 A.T.
Ogn: Sellsword

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I am but a simple farmer, and prefer to put things plainly. However, I have been at a loss for words when it comes to describing the foumri. Without seeing one, I don’t think you can paint the right mental picture of a foumri in your head, or understand how immense they feel standing next to you. I don’t think I’ve used the words ‘majestic’ or ‘horrific’ in my life but a handful of times, and they definitely are useful to describe the birds. I’m not sure if a simple farmer can find the right words to describe the creatures. But I’ll do my best.

The first thing I have to try is describing their physical appearance. As they age, just like most life in Omneutta they grow larger. It’s hard to describe too, since they can stand straight up and be even taller, but typically foumri stand and walk around leaned forward so that their legs are well behind their neck and head. An adult foumri will stand tall enough that its open wings could rest atop my head, and probably yours too. Their wings are massive…even when tucked into their bodies it almost doubles their body length, and when they unfurl their wings several avoc could stand shoulder to shoulder under each wing.

With that said, you might see their beaks as more physically imposing. Their beaks are quite large, light blue on top and dark blue on the bottom and can hinge open wide enough to fit my head.

Luckily they don’t eat avocs.

If you have a coastal farm like I do, you’ll often see the foumri walk in the water, getting pollen on their legs to attract fish from time to time. They can stand in water that would cover my chest without getting a single feather wet, that’s how long their legs are. As you might have guessed, I’m not much for strict measurements, I prefer practical terms.

We are certainly lucky they don’t eat avocs, because they’re large enough to kill us if they wanted. Also, they shriek and it is certainly one of the worst sounds I have ever heard in my life. Thankfully, they don’t shriek all that often in my experience and they really only do it when they feel threatened. If their size isn’t scaring something away, that shriek certainly will. The good news with the shrieking is that I watched it drive a bapuva off my farm, so I can say with some confidence that other animals like it even less than I do.

That’s the last of the bad news from me. Foumri are fairly easy to take care of, especially if you and your farm are by a nice source of water. All my foumri ever ask for is good weather and a few fish a day. Unfortunately I can’t control the weather, but I can scrounge up more than enough fish for my feathered friends. Even though they’re so large, most of the time they walk around so slow that they don’t seem to use up much energy. Come to think of it, I’ve never seen any of mine fly more than a couple of meters.

As for my foumri, I usually have two or three at a time to protect my crops mostly from cranipxum, whyrs, and the occasional bapuva. Back when I had more water in my bones and the little ones were running around the farm, the birds even would let my kids hitch a ride on their backs for a while in exchange for another fish. I usually keep males but what I thought was a brightly coloured male turned out to be female and now she’s laying eggs. If you’re reading this, I’m likely still offering up eggs and for a small price, these farm-savers could be yours. Just make sure you’re friends with a fisherman.