Foumri

Foumri

(foohm-rI)

Biological Information

Sz: 2.1 m. | 6’ 11” (at head)
Wt: 11 kg. | 24 lbs.
Loc: Pale Shores
Tpt: Docile
Prd: None

References

Once an imposing wild bird, foumri are seen mostly now around farms across Pale Shores.¹ In the last several centuries since their usage on farms, the birds are seen as gentle giants by avoc, and help protect many avoc farms from wild creatures.²

The advent of using foumri to protect farms, thus increasing the ability and yield of avoc farmers is credited to Ve’Akki in the 400s After Time, though the documentation of exactly how they were moved onto farms is sparse.¹ It is believed that their name is derived from the aevot word for voice ‘foumee’ due to their shrieking though there is no documentation by Ve’Akki to prove this.

Foumri are large birds capable of flight but prefer to walk around, using their wings for displays of their large sizes as needed to intimidate.¹ When wild, they were mostly observed to eat river-based fish and that is what they continue to be fed by farmers, though they have been reported to eat fruits and other plants as well. Even when folded against their bodies, their wings almost double the length of their body, and their preference to walk hunched over often underscores their large size. Very little research was done on their wild habits before their use on farms, but small groups were observed.¹

Almost exclusively seen on farms in a service role to avocs, wild foumri have all but disappeared. They were not and are not currently known to have any predators, since other predators such as bapuva are often frightened at their size and shrieks.²