Gold Alicanto

Neospinus aurelia

Gold Alicanto

“ A gilden finch from Chile, as small as a sparrow, wants to guard gold. Thus, the bird is not just a little cute; it was ferocious. ”

Chang'e

Scientific Taxonomy & Character Information

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Fringillidae

Genius: Orycteuphonia

Species: Orycteuphonia aurelia

Descendant: euphonias

Named by: ???

Year Published: ???

Size: 34 cm in length; wingspan estimate to 34 cm  in length; 34 cm tall in height; 40 grams in weight

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Title: 

Pantheon: Chilean

Time Period: Holocene

Alignment: Passive

Threat Level:

Diet: Omnivorous; extremotroph 🥩🪲🌿🥇💧

Elements: Air, fire, metal, light

Inflicts: Metalblight, fireblight, lightblight, stun

Weaknesses: Earth, fire, ice, electric, sound

Casualties: ???

Based On: itself

Conservation Status: Vulnerable

Gold Alicanto or simply Alicanto (Orycteuphonia aurelia) is the one of the metallic finches introduced in Worldcraft: Trio Origins and Weather Dragons: Siehnam vs Against the Odds.

 

Gold Alicantos are one of the fictional species of finches along with metals: silver and copper.

Etymology

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Physical Appearance

Alicantos are plain sparrow-like finches with a covering of metals, with metallic scales and feathers in the entire body and eye color. Gold Alicanto is purely gold; their beak is the same as penguins; and they are gold-covered bioluminescent.

Abilities

Due to its phosphorescence, an alicanto does not cast a shadow. Gold Alicanto shoots, either gold or pyrite, were very poisonous in that saliva. They also flashed their own bodies with metallic feathers, which caused blindness.


Only a small number of birds, known as alicantos, eat ores, metals, and foils made of copper, silver, or gold that, when digested, harm the immune system and lead to illness. Unknown metal-eating bacteria in their stomachs aided their digestive system and helped them expel the poison.


The Alicanto consumes too much metal, turning metallic and glossy and becoming more temperate than males, depending on its breed and the elements that are present. The body's vitality, connective tissues, and blood vessels weaken if the Alicanto consumes the incorrect metal, such as gold, copper, or silver, and it vomits.

Weather Phenomenon

Ecology

Alicanto cannot fly; the gold they eat weighs them down too much. Instead, they run with their wings spread. A hungry Alicanto can run quickly, but one that has gorged itself can barely move at all. Alicanto's diet consists of inside its chest special organs used for regulating body temperature. This body will rapidly heat up when it digests it for the special organ.


Gold alicanto produces a powerful magnetic force that attracts metals and minerals to itself. The shell particles on the feathers are silver or gold, depending on what the bird eats. It's also unknown if it has any predators. It is safe to eat gold because it is a very non-reactive element and is not absorbed during digestion.

Behavior

Alicantos are timid and docile creatures when a miner wants to share with Alicanto a metal as permission, or if they don't, can flash themselves to lead their pursuers to a cliff to death, as well as a kind of death bait.

Distribution and Habitat

Alicantos are found in Chile as an endemic species according to Mapuches.


Tamed

Feeding gold alicanto with gold flakes. However, there are no nutritional or health benefits associated with its consumption for humans, but some creatures can.

Lore

Project Pashneia, a scientific project by the Terran branch of Deities to produce any creatures—animals, monsters, or humans—in terms of their own, was responsible for the creation of Gold Alicanto.

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