Zoffali / Northern Penguin
“ Fly silly sea bird, no dreams can possess you, no voices can blame you for sun on your wings. ”
– Joni Mitchell
Scientific Taxonomy & Character Information
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Sphenisciformes
Family: Spheniscidae
Genus: Boreospheniscus
Species: Boreospheniscus bichiakciui
Descendant: Spheniscus mendiculus
Named by: Jas Pontoppidan
Year Published: 1991
Size: 75–82 centimetres and the weight was 14–17 kilograms
Lifespan: 7+ years
Type:
Reptiles (Archosaurs)
Birds (Penguins)
Title:
Longest Migration
Pantheon: Terran/Gaian
Time Period: Holocene
Alignment: Shy
Threat Level: ★★
Diet: Carnivorous
Elements: Water, ice
Inflicts: Waterblight, iceblight, vomitblight
Weaknesses: Electric, nature, ice, sound, earth, stunned
Casualties: n/a
Based On:
Great Auk
Razorbill
Giant penguin hoax
Conservation Status: Least Concern (LC) – IUCN Red List
Zoffali or Northern Penguin (Boreospheniscus bichiakciui) is the fictional species of penguin found in Europe and Greenland, it was introduced in Historya Davvun, Thalath Lakoduna, Worldcraft, and Weather Dragons.
Etymology
Zoffali is the unknown word, possibly the onomatopoeia origin as “sa-wa-li.”
Physical Appearance
The largest penguin currently known is the Zoffali, which is related to Galapagos penguins from before the Holocene but smaller than king penguins. Zoffali resembles the chinstrap penguin due to its short tail feathers with white margins, black back against the white, and narrow black band under its head, which gives the impression that it is wearing a black helmet. Their feet had pinkish pads and gray scales. The true size of Zoffali was 75–82 centimeters, and the weight was 14–17 kilograms.
Abilities
Avoid approaching too closely, though, as the Zoffali spits a pungent oil mixed with ice at intruders from infancy through puberty.
Ecology
Coming soon.
Behavior
Northern penguins are more likely to be curious and confused. Remember to respect their space and keep away from their young ones.
Distribution and Habitat
The northern penguin, the only true penguin in the Northern Hemisphere that has evolved to survive competition with auks and puffins, was discovered in the cold North Atlantic coastal waters off the coasts of Norway, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Ireland, Great Britain, France, and the Iberian Peninsula. By migrating, penguins show with great auk once called Southern France, Italy, and other Mediterranean coasts in addition to East Asia and Oceania home. On Newfoundland's Grand Banks, it wasn't common.
Movement Pattern: Full Migrant
Individual Type: Flock
Population Trend: Increasing
Population: ???
Locomotion: Amphibious
Habitat: All
Earth: see below
Extant (Resident): Canada; Faroe Islands; Finland; Greenland; Iceland; Norway; Sweden; United States
Extinct & Vagrant: China; Denmark; France; Germany; Greece; Ireland; Israel; Italy; North Macedonia; Portugal; Russia; Spain; United Kingdom
Extinct & Origin Uncertain: Australia; Brunei; Cambodia; Colombia; Ecuador; India; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Thailand; Vietnam
Tamed
Due to the fact that the survivor is always within 12 radii of the hatching egg, northern penguins are quickly domesticated as they emerge from an egg. The northern penguin can be educated using a whip, fish, rats, clams, or fish eggs if it hasn't already been.
Lore
Bereshit - 300,000–70,000 BCE
This animal was created by Phanes and Khione under Project Pashnea, a scientific initiative by the Terran branch of Aesirs to create any animals, monsters, or humans in terms of their own.
Historya Davvun events 1700s–2000
In 1700s, when investigating islands in the North Atlantic, where they frequently congregated in great auk flocks, former biologist and assassin-turned-Templar Shay Cormac regularly came across them with great auks, razorbills, and other puffins. Some big penguins attacked him on rocky beaches and fled him into the water when alarmed. Shay decided to look for further precursor artifacts rather than go back to the colonies after reclaiming the item in 1776. In order to shield himself from the Templars, Shay surreptitiously used the second sundrop flower gem that he had discovered.
No Way to Seaway events 2010–2019
Shay remained a Templar due to his longevity and lack of treachery until Napoleon Bonaparte and a select few others carried the demigod's genes. Shay lived until the 2010s despite not adhering to his revived Templars. Shay constructed himself a realm after he was imprisoned in the Late Cretaceous and instructed to pet the northern penguins by recent Templars despite being a Templar and a former environmentalist. He also saw that the Templars' Grand Master, or commander, had been duped.
Known Individuals
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Gallery
Foreign Languages
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Trivia
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