Phoenix

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

(unranked): Passerea

Order: Pyrorniformes

Family: Pyrornidae

Genius: Pyrornis

Species: Pyrornis phoenix

Descendant: Palaeognathae

Named by: ???

Year Published: ???

Size: 

• Chick: 1.2 cm tall; wingspan estimate to 0.62 m long; 3 kg in weight

• Adult (Persian): 100 – 190 cm tall; wingspan estimate to 5.6 m long; 10 kg in weight

• Adult (MENA): 110 – 200 cm tall; wingspan estimate to 6.0 m long; 30 kg in weight

• Adult (Sonoran): 110 – 200 cm tall; wingspan estimate to 6.0 m long; 12 kg in weight

• Adult (Balkan/Greek): 110 – 200 cm tall; wingspan estimate to 7.1 m long; 45 kg in weight

• Adult (Reinachan/Ityoselan): 100 – 200 cm tall; wingspan estimate to 8.3 m long; 6 kg in weight

Lifespan: 500 years

Activity: Diurnal 🌅 

Thermoregulate: Endotherm

Type: 

• Reptiles (Archosaurs)

• Birds (Phoenixes)

• Mythical

• Cryptid

Title(s): 

• Firebird

Other Name(s)/Alias(es): none

Pantheon: Terran/Gaian 🇺🇳

Time Period: Holocene

Alignment: Docile

Threat Level: ★★★

Diet: 

• Fire Eater 🔥 

• Omnivorous 🥩🌿 

Elements: Fire 🔥, Air 🌬️

Inflicts: Fireblight 🔥, Scorchblight 💥

Weaknesses: Water 🌊, Rock 🪨 

Casualties: none

Based On: none

Conservation Status: Data Deficient (DD) – IUCN Red List

The modern English word phoenix entered the English language from Latin, later reinforced by French. The word first entered the English language by way of a borrowing of Latin phoenīx into Old English (fenix). The Latin word comes from Greek φοῖνιξ (phoinix). The Greek word is first attested in the Mycenaean Greek po-ni-ke, which probably meant "griffin", though it might have meant "palm tree."

Because of its peculiar and elusive characteristics, the phoenix is a member of the mysterious bird family that only represents its own. The phoenix shares similarities with fowls and neoavian species. Fire-resistant skin and organs, orange to purple feathers that accurately represent this bird found in Phoenicia, long, stable soaring wings, black syndactyly legs, a long, hook-tipped bill, and long, wedged orange feathers that resemble swallows or pheasants are all characteristics of the phoenix. Their eye color is orange.

The bird that most closely resembles all other birds is the phoenix, which is related to cranes, tinamous, pheasants, mousebirds, sparrows, herons, geese, and other birds. Their skin is black and fireproof, and their feathers are orange, inflammable, and fireproof because to their unique sweat glands that allow them to wrap themselves in flames without putting out the fire. Their tail feathers, which range in hue from orange to yellow, are long, inflammable, and fireproof.

Furthermore, the phoenix's purple belly suggests that the phrase is most likely derived from a West Semitic word for madder, a red dye derived from Rubia tinctorum. Apparently derived from the same root, the word Phoenician means "those who work with red dyes" and comes from sea snails.

When one of the parents dies in a variety of circumstances, the chick falls into ash, which covers its featherless, grayish black skin. The popularized image of the Phoenix itself is most likely originally derived from ancient Greek interpretation of an Egyptian myth.

If provoked, the Phoenix's ferocity is demonstrated by its capacity to set objects on fire with a single bite or to shoot two or four combustible vomit with fire that resembles shotgun fires, despite its seeming ambivalence for most creatures.

Normally a phoenix was truly lovely, but occasionally they had to revitalize themselves with an event called the Burning Day, when the bird would suddenly burst into flames and then emerge as a newborn chick from the ashes. They regained their full size after a few days. Like a half-plucked turkey, phoenixes looked terrible as they drew closer to their Burning Day. They started to make gagging sounds, their feathers started to fall out, and their eyes grew drab. Even though they are immortal in myths, they don't live forever and pass away from disease without any warning. Phoenixes may do more than just renew their life cycle with their flames by consistently producing two eggs each mate.  When the phoenix vanished and resurfaced in a shower of flames, a single golden tail feather was left behind.

In contrast to most birds, the phoenix cannot resurrect itself after dying; instead, it lays ashes to aid in its self-cremation and immediately drops the tiny baby from its womb. It may also reincarnate as a chick, a fact that mythologists and animal lovers did not yet comprehend.

Phoenixes are among the few animals that are impervious to a serpentine basilisk's stare, which ordinarily would kill anyone who made direct eye contact with it or terrify anyone who made indirect eye contact, such when they saw the enormous serpent's reflection in a mirror.

Their tears also had powerful therapeutic properties. For example, the only known remedy for the venom of any creature, including basilisks, was phoenix tears. Like unicorn blood, but without the cursed life, their tears also had the power to revive people who were on the verge of death. In addition to their tears, phoenixes were valued for the healing qualities of the pellets they coughed up or their feces, which is used for fast-growing their crops.

Phoenixes could raise a lot of weight with their bodies. For example, if they had a good reputation, they could fly a distance with ease while four people were riding at the back or holding on to their tail. It is thought that the phoenix is born as light as air and on fire. Unlike a physical item, fire is a process that does not have mass or weight. Rather than the fire itself, the weight is related to the fuel and the byproducts of burning. Which is the reason why the phoenix had light bone structures that were able to be carried or ridden.

The phoenix is a warm-blooded species that can produce its own body heat depending on its environment. It is also resistant to fire and drought. The phoenix will ignite flames from its chest and absorb the heat to combat the cold if it is in a cold environment. Disgusted foes can be consumed by fire as the phoenix discharges short to long volatile saliva.

The phoenix can drink from hot springs, but it stays away from cold or lukewarm water due to its primary vulnerabilities. The phoenix, which is composed of fire, is the lightest creature on Earth. It weighs 45 kg and is capable of lifting far more weight than any other living thing. In contrast to legend, the phoenix is said to be clever, though not as intelligent as its closest relatives, crows or parrots. It can also dissolve swiftly and pass through chain fences, as demonstrated by Ember Lumen.

Unlike its real-life legendary counterpart, the Phoenix cannot be reborn after being killed due to two major weaknesses: water and soil.

Phoenix feathers were a powerful magical substance that could be used in a variety of weapons, including wands, rifles, lances, swords, and alphorns, to add fire element with 40% critical damage.

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Phoenixes were peaceful omnivores that were not known for fighting and would typically build their nests on the summits of mountains. They would also become quite defensive if they felt threatened or worried. One of the world's most autonomous and aloof animals was the phoenix.

The bird itself typically prefers cooked food, can digest burned carcasses, and has a stronger acid than vultures. Instead of hunting during the breeding season, the phoenix uses heatwaves or firestorms to coat itself in bright purple and to attract females to lay eggs or, in rare cases, hatch on their own abdomens so they are prepared to fight death or die from illness.

Phoenixes were found in Afro-Eurasia during sporadic heatwaves and in hot and lukewarm biomes. Heat waves are a natural weather phenomena caused by warm air being trapped in the atmosphere. The phoenix is the only animal impacted by climate change, which is causing heat waves to become more intense and frequent due to greenhouse gas emissions that trap heat for longer.

• Movement Pattern: Full Migrant

• Individual Type: Nomadic

• Population Trend: Stable

• Population: ugh

• Locomotion: Airborne

• Habitat: Taiga; Montane Grasslands and Shrublands; Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Tropical Grasslands; Tropical Savannas and Shrublands; Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub; Deserts and Xeric Shrublands; Badlands; Flooded Grasslands and Savannas; Wetland; Mountain; Sky.

• Earth: 

  • Extant: Algeria; Bulgaria; Egypt; Greece; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Libya; Morocco; North Macedonia; Oman; Palestine; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Tunisia; Turkiye; United Arab Emirates; Yemen

• Berbania/Hirawhassa: none

• Reinachos/Ityosel: none

• Thatrollwa: none

• Sawintir: none

• Agarathos: none

Phoenixes were extremely difficult to domesticate, not because they are violent, but because very few people had ever successfully domesticated them. To tame the phoenix, strike it with fiery weapons.  This includes flamethrowers, flame arrows, and any fire animal's breath.  When struck by fire, the taming bar will increase minutely. Alternatively, survivors must steal an ash and tame it.  When these ashes hatch, the babies must be fed any sulfur that may be obtained from volcanoes. 

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Past and Present Incidents - Individuals

• Terran/Gaian

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• Berbanian/Hirawhassan

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• Reinachos/Ityoselese

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• Delphian/Thatrollwan

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• Sawintiran

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• Jotunheim

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The Recollections of Queen Arianna - Individuals

• Terran/Gaian

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• Berbanian/Hirawhassan

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• Reinachos/Ityoselese

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• Delphian/Thatrollwan

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• Sawintiran

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• Jotunheim

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See also: none

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• The phoenix is a creature from Greek mythology. The given native range for the phoenix in Egypt, India, and China may be in reference to the Egyptian Bennu, the Hindu Garuda and the Chinese fenghuang, all mythological birds from other cultures sometimes compared to the phoenix (their names are considered independent creatures according to Tangled the Series).

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