Olgoi-khorkhoi
“ The living legends rumor before Mongols reconquest. The worms tried to devour any trespassers in their territory with teeth and paralysis. The legends allegedly exist. ”
– Eostre
Scientific Taxonomy & Character Information
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Order: Neohirudina
Suborder: Hirudiniformes
Family: Terrahirudidae
Subfamily: Terrahirudinae
Genus: Terrahiruda
Species: Terrahiruda mongolica
Descendant: leech
Named by: ???
Year Published: ???
Size: 5.9 meters tall in height, 700 kilograms in weight, 34.6 meters in length
Type: Segmented Worms (Leech), Mythical, Guardian
Title: Death Worm
Pantheon: Mongolian
Time Period: Pleistocene to Holocene
Alignment: Territorial
Threat Level: ★★★★★★★★
Diet: Carnivorous
Elements: Earth
Inflicts: Earthed, paralysis
Casualties: ???
Based On: itself
Conservation Status: Endangered
Olgoi-khorkhoi (Mongolian: ᠥᠯᠭᠥᠢ ᠬᠥᠷᠬᠥᠢ/ᠥᠯᠭᠥᠶ ᠬᠥᠷᠬᠥᠶ; олгой-хорхой) is the one of the mythical creature introduced in Worldcraft: Scorched Earth.
Etymology
Olgoi-khorkhoi in Mongolian word for "large intestine worm". In 1983 a specimen of Tartar sand boa (Eryx tataricus) was shown to locals who claimed to have seen "olgoi-khorkhoi" and they confirmed that this was the same animal.
Physical Appearance
Olgoi-khorkhoi is a large terrestrial worm that is related to leeches. Dull brown to brown tipped tail resembles sand boa, pale brownish underbelly, yellow edged holes on the neck for releasing paralysis and eyeless. Three mouths with sharp teeth and can spin and burrow through earth and sand. These hair-like segments are used to detect prey or predators in combat.
Abilities
Olgoi-khorkhoi used their strength, as well as can echolocate with their brain from the special organs much like dolphins and bats combine for vibrating in the sand detects miles away from. Their pits are actually opening the electricity, the only segmented worm's mysterious evolution, to discharge its own electricity and shocks nearby deals paralysis, and the tail only can be grounded to static at the sand or soil.
Ecology
Coming soon.
Behavior
Olgoi-khorkhoi are very territorial species who dares for their own territory. Small individuals run away from larger ones.
Distribution and Habitat
Olgoi-khorkhoi was the endemic species in Mongolia, now extinct in China in the Middle Ages by the non-scholars.
In Worldcraft Series: located in Pascua Delos Desierto at mostly sand areas and in badlands. In Rewritten Series: located in sandy areas worldwide, even in islands brought by conquistadors via Mongolians are slaves.
Movement Pattern: Random
Individual Type: Solo, later pack
Population Trend: Stable
Population: ???
Locomotion: Amphibious
Habitat: Most biomes except polar, tundra, and desert
Earth: Mongolia
Reinachos: Pascua
Sawintir: ???
Tamed
Olgoi-khorkhoi cannot be tamed, due to low intelligence.
Lore
Coming soon.
Foreign Languages
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Trivia
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