Animals (Understory)

The animal species of Understory. The level of anthropomorphism is “Largely Normal Animals”, comparable to Bambi, Charlotte’s Web, Watership Down, etc.

Beaver

Impatient and irritable. Homebodies.

Black bear

Playful and lazy. Males come of age in fights for territory.

Coyote

Relative newcomers to the Forest. Replaced the role of the wolves that were lost during the Great Clearing. Deep-seated hostility towards lynx.

Lynx

Mysterious nocturnal stalker. Their population is scarce, but steadily consistent, even throughout the Great Clearing. Feeds mostly on snow hares.

Moose

Keepers of The Way. Patriarchal, but matrelineal.

Red Squirrel

The Conifer Guard. Fiercely territorial, clans are protective of animals within the clan’s domain within the Spruce-Firs.