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The Owl of Rassilon is known as one of the most recognizable symbols in the Time Lord society - daily used in govern business to representation of the High Council in memorial of the main founder of the Time Lord civilization Rassilon, the First. It symbolizes the majesty, the perfection and the equilibrium which encourage the Gallifreyan fascination for the clean and the perpetuation since millions of years ago.

Owls of Rassilon have the wingspan of three meters, being able to reach even four meters. Despite having much fibrous hair, their weight just is thirty kilograms due said skin covering is mostly shaft.

Location

Traditionally these creatures used to live in the great forests of Northern Wild Endeavor, but with the climatic change, those forests disappeared and left reduced to the large meadows of red grass. They were then confined to ecodomes, almost extinct and protected by the Law of Rassilon until the destruction of Gallifrey in the Last Great Time War. (Ergo, we are going to talk about them as if their ecosystem hadn’t been destroyed to ashes.)

Evolution

Despite their assemble to Earth owls, the Owl of Rassilon is more related with Fledershrews - which are like Gallifreyan bats. But unlikely their cousins, Owls of Rassilon have developed lighter fibrous structures, similar to bird feathers, covering all their body. Their grey-crimson plumage would be used as camouflage in their forest ecosystem.

Feeding

They have a fodder meat-based, their eyes positioned forwards just like any average predator. Some of their preys are like-rodents, tree worms and skarpleuphides they would hunt pirouetting between the environment surprisingly silently.

Hunting methods


  • Eyes and balance sense is highly evolved so the Owl can sight the victims more easily and maneuver with great skill in the forest. Due the colder temperatures of Gallifrey, it would be more efficient if their eyes were adapted to receive larger wave lengths - infrared light emitted by their main preys.

  • Once their victim located, an Owl of Rassilon would pounce on the body in the most silent and beautiful action.
    By the time the victim feels the presence, they will have the neck cut and their blood scattered about all the valley.

  • The last step would be the cleaning of the prey juices in the body of the owl. The Owl of Rassilon would lick the blood in its plumage and… gorgeous and majestic again!


Gender differences and reproduction

There are very bit differences between genders, the more evident ones are the size - males are bigger than females - and the colour of the nasal protuberance and their legs - brighter in males. However, Owls of Rassilon follow a pattern in relation their reproduction rituals.


  • The reproduction period occurs during the night, just as many other “bats” in Gallifrey.

  • Males use their melodic voice to reclaim the surrounding females.

  • The range of the sound can reach a distance of 5600 meters, which, bearing in mind every emitted noise bounces against the density of plants, makes them very loud animals.

  • In their noses are present bioluminescent cells which are excited when the heat comes. The brightness of these cells are genetically related with the contrast of their body colours. The more shining are their noses, the more is the contrast between the greys and the reds that proporcionate a better camouflage.


Sociability

They are solitary by nature, keeping tridimensional territories of various cubic kilometers in the deep forest, which defend spreading a strong smell from some glands situated near the bottom.

Fun Facts

  • They are two-hearted, but the second one is smaller.

  • Their whiskers permit the owls calculate the available space they have to pass through two obstacles, in a similar way the cats do.

  • Their lifespan is naturally 90 years, but the influence of the Gallifreyan civilization raised this number to 300.

  • It’s forbidden have a Owl of Rassilon as a pet. They are almost holy to the Time Lords and have a great cultural weight.

  • The bigger Owl of Rassilon in history was 5.45 m wingspan.


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King-Van's avatar
Interesting, very much so!