This is one time when I wish that I was better at drawing things. Ach, well, it’s greedy to want to have all the artistic talents.
Cants
Cants are… well, the name is a portmanteau of ‘cat’ and ‘ant,’ and it’s pretty accurate. They are furry, tailed pseudo-mammals (the ‘cat’ part) with six legs and iridescent, protuberant compound eyes (the ‘ant’ part). Cants are about the size of a bulldog, but can be sometimes a bit smaller. They first appeared in the wilds of the Amazon river basin and the backwoods of Siberia, but have been spreading through the rest of the planet over the last few years, usually as pets. Cants tend to be mixed insectivores/vegetarians: they prefer wetlands, but can adapt to any climate that has reliable water. There was a desultory attempt to keep cants out of the general public’s clutches by various governments, but it didn’t work: just enough people had already adopted a stray to make it awkward to take them all away from their new owners. Continue reading Creature Seed: Cants.