Alrighty next up on the Lore Doodle front we're going into the Distant lands of Logáu to discuss the widespread Deer of East Logáu!.. or it could be called that with how prolific and varied it is

The Boémar

Pronounced Boh-kyem-arr, Boém singular

Boémar are a very widespread species in Logáu, covering the Eastern regions of the plana as well as some pockets in the west and is the first species to get drawn with the new highly regional variant system!

So take these rules as general rules of thumb with the Boémar as there are variants that may break the below rules, but the rules are about 95% accurate!

But generally speaking, Boémar are large, hebivorous birds that are similar to Kiwi birds! With the main differences being the large size (with most averaging between 1-1.5 meters in height), as well as their distinct sickle beaks. These beaks are their main tool for getting food and are both dense and sharp. Boémar are opportunistic and mostly herbivorous grazers, they will eat almost any plant they can get their beaks around! And those beaks are tools for breaking down plant matter into easily eaten materials. They are sharp sickles which are built perfectly to cut grasses, leaves, shrubs, reeds, seaweed and almost any other sort of plant material. But the tips of their beaks are also great at peeling and eating the bark from trees, or for removing the bark to eat the nutritious pith under the bark.

These beaks are also something they have to keep in check, as if the beak is left to grow its known to grow dangerously into their body, or at the very least become too large to be used for eating

which sucks when thats also your mouth

So its common for them to use stones, trees, bones, etc. to grind their beaks and keep them in check

Now they are also opportunistic insectivores. Its not like they seek out bugs (for most variants) but if there happens to be bark beeetles, they aren't gonna say no

Socially, Boémar form packs of 8-15 boémar as a sort of pseudo herd that will raise young. These young take about 3 years to go from child to adolescent, and an additional 2 years to go from adolescent to adult. So they mature quick. Boémar are also very seasonal animals, with many migrating long distances as the warm and cold years of logáu shift around eachother, so during migration periods you can often find them in larger numbers than normal, sometimes forming herds in the thousands that travel together through the landscapes.

Onto variants

As variants are newer lore affecting every animal in the setting (éldimor included) I want to lay them out a bit here.

Species in õndemic reality are immediately and extremely variable region to region. As the egg of an animal will resonate with the surrounding environment and hatch into a variant of the species uniquely adapted to that environment. Meaning that as popualtions expanded, they rapidly diversified into their new environments.

So a Boém from one region is going to look and potentially act differently from a Boém in another region. Species are extremely regional in Õndemic reality.

So therefore there are many more variants of Boémar than shown here, the above examples are just the most common and/or most interesting of Boémar. Even in logáu there are potentially dozens if not hundreds of distinct varieties of Boémar with unique colors, traits, qualities, behaviors, and diets that aren't here.

Let alone the potentially infinite variety of Boémar on the whole of the universe

I would guess there are at least a good 50 varieties of Boémar in Logáu, with most appearing in Eastern Logáu, though there are some small pockets in West Logáu as well, mostly on the foothills of The Spine

But onto some varieties

Golom Wetland Boémar Are seen in the first drawing, they are marshland Boémar who mostly subsist on a diet of reeds, water grasses, ferns and the occasional grub unfortuneate enough to get stuck in with them.

Greenslit Boémar are perhaps one of the largest populations of Boémar, hailing far to the southeast of Logáu in the cold, wet temperate climate of the Joer, a smaller region in the broader Landú lakelands, though an important migration location for nesting in the warm year is the vast, forested canyonland known by many cultures of drek hunters in the region as "Greenslit" or sometimes "Greensplit".

These Boémar are known for their thick, water resiliant plumages and very hot blood to help withstand the chilly wet weather of the rugged landscape. They are also more dedicated to using their curved beaks for eating the pith of the local pine trees as well as a variety of root vegetables and plants.

Their beaks are in fact so hardy at digging into rocky soils that locals often use the beaks as digging sticks!

Jonui Boémar are in the far north of Logáu, the hot, humid plains and jungles of the Jonui, which is in the isolated deep rainforests of the far north, north of the passway into the region known as the Black Bone Falls.

These Boémar are mostly tree eaters within the clearings between the dense jungle and tropical plains. They are also fruit eaters, often using their powerful legs to shake a variety of trees to get all manner of nuts, fruits, berries, and citrus fruits common to the region.

Sejoa Boémar Are a distinct varient from the far south of Logáu, the arctic peninsula and large island known as the Sejoa, as the two landmasses are often linked up by ice sheets in the frozen sea you can often find small packs of these Boémar marching up and down the frozen coasts, spearing large shrimp, fish, and other aquatic life with their uniquely straight, spear like beaks.

These are the only directly carniverous variant I've at least thought up.

Lastly is the strange Balal Boémar Which are distinctly non feathered, with finned feet and strong thighs. They live in the mideast, which is a temperate to semitropical coastline known for thick webs of seaweed of which these birds will often swim out to for food.

During the warm years and cold years, these Boémar migrate northward and southward, living on the coasts and frequently diving into the seas to use their sickle beaks to eat pounds and pounds of seaweed.

Their hides are particularly thick and hard to pierce, making them both resilient to the large jellyfish of the Balal and prized by locals for their thick leathery hides.

And there are many variants Though if I were here drawing all the variants we would be here all year! Years almost over but still

Onto Boémar and the Éldimor

The sapient Drekir, Ormer and Mavõtur are often surrounded by an abundance of Boémar in East Logáu. Such that for Drekir and Ormer, but especially drekir, they are common targets of hunting. To the Drekir particularly these may as well be the deer of East Logáu. They're everywhere, and relative to them, large in meat and abundant in all sorts of useful resources.

Pelts, beaks, bones, claws, but of course above all, meat!

Usually tastes like something like a very fatty, earthy turkey depending on the diet.

So it should be no surprise that they are very common targets of hunting in most of the places they appear. In some cases they are even seen as sacred animals!

But for some cultural examples

Lets start with the Uãkoí who live around the Greenslit and Landú. These folks are hunter gatherers (seen in panels 2 and 4) who see their hunting of the Boémar as a way of life.

Boémar define their diet, while they also harvest starchy tubers, vegetables and berries for their diets, the bulk of it is made by hunting these massive Kiwis. Their clothing is also often made of Boémar pelts, whose feathers keep the cold rain off their backs, with their beaks often holding roles in local spiritual medicine.

If there is any culture that appreciates Boémar, its the Uãkoí. To the point where they have cosmological ties to them. In the cosmology of the Uãkoí. The drekir and Boémar were once the same ancestral being, one of two that lived in the caves but, after a betrayal, the sacred snail who lives in the wombs of the earth punished their shared ancestor by splitting them into two beings.

One was cursed to live on the flesh of others, to be wiley and astute. These became the drekir

One was cursed to live on the meager scraps of plants, to be dull but sturdy. These became the Boémar

At least in Uákoí cosmology.

So Boémar are seen as one half of their ancestral heritage. So Boémar often take part in shamanic rituals to reach back into the past to talk to the ancestors and spirits of the past. With shamans frequently wearing the bones and pelts of Boémar

Above all, the particularly sacred Albino Boémar of the deep greenslit.

Further to the South, the Talnai also have a relationship with the Boémar. Though they are mostly an arctic people dedicated to fishing, but that doesn't stop them from hunting the straight beaked boémar of the region. Mostly due to their insulative pelts, but also thanks to their spear like beaks which are often ornately carved into fishing harpoons and spears

Amongst the Dwanya of the Balal They as said prior, often hunt the coastal Boémar for their thick, leathery hides. But they also have a belief that the Boémar are followers of an ocean god. As they believe there is one of many gods, one being in the ocean, banished to the seas for their role in violent fires that ended a past golden age (their take on Jãrsta). With this ocean god, known as yalengao, being understandably depressed and prone to emotional outburts. So amongst the Dwanya, they see these strange Boémar as the messengers sent by the king of the mountain in the highlands west of them to calm down and help Yalengao in accepting their fate and they know when the Boémar flee the coasts, that Yalengao is about to have a tantrum

And there are dozens more local beliefs about the Boémar in different locales

But at the end of the day again, can't cover them all. But you can always count on the Boémar and drekir often knowing eachother well, thanks to their beaks, hides, and other useful resources

So yeah!

The Boémar! the Giant sickle beaked kiwis of Logáu (and other planar)