#Desert Na'vi oc species

[villainsimpqueen]

Yall my fanfic

"The Barren Lands" Birthday is in three days!

Ive been cooking up something special

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[danevelkan]

Desert na'vi Fanmade sub species consept? idk i wanted a red na'vi oc hehe :>

[hapalopus]

ok so. i have an idea...

I refuse to believe "tropical humid sunny paradise" is the only biome that exists on Pandora and I refuse to believe all the animals we've seen so far are monotypic. Sturmbeest have a similar role around the Omaticaya clan's home that bison used to have on the prairie - they're large herbivores that root around and stomp the ground and travel in enormous herds. But bovines on Earth don't just live on prairies - we've got jungle bovines like the anoa and swamp bovines like the water buffalo and dry grass bovines like the Somali buffalo and mountain bovines like yak and so on. Sturmbeest could be a genus with species in all sorts of biomes!

Likewise, Na'vi are as widespread and adaptable as humans are on Earth. I don't believe there's a single place on Pandora the Na'vi couldn't live. But still, I want to push the limits of what's possible.

So the idea I've been kicking around for a few days is nomadic desert-dwelling Na'vi who ride around on a desert-adapted sturmbeest-species. More specifically, I'm picturing these people traveling from vlei to vlei as they dry out and fill up with the seasons. The sturmbeest would be excellent for this lifestyle as they can use their horns to dig up dormant plants from seemingly dead vleis.

The only problem is that sturmbeest queues are quite short and sit very low. There's no way a Na'vi would be able to make tsaheylu while riding. Instead, I'm imagining a sort of hybrid tsaheylu + positive reinforcement training process. These Na'vi do make tsaheylu with their sturmbeest, but only as a way of teaching them how to respond to reins, pressure/release, and verbal commands (and of course they also make the bond to, well, build a bond with each other).

I can also picture the Na'vi only using their sturmbeest as beasts of burden, never riding them, but instead walking by their side, queue to queue.

I have very few ideas about the Na'vi themselves. They're even taller than average and their hair gets sun-bleached, turning dark blue at the tips. I picture them in flowing white robes, meant to fend off the heat. I also have an individual dude in mind, but I don't think he'll turn into a fully fledged oc. I have no idea how they communicate with Eywa.

So anyways, here's a nice doodle of a sturmbeest and a guy :)