Tree-ish Pets

The keepers needed one name for a snail, a hedgehog, a flamingo, a koala, an armadillo and a panda, taken all together, and tree-ish was as near as they came. Two of the six have been seen in a tree. The name has stood because nobody could better it.

They are gentle beasts and slow to join a fight, and it is said that an enemy falters before them. The snail is the least of them and the most gifted in magic. The panda is the greatest, and like the grizzly bear it has no magic at all; it carries its master's goods, and is feared only by those who have fought one.

Details

• Commonest to rarest, with their young: Snail (tiny snail), Hedgehog (hedgehog piglet), Flamingo (flamingo chick), Koala (koala cub), Armadillo (armadillo cub), Panda (panda cub).
• Their eggs are slimey and puke-coloured. They are found in treasure, and the rarer ones are seldom seen in the treasure of low levels.
• Born knowing: the flamingo Flying, the koala Protection, the armadillo Poison, the panda how to carry objects.
• The snail learns magical tricks only, and the panda none.