Animal Powers
Walk with thunder.
Animals grouped here express a similar power through their behavior in nature. Each species still has its own principle, lesson, meaning, and field-guide page.
5 species
Species principle: Grounded Power
Walk with thunder.
Not every powerful thing needs to leave the ground.
Abyssinian Ground Hornbills are large terrestrial hornbills that walk across savannas and open habitats, using strong bills, deep calls, and long legs while hunting small animals.
Species principle: Grounded Opportunist
Work the opening.
Ingenuity grows when intelligence is willing to scavenge, hunt, and investigate.
Caracaras are adaptable falcons that walk on the ground, scavenge, hunt, and investigate opportunities in open habitats.
Species principle: Riverbed Power
Stay low and wide.
Power does not always rise. Sometimes it spreads low and becomes part of the riverbed.
Giant Freshwater Stingrays have enormous flattened bodies that help them rest, hide, and glide along muddy river bottoms while using electroreception and stealth to locate food.
Species principle: Ground-Weight Reserve
Power underfoot.
Quiet power does not need height when it has weight and persistence.
Jerusalem Crickets are large ground-dwelling insects with strong bodies, digging habits, and mostly hidden nocturnal lives.
Species principle: Slow Substance
Move with weight.
Power does not need speed when it is built with weight and patience.
Pacaranas are large, slow-moving nocturnal rodents that use strong claws and heavy bodies while foraging in rocky forest habitats.
