BONUS CONTENT: Sketchbook: Yak
The Ciceron yak were pretty fun to design since every sketch had something going for it. It’s pretty rare that I like something about every concept and then just have the luxury of picking the one I like the most. More often it’s, “Ugh, ugh, horrible, okay, ugh, that’s it!” The main thing with the yak was settling on something that looked big and bulky without looking too aggressive. Some of the designs ended up looking a bit more domesticated than others, so those are the ones I went with.
Nothing as handy as a six legged yak in an ass kicking contest!
It would indeed be hard to imagine some of these yaks to be docile enough to let them swallow some crush.
6legged yaks would carry the Avatar stigma, mixing different body plans in what seems as related clades. Except for that I think the yaks have the “river horse” (hippo) rep – the most dangerous animal on a continent, looking like a cute pillow on legs. (Except when it opens that mouth – oy!)