Group Limits

Familial Group Limits

• Packs
  • 5 Sub-Adult/Adult Dames, 5 Sub-Adult/Adult Sires
  • For every dame in the pack, one sire may join as her mate.
  • Only related dame’s in a Pack.
• Howls
  • 5 Sub-Adult/Adult Sires
  • It is NOT possible for a Dame to have grown to adulthood in a Howl.
• Dispersal Pods
  • 5 **Related** Sires / Dames
  • Dames will stay together until they find a mate, in which case that member shall leave.
  • Sires will only stay together until the next blooming season, in which case all members of the group will separate.

Nest Limits

• Blooming Season: 5 eggs, 4-hour Interval
  • Blooming season proves to be the best season for Alioramus to nest, offering lots of food, water, and just the right temperatures.
• Scorching Season: 2 eggs, 4-hour Interval
  • Scorching season is extremely hot, causing Alioramus to feel less inclined to lay eggs. Even with the offspring they have, they may struggle to keep the children alive if the scorching season proves to be too hot.
• Wilting Season: 1 eggs, 4-hour Interval
  • During Wilting season, Alioramus may only have one egg to take care of, and usually the males caring for the offspring may even neglect the single chick.
• Frosting Season: 0 eggs
  • Due to the colder temperatures, Alioramus are completely baren, and focus on getting through the winter rather than egg laying. Packs of Alioramus may begin travelling rather than staying in one territory during this time IF their territory proves to become difficult to survive in.

Sexual Dimorphism

• Sexual Dimorphism is mandatory.
• Sires (males)
  • are bulky, bright, and sometimes even colorful, they stand out against the forest background, and will never blend in.
  • Suitable subspecies: eritquearcus
• Dames (females)
  • are thin and duller in color, often having no colorful features at all. Dames will never stand out from the forest background, and will almost always be naturally colored.
  • Suitable subspecies: altai, remotus
• Mutations
  • Albino Dames are treated as Sires, and will be chased out once they reach sub-adult. Albino Dames will be unable to join a pack unless they court another dame, or start a pack with a sire.
  • Melanistic Sires are treated as Dames, and will not be chased out of a pack unless there are already 5 dames.

Habitat

• Territorial
• Prefers: Dense Woodland, Sparse Woodland
  • Alioramus prefers Dense Woodland biomes, however, if all Dense Woodland biomes are claimed by another pack, they will temporarily move to Sparse Woodland biomes until confident enough to fight in a territory dispute.
  • Alioramus within Sparse Woodland biomes are NOT territorial, and will not hatch eggs.
• Dislikes: Hills, Deserts & Valleys
  • Alioramus hate any biomes that do not provide adequate cover.

Activity

• Cathemeral
  • Sires will patrol the territory, and may have territory disputes at ANY time, however, hunting may only be done during the day.

Diet

• Strict Carnivore: Neutral
• Alioramus can only eat fresh meat, and will always prefer hunting over contesting a body.
  • They will ONLY contest for a body if they are in desperate hunger, OR if the carnivores eating the body are on their territory.
• Alioramus will always prefer medium herbivores over carnivores.
• Alioramus may hunt large herbivores, or even carnivores ONLY if all 4 members of the hunt are desperate hunger.
  • Alioramus tolerate herbivores that are sub-apex or larger.

Growing Behaviours

Hatchling

• When Alioramus chicks first hatch, they are cold and wet, and must stick close to their nest. Adult sires will guard the nest and often groom the chicks until dry. Once dry, chicks will immediately start alert calling until fed. Once fed, chicks are extremely silent until they reach 50% hunger again, in which case they will begin alert calling once more. Chicks stick close to one another to feel warm and safe, and never leave the nest. If there are no adults around the nest to guard them, chicks will begin alert calling until an adult shows back up to guard the nest, or until a predator shows up to kill them. If a predator finds them, chicks will scatter in all directions from the nest and become lost. If not found by an adult, they are likely to starve. This scattering behavior only stops once the alioramus chicks become Adolescent. If they survive, they will never return to the place they hatched from fear of danger.

Juvenile

• Once dames become Juvenile, they will become explorative, and start to leave the nest. They will often stray too far from the nest, and have to be herded back to the nesting site by their fathers. Juvenile dames will also begin play-fighting, chasing and nipping at each other until one reaches half health. Once at half health, they will alert, call and hide behind their fathers, much to their father’s annoyance.
• Once sires become juvenile, they stick close to their fathers and mimic their father’s every action. If their father tries to leave the nesting site, they will try to follow, only to be herded back by another member of the pack. While their father is away, the juvenile sires will begin racing their brothers, testing their legs until their father returns.
• If a juvenile dame starts trying to playfight a juvenile sire, the juvenile sire will alert call and flee.

Adolescent

• Once dames become adolescent, they will be allowed to leave the nesting area with the dame hunting parties, and are expected to watch the adults hunt. If not with a hunting party, however, Adolescent dames will be expected to stay at the nest for safety. While at the nest, adolescent dames start becoming much more aggressive in their play fighting, and may accidentally kill their siblings if an adult alioramus does not stop them. If the parent sire believes the dame dame chick is hyper aggressive or not following pack rules, he will bite her and force her to leave. Seeing this hostility, she must immediately flee the area, but may attempt to return- at her own risk. Sometimes packs will accept the female, but other times they may hunt her down. Adolescent sires, however, will be expected to follow the adult sires on a territory patrol. They watch how the adults fight, and mimic this behavior later on with each other when they get back to the nesting site. They will play fight with their siblings until half health, and then begin running, and chasing each other in a race.

Sub/Adult

• Once dames become sub-adult, they are allowed to move around the territory freely, and do anything an adult would. The only difference, however, being that they will flee from danger if alone. When fleeing, they are silent and prefer to stick to brush to hopefully throw off any pursuers. If there are already too many dames in the pack, they will be run off by their mothers, and though this is stressful for the sub-adult dame, they accept it with grace, and wander with their sisters until they get a mate.
• Once sires reach sub-adult, they are chased out by the other sires. Although sub-adult sires will at first be extremely distressed by this, especially if they have accompanied other sires in a territory dispute, the sires eventually move on and leave the territory with their brothers. Sire dispersal groups are often seen running, and calling when playing. Sub-adult sires struggle to hunt alone, and are more likely to hunt much smaller dinosaurs, or contest a weakened carnivore for a body.

Orphan Behaviours

• Orphan Alioramus are extremely loud, and will alert call constantly while wet and cold. They will stay in one place and continue to call until they realize no one is there.
  • Once they realize there are no parents to hear their calls, they will wander away from the destroyed nest in search of their parents. Orphan Alioramus will imprint on any dinosaur that looks similar to an Alioramus, and will follow this parent around while alert calling until they are either fed, or the baby Alioramus becomes desperate enough to try to hunt something themselves. If the Alioramus is lucky enough to be tolerated or accepted by their imprinted mother, they may take on behaviors of this dinosaur.

Social Behaviours

• Dames are extremely active and aggressive, often mock-fighting with one another in order to hone their hunting skills. If defeated during these mock-fights, dames will become extremely irritable, and snappy until they manage to prove themselves worthy once more. They will become jealous of the victors, and often try to fight them again the next time they are ready to spar. This often results in rival pairs who will only fight each other, and rarely fight the other dames.
• Sires, when on a territory patrol, are often very loud, repeatedly calling out to announce their presence in the territory. When they do this, it’s not uncommon for dames currently on hunting patrols to find them, and chew them out with aggro calls until the sires quiet down.
• Sires are often seen running around the nesting site when they are not on territory patrol, chasing one another, and teaching the juvenile sires the best ways to chase. This behavior is called Racing, and they do this so that they can chase intruding carnivores later on.
• Dames tend to ignore offspring, and even avoid them until it’s time to bring them food, at which case they will take chunks of their prey to their children until every child is fed. When feeding offspring, one dame will watch the body, while four other dames bring chunks to the children. They only do this until children stop eating, and then they will sit guard at the body once more. While Dames are guarding the body, if another carnivore wanders over to eat from the body, the dames, who are tired from the battle, are far more likely to just hand over the body, and walk away, though once they return to the nesting site they will fetch the sires to do territory patrols.
• Sires are extremely attentive of their young, and will protect these young at any cost. If an orphan Alioramus makes their way to their nest, Sires are likely to adopt the child, but are aware of them not being related to them. The orphaned Alioramus will aggressively be ran off the moment they begin sparring with the related Alioramus.
• Sires often need to separate adolescent dames from killing each other, and will even chase away any particularly aggressive dames who continuously almost kill their siblings. When this happens, it’s not uncommon for the sire to kill the particularly aggressive chick if she does not leave.

Interspecies Behaviours

• Alioramus with a claimed territory do not get along with other carnivores, and will attack and chase out other carnivores on sight. This ONLY counts as a hunt if the alioramus are all dames on a hunting party, and at least one alioramus is hungry. Sires will NEVER fight to hunt, but if the carnivore they’re fighting refuses to leave the territory, they will kill them and eat them. If the carnivore they are fighting tries to flee, all sires will stop the pursuit as soon as they are out of POI.
• Sires will tolerate and ignore herbivores while on a territory patrol, however, if one of them is hungry, they may start calling to grab the attention of dames, so that dames may hunt the herbivore.
• A solo or pair of Alioramus may begin following apex carnivores, and try to fight prey alongside them in a hunt. These Alioramus will wait until their chosen carnivore finishes eating, and then they will eat once the larger carnivore is done. The Alioramus will fiercely run off any unfamiliar Alioramus around the carnivore, and if they ever get more than 2 Alioramus in their group, they must leave to claim a territory. Alioramus will Stop following an Apex if it has a partner, this is because the Alioramus will feel threatened by the second Apex.

Territorial Behaviours

• Sires will patrol the territory often, so long as one doesn’t have chicks. Sires will continue patrolling, even during the night time, and will only stop patrolling when a dame calls them for rest.
• Sires will chase out other Alioramus who are not in the group, and sometimes even kill the other Alioramus if they continue to return.
• Sires will ALWAYS attack other carnivores, and only stop attacking once out of POI or once the carnivore is dead. If the Alioramus are defeated in battle, they will tolerate the carnivore ONLY until the combat timer is up, unless the carnivore is territorial and runs them out of POI.
• Sires will chase carnivores on sight, and are not known to be stealthy.
• Alioramus will never hunt Bonapartenykus, as they find them to be rather cute, and they smell rather unappetizing.

Hunted Behaviours

• PACKS
  • Dames will gather a hunting party during the day, and patrol the territory for prey together. They will stick close to foliage, and try to remain hidden until they have spotted prey. Once they have found prey, they will stalk their prey until every member of the party is ready to attack.
  • Once ready, they will do their call buffs, and run out to attack. Dames are savage, and will not stop the hunt until someone dies. Calling off the hunt is NOT an option for Alioramus, so they must be confident they can hunt their target.
  • When being hunted, all Alioramus will flee unless they think they can take their attacker in a fight. If they are alone, Alioramus are more likely to flee, but if they’re in a group of 4, will choose to fight. If Alioramus flees, sires will be loud, while dames will be silent.
• HOWLS
  • Alioramus that are in a howl are extremely uncoordinated when gathering a hunting party. They will gather in a large group, and will bicker with several different calls until a party of four is decided. The single remaining sire who was not chosen for the hunt will either stay or follow the hunt from a distance.
  • When hunting, these sires make no effort to conceal themselves. They are loud and quick. The moment they spot prey, they attack. These groups prefer small to medium herbivores, but due to poor hunting skills, they have learned not to be picky, and will even hunt small to medium carnivores.
  • When being hunted, these sires will flee unless in a group of four together, in which case they will only fight if they believe they can take it. However, they will always flee from apex and above.
• DISPERSAL PODS: MALE
  • During the time period that male siblings are together in a dispersal pod, up until Blooming season, they will wander aimlessly until they happen to come across prey. Sires in a dispersal pod struggle with working together, and therefore, struggle to hunt. They often accidentally hit each other during hunts, and as each sire gets low on health, they will abandon their siblings to flee, and regroup after the battle.
  • When being hunted, sires in a dispersal pod always flee.
• DISPERSAL PODS: FEMALE
  • Dames in a dispersal pod are far more coordinated than sires. They stalk among the foliage, and study their prey’s movements for a short period of time until they are ready to ambush their prey.
  • When being hunted, dames will only fight if they believe they can handle the fight. Once they are low on health, they will flee as a group.
• SOLITARY: MALE
  • Solitary sires often end up having to pick at scraps left behind by other hunters, or hunting particularly slow or sickly prey. They are unable to hunt properly, and their main goal is always to find a mate. Solitary sires do not hunt large or above.
  • When hunted, solitary males always flee.
• SOLITARY: FEMALE
  • Solitary dames will track their prey from long distances, usually prey of medium or below. If possible, they will attempt to corner their prey and do the bite-and-run tactic until their prey significantly weakens.
  • If unable to corner their prey, they will chase and bite their prey until they decide that they are wasting energy in doing so.
  • When hunted, solitary females always flee.

Engagement Limits

• 4 Dames may participate in a hunt
  • Albino Dames are NOT allowed to participate in a hunt.
  • Melanistic Sires ARE allowed to participate in a hunt.
• 4 Sires may participate in a territory dispute.
  • Melanistic Sires are NOT allowed to participate in a territory dispute.
  • Albino Dames ARE allowed to participate in a territory dispute.
• 2 Alioramus without a territory may only fight alongside 1 Apex.
  • See Interspecies Behaviours.

Courtship

• Sires will wander from territory to territory until they find one claimed by an Alioramus pack, at which case they will try to infiltrate the area without being caught by the other sires of the group, and try to find the dames. If there is a dame looking for a mate, she will inspect the strange sire, while the sire friendly calls her and shakes his feathers as a display. If there are no available dames, the dames of the group will aggro call him and chase him out, and he will continue his search.
• Sires who have separated from their dispersal group for the blooming season will begin calling out and searching for dames even outside of a territory, and dame dispersal groups will go towards his calls. Once the sire enters what he believes to be a pack territory, he will become silent and try to track any dames in a hunting party.
• If a sire comes across a dame dispersal group, he will try to court one of the dames in the group, and leave to start a pack with her.
  • Sires are likely to mistake a Melanistic sire as a dame.
• If two sires come across each other, and neither have a mate, it’s not uncommon for them to court each other and try to start their own pack. In which case, they will adopt any adolescent or below. However, this pack is not sustainable, as the sires will still chase away any playful offspring. See notes below.
• If a dame is wandering without a pack, they will try to find a sire, and may even try to court one who already has a mate; but are likely to be attacked in the process.
• Dames that are interested in the sire will stand at his side in a line, and wait. Once dames have expressed their interest in the sire, the sire will walk around the front of the dames and begin inspecting the dames, then he will friendly call and shake his feathers at the one he is interested in. After this, the pair will find a place to nest, preferably in caves, or deeply forested areas. If the dame who was courted is part of a pack, they will build their nest close to others of the pack.
• If the dame is in a dispersal group, and is uninterested in the sire, she will simply turn and walk away.
• If the dame is in a pack, and is uninterested, she will aggro call him, and back up. If all the dames present aggro call and stand at her side, they will run off the sire. If the sire alert calls while running away, dames will not kill him.

Notes

• Alioramus may only adopt if there are currently other children they are raising; if there are no children, they will kill the orphan. The only exception to this rule is if a pair of mated sires are looking for offspring.
• A pair of sires who adopt offspring will always eventually chase away rowdy young dames.
• If a pair of sires manages to raise male orphans to adulthood, and the orphan chooses to stay, they may struggle with food. If the struggle becomes too great, it may force the pack to disperse.

Terms

• Male Alioramus are known as Sires.
• Female Alioramus are known as Dames.
• Alioramus young are known as Chicks.
• Alioramus groups are known as Packs.
• Siblings leaving together are known as Dispersal Pods.
• A pair of mated sires who have started a pack is called a Howl.

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