Group Limits

• Pact (arid Tyrannotitans)
  • Up to 2 adult Tyrannotitans and their offspring.
• Clan (humid Tyrannotitans)
  • Up to a maximum of 6 adult Tyrannotitans + their adolescent offspring.
• Drift
  • Up to 2 voidborn Tyrannotitans.

Nest Limits

• Arid Tyrannotitans
  • 3 eggs, 6-hour interval
• Humid Tyrannotitans
  • 2 eggs, 4-hour interval
• Drift
  • 1 eggs, 8-hour interval
  • Drifts can only have 4 eggs per season.

Sexual Dimorphism

• Males
  • don't have spikes on their back.
  • Suitable subspecies: glandis
• Females
  • do have spikes on their back.
  • Suitable subspecies: chubutensis, carolinii
• Other
  • Sexual dimorphism is mandatory.
  • Depending on the constellation, Tyrannotitans may not accept melanistic or albino individuals.

Variant Dimorphism

• Arid variant
  • The skin of the “arid” variant includes warm colours that range between white, orange, red and brown. They can have black accents as well as long as the rest is clearly warm tones. The eyes are always orange or red.
• Humid variant
  • The skin of the “humid” variant includes colder colours that range between green, blue and black. They can have white accents as well as long as the rest is clearly cold tones. The eyes are always green or blue.
• Variant dimorphism is mandatory. Individuals not following the dimorphism may face aggressive behaviour from their own variant as they are not recognised as one of their own.
• The eyes are the major giveaway only for the player to know to what variant a Tyrannotitan belongs to.
• The skin colour is the major giveaway for the in game character to know to what variant a Tyrannotitan belongs to.
• Individuals will always belong to the variant their eye colour indicates.
  This means, you have to choose your eye colour depending on what variant you’re going to be.

Habitat

• Pacts / arid variants
  • live mostly in dry regions: Beaches, Desert & Mesa
• Clans / humid variants
  • live mostly in humid regions: Hills, Valleys, Marshlands & Sparse Woodlands
• The biomes of the other variant count as neutral biomes for the own variant.

Activity

• Pacts / arid variants
  • are cathemeral. They sleep when their stomachs are freshly filled and when the sun stands at its highest point. Otherwise they take short naps spread across both day and night.
• Clans / humid variants
  • are diurnal and sleep during the night, only interrupted to drink water or hunt a critter as nightly snack.

Diet

• Strict Carnivore
  • Tyrannotitans only eat fresh meat.

Growing Behaviours

• Hatchling
  • As a hatchling, Tyrannotitan is quite helpless at the start. Its eyes just start to open and it stands only wobbly on its feet. Dependent on the food provided by its parents, it stays in the nest and vocalises loudly to get attention and to be the first to receive food, often trying to outdo their siblings with it.


• Juvenile
  • Standing stronger on both legs now, the juvenile Tyrannotitan will leave the nest and follow its mother closely. Siblings squabble with each other a lot during this stage, but before it gets serious, the mother usually corrects them.
  • Pacts already start to move again when their offspring have reached the juvenile stage.
  • Clans however will stay around the nest longer.


• Adolescent
  • Adolescent Tyrannotitan males start to become calmer and fight less with their siblings. Instead, they seek guidance from their father more and more.
  • Females keep up their play fights, which can turn a bit more violent from time to time now.
  • At this time also, their parents may introduce them to the rest of the group.
  • When the adolescent sheds its skin and it turns out to be a melanistic individual as an arid variant or an albino that belongs to the humid variant, it finds itself in grave danger. The adults cannibalize these children, as they are recognised not as their kids anymore, but as an individual of the opposite variant.
  • Should the offspring manage to escape, it will have a harsh life ahead. These “voidborns” will be seen as members of the other variant and will therefore be treated as one.
  • Voidborns are unaware of their own skin colour and do not know that they are different. Therefore they will behave exactly like their variant, have the same preferred biomes and eye colour, but are doomed to live a lone life, as they are attacked by their own variant and also instinctively hunt and attack the opposite variant, even if those see the voidborn as one of their own.


• Sub/Adult
  • Subadults count as fully grown Tyrannotitans.
  • In pacts, all offspring will go its own way from now on.
  • In clans, usually only the females leave to find a new clan or found their own.

Orphan Behaviours

• Orphans come into the world quietly. As they notice the lack of kindred around them, they struggle to get onto their feet quickly and hide in nearby foliage.
• Soon following, they will try to get on their way to find other adult Tyrannotitans.
• Since they don’t quite know the difference between the arid and humid populations, they try to get adopted by any female they come across. Usually though, their instincts lead them towards their preferred biomes.
• When they start to reach adulthood, they will grow an understanding of where they belong, as they gather experience with each encounter of their species.
• Orphans don’t face any difficulties as adults.

Social Behaviours

General

• Over the centuries, Tyrannotitans have split up into two different variants.
• Some Tyrannotitans have accustomed themselves to rather dry regions, where they roam together with a sibling or their partner and offspring, called a pact.
  • They are always born with yellow, orange or red eyes and have warmer skin shades.
• The other half of the species has settled in humid biomes. There they rule together in small packs called clans.
  • They are always born with green or blue eyes and have colder skin shades.
• While the arid population has grown more solitary and migratory to sustain the harsh droughts of their biomes, the humid population remains in larger clans in their claimed territory.
• Tyrannotitans do recognise the variant of another Titan by the skin colour.
  • If another Titan fits with its skin colour to the own variant, it is seen as an individual of the same variant.
  • If another Titan does not fit with its skin colour to the own variant, it is seen as an individual of the other variant.
  • This will result in the following:
    • A melanistic is always seen as an individual of the humid variant - even if it is born as an arid variant.
    • An albino is always seen as an individual of the arid variant - even if it is born as a humid variant.
• In the rare case that two voidborns of the opposite variant meet, they see each other as one of their own variant.
  • Surprised about not being attacked by “one of their own”, they may group up to form a pack of 2 called a “drift”.
  • Since they do not share preferred biomes, they can only hunt together at 50% hunger anywhere they are.
  • Drifts may nest within the females preferred biomes. Their offspring, called “halfbloods”, will be a mix of both variants. Their eyes grey or black and their skin colour a mix of both variants, they will have no preferred biome and are condemned to a life of no true belonging.
• Halfbloods cannot court or nest and will be seen as the opposite variant by both the arid and humid variant. They will therefore be aggressed by any other Tyrannotitan.
  • The halfbloods themselves are passive to both arid and humid Tyrannotitans as they grew up with both as parents, but may grow more aggressive towards both variants with each bad experience they make.
  • Should two halfbloods ever meet, they may sniff each other curiously or even attack each other, but will not group.
• Despite their size, Tyrannotitans are very caring towards their pack mates and offspring.
  Especially females often engage in play fights, even as adults. This way they test their strength and sharpen their skills they need to defend their offspring. These fights never cause real injuries though.
  • Arid females, due to the lack of other females in their vicinity to fight with, sometimes challenge their mate or other females they come across.
  • They do so by friendly-calling, followed by an aggressive call.
• Should these training fights actually go too far, Tyrannotitans have a habit of shaking their body to ease tensions and show friendly demeanor.
• Females are willing to adopt young Tyrannotitans of their own variant and care for it as one of their own.
• If females accidentally adopt a child of the opposite variant, they will cannibalize it as soon as they realise it - usually when the offspring starts to grow into its variant skin colours.
• Adopted Tyrannotitans may remain in a clan after reaching sub-adult.

Variant differences

• Pacts / arid variants
  • Tyrannotitans of the arid variant are usually pretty passive with their own variant.
  • They don’t see the use in wasting energy to fight each other and usually just pass carefully when coming across each other.
  • If not grouped with a mate or a sibling of the same gender, they spend their lives solitary, roaming the dry lands in search of a mate.
  • Arid Titans are monogamous and form life-long pair bonds. It is usually the female that has the last word.
• Clans / humid variants
  • Tyrannotitans of the humid variant claim large territories for their clan, but are - as their arid counterparts - peaceful to another when traveling outside of their territory.
  • This variant is seasonal monogamous.
  • Clans are usually led loosely by any individual or pair in the clan, though females are more likely to take on the leadership role than the males.

Variant rivalry

• The Tyrannotitan variants have an age old vendetta with each other. Whenever they meet, it will end in a fight and blood will be shed.
• Their peaceful behaviour changes rapidly when they meet Tyrannotitans of the other variant. Their ancient rivalry with each other causes them to not tolerate Titans of other variants in their vicinity, no matter where they meet.
• Usually the first Tyrannotitan to see the other variant immediately initiate a violent conflict.
• These fights start with a short shouting match between the two groups. Their bodies tense, any side is fast to launch the first attack.
• Only two Tyrannotitans of each side will join the fight (see engagement limits), while the rest takes some distance.
• The fight will only end when a body falls, though any side may try to flee if they feel like surrendering.
• The winning side may feel generous and let them go, but they do not have to accept the other variants surrender and may keep chasing them until a body falls.
  • Tyrannotitans of the humid variant claim large territories for their clan, but are - as their arid counterparts - peaceful to another when traveling outside of their territory.
    • This may be done without regard to their hunger levels - Tyrannotitans are simply out for blood when it comes to encounters with the other variant.
    • After this, normal body down rules apply.
  • If both sides want to surrender, they friendly call each other and go their separate ways, though they will only do this when the situation is very dire for both sides.
  • Tyrannotitans that are solo will usually try to avoid fights against a full pairing of the other variant - Tyrannotitans might be bloodthirsty, but not stupid.

Interspecies Behaviours

• Tyrannotitans are mostly indifferent about other species when not hungry. They ignore smaller dinosaurs but can get aggressive when they get too perky.

Territorial Behaviours

• Territorial behaviour is only displayed by clans. Tyrannotitans claim quite large territories for their clan, but have a rather passive way to defend it against intruders (except when the intruder is a Tyrannotitan of the other variant - then see “variant interactions”).
• When noticing 2+ sub-apex or 1 larger carnivore passing through their territory, they follow them at a distance. Instead of attacking directly, the members follow the intruder. Should they pass through without bigger stops, the resident clan will not interfere and let them pass.
• However should the intruders attempt to settle down, be it to claim the area as their own territory or just to sleep, they will go into action and chase them out.
• Should the intruding species attempt a hunt, Tyrannotitans have acquired a bold behaviour.
  • If hungry, they will not interfere in the intruders hunt, but wait out the result and then will challenge the body to make use of their opponent's weakened situation.
    If no body has fallen, the clan instead goes over to attack the intruders, to chase them out of the territory. If the clan is hungry enough to hunt, they may hunt the intruder if the intruder is not a Tyrannotitan.
  • If not hungry, they will directly chase them out of their territory before the intruders can attempt a hunt.

Hunted Behaviours

• Tyrannotitans hunt anything they deem big enough to serve as a filling meal. They don’t bother hunting tiny and small dinosaurs as it would cost more energy to hunt them than it would benefit them.
• Since Tyrannotitans are not exactly the most stealthy and have quite good endurance for their size, they often walk straight up to their target without being mindful about how they approach their prey.
• They use their sharp teeth and stamina to their advantage, draining the bleeding target out until it has no stamina left to run or defend itself.

Engagement Limits

• A maximum of two Tyrannotitans can engage in a fight.

Courtship

• Tyrannotitan males choose their female partner after how many scars she has, as this shows her experience and promises well defended children.
• In contrast to this, Tyrannotitan females chose their male partner after how well they can hunt and provide food for her and prefer rather submissive males.
• Females show their willingness to court when they get snappy towards a male. They start to mock-bite towards the male they are interested in.
• A male responds by showing his belly (questionmark emote) if he is interested as well, in an effort to show his goodwill. Otherwise he will distance himself from her respectfully, as she might get into a bad mood upon her rejection.
• The courtship is concluded, when both Tyrannotitans friendly-call towards each other and exchange caresses.
• Males on the other hand show their interest towards a female by friendly-calling and shaking their body (questionmark emote) to present them their unprotected belly to show their good intent.
• Females will usually observe the males presentation for a bit.
• If the female is interested as well, she will come forward and friendly-call. Otherwise she will ignore him or turn away.

Nesting

• Females prefer to raise their offspring alone. In a clan, they separate themselves from the pack to go their own ways until the offspring is adolescent. The female searches for a calm spot away from the other Tyrannotitans, where she can build her nest in peace and quiet.
• Males are loving to their mates, but distance themselves when offspring is born. They know that the usually kind females turn rabid against anything that is not their offspring.
  • The male's duty therefore is to acquire food and protect the outskirts around the nesting site, as long as the offspring is still nest bound.
  • To drop off food that he has hunted for his partner and offspring, the male will carefully approach to a distance that the female allows him to be in and call twice to let her know that he has brought food.
  • Curiosity sometimes drives the male to come even close to the nest, but he will respect the female's corrections and never fight back, as he wants only the best for his offspring.
• Should a male or anything else come too close to a female while her offspring is still juvenile or younger, the female will aggressively lash out on the individual, until it takes a distance she sees fit.
• If and how far a female will chase the male away does depend on for how long and well she knows the male. In cases where she has known the male for almost all her life or has already had multiple nests with him without incidents, she may decide to trust him and let him stay closer around.
• Once the offspring is adolescent, the pair and offspring returns to the rest of the clan.

Notes

• During nesting, clan members and the nesting pair will NOT defend each other from threats.
• The eye colour of a Tyrannotitan is a clear indicator only for the players to visualize what variant the character belongs to.
• Tyrannotitans as in game characters do recognise the variant of each other only by the colour of their skin.
• The nesting post has to include of which variant (arid or humid) the parents are.

Terms

• Variant = Subspecies of the Tyrannotitan; variants are the “humid” and the “arid” population
• Arid population = Tyrannotitans living in arid areas (orange marked biomes)
• Humid population = Tyrannotitans living in humid areas (blue marked biomes)
• Clan = pack of the “humid” variant Tyrannotitan
• Pact = pack of the “arid” variant Tyrannotitan
• Voidborn = an individual that was born melanistic in the arid variant or albinistic in the humid variant
• Drift = a pack made out of two voidborns
• Halfblood = an individual that was born by one parent-half from the arid and one parent-half from the humid variant

Stat Changes

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