Life Beneath the Mother Tree: The Kilmei

The Kilmei is a simple and overall harmless equine animal. These hooved four-legged creatures move at incredible speeds, moving in small herds. Although many farmers and scholars alike, take to debating whether or not to refer to groupings of these animals as “herds” or “hives”, because of their diets.

These colorful animals come in a variety of colors, consisting of whites, greys, black, browns, and reds. The patterns displayed in their fur are also quite diverse, showing a myriad of striped, speckled, and color-muddled foals.

They also sport a mane that spans from between their ears, to the tip of their long tails, that certain groups of scholars debate whether it is used for balance or self-defence.

(I am from the school of thought that it is likely used for both.)

The Kilmei is noted to perform death defying feats of climbing that seem to nearly rival that of a Gyrdstrog, often seen using its tail to keep its weight pinned to steep inclines. The fur of the Kilmei is said to be quite thick, well enough to withstand the stinger and bite of most insects.

Back to the subject of a Kilmei’s diet. Many farmers have been quoted stating that if you are to own a Kilmei, you should be prepared to have a plentiful garden of flowers. The Kilmei is a pollinator species, using their long tongues to ingest a diet of nectar from flowers. A select group of Arvelt farmers infer that the Kilmei derives some protein by ingesting insects that are pollinating the same flowers, creating a shift in the debate among scholars upon the exact nature of their diets.

The select few scholars in study of this idea, suggest that a Kilmeis diet consists of the insects that reside within the flowers, but this suggestion is up to rigorous debate. So far current studies of the animals behavior would propose these claims to be false, nd rather prefer the nectar from large pod-like flowers.

The care for these animals is simple, as having a garden to feed them ample amounts of nectar. In the wild, they will often behave similarly to the Bosthog, roaming from field to glade to graze from flower beds. Many bee farmers will keep Kilmei as they are colloquially called the “Bees Friend,” often spotted roaming the vicinity of bee hives, and inadvertently differing predatory birds from any hives.

The Kilmei seem to have learned that if the bees are happy, they will be well fed in the area.