Psiconus

Discovery

From the notes of Doctor Ivan Sanderson

"For ages, scholars have argued off and on over whether something as small and tiny as Psicon Evo. I look at the creature as an infantile stage to something much larger. And that is precisely what I discovered with Psiconus.

For many years it has been thought by some that these creatures were a variation of Sandra, perhaps a male or something of the sort. I have always disagreed. I mean, look at it! They are quite obviously a very different species. But others never saw it that way.

I long had a theory that some considered preposterous, that these creatures were in fact an Evo form of Psicon. Well finally, my assistant, Jane Dawn, finally convinced me to head out and attempt to prove my theory.

We knew of a place close by, in the ridges of Dragron Valley in Southern Almahna, where there was a colony of Psicons. So that is where we went. Our goal and objective was to observe the Psicons and see how they lived and see if perhaps we could find some connection to these creatures I dubbed Psiconus, that other foolish people thought were a variation of Sandra. We were going to prove my theory, I just knew it.

For many days and nights we observed the Psicons as they just went about their lives in their natural habitat. As they scavenged for food. As they drank from the river. Even as they huddled together in small burrows. By the third week I was beginning to grow discouraged. I wondered if the fools in the science community were indeed right after all. Would I have to return and admit my mistake? I am not a proud man. Whether a theory is proven or disproven, it is exciting either way. But this was one case where I truly wanted to be right.

But then something began to happen around the one month mark. The Psicons began to act excitedly about something. But what could it possibly be, I wondered? Then they began to migrate from their hollows in Dragron Valley north, toward Mount Hellfire. Whatever could they be doing? In all of my years I have never observed such behaviour in these creatures before, nor had I heard of anyone else observing it either. Jane and I could do nothing else but to follow the family of Psicons up to the mountains, yet we hadn't exactly prepared for a mountain climbing excursion. And so, Jane returned to Calrune to gather the equipment we would be needing as I followed the group the best I could so as to not lose track of them.

She returned to me and we rendezvoused just at the foot of the mountain, just as I was beginning to lose sight of the creatures. Slowly but surely we made our way up the mountain behind the group of Psicons. Finally we made it up to a mountain trail leading up to a ridge looking over over all of Southern Almahna. We huddled behind some rocks as we observed the Psicons, as night had begun to fall and the moons were rising high in the sky. That was when it struck me. Tonight was a rare night indeed, for both Luna and Mund would be full in all their glory! Could that be what attracted the Psicons up here?

Indeed, as we continued to observe the creatures, they began to all stare up at the moons in unison, making strange chirping sounds that sounded almost like music of a sort. Then one by one, many of them began to Evo, as they grew much larger and into bipedal forms, as crown-like ridges formed atop of their heads. They had indeed Evo'ed into the very creatures I had dubbed 'Psiconus'. My theory was proven. Jane and I documented everything that we could, as she sketched the scene before us.

We shall be returning to record yet more observations of these amazing creatures.