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Maerus the Treasure Hoarder

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Fur fabric, sculpey, tinfoil, wire, stones, beads, glass eyes and paint. Also with a little glue to stop his fur falling off :D I actually quite like this creature, who stands about 11" in his stockinged feet :XD: All the chain links and jewellry is made by me, although all the beads are bought. Photo came out at reasonable quality. Full view is a must.
And now to the waffle about his species etc.
A treasure hoarder is a small mammal with similarities to rodents, although it is of the hidge family. They live in small comunities in the caves of dragons. And no, they don't get eaten/turned into chargrilled creature. They live in perfect harmony with dragons and are the reason that dragons are commonly thought to hoard treasure. An average, Smaug type dragon will have claws that may well be a foot long. And no-one ever seems to wonder exactly how a dragon of this size picks up all those tiny, human coins. This is where the treasure hoarder comes in, they collect treasure and store it in a dragon cave for protection of said treasure, dragons do not mind this as they rather like shiny objects and treasure hoarders are great at removing parasites and arrows from dragon hide. Over the lifespan of a dragon there will be many generations of treasure hoarders, hence the huge piles of treasure. The little creatures are highly intelligent (differently intelligent to humans but as intelligent) and are well versed in goldwork, smithing and avoiding getting squashed by a misplaced claw. They eat anything, but mainly prefer to eat berries.
Sorry about the HUGE amount of waffle, there was a lot of species info about this creature.
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