Evo

The Evo are the native inhabitants once found in many of the settled regions of Avalon. They are believed to be sapient, but it is not known for sure that they are the only native sapients on Avalon, nor has it ever been possible to communicate with them.

Physical Description

Like Tomato Men, the Evo appear to be at least partly plant-based lifeforms. As a species they have no uniform appearance: some move about quadrupedally, while others have a humanoid body plan, and some fly with great leafy wings and still others are little more than slithering vines.

Biology

While it is suspected that the Evo are at least partly photosynthetic autotrophs, they are known to hunt animals in the forests -- historically inclusive of any settlers who've strayed too far into their territory.

Society

Evo appear to possess sapient-level intelligence, and they live with others of their kind in what appears to be a tribal structure. While many individuals have highly effective natural weapons (claws, thorn-like projectiles, toxic pollen clouds, strangling vines, etc), the Evo do have a rudimentary tool industry, using stone, wood and bone to fashion spears, bows, hatchets and clubs.

History

The Evo were once an existential threat to the colonists on Avalon, until the colonists devised a powerful herbicide that allowed them to force the plant-men to a safe distance away from the settlements. Now an uneasy truce exists between the men of the colonies and the Evo of the wilds.