[AQUICORN] New Species!

I've been working on a new species for a few months now, and I'm so excited to share them finally! I've been absolutely enamoured with sea horses lately, so I really wanted to come up with a species that involves all the things I love best about them (namely, how cute and useless they are).

Aquicorns are a magical hippocampus species and share many traits with seahorses - namely, they can't swim very well or fast, they have very sensitive prehensile tails, and they eat small prey such as brine shrimp. Males carry the babies, and Aquicorns breed for life (and become very worried and anxious about their partner if they get sick).

They're largely very peaceful creatures, and can be found in many different ecosystems throughout the oceans and seas. Their location, diet and water conditions affects appearance. They live in colonies, with large "palaces" made of coral, rocks and woven kelp.

They love trinkets and are very excited to find especially nice pearls, seashells, or gems. They aren't covetous, but it's considered a great gift for an Aquicorn to give another a special item.

The tips of their horn contain pearl (common), black pearl or gold (uncommon) or jewels (rare). The rarity determines the level of magic they are able to perform, which they use to protect the colony. If an Aquicorn works very hard, they may be able to upgrade their horn!

I'll be sharing more information about these as I go, but please let me know if you have any questions! ^^

PS. This is a closed species! I'm hoping to have designs up for sale soon~