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this small avian was native to the planet Ansion, where it swept across the grasslands in huge flocks numbering in the hundreds of millions. The kyren was herbivorous by nature, and the flocks migrated in time to the growing seasons of various grains. Once filled with copious amounts of food, the kyren flock settled back to the ground to rest and mate, before taking to the air once again. Because the timing of the flock had to be perfect in order to find ripe grains, the kyrens moved with incredible speed, and could rarely move off their current path. Because of this, if the flock encountered obstacles such as the stony pillars of the jijites or a stand of trees, many members of the flock were killed when they collided with the obstacle. This was not a matter of ritual suicide, but the kyren which hit an obstacle had nowhere else to go in the large flock. As the flock sped past, the dead bodies eventually formed a cushion for those behind. If the kyren flock encountered a living obstacle, such as a herd of suubatars, they often ate their way through the herd. In this way, a feeding flock of kyren could devastate a wide swath of grasslands in no time. The kyren was feared and respected by the Alwari nomads, which sometimes watched shanhs flee in terror from the small birds. The average kyren was no more than nine inches across, and had two pairs of wings sprouting from its black body. The upper pair was smaller, and was used for maneuvering and speed, while the lower pair was wider, and was used for gliding on the breeze. A yellow dot marked each wing. The kyren lacked true legs, instead having a pair of fuzzy tufts lining its belly, which were used to skid along the ground when landing.