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…As it turns out, light coloration is a recessive trait amongst unicorns of all species. This coloration dominated unicorn kind because they rarely needed the camouflage seen in other creatures. Sure, unicorns and lions occasionally had disagreements, but for the most part, man and beast all loved the unicorn, delighted in its company, and never harmed it.

That was, until one day, Man placed himself above all of the magical creatures, thinking himself their ruler. The unicorn, once a playful, inspirational companion, became yet another beast of the woods, something to be hunted and shown off as a trophy, its parts used, sold and traded. Mankind gradually grew immune to the auditory glamour that allowed humans to understand the language of the unicorn, until, only a few could understand them, usually virgins.

Today, the pure white unicorn is exceedingly rare, though the unicorn itself is quite numerous. The various species turned to different methods of surviving, ranging from shapeshifting, to the use of glamour, to, in the case of some, learning from its fellow creatures. These unicorns developed brownish camouflage and long, grass-green manes and tails. In addition, nature so loves the unicorn that plants often grow on this species’ back, helping hide it from greedy eyes. In return, the unicorn helps spread the seeds of these plants, which are tended to by the fairies that enjoy the unicorn’s company.

To those very few who are familiar with them, these unicorns are often called ‘floracorns’ in honor of this kinship with plant life.

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There’s no real folklore in this piece, thus, this one is just another figment of my imagination. However, the concept for this was derived from decorator crabs. If, for some reason you don’t know what those are, go look them up, they’re super neat. They rate right up there with pistol shrimp on the awesome-o-meter.