The Scorchio is one of the most popular NeoPets. I wonder, however, if many
of the owners actually know where their Scorchio comes from. This article will
hopefully give owners, especially Scorchio owners an insight and understanding
of where these NeoPets come from with the help of my own Scorchio Pyrus2207.
Around ten million years ago when Neopia was in a very primitive state, all
the pets lived in an aquatic environment. At this time Scorchios were long and
very much like a snake. However they had four small paddle like appendages,
two on either side of their body. Soon after this, however, food became scarce
as the true aquatic NeoPets such as Jetsams and Flotsams evolved and many NeoPets
were forced onto the land. At first the Scorchios struggled but after a time
their paddles evolved into small legs signifying their true transition to land.
At this point in time Scorchios were fairly widespread, but due to their lizard-like
appearance were unable to survive in some areas and there was a mass migration.
The result was that the Scorchios ended up in areas where the vegetation and
landscape was fairly low and flat. This meant the Scorchios now occupied the
areas that are now known as the Lost Desert and Tyrannian plateau.
Soon though a significant evolution was to take place, the Scorchios rose
onto their hind-legs. This was possible as after a long period on land their
legs had grown longer and stronger. Also the body past the hind legs had slowly
grown thinner and now formed the tail. This new form was able to find higher
food sources previously unreachable and expanded the population. Also the Scorchios
found the lost desert and plateau were becoming crowded. So with their new bipedal
movement the migrated to the volcanic region of Tyrannia.
This led to their final evolution. The Scorchios discovered that with the
constant eruptions the lava flows were trapping communities for long periods
of time. It was during this time that a community of Scorchios evolved, with
their stubby wings becoming larger and capable of flight. These then merged
with the population and led to the whole Scorchio population developing wings.
With the Scorchio population in it's final form there were no more changes
until they learnt to use magic during the period it was discovered in Neopia.
This led to their brains becoming more complex and larger. The Scorchios were
now capable of complex thinking, speech and reasoning.
Soon after this humans came to Neopia and discovered these NeoPets which were
much like mythical dragons from earth, they soon became a popular pet. I hope
this article has improved your knowledge of Neopia and its evolution. Also I
hope you know now and appreciate the evolution of Scorchios to the pet we know
and love.
I would like to extend my thanks to the National Neopian Museum, Royal Sakhmet
Museum, Neopian Archaeology Association, National Neopian Paleontology Association
and of course Pyrus2207 for their assistance in researching this article.
If you would like to discuss anything about this article or have a question
please Neomail me @ Fizban2207. | 
