Creature:Conductor

Conductors are beasts which thrive on music, but are incapable of actually producing it without the help of their multiple symbiotic partners.

Characteristics
Conductors are usually distinguished by a baton growing from one or both palms. Occasionally, the batons are shed between songs, but they grow back within seconds.

Conductors often have long hair, which they are poor at taking care of. They typically have two tails, and are colored similar to penguins.

It is believed that their hunched posture, developed whilst conducting orchestras and bands, is permanent.

Environment
The conductor dwells in a cool, dark cave, known commonly as a concert hall or theatre. When the conductor is not hiding backstage eating, sleeping, or doing its other tasks, it can be seen on a pedestal set at the front of the stage.

Musicians
The conductor's song is an interesting one; rather than using its own voice or abilities, the conductor relies on the musical abilities of a group symbiotic partners, which it orchestrates by swinging its batons around in front of them. These groups can be small or large, from four to four hundred members, and are known as musicians. A conductor will usually conduct one to five different groups, which retire and replace members as they mature.

Songs are long and rhythmic, usually lasting from two to twenty minutes, but occasionally lasting as long as an hour or more. Most conductors are able to conduct hundreds of songs, and learn new songs every month or so, but some are more limited in their abilities and repeat the same five or six for their entire lifetimes.

Musicians seem to be the only creatures who dislike conductors, even though conductors are required for orchestration of their songs. This is because the conductors usually show little (if any) gratitude or respect toward them and make them rehearse sections of songs which they find the most difficult.

Donors
Conductors have food catered to them via another symbiotic relationship with creatures called donors. Because there is no need for the conductor to ever leave its concert hall, it is possible they spend their whole lives there. When a conductor dies, its partners will typically seek out a new conductor, which will take up residence in the same concert hall.

Guests
The conductor is not a social creature, but it does enjoy visitors to its concert hall, which it likes to entertain with its songs. These visitors, called guests, are asked to patronize the conductor and become donors.