#creaturepedia

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A 10 foot tall, very fluffy spider. This spider only has three main compound eyes in comparison to the usual eight. Naturally, it would have six, but the presence of the Golden Absolution has left many partially or entirely blind.

To compensate for this, the spider learned to use the Enchantment Affinity to attract its prey, lessening its need for sight in order to hunt them down. Similarly, it laces its webs with this affinity. In practice, this lets the spider 'see' anything that touches its web. This is why their dens are made up of an incredibly dense web floor.

Matching with this newfound hunting style, these spiders have developed an incredibly sensitive sense of smell, essentially smelling via their individual hairs. Similarly, their hearing has improved.

Using these senses, they lure prey close and, using their grasshopper-esque legs, lung forward to attack their prey. Biting into their prey, they release an acidic compound that turns the prey into a paste, sucking that up into internal sacks to later store in egg-like forms made of mostly calcium bicarbonate.

This calcium bicarbonate based compound is also what makes up their webs, although that is interwoven with bright red veins which act as the sensors of the web. These veins are what trigger the pressure reaction response.

Wings upon the spider's back are not intended for prolonged flight. Rather, these are for short bursts after jumping to allow the spider greater movement to hiding places and later greater speed for ambushes.

Since the eggs they have in their nests are for food storage, they use an entirely different method for reproduction. These reproduce asexually, forming new spiders within their bones. One adult spider can hold hundreds, if not thousands, of baby spiders within these bones.

Many baby spiders do not make it to adulthood. Either they are crushed while growing, crushed after being born, starve, are hunted, or simply aren't formed enough to survive outside of the adult spider at the time which they leave.

Alla's Sweet Spider's can live up to 6 years, with the last three months of their life being spent unable to move before the baby spiders explode out of them. If the spider dies before this point, they still explode into smaller spiders, but noticeably less depending on how many spiders survive and how old the spider is.

The original species name was 'Allais Sweet Spider' after the woman who discovered them. However, the language Allais original spoke has evolved over time and many translators have mistranslated the 'i' as an apostrophe. After so many times, the name has stuck to all but a select few.

[basementdwellerinthestars]

An infected creature that primarily wanders through the Renhaven Desert, walking in straight-ish lines between the remnants of society.

Once upon a time, this creature subsisted primarily on a diet of eggs. Eggs of all kinds of creatures worked, but they primarily preferred the eggs of Alla’s Sweet Spider. Those eggs made up the base of their diet.

The teeth these creatures now have, giving them the ability to eat meat, was granted by the Golden Absolution. Due to the Oreandel being the former society’s most popular pet, it had access that the Golden Absolution needed to spread. However, it’s diet of eggs made it reliant on the leading species to feed it due to domestication.

Granting the Oreandel eggs made them much more aggressive due to pain and fear. It also allowed them a larger array of creatures to feed from, enabling their survival once the Golden Absolution drew them from their homes.

Oreandel still stick near cities, looking for something they no longer have.

This creatures eight legs makes it an extremely good climber. The joint at the knee splits into two feet, allowing double the grip into the fragile stone landscape. If one foot looses a hold, it has a backup. This also allows a better grip on vine-like structures.

[vidawhump]

My irl best friend send me a card for my half birthday and omg

Look at this bird they painted to send with the card. I might just have to create another side character and/or creature for the creaturepedia

[vidawhump]

…. I really need to get the creaturepedia started.

(Inspired by these wack ass apple things I found on a bike trail long run last year)

[basementdwellerinthestars]

A parasitic creature consisting of two main halves, SE-1 and SE-2.

SE-1 is a brain parasite that lives within the skull of the Sessparatie. It is often present within the Sessparatie since birth. Those that do not possess the parasite then usually gain it before separating from its' original family group due to proximity. As such, fundamentally every single instance of a Sessparatie is infected.

This parasite takes 4-9 months to fully mature, growing and stretching feelers over the brain. Only once it reaches that point does it start to manipulate the body of the Sessparatie.

First, the Sessparatie begins to excrete an acidic compound over its skin, eating away at any scales to give it the wrinkly, fleshy appearance that it does. This compound dissolves any creature that touched the Sessparatie, with the resulting slurry being absorbed through the skin like a mushroom. This slurry in turn feeds SE-1 and SE-2.

Second, its' muscles begin to contract along its' spine. Slowly, they contract harder and harder until the ribs break apart and create the Maw that the Carneline Hive makes its' nest in. This reveals its' organs and releases a scent that the Hive is attracted to.

Carnelines will find their way to the Sessparatie, eating away at the organs within the maw and then chewing at the bones into points in order to make it more intimidating to wandering creatures until the Hive has been properly settled. This is an excruciating process but the Sessparatie is not longer capable of much movement.

SE-2 is the snake-live creature that makes up the body of the Sessparatie. While lacking any agency in its' situation, two aspects of SE-2 are essential in the relationship between these two creatures.

While only being roughly 2 feet long at birth, SE-2 is capable of infinite growth. So long as there is enough food to sustain it, it will continue to grow unimpeded. This, in turn, allows for larger hives and more surface area for the acidic compound to react through.

More importantly is SE-2's perfect cellular replication. This means that it cannot die of old age. If cut in half, it usually will not die and will instead regenerate into two separate snakes. So long as it is fed, there is no end for SE-2

It is a horrifying existence to be sure.

[basementdwellerinthestars]

A tiny omnivorous creature that hunts in swarms.

These swarms are made up of, at minimum, twelve Cocides but can grow into the hundreds if left unchecked and provided enough food.

Most of them are relatively short, only a couple inches, but they have been known to reach heights of six inches in rare cases, though why this happens is unknown. The added size seems to give no benefits.

Being an ambush predator that hides in local fauna is hard when there is very little fauna to go around. Because of this, the Cocide evolved to use transmutation LFC in order to make plants of their own. These plants are not real and require no upkeep other than that Cocides remain near to 'recharge' the plants.

Making primarily ferns and algae, they use the algae as a glue of sorts to tightly pack the ferns together into dens and hiding spots. Places with lots of Cocides around are dotted with these bright purple hiding spots.

The singular eye on their body is not a real eye. It is made out of the same thing as their teeth and makes sure anything attacking goes for that 'eye' rather than their actual weakness, their mouth. Stabbing through their mouth is an instant death for these creatures.

Cocides are entirely blind, and navigate using LFC-based Echolocation, sending out bursts of Transmutation to bounce off the environment. These bursts are also what feeds the ferns they grow.

Have a lifespan of eight to ten years.

[basementdwellerinthestars]

A clear slime that reflects the environment around it through its sheer, light blue tinted mass in order to mimic water. It often sits within pools of the boiling water in order to do this, making the slimes’ membrane burning to touch.

Inside the Slime’s permeable membrane is a highly acidic substance designed to dissolve bones. However, this also means that it can dissolve most things that enter it, including rocks, plant matter, and other creatures. The only creature not affected by this acid is their main predator, the Wisps.

Bones make up it’s diet, passively absorbing the bones found in the water that falls onto them. This slurry is shared with the Calcaneus on top of its body. It does not move so long as there is food around.

Once the bone supply started to dwindle, the slime crawls (sometimes bouncing if falling from a height) towards the next nearest source of bones. If this is a creature, it crawls over the creature in confusion as it can sense the bone, but not taste it. Otherwise, it finds the new source and falls dormant.

The more bones a slime eats, the larger it is.

Slimes cannot be killed through most methods, only draining the inside of the slime without disturbing the outside membrane. This is because the membrane heals extremely fast, knitting itself back together. If a full cut is made through the slime, two slimes will be created.

Mirror slimes lack any kind of reproductive organ, nor do they die of old age. Only in cases where it is cut fully through does it reproduce, making two slimes of different sizes in response. The more cuts made, the more slimes produced.

Very passive creatures, with no fear, brain, or centralized nervous system.

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