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Description:
These wavekin and their dizzying pattern of scales are oft found in aetherochemical pools.
Fishing log:
With black-and-white coloration like unto that of a magitek monitor disabled by a sudden sandstorm, this creature is notable for its ability to mimic the magnetic turbulence of aetherochemical pools to disorient and snare its prey.
Description:
This symbiont is a boon to dragons’ grooming habits.
Fishing log:
Similar to what men might call “chirurgeon fish,” these wavekin can be found attached to the scales of grown wyrms, nibbling away at the parasites upon which they feed and other detritus.
Description:
This wavekin’s name means “devourer of eggs,” and it fully looks the part.
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A predator capable of swallowing a dragon egg whole. With no such eggs available to it, it now mindlessly swims aetherochemical springs, jaw slack and mouth agape.
Description:
A king among foun myhks, and lord of apohelos 18-β.
Fishing log:
This organism’s name can be roughly translated to “tranquil bird.” It is said that dragonkind once cherished the gentle winds this creature flies upon, but none remain to appreciate the rare sight of a placid foun ahlm adrift on the aetherial breeze.
Description:
A creature with several impressive qualities that have failed to better its life in any meaningful way.
Fishing log:
A creature whose origins can be traced back to the Dragonstar. Though this herbivore is relatively low on the food chain, its subsistence by means of riding aetheric wind currents across the stars to graze upon tree leaves was nonetheless impressive ─ until it was caught and unceremoniously grounded.
[This name translates to “small bird.”]
Description:
This fish appears dead on arrival to the untrained eye, and thus would be best sold to someone with a trained eye.
Fishing log:
At first blush, this wavekin appears to be naught more than a floating bag of bones. In reality, it has a large, translucent frame ─ occasionally made visible thanks to the suspect contents of aetherochemical pools ─ and relatively standard organs concealed within its skull.
Description:
Typically found within aetherochemical pools, this creature is capable of luring a horrifically wide variety of unsuspecting prey with its luminescent organ.
Fishing log:
Omicron records state that an advanced interstellar civilization bred these wavekin for sustenance. Whether by accident or design, the star eaters proliferated across world after world, and extinguished many a native population.
Description:
A creature whose tentacles seem inexplicably alive with cosmic phenomena.
Fishing log:
This creature’s many waving strands shine with pinpricks of light akin to countless stars. Indeed, any who dares capture it may now hold the fates of entire galaxies in their hands...
Description:
A cosmic crustacean whose black body blends in with the inky darkness of space.
Fishing log:
Discovered by the Loporrits manning the Ragnarok, this cosmic crustacean bears a number of similarities to the common crayfish. This resemblance to creatures found in Hydaelyn’s riverbeds is likely a case of convergent evolution rather than the result of innocent arthropods being systematically ejected into the sea of stars, however.
Description:
This disturbing life-form may have once been bipedal, but those days are long gone.
Fishing log:
Meteion made contact with these life-forms somewhere in the cosmos. One theory posits that they are all that remains of a once-sentient race whose mental faculties were obliterated through some arcane mischance.
Description:
This wavekin makes up in sound what it lacks in sight.
Fishing log:
Atrophied optic nerves force this creature to use the faint electricity encasing its body to map its surroundings. The pulsating frequency that results echoes to the deepest reaches of the cosmos like an endless dirge.
Description:
This creature appears to be part shooting star, part lungfish ─ and for all you know, it is.
Fishing log:
Protruding red gills are the most aesthetically pleasing of this wavekin’s many and varied respiratory organs, which allow it to survive in a variety of environs. Scholars insist that they are the result of direct exposure to highly concentrated aether following the collision of two celestial bodies, rather than a duller process such as evolution.
Description:
A mystifying fish whose scales seem to reflect the movement of the stars.
Fishing log:
The flecks of white on this wavekin’s azure body sparkle as it moves. Its multiple layers of scales are not unlike a telescope, reflecting the image of galaxies located thousands of light-years away.
Description:
One of many physical test-bodies created by the Ea.
Fishing log:
Developed by the Ea to test the viability of returning to flesh-based bodies, this specimen was likely modeled after one of the few organic beings its creators managed to remember.
Description:
A king among comet tails, and lord of the waters of the wellspring of regret.
Fishing log:
Created by a fallen civilization particularly fond of divination, this wavekin was once believed to convey celestial portents. Given the outcome, its tidings may have been too dire to bear ─ or perhaps its makers simply overestimated the prophetic capacity of what is, to all appearances, a glorified lungfish.
Description:
These wavekin behave as if deviating from their invisible track will have dire consequences... which is unfortunate for this one, if true.
Fishing log:
As a satellite forever orbits its star, so too does this wavekin follow an elliptical trail around and around a pole perceptible only to its species. Should the fish veer too far from its orbit, it would surely perish.
Description:
A devious alien life-form hailing from an unknown plane, come to our universe to invade even more stars. Maybe.
Fishing log:
Their ability to twist the minds of men has inspired some to refer to these ultrabright cephalopods as “hallucination” aliens, though some of the specificity of their true name is lost in translation. They appear not dissimilar to an octopus in low-gravity pools, but one can only wonder what terrifying form they take in other environments ─ wonder, and pray that it is not bipedal.
Description:
A primordial wanderer capable of walking on land with its stunted legs ─ presumably for the purpose of harrying other species, but who can say?
Fishing log:
Its diminutive limbs theoretically allow this creature to walk on land, though it has long lost the need for such a skill following the destruction of its star. Should it ever find a place to call home again, perhaps it will regain the ability.
Description:
An alien crustacean which traverses the stars by expelling aether.
Fishing log:
This tentacled wayfarer has, for all intents and purposes, become one with its aether-propelled carapace, so effective is it for travel between stars. Indeed, the creature flies through the cosmos at speeds nearing that of sound.
Description:
Double the argonauts; double the rulers of limne 3-α.
Fishing log:
Inside this single spacefaring shell undulate not one, but two argonauts. Though it is not wholly unusual for creatures to mate for life, this pair shows a remarkable dedication to remaining entangled within their vessel until the end of time itself.
Description:
A creature from Ostrakon Hepta with twenty-four legs and twenty spines, which in this context means it is rather full of itself.
Fishing log:
A member of the seventh civilization with which Meteion came into contact, this many-legged entity’s culture prizes the number of limbs one possesses above all else, seeing each as a mark of higher intellect. One can only imagine its despair at being fished up by a primitive organism with a mere four.
Description:
An astoundingly alien alien hailing from a dimension beyond our comprehension.
Fishing log:
Though it resembles naught so much as a free-floating eyeball, the Ea insist that this creature is in fact a mere appendage of an “extra-dimensional” entity with which they made contact during their “space-time exploration phase,” meant to keep an eye on the observable cosmos. Those familiar with said cosmos attest that in either case, it has likely “seen some things.”
Description:
This spheroid from the stars is covered not only in spines, but scale-like bone matter.
Fishing log:
This intimidating ball of spindly spikes hides a soft underbelly which tastes a great deal like urchin. The taste is so similar, in fact, it lends credence to the theories which suggest Hydaelyn’s urchins can trace their lineage to the sea of stars.
Description:
A king among terrifyingways, and lord of limne 18.
Fishing log:
This curious cephalopod extends its limbs in often successful attempts to threaten those who approach. To wit, a brave Loporrit once attempted to stare it down in a clash of wills, but was tragically brought low when they could no longer bear the forbidding look of the creature’s eyes and earlike protrusions.
Description:
This truly incomprehensible creature has likely seen its fair share of cosmic horrors.
Fishing log:
Characteristic of this octopus are its membranous limbs and entropically addled brain. The latter is only explicable if one accepts the absurd idea that this creature was once inside a region so dense that gravity prevents its very observation, and then was summarily cast out by forces unknown. As it has no memory of this ─ or anything whatsoever ─ the truth remains elusive.
Description:
The Loporrits claim this creature resembles their favorite snack ─ though why they would wish to make that association is anyone’s guess.
Fishing log:
The elongated proboscis protruding from its cylindrical torso allows this curious being to feast on stardust. Though it does not, by all accounts, eat Loporrits, one did claim to have a nightmare in which they were assailed by an evil carrot that looked eerily similar.
Description:
An enormous cosmic whale that swims through the stars on diffuse currents of aether.
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This oddly proportioned, shark-like creature sails the wispy aether currents of the sea of stars on wings more expansive than it is long. Despite every appearance to the contrary, its physical composition has more in common with flora than the fauna it resembles.
Description:
A life-form with six eyes, six feelers, and a whole lot of terrifying wisdom to impart.
Fishing log:
Unique in its remarkable ability to read the movements of the stars, this wavekin is capable of predicting which celestial body will next wither into nonexistence. At the point in time at which it was caught, it had been awaiting the arrival of a hapless fool who it knew would carry it across the stars.
Description:
This alien life-form appears to have been hung out to dry for a few moons too long.
Fishing log:
Once sentient and vaguely manlike, this creature accidentally transformed itself into a desiccated husk following a botched attempt at immortality. Now, it can do naught save drift sadly along the currents of the cosmos.
Description:
This creature of the cosmos might be known for its adorable ears ─ save for the fact that they are actually legs.
Fishing log:
A Loporrit was once nearly devoured whole after mistaking this cephalopod’s tentacles for ears. They know not how fortunate they were to run screaming away when they did, for this wavekin has been observed digesting its prey slowly ─ and to all appearances, painfully ─ through its translucent body.
Description:
This crustacean was an apex predator on its home world. Now... not so much.
Fishing log:
This creature’s name was no doubt inspired by its two chelae and its toxin-laced stinger, the three of which create a trident of pain. Its sweet, pleading eyes lull one into a false sense of security ─ the leading theory of how it came to terrorize and oppress those on its home world.
Description:
This mysterious entity may well be the spirit of some sentient being, couched in protoplasm and drifting through the cosmos, but there is absolutely no way to know.
Fishing log:
With a bulbous head that tapers into an incongruously tiny back half, this creature is almost comedic. Do not let its curious design deceive, however, for it is said to be an ill omen, appearing only when a civilization’s end draws nigh.
Description:
A tiny, yet highly mobile, life-form.
Fishing log:
Given its high polymer resinoid shell is so dense that it remains nigh impossible to open, some theorize that UFB-II is in fact a ship within which reside countless sentient ─ though nevertheless delicious ─ beings.
Description:
A mollusk whose rainbow shimmer hides inscrutable ─ and potentially sinister ─ innards.
Fishing log:
Capable of swallowing prey whole, this invertebrate and its digestive organs are enigmas wrapped in mystery, as no matter what it ingests, its weight never fluctuates. If any have discovered this creature’s inner workings, doubtless they are no longer of this universe.