Lorica/Bestiary
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[edit] Bestiary Contents
[edit] Visions
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| Human (Visions) | |
| 1/1 | Animalia - Humans are as humans are. | |
| The name "Lorica" arose from an exclamation from the humans upon the Second Coming. |
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| Starscript (Visions) | |
| 1/1 | Miscellaneous - The component parts of all tessaea and deriva. | |
| The infinite Outside is nevertheless teeming with a beautiful life of its own. |
[edit] Chronicles
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| All seed (Chronicles) | |
| 1/1 | Tessaea - Picks up genetic / star-genetic data from almost any species. | |
| You don't have to worry about living your life - something could live it for you. |
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| Arboreal (Chronicles) | |
| 1/1 | Tessaea - A sentient tree-like organism that can form philotic connections with neighboring arboreals. | |
| One too many lumberers wielded an axe. One too many trees woke up in anger. |
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| Artifact (Chronicles) | |
| 1/1 | Tessaea - Magical utility constructs made by the Pylene. | |
| A good find is worth more than you could ever spend gambling. |
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| Continental (Chronicles) | |
| 1/1 | Tessaea - An entire continent that can awaken and cause much devastation. | |
| On Tyria, mining was a favorite. Then the entire continent "happened". Now, mining is blasphemy in Tyria. |
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| Crysla (Chronicles) | |
| 1/1 | Tessaea - Starscripts that developed within rock and gained the ability emanate their charms slowly out of them. | |
| Once, you could sell one for less than water in the desert. Doing so now would label you a fool - especially if thirsty. |
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| Desolator (Chronicles) | |
| 1/1 | Tessaea - A rapidly mutating and replicating airborne microorganism made by the Pylene. | |
| These made the world... desolate. |
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| Form (Chronicles) | |
| 1/1 | Tessaea - Animated shadows that take up a life of their own. | |
| The shadows had always been afraid of light. No longer. |
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| Lair (Chronicles) | |
| 1/1 | Tessaea - The lairs that housed the artifacts are also enchanted. | |
| A full lair is something to fear. An empty lair too is something to fear - especially if it was hungry. |
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| Wisp (Chronicles) | |
| 1/1 | Tessaea - Pockets of directed energy that exponentialize in power when combined with other wisps. | |
| "The lightbulb you're using now electrocuted your ancestors." - Whispers from the past |
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| Bestial (Chronicles) | |
| 1/1 | Deriva - Microorganisms that enter hosts and morph them into monstrosities. | |
| Once, any spider smaller than 6 feet was unheard of. |
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| Luminaria (Chronicles) | |
| 1/1 | Deriva - Spheres of light created by interactions of the philotic strands of arboreals. | |
| People thought these were pretty, never guessing at the intelligence hidden by its light. |
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| Scourge (Chronicles) | |
| 1/1 | Deriva - Parasites that devour the energy right out of animals. | |
| There were once two types of people - and the second type was half dead. |
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| Ethereal (Chronicles) | |
| 1/1 | Ramen deriva - A fourth stage in the arboreal life cycle which lacks a physical presence but can cause great harm. | |
| The ghosts of no dead creature in particular are just as avid as the ones who are dead in exacting vengeance. |
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| Inguz (Chronicles) | |
| 1/1 | Ramen deriva - Heuristic database/program made by the Pylene. | |
| "A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm." - Isaac Asimov |
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| Partshifter (Chronicles) | |
| 1/1 | Ramen deriva - Composed of many similar pieces that can be rearranged and reassembled to form something different. | |
| For partshifters, "everything" is better translated as "a lot of anything". |
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| Pylene (Chronicles) | |
| 1/1 | Ramen deriva - Template-based organism that gained intelligence from human-all seed interaction. | |
| "Maybe it is about time we throw away our xenophobic customs and embrace other species." - Lorican ambassador |
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| Elf (Chronicles) | |
| 1/1 | Utlanning ramen deriva - Representatives made by the arboreals in the image of humans. | |
| A sapling grows out of every elven grave, an elf grows out of every tree branch. |
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| Sprite (Chronicles) | |
| 1/1 | Utlanning ramen deriva - Miniature servants created by humans in their own image. | |
| "Sure, you benefit from their labor. But do they benefit from their slavery?" - 21st century Amnesty International speaker |
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| Mer (Chronicles) | |
| 1/1 | Framling ramen deriva - Humans who had been transformed into marine species by the desolator. | |
| Every now and then a lucky shipwrecked sailor gets put back to shore by a relative from the seas. |
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| Wild Minion (Chronicles) | |
| 1/1 | Miscellaneous - Minions whose masters have lost control of them. | |
| "Wanted: Eradication of wild minions. Reward: To be given by their former masters." - government poster |
[edit] Dawnwind
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| Fertila (Dawnwind) | |
| 1/1 | Tessaea - Makes the ground fertile for other tessaea, and then pesticides must be applied. | |
| Although they make the ground fertile, it's not the fertility farmers look for. |
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| Kaleidocaster (Dawnwind) | |
| 1/1 | Tessaea - Splits spells directed toward it into multiple copies and reflects them. | |
| As close to organic reactive armor as you can get. |
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| Mycoviva (Dawnwind) | |
| 1/1 | Tessaea - Its cloud spores act as a pathogen-scouring agent. | |
| "Eww!" - a sick patient instructed to bathe in fungal spores. |
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| Stoner (Dawnwind) | |
| 1/1 | Tessaea - A parasite whose only function is to reflect a person's status. | |
| Parasitism without benefit for the parasite. |
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| Sumine (Dawnwind) | |
| 1/1 | Tessaea - A very common plantlike organism that provides sustenance to many derivae. | |
| "Hey, don't eat that - it's NOT a cherry, fool!" |
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| Tyris (Dawnwind) | |
| 1/1 | Tessaea - Produces a poison that disables muscle movements for a very specific amount of time. | |
| "We got 'em down pat. You got exactly six hours and six minutes before he walks again." |
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| Unwender (Dawnwind) | |
| 1/1 | Tessaea - Randomly disturbs spells and charms. | |
| "The unwender did it, not my bad!" - a student after failing a spell on a test. |
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| Verdine (Dawnwind) | |
| 1/1 | Tessaea - A round, grape-looking organism that is a health hazard to youngsters. | |
| Willan II loved to adorn his hall with these - until his baby son nearly died choking on one. |
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| Veria (Dawnwind) | |
| 1/1 | Tessaea - A tree-like organism whose leaves make for good paper. | |
| "Give a person a paper and he can write for a day. Give a person a paper tree and he can write all his days." |
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| Wind (Dawnwind) | |
| 1/1 | Tessaea - A wind with a mind. | |
| "Follow the gestures of the wind - they tell you what it means to be truly free." - Originan proverb |
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| Aerin (Dawnwind) | |
| 1/1 | Deriva - Insect-like organisms that flutter and fly in the wind | |
| The Toladan Academy could never decide of the Aerin was an endangered species - made so by kids playing hooky. |
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| Attache (Dawnwind) | |
| 1/1 | Deriva - Lightning rod for spells. | |
| Bring the wrath of Scipios down on... yourself. (Oops. Big oops.) |
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| Changeling (Dawnwind) | |
| 1/1 | Deriva - Nonintelligent relative of the Pylene that can change to a variety of forms. | |
| "Don't you get tired of changing?" - Human. "Don't you get tired of being yourself?" - Changeling as human. |
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| Detritivore (Dawnwind) | |
| 1/1 | Deriva - Ground-dweller that consumes debris and detritus. | |
| Without these, the entire ecosystem of Euterpe might collapse. |
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| Electra (Dawnwind) | |
| 1/1 | Deriva - Randomly forming, ephemeral beings. | |
| What's more annoying, that it shocks its surroundings for a split second, or that it appears randomly anywhere? |
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| Euphorin (Dawnwind) | |
| 1/1 | Deriva - When going through people, gives them a strong feeling of bliss. | |
| "It's not really that good of a thing to feel perfect bliss, because the agony that follows..." - A schoolteacher's wisdom. |
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| Flara (Dawnwind) | |
| 1/1 | Deriva - Snakelike, fiery organisms. | |
| Day 1: Get a flara for a pet. Day 2: Collect total house fire insurance premiums. |
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| Rerisa (Dawnwind) | |
| 1/1 | Deriva - Amoeboid organisms that can reassemble themselves when and only when they are destroyed. | |
| It blurs the line between living and not living. |
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| Scarab (Dawnwind) | |
| 1/1 | Deriva - Beetle-like organism that fires off random miniature explosions. | |
| It's never the hard shell that makes it tough. The constant mini-explosions make sure you don't get too close. |
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| Shroud (Dawnwind) | |
| 1/1 | Deriva - Prevents spells and charms from activating in its vicinity. | |
| Wirt waited the entire test for his cheat sheet to fly to him. He didn't know about the shroud lurking nearby. |
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| Stasis (Dawnwind) | |
| 1/1 | Deriva - Upon sensing a nearby presence, activates its stasis to physically stop everything near it. | |
| "Don't use a piggy bank; stases are far better!" - Itarruan field researcher |
