Oceants

Oceants where made during turn 0 while Artifex was crossing the ocean towards the Kylsar Isles. during the trip he was kidnaped by a sea serpent, and spawned creatures to assail the serpent, giving them many forms in sequence until the Oceant form won the day and killed the sea serpent. from the serpent's bones Arifex made their first queen and settled them on the coastal shallows of the Kylsar Isles.
=== Pysiology ===
Oceants and their Queens are a sea dwelling ants the variation of tuna fish, which puts them anywhere from 50 cm to (very rarely)4.6 m. Other than being big, having fish tails and fins, they act exactly like carnivorous ants do, roaming around killing and butchering whatever is in their path and then dragging it back to their nest to feed their queen and larva. With high enough numbers they can take on most things found in the ocean. The ocean’s true monsters are generally not worth attacking however, for the cost incurred by doing battle with them is far too high.
Oceants need to return to water regularly as if dried out they can’t breath. Freshwater is also toxic to them as it is to most oceanic creatures which severely restricts the Oceant’s ability to range inland. Small swarms may raid the coastline however.
They have the ability to make a cement like substance from their spit, and thus concrete and mortar by combining it with sand and gravel. They use this to build hives resistant to the tides and erosion of the ocean. This sustenance could be harvestable by a savvy race for use in their own construction projects.
The oceant queens can produce waterborne pheromones potent enough to confuse attackers and all of the oceants use pheromones to communicate. These pheromones travel long distances in the water, and so ones intended to go only to the intimidate area have a rapid expiry time while those allowed to remain are used to send out swarm wide communications, generally alerts, inter hive communications or territory claims.
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