Edimals

Edimals are a particular type of creatures that are functionally animals that ressemble and are seemingly made of foods. 
==Origins==
The Edimals arrived following the crash of a realm into a IECCC megafarm complex. They have since proliferated and prospered in their own enclaves, known as Edimal Jungles. 
Edimals have their own creation story, where their god, the Fundamental, created the Pan, a legendary creature and the lake sages. The lake sages, in turn created the Plastique, known to the dalmer as the source for AFS (Amorphous Fundamental Substance). The Pan and the Plastique were then sent to the lands below to populate the lands. The Pan reproduced and proliferated the lands alongside its lesser forms, the Plastique. They were able to transform into local lifeforms and mated with local species. The particularity was that the Pan and the Plastique mated not just with local fauna, but flora as well. 
The AFS energy contained within allowed the Pan to breed with the local biosphere. The offspring were Edimals, hybrids born of the strange imagination of the Pan.
Little by little, the prevalence of the gene completely replaced the animals in the biosphere of enclaves with Edimals. These enclaves are today known as Edimal Jungles.
== Biology ==
Because of their hybrid nature that includes traits from both fauna and flora, they are considered a separate order of animate.
=== Behavior ===
All Foodimals are animal-like in behavior and physical traits, however some are simply animalistic in behavior while physically resembling ordinary food with eyes and mouths. A consistent feature of all Edimals is their eyes. Most have two, while some have more, while a some have one. These eyes are present even on Edimals whose bug inspiration lacks eyes entirely. 
Sapience and sentience is variable among edimals, with some being at the same level as other races, and others displaying no such qualities. 
Edimals behave somewhat similarly to real-world invertebrates, they resemble and taste like delicious foodstuffs. Their appearance is deceptive; seeds do not serve for reproduction, their bones do not serve any structural purpose and even the glass of edimals ressembling drinks are not what they would seem to be, but are part of the edimal, and perfectly edible. They must be eaten raw in any case, cooking an Edimal causes it to deteriorate into nothing but mush.
=== Reproduction ===
The interesting aspect is that Pan saw their mate and events and this influences what its offspring will look like. For example, a tyrannosaurus observed during a volcano explosion created the Blood Dragon. Observing a potato led to the Potatotamus.
The AFS energy in the created hybrids translated as telekinesis in its myriad of forms, such as a golem's ability to retain its rock armor on its body and resist high speed impact damage. Evolution in the case of AFS is just transformation that translates as rapid metamorphosis.
Reproduction of Edimals takes some cues from plants as embryos are planted within mounds of dirt.
=== Edim ===
Aside from being delicious, Edimals have the ability to transform or even temporarily restore body parts into the food they are based on a process known as Edim. Through the use of inventions, they other races are able to direct this transformation toward a chosen body part, and later induce multiple transformations based on just one previously-consumed Edimal. Edimals even seem to remember the shape of one’s body, and can temporarily restore removed limbs. The effect can wear off over time, though, and when it does, these original limbs will not be recreated. The Dalmer have attempted unsuccessfully to recreate the effect chemically. 
=== Edimal Jungles ===
The depths of Edimal jungles are a mystery, a massive, seemingly endless mass of tunnels are found underneath the jungle from which the Edimals emerge, giving rise to Edimals that emerge from the dirt on the surface. Edimals are varied in the animal behaviors, but they are fundamentally parasites, they let themselves be preying upon by non Edimal predators outside of their jungles, who eat them in large quantities, becoming reliant on them. The ultimate goal of this behavior is for the predator to eject the digested Edimal into the earth, where it will transform into more Edimals, as is their means of reproduction. From their emergence point, and Edimal jungle will begin to grow.
== Notes ==
The sudden arrival of Edimals on Welt following the crashland of a realm into an IECCC megafarm complex to speculation that hybrids come from similar realms that crashed onto welt. however, it also opened the possibility that the realms around welt are an ancient layer that collapsed onto itself. 
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