Worms

One of the primary species of FFAK, they are an incredibly diverse species (right behind Hekatonkheires in terms of subtypes) that take on various forms and make up a number of the major characters seen in the series.

There are two known species of worms -- Hydragora (i.e. Aeschylus and Dylan) and Mandragora (i.e. Evil Mother).

## Appearance

Worms, due to their ability to take on the physical characteristics of anything or anyone they consume, have an inherently fluid appearance and anatomy. Among the many worms seen, their most common physical characteristics is their multiple eyes and various limbs. All of them have some kind of red eye on their body. They appear to be made up of red worms inside, except for Queen Worms whose color can vary. A worm's form is based off of what they consume, which may be other worms or outside species, such as Paper having eaten a bunny and taking on said species characteristics.

## Biology

Hydragora worms come from the ground, dripping in some weird red liquid (that might be blood), until they fluff out and get all cute and fuzzy. Queen worms are born naturally iridescent, with rainbow-colored coats, and eventually narrow down the color to just one after enough feedings - generally green, blue or yellow, though other colors are not unheard of (including white/black/orange/purple/etc). This color is generally like an outer layer and used to intimidate other worms as a power display and is the same as their blood color. For quick transformations though, red blood is best, and in times of emotional distress or extreme damage, they will often revert to red again. Jacket's strangely colored worms are a result of being an experiment.

This is a good place to put breeding/courting info, and stuff about anchor points or whatever.

Mandragora worms, on the other hand, come from the ocean and need to be completely submerged in liquid (preferably blood or salt water) at all times.

### Hierarchy

There is a hierarchy among hydragora worms that is informed by their unique pheromones they exude, which allows any worm to be able to determine where another lies on said hierarchy despite the species ability to change shape and take on such drastically different biological characteristics across individual Worm specimens.

The Hierarchy has a King Worm at the top, followed by Queen Worms (although they are not technically subordinate to a King Worm), and presumably all other worms below this, unless Knighted by a King. King worms exude a pheromone that attracts other worms and can compel them to unique sets of behavior. It has different effects on different worms: Aeschylus is blindly loyal to King, the Minotaur (Pluto) and a Harpy worm (Ducky) both want to gain the King's "love", and the unnamed Queen worm wants to have King's children -but also kill them.

## Abilities

As revealed in chapter 9, worms eat other living creatures and adopt their characteristics. Presumably this is both physical appearance as well as physiological abilities specific to different species.

Queen worms have powerful regenerative properties. King worms have the power to make other worms do their bidding.

## Known Worms

* King (Canary)
* Crimson
* Dylan
* Aeschylus
* Unnamed Queen
* Paper (Cirrus)
* Unnamed Thumb Agent
* Unnamed King Worm
* Jacket
* Evil Mother
* Pluto (Puppy)
* Clappy, aka Agent Parrot
* Ducky
* Sneezy
* Bubblegum
* Taffy
* Alderbran

## References

1. ↑ http://kosmicdream.tumblr.com/post/158794002338/several-worms-characters-have-been-shown-to-be