Anglerlings

Anglerfish, or Lophiiformes, are usually seen as pointy-toothed monsters, but as humanoids, they are more like warriors. They have warlike qualities, and they don’t want to ever stand out from the crowd. These creatures are made by StoreySketcher.

### History

At least a hundred years after the inklings and octolings created territory, the Anglerlings rose from the sea due to food evolving. The first to discover the problem and to leave was an Anglerling named Avni Ahuja, and she established the colony of Lureica. The modern anglerlings lived in their colony of Lureica for a thousand years before the Inklings and Octolings used their land as a battlefield for the Great Turf War. They were forced to two large islands on the border of USC (United States of Cephalopod). There they discovered materials that helped them form and build armor, weapons, and houses. After they made businesses and claimed all of the land they could get, they formed Angleranian troops to defend the borders and beaches of their new Lureica. Their islands became ‘The Twin Lure Lights’, and no sailor would dare to sail there in fear of being splatted by new weapons. As anglerfish were deep sea creatures, no one outside of the sailing job would believe that they evolved so soon after the established Inklings and octolings. Many believed that the only reason they would evolve was for lack of food, but they actually evolved way later after squid and octopi (like two hundred years instead of one). Most historians (mostly octolings and jellyfish, inklings don’t bother with them), however, believe that a under sea earthquake propelled Avni Ahuja out onto land at least a year after she discovered the problem, exactly 101 years and four minutes after inklings and octos established. The resulting tsunami caused by the earthquake was believed to pressure the waves and for currents to be strong enough for any anglerfish approaching the twilight zone to be pushed to the daylight zone, where they adapted to light and air. Finally crawling to land, they found the power of ink tanks and created scale and ink base weapons, such as the Chomper and ink tipped scale bows called Lophii Anlances. The new generation Anglerkids have started to move to Inkopolis and even develop new towns in places still not claimed officially by other creatures. They get along well in Inkopolis and trade their weapon schematics for modern weapons being mass produced in the USC. They also created music, food, and even little products like candles and decorative picture frames.

### Body Functions and Outer Appearance

Anglerlings are tricky. There very likeness is complicated and questioned, but this is an account of Anglerlings told by Amy Formes. (Hey! Before you continue, any feedback about this approach to explain appearance would be appreciated!)

In order to understand an Anglerling, you have to know an Anglerling, personality and functionality. Whilst their appearance is indeed humanoid by first glance, that is only half of what they truly are. Inklings and Octolings have beaks, which makes it possible to change form without harming the body. Anglerlings, on the other hand, have actual bone structure known as ‘teeth’, which prevents transformation completely. Their humanoid form is merely a product of evolution, and they indeed have no full transformation. However, Anglerling functionality *below* the teeth is completly accessible. The anglerfish, the state before evolution, had very flexible bones. During an average 14 year-old Anglerling’s life, these bones become shrinkable. Even though they do have teeth, the other parts of an Anglerling’s body are accessible to transformation. The legs, torso, pelvis, everything below the neck is able to turn into the anglerfish’s lower body. But oh, how is this useful in the heat of battle when the head is visible? You can never really understand the power of scales and loose ink. A basic summary, I will give. The scales and ink pressure given while swimming camouflages the Anglerling’s head, with only a few scales sticking out. So, my friend, in the heat of battle, you can not notice the anglerfish form at all! Aside from the description of the form, the form itself is freaky.

Once again, more later. I need to sketch out this strange creature.