Bastion's Amazing Animals!

**Bastion's Amazing Animals** is book written by the Arcanist and Zoologist Venwick Crok. Venwick has exemplified the the wonderful and majestic creatures that can be found all across Bastion.

## Collection Details

A total of **12** cortex entries make reference to Bastion's Amazing Animals!.

In this literary work, Venwick Crok talks about the variety of Fauna spread across Bastion, especially Northern Bastion. The following are only some excerpts from his book.

## Anrisaur (1)

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The predators of Bastion have adapted to our world in interesting ways, none more astounding than the Anrisaur. This cave dweller's saliva creates an electromagnetic field that can disable flashlights and destroy flares, often leaving humans stumbling around in the dark. It takes a slow defensive approach to stalking prey, keeping its distance but using its spiked tongue to lash out with great force from far away. Handy for taking grabbits, gazicks, and the occasional lost lancer by surprise. You should be so lucky!

— From *“**Bastion's Amazing Animals!**”* by Venwick Crok

## Grabbit Training!

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By Venwick Crok

Taming a grabbit requires a great deal of patience and understanding, but once you’ve earned their trust (and cleared possession with your settlement), they make a wonderful pet! Here's some handy tips to get you started.

—*Careful not to scare them!* Grabbits are extremely jumpy (no pun intended) and unless you tempt them with shiny objects, they are more likely to flee than make friends. Offering them some chimeric compound or even polished ammunition is a great way to introduce yourself or lure them into a cage.

—*Wear protective gear!* Grabbits have sharp beaks and claws, and even an affectionate pat from your grabbit can tear your skin to shreds or cost you an eye. Full body padding is optimal.

—*Lock up your treasures!* As mentioned, grabbits love shiny objects, and will steal what they can to add to their hoard. Once you find their stash of goodies, they will fight you for it, unleashing a remarkable fury that wouldn’t expect from such an adorable creature.

—*Careful about the poo!* Grabbit poo is not only extremely toxic, but leaves a nasty purple stain that can only be removed by the equally nasty stinkhand plant. So make sure you have lots of leaves and grass for them to deposit their droppings on.

—*Grabbits follow the leader!* This little cutie is usually part of a flock, and will automatically follow anyone who has earned their trust in almost every movement they do. Want to make your grabbit jig? Dance in front of them! But be careful what you show them, for they will mimic your bad habits.

—*Grabbits like other grabbits better than you!* While you might be tempted to socialize your grabbit, don’t do it! Once grabbits smell another of their kind, they will want to flock, and a flock of grabbits can cause real damage to settlements.

Good luck!

Venwick

## Korox (1)

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Speaking of grazing, don’t let this beautifully colored herbivore fool you! While they’d like nothing better than to spend their day eating three times their weight in plants, they spook easily. And when they spook, they charge! Nothing knocks the wind out of you like a head butt from a wild korox, let me tell you!

— From *"**Bastion's Amazing Animals!**"* by Venwick Crok

## Saurian (1)

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Saurians are sweet little creatures. Literally! The skin of an adult saurian is sweet to the taste and are a special treat for ursix and brutes, who gobble them whenever they can. While saurian flesh is poisonous to humans, physicians sometime recommend licking a saurian to induce the vomiting necessary to counter exposure to toxic spores, but I can say from experience that licking a saurian isn’t as fun as it sounds. These pack animals also have a tremendous bite, so if you’re going to keep an adorable baby saurian as a pet, wear your gloves! Nothing's sweeter to a saurian than your fingers!

—From *“**Bastion's Amazing Animals!**”* by Venwick Crok

## Skorpion (1)

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This six-legged killing machine is a truly fascinating predator! Skorpions are careful not to hatch from their eggs until they sense that food is near. These creatures have highly corrosive blood and two stingers that can shoot acid at prey, damaging even the thickest javelin armor. This acid is actually pre-digesting food for the skorpion, who is willing to share a meal with their siblings—who may or may not be burrowing underground, plotting a surprise attack.

— From *“**Bastion's Amazing Animals!**”* by Venwick Crok

## Titan (1)

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Titans are a major force, and a force to be reckoned with! Once a rare creature, titans have been continuously coming out of the Heart of Rage over the past few years, and so we've gotten to know more about them than ever before. Titans reproduce by growing an "offshoot," a smaller copy that just breaks off and walks away. But smaller doesn't mean less dangerous! If you happen to come across one, you may be lucky enough to catch them in a bad mood and see it shoot energy from its chest! What puts a titan in a bad mood? Just about everything! Truly unforgettable!

— From *“**Bastion's Amazing Animals!**”* by Venwick Crok

## Ursix (1)

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Now here's a glorious predator! Humongous and highly aggressive, the ursix will stop at nothing to put you on the menu. One hit from their massive arms can turn your javelin into scrap metal, and one bite from their enormous jaws will pop you out of your armor like a nut from a shell. I advise watching the ursix from a safe height, and if you're really lucky, the ursix might hurl boulders at you. What a sight to behold!

— From *“**Bastion's Amazing Animals!**”* by Venwick Crok

## Vesnids

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See that dark cloud dancing above you, blocking out the sun? That's a swarm of vesnids, one of the deadliest insects in the world! While a single vesnid is only the size of a fingernail, they always form part of a larger colony that live in spires. Spires are built from chewed-up wood and mucus. Each spire houses an amazingly complex community of workers, administrators, sentinels, undertakers, nurses, and emperor vesnids. A vesnid sting has been known to take down a korox. Lucky for us, they only cause minimal damage to a javelin. So feel free to take a moment and enjoy the furious buzzing of a cloud of vesnids!

— From *“**Bastion's Amazing Animals!**”* by Venwick Crok

## The Sovereign Mine (2)

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Most people don't realize ursix are very social creatures. They mate for life and are fiercely loyal. Somehow aware of a mate in danger, they will rush to their rescue, no matter the distance. When an ursix reaches old age, their young will return to their family for comfort. What caring creatures!

—From "**Bastion's Amazing Animals!**" by Venwick Crok

## The Vault (2)

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These caves are a great place for enthusiasts to discover elementals! Note how these creatures form packs of similar or different types depending on the surrounding conditions. Don't get too close, though—you'll scare the poor elementals into exploding, which will kill you and them.

—From "**Bastion's Amazing Animals!**" by Venwick Crok

## Brute (1)

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Sometimes called the Mighty Swiper, this formidable brute is fast and strong and will knock you right on your butt when you least expect it. Brutes have unique mating rituals, where clutches of males gather to duke it out over who will be the female's main squeeze. Once all comers are vanquished, the male has to go find the female, who has gotten bored halfway through the ritual. The female will then decide if the male smells acceptable, and if he does, they mate for life. If the male is rejected, he usually finds a cave to brood in for the rest of his life. Romantic!

—From "**Bastion's Amazing Animals!**" by Venwick Crok

## Swarm Tyrant (1)

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Rare, mysterious, and legendary in size, the six-legged Swarm Tyrant prefers a dark, damp environment where it can live in relative peace. But beware! If you do stumble into a Swarm Tyrant's house, you're in for a memorable time. Boy, can these things leap! Just when you think you've run far enough away, they'll land right on top of you with their glorious bulk. Swarm tyrants earn their name from their willingness to sacrifice their young to save themselves, using them to cover their tails and other vulnerable areas. They'll even hurl their babies at you so the Tyrant can regroup. No one is more important to the Swarm Tyrant than the Swarm Tyrant. All hail!

—From "**Bastion's Amazing Animals!**" by Venwick Crok