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Hung Grub

Hung Grubs were terrestrial, amphibious scutocephalians that fed off the tallest succugrasses in the riversides. convergently to species such as peeking crabs and sticky sgrabs, they evolved a suction cup under their body to climb for their food. they went extinct, along with milli grubs, after the evolution and competition of the better adapted slit grubs.

as usual, the local scutocephalans are the first to take advantage of the new biome's mainstay, and the plate grubs made no exception. similiarly to distant relatives like the sticky sgrabs and the peeking crabs, the hung grubs are short and stocky, possessing a plunger foot beneath their shell, and aside from the ability to retain their oxygen (arguably better than their ancestors) they are no much different from those. but that very necessity to come back to the water, also for reproduction, exposes them to the new predators that have started to roam the river's shores lately. maybe further adaptations to avoid unnecessary dangers could, in the long run, make the difference in these otherwise unremarkable creatures.
Nightcrawler

Nightcrawlers are keramouths descended from toporms, characterized by their jointed feelers, mainly used for hunting and communication.

Nightcrawler: alongside rostorms, the toporms have also been pretty busy with adapting to the new environements. the abundance of slit grubs inevitably prompted the evolution of a dedicated hunter, covered by the elusive nightcrawlers. these eerie, but important species is most active at night, so to avoid predators, which are many due to it's record-tiny size. big and scanning eyes also developed for this new lifestyle. it is most notable for the advanced leg structure, complete of shoulders and fully movable claws. but perphaps an even weirder characteristic is their well-developed feelers, which have become pointy graspers with which the nightcrawler can grab insects. timid but territorial, this animal prefers living with a tight familar community, and are monogamous for the rest of their lives. like the croom, nightcrawlers have evolved te ability to estivate against the colder seasons.
Carcoh

The Carcoh is an adaptable, predatorial thoracephalian, notable for it's wide range, even going as far as in holea's freshwater systems. it was among the first predators, and species, to colonize the land.

### **Anatomy**

Carcohs retain many characteristics from their ancestors, the ideras, but have also improved on and even developed others. the head section is shorter and stockier, with particularly developed whiskers, which helped the animal in ancient times to hunt outside of water: nowadays, it is normal for waterbound carcohs to develop longer necks. the head section is also able to partially "retract" by squeezing inside the shell as a method of defense. the center section has become more elaborate, as it further develops into a full-fledged shell; despite this, it's soft and light, which both help the animal at hiding and moving quicker. the underside section has developed into a muscular foot, with a smoother underbelly to aid in movement. due to the wide range of this genre, many subspecies have arisen in specific locations and biomes, each with their own specific adaptations and sizes; even then, the general size range of the species is from 10 centimetres and almost one metre in lenght.

### **Biology**

due to their wide range of subspecies, each carcoh population has different behaviours from the others. generally thought, carcohs prefer to frequent locations dense of hiding places (like fan reefs) or devoid of predators. however, they can overcome the lack of these requirements by digging for protection. carcohs are usually ambush hunters, avoiding predators as they wait for anything to come. in case of danger, thought, they can rely on their powerful venom, able to kill most of their attackers. some freshwater and coastal species have retained the ability to survive out of water, even if just a few minutes.

#### **Diet**

carcohs are strictly carnivorous, hunting any prey as big as them. they highly prefer non-shelled preys, like rostrilians and caudalians.

#### **Reproduction**

Like any bicephalian, carcohs reproduce sexually by mating with each other, each individual possessing both genitals.

### **History**

Carcohs appeared around 10 mya in the mid-Chodician, first as shallows offshoots of the idera. among the first animals to colonize the land, they were the main predators of the primordial terrestrial biomes, until the keramouths appeared, which extinguished the land-dwelling lineage. however, the species has in the meantime also affirmed itself as a succesfull minor carivore in many environements around both holea and panspermia's seas, and has spawned itself a couple more of species.
Pinworm

Pinworms are small parrotworms that live in the low-tide gardens. they find refuge among the dense foliage, in which they also nest.

### **Anatomy**

pinworms are noticeably different from regular parrotworms for many aspects: very tiny in size, with most not even reaching half an inch of lenght, they have an elongated beak, useful for burrowing and snapping to lettuces, as well as a small row of barbs on the sides of it. the fins became slimmer and more hydrodynamic, sacrificing idle stability despite the nature of their own biome.

### **Biology**

pinworms are very shy inhabitants of the low-tide gardens, hiding among the rich foliage of drill lettuces. they tend to tolerate each other's presence between members of the species, but are diffident of other species, mainly due to their very low status on the food chain. pinworms are the oldest burrowing species of the notochordates, digging small holes near the lettuce's bases.

#### **Diet**

like most parrotworms, pinworms are herbivore, sustaining themselves off drill lettuce's leaves.

#### **Reproduction**

pinworms lay eggs inside dedicated burrows among the foliage, in order to protect them from the predators. after hatching, thought, fries will be left to themselves, meaning they often even get washed ashore.

### **History**

pinworms arose in the later stages of the Early era from the dying parrotworm species. despite their physical weakness, they revealed themselves to be a very successful genre, spawning many descendants in the other half of the era, like Finworms and Pickworms.
Cardiofungyne

Cardiofungynes are parasitic descendants of the mycofungynes, adapted for a terrestrial lifestyle. named as such for their eerie appearance, they feed on other chromistids and even intermingle with the plant's lymphatic system.

but even at this heighened state the agarias are not without their enemies. one of them is an unexpected land invader coming from the southern seas. just before going extinct in the region, mycofungynes adapted to live on land, gaining moisture and nutrients from the air and ground, but covered a small and irrelevant niche as a minuscule deep moss lookalike. but as one species adapted to grow on this new succugrass, the catastrophe ensued. the eerily heart-looking cardiofungyne are hand-sized parasitic plants, which grow their tendrils on the trunk, absorbing small quantities of myceliums, spores adn even lymph from the plant. the fruit, as it grows, creates a base by penetrating the trunk, liquifying it's surface in the process. eventually, it can reach the linfatic system of the succugrass, from which it can gain even more susteinance. the plant reproduces by releasing spores to the wind, which makes it hard enough for it to grow, but not to kill; just a few mature fungynes can end up killing an agaria. luckily, slit grubs and close enough herbivores can keep safe, or outright remove, the infesting plant by eating it.
Uwebam

The Uwebam is a shallows thoracephalian, adapted at hunting hard-shelled preys. it's voluminous shell hides inside a big stomach with which it digests the shells of it's victim.

even if the carcohs failed to become the dominant predators of the shores, their presence was still felt on the waters close. with the appearance of the tasty, but hardy lock dumplers, the species undergone some adaptations to firstly prey on them, but that eventually allowed a second jump on the outside. the uwebam are specialized bottom-dweller predators, which ambush their preys under the sand. to easily recogize a prey, the head developed better sensory organs, especially two pairs of eyes right over the mouth. to protect the head genitals from damage while eating, these have relocated in small "antennaes" on the side of the head; said antennaes, thought, are also capable of ejecting a foul-smelling secretion derived from digestion waste. the shell has also dramatically developed: it's large size is due to a big gut, necessary for hosting indispensable acids to destroy the shells of it's prey (as the uwebam lacks crushing teeths of any kind), while mobile flaps on the sides allow the animal to endiggen itself on the sand to hide, both from predators and preys. the uwebam's insides are surprisingly flexible, which also allow the animal to retract inside almost entirely it's head, while protecting from menaces; however, the animal also needs to not have anything in it's gut to digest in the meantime to do this, meaining that, in that timeframe, the animal is very vulnerable. with these adaptation, the slow uwebam has become a formidable predator of the shores, swallowing whole it's preys while concealed under the sand. but most of it's preys have a major way of defense for that; simply going outside. it was a matter of time that these creatures came to the land too: but, while it will have to deal often with the amphibious predators that have been dominating the environement in these millions of years, it is not as defenseless as it's ancestors were: if the hard shell could not deter the foe alone, it's watste-shots surely will.
Vice Rovish

The Vice Rovish is an enormous pelagic offshoot of the rovish. while full-grown eaters are almost unrivaled, their beaked counterparts and partners are instead very tiny.

Vice Rovish: another species of rovish that appeared is possibly the most majestic creature of it's time. the vice rovish is an enormous novischians that has adapted to mass eating, as well as filter feeding, and goes for the big shoals of dartworms swimming in the open oceans. along with their massive size, the vice rovish also protects itself from predators with underlying shield plates, extremely tough even for other novischians. their beakeds are, ironically, extremely small, resembling chordate larvaes more than anything. in this weird stage, which lasts for a couple of years, teh beakeds have their only chance to fertilize their eggs and lay them in small sprouts of a thousands before gradually undergoing metamorphosis, during which it cannot mate until maturation into an eater (if it manages to survive, as the lage sizes and plates are last to come). in the meantime, teh beakeds will feed over plankton to sustain themselves.
Sap Gnat

Sap Gnats are very small podocephalans that adapted a hematophagic lifestyle. as a result of their shrinking, they completely lost their shell. sap gnats went extinct during the mid-orchidian.

Sap Gnat: another species of microgrubs developed into a weird hematophage. the sap grub is most certainly the smallest scutocephalan ever existed, and has adapted to (contrary to the name) suck off blood from rostrilians. they hold tight with their clawed legs on the host, while penetrating their skin with a needle-like beak. unlike any otehr scutocephalian, their plates are almost nonexistant, and the brachioles used for breathing are even external rather than internal. to find preys, they will wait over leaves, jumping blindly into the void when sensing motion. if they land on an animal, tehy will promptly feed off the blood until empty, then they will leave to return to a leaf, where they might mate if finding a suitable partner. once fertilized, the myriads of eggs are deposited in batches at the base of the leaves, and the sap gnat will return to it's blood-sucking duty. luckily, few gnats are able to complete the life cycle, which balances the population of these otherwise terrifying parasites.
Meduse

The Meduse are weird descendant of the knuckers which adapted to live in the Spike lettuce forests. their agile and sneaky body aid them in hiding among the leaves.

### **Anatomy**

Meduses evolved to be much more agile and sleek than their bottom dwelling ancestors, having an overall lighter and smaller body, with the notable absence of the external shell. the mouths have now evolved into thin tentacles, which not only can still devour preys and jet out from predators, but can also hold grasp on the foliage in which it lives thanks to new graspers (adapted from the barbs) and a series of lumps that grow underneath them. the fins have also grown bigger and better adapted for short periods of swimming.

### **Biology**

the meduses are shy animals inhabiting the spike lettuce forests. small and solitary, they hide among the thickest clusters of foliage to protect from predators, while scurrying around to hunt small creatures among them. they may occasionally snatch small swimmers like fishworms for food.

#### **Diet**

prevalently carnivorous, the meduses hunt for small critters among the foliage, including larvaes of bigger species, even of it's own. they may also attempt to eat small swimmers close by.

#### **Reproduction**

meduses tend to lay their eggs in the spike lettuce's mineral growths after mating. these will be well protected, stickied around the corners where few animals can even reach them. after hatching, thought, the larvaes will have to hide among the foliage to protect themselves from the hungry adults, over many other dangers. due to this, few of them even reach adulthood.

### **History**

it is still unknown how the knuckers gave rise to this surface-dwelling species in the middle of the Early era, given it's bottom-dwelling lifestyle. it is possible that larvaes of one species started to find refuge among these canopies, eventually sticking to the lettuce forests for the rest of their lives. despite this mystery, along the low status of the species, the new body plan has found notable success, with descendants evolving during the latter half of the era.
Seladon

**Seladon**is one of the main characters of *Lab Rats: Age of Rebellion*. She is the eldest princess of the Vapra Clan, the sister of Brea and the late Tavra and one of the three daughters of Captain Kam'lu of the Sifa Clan and the late Maudra Mayrin.

Initially loyal to the Skeksis, Seladon realized the evilness of her former masters and Lords when they violently stripped her of her crown and ripped her clothing. Though she blamed Brea and her friends for everything, Seladon realized the error of her ways and joined the Gelfling Resistance.

As of the end of season one, she is the new All-Maudra of the Vapra clan. She is voiced by Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
Dartworm

Dartworms are very widespread notochordates derived from the finworms. their major characteristic is that these creatures hunt in shoals, making them rather dangerous with the sharp beak even for larger animals.

among the succesful finworms, some switched to a more cruent lifestyle, mostly involving literally darting itself to the prey. the dartworm may be weak and unremarkable alone, but it has developed a peculiar group hunting strategy that often ensures them a happy meal. they hunt by darting themselves on the preys, that range from barely bigger rorolas to humongous foes like the novish, trying to scrap out some bits of meat. it is one of the slimmest fishworms, but it has a well-developed fin, now vertically oriented to give it even more push, which gives it a fair advantage over many of it's cousins. the whiskers, now atrophied due to being a hassle against the new lifestyle, have been replaced in scope with tiny and underdeveloped eyes.
House Garlic

House Garlics are weird xenothoracicans that adapted heavily into symbiosis to live among the fan reefs. letting small colonies of nettles grow inside it's gills, it offers them protection while feeding off the nettle's collected food particles.

garlic trashies have been, since their appearance far into the benicene, extremely succesful and widespread, found in almost every seabound biome. but while the archievement clearly comes from the barebones, but incedibly efficient design of the species, almost no meaningful variations have ever appeared in the lineage. it's quite ironic then, that the major puch to the rise of a new species didn't even come from themselves, but rather from an actual competitor. pinprick nettles and garlics have always competed among the reefs for survival, particularly to prevent the other from literally entombing the competitor (contributing, somewhat, to create much denser and hospitable reefs than otherwise possible). but the evolutionary war would come to a weird twist as a member of the garlic trashies was taken from the inside by a colony of nettles during development. with no way out other than the gills, these dig up these vital fissures in order to eat. and it would've been fatal for the garlic, if not that, during cicatrization, the nettles were basically absorbed in their host's metabolism. the two, very different species, therefore, merged into one much more powerful: thanks to the nettle's intake and ablity to reproduce, the garlic grows much bigger than it's conspecifies, while the former can enjoy a safe spot to hide without the pressure to form a barrier around them, as well as providing small amounts of venom to deter predators. and as their genes spread over, and their descendants grew up in the same way, slowly a brand new species emerged. now a staple of the fan reefs, the house garlic is an extreme deviation of symbiosis, to the point that the two species act as a single one. and while it might rise quite a few ethical and existential questions, it has undoubtedly formed a more powerful result than their own ancestors.
Olivas

**Olivas** is the friendship pairing of Douglas Davenport and Oliver (**Oliv/**er and Dougl/**as**). They appear to have a good friendship and are similar in many ways. In Need for Speed, Oliver was annoyed at first when Douglas didn't appreciate his ideas, at least until Douglas could not bear the thought of finishing second to Chase. Overall, they seem to get along.
They are portrayed by Jeremy Kent Jackson (Douglas) and Jake Short (Oliver).
Chimney Fan

Chimney Fans are a species of abyssal spongiforms that have developed a symbiosys with chemophyte microorganisms. while the latter provide food for the corals, these form characteristic pinnacles due to the chemical reactions.

Chimney Fan: the labyrinth fans have demonstrated to tolerate very well the freezing temperatures of the south pole, but in the deepest areas of the sheets food is seriously lacking, which prompted them to find a new food source. thanks to a symbiosis with chemophyte microorganisms, the chimney fans have evolved to feed on the substances released by the underwater volcanoes under the ice. to protect themselves from extreme heat, the coral has become heat-resistant by integrating iron and other metals in their composition. the processing of the substances forms weird, elongated formations, which the chimney fan has employed as a waste zone. alongside the detritus, gases such as methane also come out of here, which eventually float up to the base of the sheets and are embedded in the newly-forming ice.
Trapworm

Trapworms are a species of quickworm that evolved to live in the northern seas. to survive among the harsh praires, they developed an unique defensive strategy, in which they mimick a panther nabish's scout.

as quick as they are, quickworms may find some difficulties among the brutal middle sea plains, and have adapted acordingly to avoid problems. one species, in particular has managed to find help by one of the very predators others might hide from. the trapworm normally resembles and behaves like any other quickworm, feeding off the lettuces like any other herbivore, but when it finds out a predator is nearby (thanks to the hypersensitive antennas), it bolts upwards like one of the menacing panther nabish's beakeds. like them, it also emits a high-pitched sound to reveal the position of it's menace. recognized as an actual member of it's pack, the panther nabish nearby will dive over the tricked predator, not only finding another prey to munch on, but also protecting the small trapworm that called for it. while in normal circumstances the latter would be prey to them itself, panther nabishes themselves have somewhat adapted to recognize these weird creatures as allies, as different from their spouses as they may be, and tend to let them go if these cross path for ome reason. with the rise of these two last creatures, many smaller canivores might have to adapt in order to not succumb so easily to the hidden traps that their very habitat now conceals.
Spikebarrel

Spikebarrels were an amphibious species of synthezisers, living around panspermia's western water bodies. despite being somewhat adapted to the cold with it's spiky and hardened cilias, it went extinct after the ice ages in the mid-orchidian.

the holean marshes are as harsh as they are weird, with few animals inhabiting it: crawling nectonians, thoracephalians and scutocephalans have evolved to live on this place, alongside the dominant plants of the region, the marsh polyp. but, despite it's unpleasant taste, eventually some animals resorted to eat their vital cilias, which host colonies of symbiotic chemophytes. to fight against this treason, marsh polyps adapted in a new, wild variety. one of them is the short spikebarrel, which has adapted bristly cilias that act not unlike that of a shellyfish: if any daring creature attempts to eat them, it will be stung with urticant cells. to increase the pain and deterrent, the cilias themselves rip out from the body to inflict the punishment even longer. luckily, they are easily replaced, and the spikebarrel is never short on them. these cilias have also another use: they protect the animal from the cold, which has revealed extremely useful during this period as the winters have started to become harsher.
Grupish

The Grupish is a novischian pack predator, found across the equator. despite their colourful and extravagant fins (which are the eater's main sexual displays for their picky mates to see), they are vicious and violent hunters.

another deadly variation of the regular nabish that emerged in the recent years is probably the deadliest predator of Nispe up to date. leaving behind it's solitary lifestyle for good, the grupish forms small, but tight packs with other members of it's species (along with their own beakeds) to go with for big hunts across the seas. found from the pillar gardens to the open oceans, they are swift and vicious creatures that will assault with all their brute force, along with their pack, any shoal or creature they may lay eyes upon, able to take down even stud rolas in some cases. despite this, they are aggressive to the core even towards their own species, so infights, pack skirmishes and straight up homicides are even more common than finding new members. one thing to note is the eater's eccentric colouration and appearance, which is due to a particular mating method developed by it's mates. normally the beakeds, which have become fairly accepting of each other's presence, are eager to follo and hide in the pouch of any male of the pack. but during mating sesons, their selection begins; developing the first sexual selection method in nispe's history, beakeds will check out every eater of it's clan, preferring long, extravagant fins and features and colours over anything. once they all have made their choices, the lucky selected will be allowed to mate, and continue the lineage for the season to come. once matured from it's zooplanktonic phase, the new animal must find an accepting clan, a task that will require much luck even for beakeds: if they are not welcome, they may even be preyed upon instead by those who rejected it. these savage, but eccentric predators have already took their toll on Nispe's wildlife all over the seas, with many unadapted preys seeing their population decline. and even if the grupish may even be quite rare after all, the risk of getting overhunted by them is something to not underestimate.
Pito

Pitos are parasitizing Bicephalians descended from Lengs, which have evolved to mimic their cousins in order to bite food out of their victims.

it's not a good life being a parasite, but it was one of the only chances left for lengs at further evolution. these freaky descendants, resembling more the larvaes they grew up from than their ancestors, are very small creatures that feed off tiny meat bits by deceived, bigger preys that lend themselves to it's bite by mistaking them for helpful lengs. since they have degenerated so much to the point that they can barely wiggle themselves to feed in order to sustain itself with this diet, mating seems like an impossible feat for them. but their adaptations and body conformation has allowed them to develop a crazy strategy; on mating season, some of them will burrow themselves all the way throught with any creature that faced them for the supposed cleanup, just adding to their problem, and in the case it meets another one of it's species, the bottom will be all exposed allowing the mating to take process. after a short while, the larvaes will be expelled from the body throught the same bottom, ready to continue the family long tradition of leeching at other creatures's expenses. while this incredible reproductive strategy isn't devoid of risks at all (including from fellow family members the lengs), it has been effective enough to propagate and keep the species alive up to now.
Quirk Sgrab

Quirk Sgrabs are peculiar descendants of the pinker sgrabs which have evolved soft stilts in place of the hard ones characteristic of the halluciscutans. thanks to this, they are allowed a greater maneuverability among craggy environements.

among the sparse and isolated fan reefs, another scutocephalan may have found a new evolutionary strategy. one population of the archaic pinker sgrabs has switched their hard, but clumsy stilts with rather soft spikes, which allow them to have a greater maneuverability and walk across otherwise unaccessible landforms, but without giving up on the stability and susteinance of the body. with this, the quirk sgabs have spread further across the seas: now generalists which munch on any kind of plant and hard, commestible surface available to them, they have become a rather common sight among the crevices and hideouts of many biomes. unlike their tunnel-boring and praire grazer relatives, thought, they are still bound to their own body to move around. their soft stilts, thought, have allowed them, in some way, to become the first effectively swimming members of the whole clade. as a defense method, the quirk sgrab will tend to jump backwards from their predator. in doing so, they are left with a few second in which they can freely glide on the sea floor usually put on adjusting their balance. while this may seem trivial at first, a defense strategy like that was taken by a distant ancestor of the monocephalians...
Qlubar

Qlubars were rostrilians descended from the qulobs, which undertook high specialization for an arboreal lifestyle. like many other species of keramouths, they went extinct during the orchidian due to prolonged ice age periods.

Qlubar: meanwhile, the arrival of the scythed rostrilians, such as nigthcrawlers and riphounds, has put in trouble the local qulobs. one way the species adapted to it's predators was to reduce in size and give to climbing. the qlubar, with it's flexible, curved bones, is the king of the succugrasses groves. it's sharp claws and flat body shape help it grasp more easily to the trunks, while the brownish coloration and very extended feelers aid in avoiding predators. it possesses a long neck and a sharp beak with which it hunts slit grubs and other species, including spray grubs, to which it's dizzy toxin they are immune. the qlubar are solitary creatures, usually inhabiting only one tree, which they make their home by cutting the leaves to make themselves easy passages. they only meet other of their kind at night, during mating season. many of them remain killed off during this period, as well as many of their spawn, shelled out in the thousands, as they traverse the lands not whitin the safety of their trees.
Plate Grub

The Plate Grub is a freshwater sgrab species, and among one of the largest non-walking scutocephalian ever. one of the first animals to ever crawl on land, it's a docile herbivore feeding off deep moss.

overseas, in the rivers inland of the Eastern Continent, an arms race in the live grub genus was ensuing over which population will first succesfully spread on land first. eventually, one species over all affirmed it's success, forcing all other live grubs to return to a mostly aquatic lifestyle. originating from a small lake on the great eastern river's path, the plate grub took over all the competition by first coming up with a successful oxygen-retaining system. the head plate has now dedicated fissures on it's sides, where the gills are stored, both protecting them from the outside world's irritating dirt and making it ridiculously easy to retain water for long time periods. the plate sgrabs are bigger than their ancestors, and can survive outside of water for up to a whole day, having easy access to the moss-rich shores. despite this, it is still vitally diet to water for oxygen refurbishment and mating, indicating that the lake sgrab's path to a furry terrestrial life will take much longer than thought.
Croom

The Croom is and early orchidian keramouth adapted for ambush hunting. derived from the rostorm, it has big claws for digging and is able to undergo estivation to survive the winters.

Croom: one of the lucky survivors of the mass extinction on land, rostorms quickly differentiated in the coming era. the croom is a mid-sized, ground dwelling descendant adapted at feeding off small animals, as well as carrion and leaves remains. it has adapted to live further from water, like their distant cousins living among them, but it still goes for the rivers to reproduce. it's main trait is the big claw on front of the limbs, a toe that lopsided into this more favourable position, that is used to dig large burrows in which it rests. to this, bulky arms also come in handy, while the feelers have atrophied, but also ended up being used as fine sound-sensing organs. it mainly ambushes prey from this hole, which is then curated to not give too much in the eye. when attacking, the well-developed back pseudo-limbs help giving the push necessary for seizing the prey. an important thing to note for this era is that, due to the ice age, the dryer seasons have become considerably cooler, and it's not rare at all for chilling snowstorms to fall. to fight the freezing cold, crooms will go in the state of estivation, passing the winter in a catatonic state. when the warmer season comes back, the animals will re-emerge, starting their mating season. mates are choosen by their bright colours and motifs.
Arrownet

Arrownets are weird descendants of the rock nettle which have adapted to a free-swimming life. they use fins on their body (rather than the net-mouth) to move in great shoals across the open ocean.

over time, rock nettles have specialized in various forms. one of them, and perphaps the most bizarre, is a small creature that acts both as it's ancestors and as shellyfishes. moving by swinging itself up and down like a jellyfish, but also capable of controlling its direction thanks to fleshy fins, these creatures wander the oceans, eating especially zooplankton, forming enormous shoals (which are their only means of defence). at times, they will gather on the surface to mate, using the leftovers of their suction cups. by attaching themselves one to another, they eventually form weird masses of squirmy critters rivaling the greatest lettuce forests in size. while the ocean is still a big place, shellyfish and arrownets fill the same niche, and competition may eventually occur between the two species.
Grotto Nettle

Grotto Nettles are a species of coral nettles that adapted for a troglodytical lifestyle. while widespread in many cave systems around the oceans, some have found a niche in the tunnels dug by the tunneler sgrabs in the pillar gardens.

but the most unexpected presence in the tunnels comes from the fan reefs, and a founding member of it at that. only found across the western continent's forests, this incredible descendant of the pinprick nettle found the currents flowing inside these holes very appealing for the sheer quantity of plankton they carry in. the bodies themselves are transparent, lacking in pigmentation along with the rest of the coral, but still behave similiarly. these grow everywhere around the tunnels, sometimes even on the various entrances and exits at speeds unprecedented for "reef-growing" animals. one branch can completey block a passage in a matter of one month, and so it's unsurprising they, along with the very pillar, are munched upon by the tunnler sgrabs. at least, it's not pure mineral, and can give a greater sustain to the sgrab's energy. but they owe them another favour: by growing all over the tunnels, they often fill up the passages acting as supporting pilons, and their presence means safety from an eventual collapse of the giant plant-pillar.
Deet

**Deethra** (commonly known as **Deet**)is a main character in *Age of Rebellion* and one of the three protagonists of *The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance* (alongside Brea and Rian). She is a Gelfling of the Grottan Clan, only daughter of Mitjan and Lath'N, sister of Bobb'N, and Rian's love interest. She learns of the Darkening, an energy that is killing Thra's life and causing her homeworld to die slowly. She joins Rian and Brea in ending the Skeksis' rule once and for all.
Relationships

Brase (Bree and Chase)Breo (Bree and Leo)Bradam (Bree and Adam)Adeo (Adam and Leo)Chadam (Chase and Adam)Doneo (Donald and Leo)Donglas (Donald and Douglas)Tasheo (Tasha and Leo)Dougleo (Douglas & Leo)Krouglas (Krane and Douglas)Olivas (Oliver and Douglas)Dougcus (Douglas & Marcus)Dougelle (Douglas and Giselle)Chouglas (Chase & Douglas)Terglas (Perry and Douglas)Adonald (Adam and Donald)Bronald (Bree & Donald)Chonald (Chase and Donald)Dasha (Donald and Tasha)Daneo (Daniel and Leo)Janeleo (Janelle & Leo)Tayleo (Taylor & Leo)
Turborm

The Turborm is a bottom-dwelling caudalian derived from the trollorm. this wide-tasted generalist uded it's feelers to detect food and predators around it.

the trollorms have found themselves well around the pillar garden's tunnels. but this very specific ecosystem may not allow them for further specialization. as such, the evolution of the species has to continue in another way. some arguably brave trollorms have started to frequent the bottom floors, swimming slyly in search of some of the new plants that have started to grow there (and maybe, some shelled snacks). over time, this lineage has undergone drastic changes from it's bodyplan: the body overall has flattened, allowing them to sneak around easily on the bottom, and along that a role inversion has occured regarding the tail fins. as the big, but cramping vertical fins shrink, the underdeveloped side fins have grew exponentially, creating a new balance on the animal. the long whiskers have also lopsided to allow an easier research of the preys, but can't do much against most predators. a light, simple and blending coloration therefore is the only way of defense for an animal that can't even dig itself on the sand, but is enough to keep oblivious most dangers. the new turborm, therefore, lives a precaroius (and rather solitary) life as a bottom floor generalist: as such, it comes out only at night time, while during daylight (for the blind turborm, the internal clock's period that marks the presence of predators) it stays protected under some crevices. but there's one biome in which this underling has otherwise become the king of: the abysses of nispe, in which few animals reside, and some of them being an easy meal for the notochordate, such as the archaic amphisbenas and wasp worms.
Podorm

Podorms were transitional early Rostrilians. despite their similiarity to their ancestors, they improved greatly from them regarding land-dwelling, such as developing the bipedal bodyplan and feelers characteristic of all other rostrilians. eventually, they lost their niche as generalists in their environement against their better adapted descendants, going extinct during the latter parts of the Chodician.

with the ecological freedom offered by the shores, it's inhabitants quickly adapted to diversify in it, while further improving their body plan. it's the case of the podorm, a direct descendant of the muddorm. an improved breath-holding system and a thicker skin can allow it to live outside of water for almost a whole day, while the front fins have developed a new internal support, close but not connected to the main notochord, to more easily walk across the beaches. the feeler protrusion, meanwhile, has become longer and more mobile, allowing the animal to communicate between each other with a simple, but effective contact and visual language. with these anatomical and biologica improvements, one would affirm that it's a direct successor of the muddorm it came from; but in reality, the podorm has developed it's own niche as a generalist, preferring to scavenge over dead creatures of the shores and beached carcasses to plants (which still eats oftentimes), and as such it won't be any menace for the ancestors for the time being.
Wasp Worm

Wasp Worms are simple, skittish predators of Nispe's sea floors.

### **Anatomy**

Wasp Worms are quite plain in appearance: flat and almost featureless, the only distinguishable thing upside are a pair of flaps used for sensory locomotion. the underside is even more empty, with only two holes making both the mouth and the anus, one opposite from each other. the o-shaped mouth contains a single, needle-like tooth, which is able, with particular switch mechanisms in the respective organs, to multi-task both as a hunting weapon (secerning a dangerous liquifying acid) and as a proper sucking needle to eat out the prey's insides.

### **Biology**

these rare creatures can be found everywhere where there are enough hiding spots for it to protect, but it can be found usually on fan reefs, as well as the far and unhospitable abyssal plains. they tend to come out only at night, slithering it's way to hunt down it's preys, and will quickly hide after the sun sets up.

#### **Diet**

wasp worms will feed off on any small, hard shelled preys they may stumble, from small scutocephalans to coral nettles, down to xeno onions when found in the abyss' recesses. it hunts by first climbing on a favourable spot after finding it's prey, and then releasing the acid with it's tooth. while this alone may not kill the prey, after it sucks out the interiors only it's shell may be left.

#### **Reproduction**

on monthly-recurring occasions, wasp worms will seek out for each other to engage in their mating rituals, in which hundreds of them end up wriggling all over themselves forming chaotic masses of worms. after this, the eggs will be fecundated, and will shortly be laid out sparsely. the small larvaes will then end up part of the zooplankton before maturing.

### **History**

wasp worms were one of the creatures among the very first ecosystems of the Early Era. they were much more prominent and common back then, preying on xeno onions and the ancestors of the shallow crabs. overtime, the ecosphere, as well as it's inhabitants, changed dramatically, reducing the wasp worm's range and population but not killing them: while some retired off to lower dephts along with their favourite preys, no longer present in upper regions, many still survived hidden in the crevices and rocks. despite their decline, they still found some success, both by themselves as an intermediate member of the food chain, and as a whole by spawning a lineage of swimming, unique predators among the very first to rise in that era.
Creatures

Below is a list of all the animals and plants that currently live on Nispe. for a list of all extinct lifeforms, see Extinct Creatures

For further information on Nispe's lifeforms (history, general biology, genealogy etc.) see Life.

### **Bilatera:**

#### **Bicephalia:**

* Scilliya
* Carcoh
* Nykure
* Uwebam
* Charibdos
* Dahgun
* Lomia

#### **Platemnita:**

* Wasp Worm
* Buglar Killerworm
* Flathead Killerworm

#### **Scutocephala:**

* Shallow Crab
* Skate Crab
* Live Grub
* Slit Grub
* Weeder Sgrab
* Quirk Sgrab
* Fan Sgrab
* Groundbore Skub
* Lice Skub
* Feathered Skub
* Skip Grub

#### **Notochordata:**

* Dartworm
* Trollorm
* Turborm
* Bottorm
* Croom
* Freek
* Nightcrawler
* Riphound
* Nogginbill
* Panic-Tail
* Bumbleripper

### **Radiata:**

#### **Synthetizers:**

* Bin of the Seas
* Earth Pillar
* Shutter Bud
* Shaded Scrub

#### **Nectonia:**

* Shellyfish
* Dwarf Trumpler
* Clap Trumpler
* Lock Dumpler
* Flatfin Dumpler
* Gulpin Dumpler

#### **Retiaria:**

* Rock Nettle
* Chimney Fan
* Grotto Nettle
* Labyrinth Fan

#### **Xenicthya:**

* Nabish
* Reed Rola
* Sunlight Rola
* Coastal Rola
* Quicksilver Rola
* Wayfarer Rola
* Flattail Rola
* Pterabish
* Beluga Nabish
* Vice Rovish
* Mackerel Rovish
* Ropavish

### **Vegetalia:**

#### **Benoisials:**

* Benois Lettucegrass
* Tough Lettucegrass
* Fort Lettucegrass
* Pine Succugrass
* Agaria Succugrass

### **Chromista:**

* Deep Moss
* Mycofungyne
* Foul Moss
* Crawling Mycelium
* Cardiofungyne
The Known History Of Oud'Vhar

Oud'Vhar has, since the beginning of recorded history, been a land of relative peace and prosperity. The Oud Council Treaty has ensured that the Six Kingdoms Of Oud'Vhar have never known war or faced any lasting division between the kingdoms, and the power of the united Oud Council has been strong enough that the three independent realms have never represented any serious threat to peace on Oud, despite the occasional minor rebellion.

Oud'Vhar was once comprised of two mega-continents, Colhar: the Land of Sorrows, and Eritreme: The Land of Light. When the Great Rupture occurred, and the Alter-God Vharesoudir apppeared to the Colharians and the Eritrimites many millennia ago, it is said that the denizens of Colhar agreed that the newly formed land of Oud'Vhar would host the Twelve Lesser Terrors in exchange for ten more weeks of precious sunlight, a resource the Colharians desperately needed to save its people from starvation. The Eritrimites also agreed to host the terrors and allow the lands of Colhar and Eritreme to be reformed in exchange for the Horn of Suderis , a drinking vessel that was promised to bring an end to the Lightbourne Plague.

In the years since, the Oud Council was formed, three leaders from the the Colharians and three from the Eritrimites (see the First Oud Council) who would be charged with containing the Twelve Lesser Terrors and leading the lands of Austeron, Selrune, Edarah, Nikkemis, Titan Vale and Medratheer. Since the formation of the council, the Eritrimite leaders have been reduced to one, due to recurring waves of Lightbourne Plague depleting the Eritrimite population, and fears that the plague might jump to those of Colharian heritage. This has, in turn, resulted in only 9 Magical Lines remaining in Oud'Vhar today, and the odd occurrence of arcane propensity outside of the lines, which more often than not leads to the Magus Alium being directed to one of the four Arcane Schools.
Ropavish

Ropavishes are a small species of rovischian, found on the more temperate and warm seas. eaters are oftentimes the top predators of their environements.

Ropavish: meanwhile, in a fashion similiar to the sunlight rolas, mackerel rovishes have also evolved a dwarf, coast-dwelling descendant in the same range as the flattails. the ropavish are the smallest rovischians up to date, possessing a short body and wide fins to swim with ease in a passive state. even then, they are still pretty sizable for a creature of their niche. the ropavishes are notavle for also being similiar between sexes; beakeds and eaters have the same features, and can even be seen shoaling together (even if the size between the two differs notably). while the beakeds retain their herbivorous diet, eaters are mainly carnivorous, acting as the main predators of the environement, preying on other swimming creatures and small scutocephalans. despite their role, thought, eater ropavishes are known to shoal around with other species too, which, along with their high sociability, might also demonstrate the unusual intelligence of these xenicthyans.
Selrunian Chicken Weddings

The Selrunian practice of chicken weddings has, in recent centuries, become wildly common in the Kingdom.

The chicken wedding originates as provincial workaround for harsh Selrunian marriage laws, in which all pairings have to be approved directly by the crown. In response to the always-slow and often-indefinite approval process, the working folk of Selrune established a practice of hosting a "wedding" between chickens from the households of each half of the marrying pair. This charade allows for the couple to be unofficially paired, accepted by their respective families and community and to celebrate their nuptials.

Chicken weddings are characterized not only by the presence of a pair of hens dressed in wedding garb, but a great feast that always features the eponymous dish of Selrunian Chicken Wedding Soup, a zesty mixture of vegetables and meat in a creamy broth.
The Cave That Was Eaten By The Stars

Issues in translation have plagued those who seek to understand the Terror known as The Cave That Was Eaten By The Stars. While, in comparison to greater Eritremic history, the Cave itself is relatively young, this terror was believed to have been predicted by the earliest Eritremic prophets. According to research that took place not long after The Great Rupture, the cave apparently bears a great deal of similarity to one that was described in the Ninth Book Of Tylaephone. Tragically, this information has been lost to history, and access to the Cave is now no longer an option for scholars.

While a summary of the early investigation of the cave was allegedly created by Cooley, this text too is no longer accessible to curious minds. The best source of information available regarding this terror now resides in a section of *The Ballad Of Ixion Fortuna*, a folksong that has survived the centuries, and fortunately for us, cannot be locked away in a palace safe, or burned at the hands of a tyrant. The relevant section follows.

*From The Ballad of Ixion Fortuna, Line 115-*

Once more, Death spake to valorous Ixion

"Sir, lay your sword to rest-

your hair grows grey, your arms grow weak

speak 'farewell' to your quest"

"Nay" said brave Ixion

The hero of the North

and he rose once more, from the frozen ground

and keenly barrell'd forth

"Fool" sung Death, spurned once again

"Still, I will take my fee-

kill a doe, to take your place-

and cast your white dagger to the sea"

Ixion, the kind and strong

shot a doe across her breast

and cast his dagger in a river mouth

for all men must bow to Death.

Ruby red, the river turn'd

and later, night-struck black

and our hero stared as a cave-mouth opened

and like an eye, the mouth stared back

They say, of the valiant Ixion

that for once, his courage gave

and he stepped back, made stone by fear

at the entry of the cave

Inside they say, the starred sky loomed

a thousand nights in one

and for Ixion Fortuna

his end, at once, begun

Farewell, Ixion Fortuna!

he stepped into the mine

and not one to let her debtors free

Death followed, close behind.