Creatures of The Void

## Summary

During the beginning of Season 8, Slimey drones down into The Void in a desperate attempt to find Grape Prime. While he was unsuccessful in finding her, he did manage to find out that life does exist within The Void, and is akin to deep sea creatures back on his home universe. Below are a few creatures he managed to discover and log during his search.

## Illustrations of the Creatures (In Order)

Bathynomus Glaciotinea (Spreadheaded Isopod)Piscafulmen Primae (Fulgurfish)Piscafulmen Primae (agitated) (Fulgurfish)Leviculus Blorbae (Rotunden)Anomalomucos Onellae (Pillar Lichen)Columsecta Mucavora (Pillar Bug)Columsecta Mucavora (shiny) (Pillar Bug)Armataped Nycentha (Spined Pillarbug)Carcinobardus Columcensia (Pillar Crab)Triloparvus Ridiculogalerus (Hat-Wearing Trilobite)Triloprocerus Giganteus (Trilobite Eel)Arthroleviathe Validus (Titan Isopod)Mortanomus Tredecavetus (Ash Feeder)
## Trivia

* Each creature's log is inspired by the way creature logs are written in Subnautica.
* Spearheaded Isopod was inspired by the Ice Worm from Subnautica: Below Zero. "Glaciotinea" in its scientific name directly translates to "Ice worm"
* Fulgurfish is inspired by a nightmare Grape (real person) had as a kid of a pink X-ray fish that apparently scared the shit out of her. "Primae" in its scientific name is a reference to Prime from the CMP.
* Rotunden is inspired by Fish C from Alex Ries' "Subnautica - Small Fish 7" concept art. Its name is obviously a variation on the word Rotund, and its scientific name is intended to translate to "Silly Blorbo"
* Pillar Lichen is inspired by a Sam-O-Nella video that came out around the time Slimesauce was writing this event, in which Sam states that it would be funny if someone named a lichen after him, which is where "Onellae" comes from. Its color scheme is based on the Lichen Dragon from Dragonvale.
* The designs of both pillarbugs are based on Moonling Gobart, a creature Slimesauce created in Spore.
* The "Nycentha" in Armataped Nycentha was the first name Slimesauce came up with when designing creatures for this event. It doesn't actually translate to anything and just sounds cool.
* Pillar Crab's scientific name roughly translates to "Stupid crab that climbs pillars"
* Hat-Wearing Trilobite is based on the real-life trilobite Walliserops Trifurcatus. Its scientific name roughly translates to "Small trilobite with ridiculous hat"
* Titan Isopod was heavily inspired by the Sea Treader Leviathan from Subnautica. It was originally supposed to have 13 eyes to reference The Watcher, until that idea was moved to Ash Feeder.
* Ash Feeder's scientific name roughly translates to "Corpse wanderer that travels in thirteen", which is sick as fuck
* Ash Feeder and Titan Isopod were once one creature named Bathynomus Corpovectus (Deep-wandering corpse traveler)
* Ash Feeder's design, its tendency to gather in groups of 13, and the fact that they feed off of the corpse of Xal'Gyron are all obviously references to The Watcher and their lore.
* The "Phasmatinea" in Xal'Gyron's scientific name directly translates to "Ghost Worm", which is a reference to Subnautica's Ghost Leviathan.
* The fact that there are 13 written logs, as well as Xal'Gyron's entry having 13 pages are also references to The Watcher.
* Five total concepts for creatures went unused -- Three unnamed creatures, based on a horseshoe crab, sea scorpion, and the Ventgarden from Below Zero, Columsecta Laxorena (Chill Pillarbug), a pillarbug variant that would float around and eat debris, and Anomalomucos Valentinae (Sculk Lichen), a lichen variant named after Pixel V that was going to tease Champion Slimey.