Creature Art Updated

More research has gone into the Felis Regius Creature and although I am not quite ready to share my written work with everyone, I have received some art of them that is ready to be shared with others. These long creatures seem hard for some artists to capture with their strange body plans, but two individuals I have contacted were up for the task. More art will be needed to fully understand the species, but with every day that passes we learn a little more about how the Felis Regius work.

Art drawn by Voiidless

As well as by Shirokuro Sumi

Felis Regius information can be foundin the Almanac here

Moonglow jellies are some of the most bioluminescent animals on the planet— larger swarms can even be seen from space.

Like most jellyfish they are docile and indifferent to humans. The inner tentacles have venomous nematocysts, but the venom is only mildly irritating to humans. The venom is far more effective against lanternfish, which comprises most of their diet. Only the final medusa stage of the jellyfish's life cycle is bioluminescent, likely because only the mature medusa is able to defend itself against predators in the deep aphotic zone of the ocean. Once grown, however, the Moonglow Jelly glows brighter than anything else from the ocean, and is visible from miles away.

After reaching adulthood, these jellies tend to migrate from the most distant reaches of the Pacific Ocean to warmer coastal waters, which has more microbes for their young to feed on. They are repelled by artificial lights of cities, but can sometimes be spotted passing by small coastal towns.

Also known as the "Skolex" in the Indus River Valley region., W. indicus is a very large species of saw-toothed worm, closely related and morphologically similar to its closest cousin, the now-extinct marine worm W. armstrongi.

Pale and carnivorous, Indus worms are native to the Indus river valley, characterized by long, white bodies, large venomous mandibles, and symmetrical pairs of parapodium (lateral outgrowths or protrusions from the body used to assist movement) on each body segment.. They tend to burrow in the mud of the river bed during the day, emerging in the cool of night to hunt easy livestock prey like horses, cows, donkeys, camels, but also occasionally humans. They will also attack potential prey who happen to walk over their sleeping place, though this is more likely to occur near sunset or sunrise.

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Many decades ago, Curious Corvid Publishing commissioned us on a project to collect and compile data on specimens of obscure creatures: the mythological, the fantastical, and the cryptic. This volume is the first report of our findings, concerning invertebrates, which we present to the world not to endanger these animals or make them vulnerable, but in the hopes that by lifting the shroud of unfamiliarity we might enhance humanity’s ability to appreciate, celebrate, and protect the more mysterious inhabitants of this strange world. Our hope is that you will read our findings and come away with a deeper appreciation and respect for the earth and ecosystem in which you are just a passing traveler, to which you must one day inevitably return.

“Remember me as you pass by.

As you are now, so once was I;

As I am now, so you must be,

Therefore prepare to follow me.”