The Megalocrabs Taxonomy: Wavekin (Megalocrab) Description: Inhabitants of rivers and coastlines, the megalocrab is possessed of an astoundingly hard shell that can weather many an assault and have become famed for their size. Those within Silvertear had earned the wry names Codpiece Clipper and Harness Snipper, surely in reference to particular injuries inflicted by them upon misplaced members of the Adventurers Guild, or perhaps Garleans within the ruins. Cermet Coblyn Taxonomy: Soulkin (Coblyn) Description: What exactly a coblyn is, differs depending on who you ask. In Gridania the theory is that coblyn are beastkin who graft mineral to their flesh in order to gain a measure of armament. In Ul’dah, … [Read more...]
The Bestiary of the Final Coil of Bahamut
Clockwork Spider Taxonomy: Forgekin (Clockwork Spider) Description: Fitted with enhanced weaponry and sophisticated defensive techniques, these clockwork spiders were also possessed of advanced AI allowing them to adapt quickly to emergent crises. Dark Matter Slime Taxonomy: Ashkin (Slime) Description: Slimes are produced when humors leaking out of corpses come to rest on an area enriched by earth aether. The earth aether adopts the aetheric energies left behind by the dead individual(s) and uses them to control the congealed biological material. These particular specimens seem to have come into contact with dark matter, a substance that is capable of melding with other materials and improving it. This … [Read more...]
The Bestiary of the Sunken Temple of Qarn (Hard)
Belah'dian Knight Taxonomy: Ashkin (Damned) Description: Presumably once the elite warriors and perhaps aristocratic scions of Belah'dia, these unliving remnants walked once more in order to defend the temple they were buried within. This may have been intentional as an attempt to defend the temple, or a result of the bloody wars that saw the end of Belah'dia, as catastrophe and tragedy can bring corpses back to life without direct intervention. Perhaps these warriors represent a martial tradition that the founders of Ul'dah would go on to draw from in their creation of the Sultansworn. Capabilities: The Belah'dian knights were able to 'ossify' their crumbling bodies in order to strengthen their physical … [Read more...]
The Bestiary of Sastasha (Hard)
Spelean Slug Taxonomy: Wavekin (Slug) Description: The giant slugs of Eorzea are nuisances on a grand scale due to the oozing secretions that coat their flesh, which have been observed as acidic enough to eat away even stone on some occasions. This has earned them a reputation amongst the inhabitants of the Aldenard, and they are often killed on sight or trapped using ale, which attracts them. These creatures have earned their title of 'spelean' (or cave-dweller) for their habit of living in caves, namely the seagrot. Dripping Sallet Taxonomy: Wavekin (Sallet Crab) Description: Such have been the wars and raids of Eorzea's coastlines that the ocean bed is littered with arms, armaments and bones. This is … [Read more...]
The Bestiary of Snowcloak
Ibex Taxonomy: Beastkin (Antelope) Description: Speedy, herbivorous creatures, antelopes are common beastkin in Eorzea and beyond, communicating with sways of their tail. These ibex must have been orphaned from their natural habitats by the frigid cold of the Calamity, leading to them taking shelter in the glacier. Etymology Notes: Ibex are a real species of goat native to Africa, southern Europe and certain parts of Asia. Snowcloak Goobbue Taxonomy: Beastkin (Goobbue) Description: Huge, physically powerful creatures, Goobbue such as these play host to moss and lichen which they cultivate with water in dry times in exchange for it providing camouflage to the beast. Goobbue are utterly ferocious, … [Read more...]
The Bestiary of Syrcus Tower
Oceanus Taxonomy: Wavekin (Sea Serpent) Description: Sea Serpents were once fantastically rare creatures, found only in the depths of the seas. With the calamity this began to change, with the serpents even daring to venture inland, where they have adjusted well to freshwater after their lives in the sea. Presumably these specimens predate all of those concerns, and were brought here by Allag in the Third Astral era, and it could be theorized that the adaptive salt-to-freshwater nature of their move inland could even hint at a chimeric origin. Etymology Notes: Oceanus was the titan personification of the ocean in Greek myths, and this is clearly easily applied to the serpents of Eorzea due to their nature as beings … [Read more...]
The Bestiary of the Stone Vigil (Hard)
Storm Biast Taxonomy: Scalekin (Biast) Description: Drakes are ferocious predatory creatures with powerful tracking abilities and the ability to exhale gouts of fire. They are perhaps most famous as domesticated beasts of the Amalj’aa. A biast, however, is a subspecies that exhales lightning instead of fire. They were here in the Vigil as followers of the Horde, as scalekin are easily dominated by dragons. Shield Dragon Taxonomy: Scalekin (Puk) Description: Although puk such as these eat primarily small vilekin, they are fiercely territorial and will not hesitate to assault a much larger trespasser. Shield Dragons seem to belong to a wingless subspecies of Puk, as most of their kind do bear small … [Read more...]
The Bestiary of Tam-Tara Deepcroft (Hard)
The Diremites Taxonomy: Vilekin (Diremite) Description: Creatures with a strict social hierarchy not unlike an ant, diremites live in nomadic colonies that devour all the food in an area and then move on. There were representatives of the lowest rank of the hierarchy in the Deepcroft this time, mitelings, a caste that focuses on performing labor for the colony. There were also members of the middling rank of the diremite species, simply called diremites, who are the soldiers that act as guards to the colony. Finally there were banemites, egg-laying females that typically lead diremite colonies. Demon Pawn Taxonomy: Voidsent (Demon) Description: Commonly referred to as ‘reapers of souls’ by the … [Read more...]
The Bestiary of Hullbreaker Isle
Sifaka Taxonomy: Beastkin (Opo-opo) Description: Opo-opo are communal creatures that gather underneath a single dominant member, they are famed for their agility and dexterousness. These small beastkin are capable of thriving both on the ground and in the trees, and have become a common farming pest, picking fields clean when they grow hungry. Etymology Notes: Sifaka are a real species of lemurs endemic to Madagascar, and the name choice here likely stems from the Sifaka’s island dwelling nature. Harpeia Taxonomy: Cloudkin (Harpeia) Description: Fiercely intelligent cloudkin, these odd-looking creatures typically reside in the Sea of Clouds, where they dwell in large hunting packs that excel … [Read more...]
The Bestiary of the Second Coil of Bahamut
Lunar Golem Taxonomy: Soulkin (Golem) Description: Golems are beings of stone animated by magic, with rumors suggesting that they may be easier to animate in the path of a calamity, although any real research will demonstrate that this is not the only time they are possible to create. These particular creatures names draw from the fact that they were animated by the energies of Dalamud. Dark Matter Roselet Taxonomy: Seedkin (Flying Trap) Description: Deeply predatory seedkin, flying traps rely on the use of their brightly colored petals to lure in prey which is then stuck to these petals by a secreted adhesive, and drained of nutrients by the plant’s roots. They are also capable of more direct combat, … [Read more...]
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