Though referred to by the... «Nevernight»
RamingoWS27 мая 2018Though referred to by the few scholars mad enough to study them as "sand kraken," the apex predators of the Ashkahi wastes aren`t actually cephalopods. They swim in sand as easily as their sea-bound "kin" swim in water, filtering oxygen from the earth through specialized gills. They eat anything not possessed of an above-average running speed, and are renowned for temperaments most would describe as "uncooperative." The undisputed expert in their study, Loresman Carlo Ribisi, theorized they are a kind of desert worm, mutated by magikal pollutants from the ruins of the Ashkahi Empire. Ribisi postulated the beasts are possessed of canine-level intelligence, and to prove his theorem, captured an infant sand kraken, brought it back to the Grand Collegium in Godsgrave, and attempted to train it in simple tasks. Ribisi constructed stone mazes, filled them with earth, and set the beast (whom he named "Alfi" after a much-beloved familia pet) loose inside them. Alfi would be rewarded with food if he successfully traversed the labyrinth. Ribis introduced more complex patterns as Alfi grew in size (six feet long at his last recorded measurement), also incorporating simple devices such as latches and doors to prove the beast`s growing intelligence. Sadly, Alfi utilized the knowledge one nevernight in escaping his enclosure, murdering the better part of the zoology faculty, including a rather disappointed Ribisi, before he was dispatched by a cadre of baffled Luminatii. Ordinances about the keeping of wildlife within college grounds were tightened considerably after this affair.
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