Core Bestiary

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The Core is home to many bizarre creatures. FRONT and other organizations are constantly discovering new species adapted to the depths of the Core and cataloging them, and learning to live alongside, and sometimes with, them.

Notable Species

• The Example Creature, an exemplary example.
• The Zxes, a small parasite that eats iron.
• The Omni-Railer, a rogue construction bot that travels in herds.
• The Doppler Wolf, a canid that grows in size and volume in the presence of others.
• The Parabolakeet, a bird known for flying in U shapes and eating unguarded variables.
• The Bolt Being, a mechanical construct of scrap pieces.
• The Core Duck, the mascot of the Core Mechanics and a ubiquitous presence in the Core.
• The Core-Gi, a small construct shaped as a canine.
• The Railroad Runner, a plains-dwelling avian capable of extreme speed.
• The Halomonas Pillae, anomalous rust-eating bacteria that replace materials and shimmer when struck.
• The Oilrat, a friendly black rodent that moves in large, oil-like swarms.
• The Nucabranch, a slightly radioactive land nudibranch.
• The Downer, a mysterious creature seen en route to the depths of the Core.
• The Clockworm, a synthetic annelid which eats machinery and can grow to colossal size.
• The Jacker, blaseball-sized entities which can "haunt" technology.
• The Lanterns, luminescent creatures of neon and molten glass.
• The Mercursid, a liquid metal grizzly bear.
• The Qilin, dragon-like beings who have a strong sense of justice.
• The Dust Bunny, a small sentient ball of trash that resembles friendly bunnies.
• The Sculptors, an ancient race that is said to have been able to shaped many of the species in the core.
• The Unbirds, small avians turned subterranean by strange phenomena.
• The Core Dragons, large mysterious creatures that lurk in the deeper reaches of the core.
• The Volt Beetle, an insect capable of generating electricity.
• The Core Moths, a nocturnal flying insect that eats the glass of lightbulbs.

Creature Encounters

Here is one of many collected journal entries and tales from Core dwellers encountering and living alongside these creatures. This time, the Interdimensional Rumor Mill reveals a Rumor from IF-3.412 out of its Rumor Registry...

"Animals? Oh, yeah, there's an Example Creature which lives in a pipe near my fridge. It's exemplary. It used to hide when I came near, but now it's gotten used to me and it sticks its exampley little head out when I come near. I feed it counterexamples, and sometimes it helps me when I'm stuck trying to figure something out."