Voidcrawlers

Inanis concitus, otherwise known as Voidcrawlers, are a species of (thought to be) extinct remipedes originating from a lake in the region known as "Akan'nash", migrating with the elves to Rathnir where they would continue to expand their influence through the entire marine kingdom. They are by far the largest remipedes every discovered, averaging out at about six feet.

Biology
Voidcrawlers possess features unique to only themselves. Their complex biology is remarkably understood due to the recency of their extinction. This allows for paleontologists instead to study preserved flesh and bone specimens, instead of thereof but fossilized. With this resource, the Paleontological Society has learned many things about I. concitus, the most notable being the age of the species. Breaking any record for oldest species, these creatures date back to the Incognitian.

Anatomy
I. concitus is a unique creature. With it being the earliest intelligent life form on Celeia. It appears to be a freakishly long remipede, living in every ocean basin, their skin is a mixture of flesh and scales with a dark violet-blue hue. At the back of their body was a flap surrounding the tale, likely for enhanced movement speed. Near their head, there are six limbs branching from the tail. The front two are slightly more than half the length of the tail, with two blade like arthropod legs. The other four seem to allow the Voidcrawlers to walk on the ocean basin. Their heads are mostly rounded, with a sharper point at the front. They have minimal facial features, with a tiny, barely visible nasal cavity, rhombus shaped eyes, and a mouth that is not visible unless opened. Another small feature of the Voidcrawler is five small spikes on the spine, although the reason for this is unknown, it is speculated the perform the same function as a dorsal fin.

Diet
Voidcrawlers have extremely diverse diets, being extremely omnivorous. The creatures feed on anything smaller than themselves, but they are very tame, avoiding eating things when they are not hungry or they like. This is thought to have been evolved from the harsh conditions of Post-Naicadorian Collapse, with food being scarce during the Incognitian. The mantis-like legs allowed the remipede to defend itself against later threats to its survival, such as Thalassosaurus, Aequor, Tlahatlsaurus, Fislankemys, Megalonectes, and many more.

Predators
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Intelligence
I. concitus is one of the greatest paleontological mysteries because they are the earliest known intelligent life in the entirety of Celeia. Like other animals, they have their own speech that cannot be understood by humanoids, but recent evidence suggests that they could read and write, although with the lack of hands and opposable thumbs, it is currently unknown how, and considered and anomaly. Their culture is so in depth that it would require its own record entirely. With scholars working with the Paleontological Society to record this in the Grand Library of Lhûmar.

Voidwalkers
The Voidwalkers of Blackwater, recorded by the mysterious Dr. Roberts Wahona, are believed by marine biologists and paleontologists to be a fringe subspecies of Voidcrawlers that were much smaller, more comparable to the size of normal remipedes, and parasitic. Dr. Malsiadae Kordonus Sc.D. commented on the scriptures, which were lended to them by the Blackwater government, with the caveat of not leaking information in the texts.

Dr. Kordonus said;"'From recovered traces of the Voidwalkers found around New Blackwater and with the assistance of the writings by the late Dr. Wahona. It is the Paleontological Institute of Fislankif's belief that the Voidwalkers are the victims of mutant Voidcrawlers. These Voidcrawlers evolved to accommodate the rising ocean basin and shrunk in the process. They are more reminiscent of other remipedes we have discovered, and are believed to be parasitic and very dangerous. The Institute has found that the Voidcrawler mutants have the ability to intercept neural pathways and affectively take control of one's body, although the physical changes remain unexplained, we have connected the appearance of the Voidwalkers to the disappearances of many people in the area that had recently been near bodies of water, thought to be contaminated.'"With further research from the main Paleontological Society ongoing, it is not sure whether or not this theory is proven correct, but the results of the Institute's study is public and available.

Abyss Mysticism
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