Fauna lists all relevant cortex entries of Environment sub section found in the Library main section of the Cortex.
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A total of 14 cortex entries make reference to Fauna.
The following Cortex Entries list some of the hostile and docile Fauna found in Northern Bastion.
Anrisaur (1)
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The predators of Bastion have adapted to our world in interesting ways, none more astounding than the Anrisaur. This cave dweller's saliva creates an electromagnetic field that can disable flashlights and destroy flares, often leaving humans stumbling around in the dark. It takes a slow defensive approach to stalking prey, keeping its distance but using its spiked tongue to lash out with great force from far away. Handy for taking grabbits, gazicks, and the occasional lost lancer by surprise. You should be so lucky!
— From “Bastion's Amazing Animals!” by Venwick Crok
Grabbit (1)
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I will begin this guide with a short examination of the seemingly harmless grabbit. My cousin and a pet grabbit once, and contrary to legend, it didn’t steal shards and hoard treasure. My cousin liked to dress it up like a baby and coo at it, and when I expressed my concern, she said the grabbit liked it. Maybe. Or maybe it just put up with my cousin because it hoped she’d die soon and it could have a nice dinner.
— From “A Guide To Living Things That Will Kill You” by Timon Batrok
Grabbit Training!
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By Venwick Crok
Taming a grabbit requires a great deal of patience and understanding, but once you’ve earned their trust (and cleared possession with your settlement), they make a wonderful pet! Here's some handy tips to get you started.
—Careful not to scare them! Grabbits are extremely jumpy (no pun intended) and unless you tempt them with shiny objects, they are more likely to flee than make friends. Offering them some chimeric compound or even polished ammunition is a great way to introduce yourself or lure them into a cage.
—Wear protective gear! Grabbits have sharp beaks and claws, and even an affectionate pat from your grabbit can tear your skin to shreds or cost you an eye. Full body padding is optimal.
—Lock up your treasures! As mentioned, grabbits love shiny objects, and will steal what they can to add to their hoard. Once you find their stash of goodies, they will fight you for it, unleashing a remarkable fury that wouldn’t expect from such an adorable creature.
—Careful about the poo! Grabbit poo is not only extremely toxic, but leaves a nasty purple stain that can only be removed by the equally nasty stinkhand plant. So make sure you have lots of leaves and grass for them to deposit their droppings on.
—Grabbits follow the leader! This little cutie is usually part of a flock, and will automatically follow anyone who has earned their trust in almost every movement they do. Want to make your grabbit jig? Dance in front of them! But be careful what you show them, for they will mimic your bad habits.
—Grabbits like other grabbits better than you! While you might be tempted to socialize your grabbit, don’t do it! Once grabbits smell another of their kind, they will want to flock, and a flock of grabbits can cause real damage to settlements.
Good luck!
Venwick
Korox (1)
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Speaking of grazing, don’t let this beautifully colored herbivore fool you! While they’d like nothing better than to spend their day eating three times their weight in plants, they spook easily. And when they spook, they charge! Nothing knocks the wind out of you like a head butt from a wild korox, let me tell you!
— From "Bastion's Amazing Animals!" by Venwick Crok
Saurian (1)
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Saurians are sweet little creatures. Literally! The skin of an adult saurian is sweet to the taste and are a special treat for ursix and brutes, who gobble them whenever they can. While saurian flesh is poisonous to humans, physicians sometime recommend licking a saurian to induce the vomiting necessary to counter exposure to toxic spores, but I can say from experience that licking a saurian isn’t as fun as it sounds. These pack animals also have a tremendous bite, so if you’re going to keep an adorable baby saurian as a pet, wear your gloves! Nothing's sweeter to a saurian than your fingers!
—From “Bastion's Amazing Animals!” by Venwick Crok
Skorpion (1)
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This six-legged killing machine is a truly fascinating predator! Skorpions are careful not to hatch from their eggs until they sense that food is near. These creatures have highly corrosive blood and two stingers that can shoot acid at prey, damaging even the thickest javelin armor. This acid is actually pre-digesting food for the skorpion, who is willing to share a meal with their siblings—who may or may not be burrowing underground, plotting a surprise attack.
— From “Bastion's Amazing Animals!” by Venwick Crok
Tesilar (1)
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While "Tessi the Tesilar" is a favorite child's toy, real tesilars are not so snuggly. Anyone getting too close to a tesilar should prepare to be electrocuted. And by too close, I mean "in the general vicinity". Most animals are smart enough to avoid the tesilar, except of course wolven, which will still try to eat them, even after they've been zapped. Which is terrifying. If wolven aren't afraid of the tesilar's electromagnetic field, they probably won't be afraid of anything a javelin can do. I hate wolven.
— From “A Guide To Living Things That Will Kill You” by Timon Batrok
Titan (1)
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Titans are a major force, and a force to be reckoned with! Once a rare creature, titans have been continuously coming out of the Heart of Rage over the past few years, and so we've gotten to know more about them than ever before. Titans reproduce by growing an "offshoot," a smaller copy that just breaks off and walks away. But smaller doesn't mean less dangerous! If you happen to come across one, you may be lucky enough to catch them in a bad mood and see it shoot energy from its chest! What puts a titan in a bad mood? Just about everything! Truly unforgettable!
— From “Bastion's Amazing Animals!” by Venwick Crok
Unknown Creature Bst189567307
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An offensive and hideous new visitor to Bastion was recently spotted in Fort Tarsis, perched in an Arcanist's shop with malice gleaming behind its dead eyes. We may never know what type of slavering beast it is, as the Arcanist insists it isn't an animal, but a twisted Anthem mutation. The deluded fellow will certainly learn his lesson when the fiend bites his head off as he sleeps and swallows it, helmet and all.
A gentle dissection of the creature would solve this mystery and satisfy my professional curiosity.
Blirpbit
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Unknown Creature Bst189567307, recently observed in a Fort Tarsis shop, has finally been identified as a Blirpbit. Regardless of his keeper's outrageous claims, this beast (yes, beast!) is ancient, revered, and very rare.
Old texts also describe it as "venomous and deadly". When the Blirpbit feels threatened, it is able to unhinge its jaw and envelop its assailant's face; unable to breathe, the attacker slowly suffocates under noxious fumes that were noted as "smelling like a sickly-sweet, feces-encrusted, Stinkhand pie" (if such a thing existed)
In recent history, Birpbits were hunted almost to extinction. While their ability to annoy and enrage would be reason enough to see them gone, their venom was thought to cure the painful rash brought on by javelin chafing.
— From A Guide To Living Things That Will Kill You by Timon Batrok
Ursix (1)
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Now here's a glorious predator! Humongous and highly aggressive, the ursix will stop at nothing to put you on the menu. One hit from their massive arms can turn your javelin into scrap metal, and one bite from their enormous jaws will pop you out of your armor like a nut from a shell. I advise watching the ursix from a safe height, and if you're really lucky, the ursix might hurl boulders at you. What a sight to behold!
— From “Bastion's Amazing Animals!” by Venwick Crok
Vesnids
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See that dark cloud dancing above you, blocking out the sun? That's a swarm of vesnids, one of the deadliest insects in the world! While a single vesnid is only the size of a fingernail, they always form part of a larger colony that live in spires. Spires are built from chewed-up wood and mucus. Each spire houses an amazingly complex community of workers, administrators, sentinels, undertakers, nurses, and emperor vesnids. A vesnid sting has been known to take down a korox. Lucky for us, they only cause minimal damage to a javelin. So feel free to take a moment and enjoy the furious buzzing of a cloud of vesnids!
— From “Bastion's Amazing Animals!” by Venwick Crok
Wolven (1)
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Imagine gnashing teeth coming at you over and over again in quick succession. You raise your weapon to defend yourself but another beast has come at you from behind. The pack closes in, and you pray to the Shapers that your javelin has cooled down enough to fly up out of the nightmare. But they’re everywhere. Wolven… wolven in the dark.
— From '“A Guide To Living Things That Will Kill You” 'by Timon Batrok
Wyvern (1)
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There are things that will kill you for food or self-defense. Then there's these elemental terrors, that kill you to appease their own malicious sense of humor. Not only will they rain fire from above, but they will sneak up behind you and then rain fire from above. Luckily, you can listen for their distinctive shriek and take cover. If you can find cover. What if you don’t have cover? What if you’re all alone with no hope of rescue? My professional advice is: just stay home in the first place. There are so many better things to do.
—From “A Guide To Living Things That Will Kill You” by Timon Batrok