Whether it be for negotiating trade of pelts for a fair price to understanding the dangers of hostile creatures, documenting and categorizing the beasts that inhabit our world has been a fruitful and necessary endeavor since time immemorial. With the rising hostile climate and fear in the air, it has never become more necessary than our current day. With the publication of the Raimdelle Codex, came the foundation for a greater understanding of Eorzea's beasts as a whole, his work being built upon by Sharlayan scholars into our current understanding of Etheirys' fauna today. [1]
Classification[edit | edit source]
The Classification of the fauna as outlined in the Raimdelle codex follows a philosophy of three main kingdoms of beasts (also known as regnum), this being the Bloodborn, Bloodless and Trancendents. From there, he further divided these kingdoms into kindred (also known as classes), divided the kindred into genus, then genus into species.[1] This system of classification is not perfect within it's structure, and many beasts within it can hold qualities of many groups, however it is regarded that the most applicable classification will be applied as it's primary classification and other denominations fall under sub-classes of that nature. [2]
Bloodborn[edit | edit source]
Bloodborn are primarily characterised as living beings in-which lifeblood courses through [1] and function within the natural world, although some exceptions may apply, such as the chimera.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Beastkin | Beastkin are warm-bodied fur-covered beings that give birth to a fully-formed offspring using a womb. Some can be used for domestication and animal husbandry. |
| Seedkin | Seedkin are beings that previously could be concieved as flora, but exhibit the capacity for controlled mobility with the purpose of hunting, defense or reproduction. Seedkin are commonly observed to reproduce through spores and often are seen manipulating a host. |
| Vilekin | Vilekin have a multi-stage lifespan and development from grub-like larvae into beings remincient of their original state (metamorphosis). They tend to have a worm or pest-like appearance. |
| Wavekin | Wavekin have the ability to breathe underwater, although the duration of this ability can range from brief bouts to the entirety of the creatures lifespan. |
| Cloudkin | Cloudkin have the capacity for flight, although in current ages many cloudkin have evolved beyond this into entirely land-based or sea-based lives. |
| Scalekin | Scalekin have tough, scaly hides that serve as armor and protect them from predators. |
| Spoken | Spoken are classified as intelligent creatures that not only posses an independent language, but the ability to interpret languages of other spoken beings of different genus. |
| Chimera | Chimeras are beings created by the conjoining the flesh from two or more different beings in a complicated process that was once perfected during the Allagan Empire, but remains unknown to scholars of the present day. |
| Dragon | Dragons are beings that came to Hydaelyn from another distant star, their lineage can be traced back to Midgardsormr with their appearance supposedly occurring at the beginning of time. |
Bloodless[edit | edit source]
Bloodless are beings that are void of life-bearing capabilities but still function nonetheless.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Forgekin | Forgekin are beings that possess a man-made (or beast-made) lifeforce that is born of a complex array of smoke-belching engines and metallic gears. |
| Ashkin | A being that has since died, but has been reanimated through external means and been prevented from being reunited with the lifestream. |
| Soulkin | Soulkin are inorganic beings that have been granted temporary life via outside magicks or a magicked medium. |
Transcendents[edit | edit source]
Transcendents are beings that appear to exist both spiritually and physically on the line between the corporeal and aetherical realms, with some possessing the ability to travel between realms entirely.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Voidsent | Voidsent are classified as the beings that come from the Void to feast upon the life-giving aether of the beings of our realm. They are considered to be beings that have been corrupted by primordial darkness. |
| Elemental | Elementals are observed to be naturally occuring beings that are almost entirely constructed of pure aether. |
| Auspice | Auspices are believed to be beings, primarily of Bloodborn, that have acended into a higher state of being. They show traits of a dual personality, with periods of calm and other periods of primordial rage. |
| Primal | Primals are beings summoned into existence by a confluence of both large amounts of aether and faith in one spot. They are usually are summoned by a tribe and they commonly take the personality of the tribe that summoned them. |
| Sin-Eater | Sin-Eaters are predominantly beings that were once of Bloodkin (with some edge cases), but have been transformed by primordial light into beings that only have the instinct to hunt or convert other beings. |
| Blasphemy | Blasphemies are beings that once held aether, but became entirely consumed by dynamis warping into disfigured forms and loosing reason in the process. |
Citations & References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Oda, B., Koji Fox, M.-C., & Ishikawa, N. (2022). Encyclopaedia Eorzea ~The World of Final Fantasy XIV~ (Vol. 1) [Hardback]. Square Enix Books. (Original work published 2016)
- ↑ Category:Bestiary. FFXIV Gamerescape. Retrieved June 8, 2023, from https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Category:Bestiary
Subcategories
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