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<blockquote>''"The Cantankeri are lumbering, half-fossilised isopods that will attack anything they disapprove of. Given that they are very ancient and murderously grumpy, that means almost everything."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/Cantankeri|A Cantankeri, Placated|Sunless Skies|}}</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>''"The Cantankeri are lumbering, half-fossilised isopods that will attack anything they disapprove of. Given that they are very ancient and murderously grumpy, that means almost everything."''<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/Cantankeri|A Cantankeri, Placated|Sunless Skies|}}</ref></blockquote> | ||
The '''Cantankeri''' are large, floating isopods with a very grumpy disposition. Their bodies are made almost entirely of stone, likely as a result of sleeping inside of rocks for a very long time.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/Cantankeri|Retrieve the stomach|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> They seem to prefer to slumber near large stores of hours, a fact that proves very inconvenient to anyone trying to mine hour geodes.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/The_War_of_Fossils|The War of Fossils|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> Cantankeri are best known, however, for their terrible tempers. Reportedly, they have a murderous hatred of everything "new" - a category that, due to their extreme age, seems to include almost everything.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/Cantankeri|A Cantankeri, Placated|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> | The '''Cantankeri''' are large, floating isopods with a very grumpy disposition. They can be found in all corner of [[The High Wilderness|the High Wilderness]]. Their bodies are made almost entirely of stone, likely as a result of sleeping inside of rocks for a very long time.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/Cantankeri|Retrieve the stomach|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> They seem to prefer to slumber near large stores of hours, a fact that proves very inconvenient to anyone trying to mine hour geodes.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/The_War_of_Fossils|The War of Fossils|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> Cantankeri are best known, however, for their terrible tempers. Reportedly, they have a murderous hatred of everything "new" - a category that, due to their extreme age, seems to include almost everything.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/Cantankeri|A Cantankeri, Placated|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> | ||
In rare cases, moments of bitterness can form into hour geodes inside of a cantankeri's heart, making them grow in size and form extra layers of rock over their bodies.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/Bull_Cantankeri|Use your cannery to extract its heart|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> These elephant-sized isopods are called '''Bull Cantankeri''' and are treated as kings among their kind.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/Bull_Cantankeri|A Bull Cantankeri, Defeated|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> Smaller cantankeri can sometimes be found tightly clinging to the stomachs of their larger kin, though the reason for this behavior isn't clear.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/Bull_Cantankeri|Capture a lesser cantankeri clinging to the bull's underbelly|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> | In rare cases, moments of bitterness can form into hour geodes inside of a cantankeri's heart, making them grow in size and form extra layers of rock over their bodies.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/Bull_Cantankeri|Use your cannery to extract its heart|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> These elephant-sized isopods are called '''Bull Cantankeri''' and are treated as kings among their kind.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/Bull_Cantankeri|A Bull Cantankeri, Defeated|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> Smaller cantankeri can sometimes be found tightly clinging to the stomachs of their larger kin, though the reason for this behavior isn't clear.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.fandom.com/wiki/Bull_Cantankeri|Capture a lesser cantankeri clinging to the bull's underbelly|Sunless Skies|}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 00:25, 8 November 2023
"The Cantankeri are lumbering, half-fossilised isopods that will attack anything they disapprove of. Given that they are very ancient and murderously grumpy, that means almost everything."[1]
The Cantankeri are large, floating isopods with a very grumpy disposition. They can be found in all corner of the High Wilderness. Their bodies are made almost entirely of stone, likely as a result of sleeping inside of rocks for a very long time.[2] They seem to prefer to slumber near large stores of hours, a fact that proves very inconvenient to anyone trying to mine hour geodes.[3] Cantankeri are best known, however, for their terrible tempers. Reportedly, they have a murderous hatred of everything "new" - a category that, due to their extreme age, seems to include almost everything.[4]
In rare cases, moments of bitterness can form into hour geodes inside of a cantankeri's heart, making them grow in size and form extra layers of rock over their bodies.[5] These elephant-sized isopods are called Bull Cantankeri and are treated as kings among their kind.[6] Smaller cantankeri can sometimes be found tightly clinging to the stomachs of their larger kin, though the reason for this behavior isn't clear.[7]
According to skyfarers' tales, the cantankeri lived on their own planet a long time ago. But as its condition deteriorated, they refused to solve the problem or leave it behind; instead, they chose to burrow into its crust, and slept there until it was destroyed, leaving them to roam the new and unfamiliar skies with endless bitterness.[8]
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A typical Cantankeri. -
A Bull Cantankeri. -
A small herd of Cantankeri colonised by a very aggresive fungus.
