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'''Auroral Megalops''' are large crustaceans with glowing golden bodies that roam the [[Unterzee]]. They are juveniles of an unspecified deep-zee crab and possess blue blood; uniquely for their species, they also have large, non-vestigial eyes.<ref name="dissect megalops">{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Auroral_Megalops#The_Megalops_defeated|Dissect it|Sunless Sea|}} ''"It is an undistinguished adolescent specimen -a megalops- of one of the deep-zee crab species, but its eyes, normally vestigial [...] are large and rather beautiful. The golden glow is almost gone now, [...]"''</ref><ref name="megalops defeated">{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Auroral_Megalops#The_Megalops_defeated|The Megalops defeated|Sunless Sea|}} ''"[...] the Megalops turns on its back, [...] bluish blood gouts from its wounds. Its golden glow begins to dim."''</ref> Their meat is edible but highly perishable and difficult to preserve.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Auroral_Megalops#The_Megalops_defeated|Butcher it|Sunless Sea|}} ''"That glowing fresh is unstable - it crisps and withers as the glow fades - so eat while it's fresh!"''</ref> | '''Auroral Megalops''' are large crustaceans with glowing golden bodies that roam the [[Unterzee]]. They are juveniles of an unspecified deep-zee crab and possess blue blood; uniquely for their species, they also have large, non-vestigial eyes.<ref name="dissect megalops">{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Auroral_Megalops#The_Megalops_defeated|Dissect it|Sunless Sea|}} ''"It is an undistinguished adolescent specimen -a megalops- of one of the deep-zee crab species, but its eyes, normally vestigial [...] are large and rather beautiful. The golden glow is almost gone now, [...]"''</ref><ref name="megalops defeated">{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Auroral_Megalops#The_Megalops_defeated|The Megalops defeated|Sunless Sea|}} ''"[...] the Megalops turns on its back, [...] bluish blood gouts from its wounds. Its golden glow begins to dim."''</ref> Their meat is edible but highly perishable and difficult to preserve.<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Auroral_Megalops#The_Megalops_defeated|Butcher it|Sunless Sea|}} ''"That glowing fresh is unstable - it crisps and withers as the glow fades - so eat while it's fresh!"''</ref> | ||
Auroral Megalops were driven from their southern spawning grounds by "peculiar radiations,"<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Raw_Dump_Events|(219) The Auroral Megalops!|Sunless Sea|}} ''"These are the younger form of gargantuan zee-crabs - driven up from their spawning grounds in the south by peculiar radiations."''</ref> and their adult carcasses appear near the [[Grand Geode]].<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Auroral_Crab_Carcass#Trigger_conditions|Trigger conditions|Sunless Sea|}} ''"Appears around the Grand Geode."''</ref> | Auroral Megalops were driven from their southern spawning grounds by "peculiar radiations,"<ref>{{FLCitation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Raw_Dump_Events|(219) The Auroral Megalops!|Sunless Sea|}} ''"These are the younger form of gargantuan zee-crabs - driven up from their spawning grounds in the south by peculiar radiations."''</ref> and their adult carcasses appear near the [[Grand Geode]], emitting fading light that brings visions of "wheels of fire" and "grinding gears."<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Auroral_Crab_Carcass#Trigger_conditions|Trigger conditions|Sunless Sea|}} ''"Appears around the Grand Geode."''</ref><ref name = "investigate corpse">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Auroral_Crab_Carcass#Interactions|Investigate the corpse|Sunless Sea|}} ''"You [...] approach the shining shell. Gold light pours into your eyes. You see turning wheels of fire; you hear the endless tick of grinding gears."''</ref> This implies these specimens were somehow transfigured by the [[Dawn Machine]].<ref name = "investigate corpse"/> | ||
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"These are the younger form of gargantuan zee-crabs - driven up from their spawning grounds in the south by peculiar radiations. Younger they may be, but they are still large enough to consume a pony with messy and clattering glee, or to pose a menace to ill-prepared ships."[2]
Auroral Megalops are large crustaceans with glowing golden bodies that roam the Unterzee. They are juveniles of an unspecified deep-zee crab and possess blue blood; uniquely for their species, they also have large, non-vestigial eyes.[3][4] Their meat is edible but highly perishable and difficult to preserve.[5]
Auroral Megalops were driven from their southern spawning grounds by "peculiar radiations,"[6] and their adult carcasses appear near the Grand Geode, emitting fading light that brings visions of "wheels of fire" and "grinding gears."[7][8] This implies these specimens were somehow transfigured by the Dawn Machine.[8]
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