Category:Creatures

The Neath is home to various forms of flora and fauna. Of course, said flora is often fungal but work with me here. The animals of the Neath are very different from their Surface counterparts; they're much more intelligent for one, and they can sometimes even talk. Some species even form societies of their own; these societies can sometimes even compete with humans themselves!

Animals

Rats

You have rats: and some of the ratholes have been dynamited open, not gnawed. An infestation of L.B.s, aka rattus faber! Viciously intelligent rats who set traps for humans! No landlord or Constable will tangle with these.

Rattus faber are an unusual breed of rat: they are sentient and can make tools - even complicated weaponry, like rifles and explosives - and generally operate like tiny cunning humans. (They are even bipedal.) There is a large population of these on Pigmote Isle, though that is not their location of origin. Where exactly they came from - or how they evolved from normal rats - is unknown.

Dead rats are often roped up on strings and used as food among London's lower class, members of the Topsy King's court are particularly fond of this delicacy.

By the way, "L.B.," their colloquial nickname, is just short for Little Bastard.

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  A Talkative Rattus Faber.
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  A Working Rat.
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  A Rattus Faber Bandit Chief.
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  The Scuttering Squad. The best mercenaries the Neath has to offer.
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  An albino rat. Poor thing.

Weasels

We don't mean he brings luck to you. Things just work out for this cheery little fellow.

Weasels, in comparison to the other animals of the Neath, seem to be more or less identical to their Surface counterparts in term of demeanor. That being said, they are renowned for their exceptional luck. That being said, a particular tune in Mahogany Hall may cause them grievous harm...

On occasion, Londoners pit weasels against each other in tournaments; certain weasels are even bred for this purpose.

A particularly rare type of weasel are the Salt Weasels, who originate north of the Iron Republic in the Pale Wastes.

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  A Lucky Weasel.
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  An Araby Fighting-Weasel. Ferocious and cunning.
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  A rare Salt Weasel.

Spiders

The landlord of The Blind Helmsman runs an illegal spider pit in his beer cellar. The place is packed with zailors, Clay Men and thrill-seeking aristocrats. The room smells of mud, beer, sweat... and money.

Spiders in the Neath are often bigger and more dangerous than those on the Surface; the most notable species being the sorrow-spiders that rip people's eyes out. The owner of the Blind Helmsman over at Wolfstack Docks runs a spider-pit, where patrons can place their bets in a free-for-all on a spider of their choosing. Such tournaments are illegal however.

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  Florence, the Stackside Spinner.
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  Daphne, The Graveside Creeper.
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  Alonzo, Scourge of the Marshes.
• A sorrow-spider. Be very afraid.
  A sorrow-spider. Be very afraid.