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The Rift Bestiary

The monsters have left evidence.

The complete recovered archive contains all 100commissioned creature plates, each paired with its field account, warning signs, and survival doctrine.

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Rift Bestiary field plate for Haintlantern Doe
Haintlantern Doe
Rift Bestiary field plate for Hinge-Sliver Manifold
Hinge-Sliver Manifold
Rift Bestiary field plate for Wayfinding Regent
Wayfinding Regent

Archive manifest

What the survivors learned.

Each open record gathers a creature’s field plate, natural history, warning signs, and survival doctrine. Every commissioned plate in the archive is now recovered and visible.

Recovered
100
Plate groups
12
Archive state
Complete

All creature art by Bastien Boulai.

Recovered folio 01

Gate of Stone

10 plates visible

  1. Rift Bestiary field plate for Grath Hound

    Rift Plate 001

    Grath Hound

    A quarry-bred pack hound uses switchback walls as springboards and drives prey toward bad footing.

    Classification
    Bestial
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  2. Rift Bestiary field plate for Veil Stalker

    Rift Plate 002

    Veil Stalker

    An unfinished spectral hunter crosses the gaps in a group's attention and becomes solid only when watched.

    Classification
    Spectral
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  3. Rift Bestiary field plate for Hairpin Bastion

    Rift Plate 003

    Hairpin Bastion

    A roadbound construct turns a mountain bend into a patient trap and enforces laws no traveler remembers.

    Classification
    Construct
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  4. Rift Bestiary field plate for Bonebell Screamer

    Rift Plate 027

    Bonebell Screamer

    Bone chimes inside a translucent chest turn one impossible scream into a weapon that travels through flesh and stone.

    Classification
    Spectral
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  5. Rift Bestiary field plate for Cairntoll Sovereign

    Rift Plate 028

    Cairntoll Sovereign

    The mountain's oldest road-keeper taxes motion itself, commanding cairns, scree, and mile markers as instruments of royal judgment.

    Classification
    Construct
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  6. Rift Bestiary field plate for Chalkrend Raptor

    Rift Plate 078

    Chalkrend Raptor

    Chalk dust disguises a cliff-running raptor whose first leap is often visible only after its talons have landed.

    Classification
    Bestial
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  7. Rift Bestiary field plate for Lungvent Crawler

    Rift Plate 079

    Lungvent Crawler

    A pressure-born crawler turns damp quarry vents into choking organs, claiming whole cuts without ever showing its full length.

    Classification
    Abyssal
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  8. Rift Bestiary field plate for Cairnveil Swarm

    Rift Plate 080

    Cairnveil Swarm

    A cloud of marker-spirits erases distance and direction, rebuilding itself around any stone a traveler trusts too quickly.

    Classification
    Spirit Swarm
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  9. Rift Bestiary field plate for Hairpin Reaver

    Rift Plate 081

    Hairpin Reaver

    A road-cutting reaver uses switchback geometry, scavenged climbing gear, and practiced cruelty to make pursuit run backward.

    Classification
    Humanoid
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  10. Rift Bestiary field plate for Quarrymouth Mimic

    Rift Plate 082

    Quarrymouth Mimic

    A carved loading mouth impersonates safe shelter until its stone teeth, counters, and stolen tools close around trespassers.

    Classification
    Construct
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record

Recovered folio 02

Blue Smoke Country

8 plates visible

  1. Rift Bestiary field plate for Haintlantern Doe

    Rift Plate 004

    Haintlantern Doe

    A lantern-bearing spirit offers warmth and guidance, but its mercy calls every nearby haint toward the light.

    Classification
    Spirit
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  2. Rift Bestiary field plate for Hainttrail Hound

    Rift Plate 029

    Hainttrail Hound

    A ghost-struck hound follows abandoned trails through fog, waiting until one traveler falls outside the comfort of another's voice.

    Classification
    Spectral Bestial
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  3. Rift Bestiary field plate for Gravehide Black Bear

    Rift Plate 030

    Gravehide Black Bear

    Grave soil armors a black bear already large enough to break laurel trunks and turn a holler path into wreckage.

    Classification
    Bestial
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  4. Rift Bestiary field plate for Coppercoil Shade

    Rift Plate 031

    Coppercoil Shade

    Oxidized coils remember a dead machine as a ghost, stealing every stray charge and returning it through the wet mountain ground.

    Classification
    Spectral
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  5. Rift Bestiary field plate for Haintveil Choir

    Rift Plate 032

    Haintveil Choir

    Masks, lantern sparks, and scraps of mountain mourning gather into a choir that conducts fog as though it were breath.

    Classification
    Spirit Swarm
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  6. Rift Bestiary field plate for Hollowpath Collector

    Rift Plate 033

    Hollowpath Collector

    Wrapped in stolen ribbons and copper names, the Hollowpath Collector takes identity first and leaves the emptied traveler for later.

    Classification
    Spectral
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  7. Rift Bestiary field plate for Runnelglass Serpent

    Rift Plate 083

    Runnelglass Serpent

    A spectral serpent races inside mountain runoff, cutting ankles with a body that hardens only at the moment of contact.

    Classification
    Spectral
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  8. Rift Bestiary field plate for Namebind Scrivener

    Rift Plate 084

    Namebind Scrivener

    A spectral scrivener writes living identities onto wet strips, tightening language until a person can no longer act outside it.

    Classification
    Spectral
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record

Recovered folio 03

Red Clay Sprawl

11 plates visible

  2. Rift Bestiary field plate for Stormdrain Eel

    Rift Plate 006

    Stormdrain Eel

    An elemental eel moves through connected runoff, electrifying puddles and culverts to arrange its prey.

    Classification
    Elemental
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  3. Rift Bestiary field plate for Wayfinding Regent

    Rift Plate 007

    Wayfinding Regent

    A sovereign of dead signage folds ruined architecture around any traveler who still trusts its arrows.

    Classification
    Aberrant Construct
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  4. Rift Bestiary field plate for Blacktop Wraith

    Rift Plate 034

    Blacktop Wraith

    A tar-dark wraith skates the shimmer above ruined blacktop, opening quick wounds before folding into another patch of glare.

    Classification
    Spectral
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  5. Rift Bestiary field plate for Gallowsvine Strangler

    Rift Plate 035

    Gallowsvine Strangler

    Black-sapped vines turn drainage lots into gallows, tightening whenever prey struggles and seeding the clay beneath each victim.

    Classification
    Abyssal Plant
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  6. Rift Bestiary field plate for Plateglass Cicada Swarm

    Rift Plate 036

    Plateglass Cicada Swarm

    Glass-winged cicadas turn empty retail shells into resonant hives, cutting sightlines and nerves with reflected summer thunder.

    Classification
    Bestial Swarm
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  7. Rift Bestiary field plate for Atrium Idol

    Rift Plate 037

    Atrium Idol

    An altered court figure blesses scavengers through polished ruin, making loyalty, beauty, and dependence into the same dangerous rite.

    Classification
    Aberrant Humanoid
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  8. Rift Bestiary field plate for Gallowsvine Spitter

    Rift Plate 085

    Gallowsvine Spitter

    A low, mobile offshoot spits hooked seeds and black sap, preparing victims for the larger vines hidden beneath roadside clay.

    Classification
    Abyssal Plant
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  9. Rift Bestiary field plate for Marquee Ghoul

    Rift Plate 086

    Marquee Ghoul

    A sign-lit ghoul performs inside abandoned theaters and retail shells, striking when its last broken bulb finally goes dark.

    Classification
    Spectral
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  10. Rift Bestiary field plate for Atriumglass Marionette

    Rift Plate 087

    Atriumglass Marionette

    A hinged figure of skylight shards repairs its chosen allies with mirrored thread while invisible architecture pulls every string.

    Classification
    Construct
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  11. Rift Bestiary field plate for Claymaw Hog

    Rift Plate 088

    Claymaw Hog

    A clay-armored feral hog turns ditches and curb cuts into a straight red wake of tusk, weight, and rage.

    Classification
    Bestial
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record

Recovered folio 04

Iron Hills

12 plates visible

  2. Rift Bestiary field plate for Cindercap Gremlin

    Rift Plate 009

    Cindercap Gremlin

    A gremlin of living ash redirects heat, pressure, and machinery into failures timed for maximum mischief.

    Classification
    Humanoid
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  3. Rift Bestiary field plate for Bellscript Judge

    Rift Plate 010

    Bellscript Judge

    A faceless judge writes accusations into shadow and repeats them until the world obeys the verdict.

    Classification
    Construct
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  4. Rift Bestiary field plate for Rivetmaw Scrapper

    Rift Plate 011

    Rivetmaw Scrapper

    A tool-wise scavenger fires hardware from a punch-press jaw and turns every rail yard into ammunition.

    Classification
    Aberrant Humanoid
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  5. Rift Bestiary field plate for Ironscale Boar

    Rift Plate 038

    Ironscale Boar

    Iron plates and forge heat turn a wild boar into a slag-shedding engine that recognizes no safer direction than forward.

    Classification
    Bestial
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  6. Rift Bestiary field plate for Veinlick Slime

    Rift Plate 039

    Veinlick Slime

    A mineral ooze follows buried veins through walls, stripping useful metal and leaving treacherous wet hollows in its wake.

    Classification
    Ooze
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  7. Rift Bestiary field plate for Cinderscour Harrower

    Rift Plate 040

    Cinderscour Harrower

    A burned sky predator hides inside foundry smoke, folding ragged wings for one devastating plunge through sparks and ash.

    Classification
    Riftborn Sky Predator
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  8. Rift Bestiary field plate for Ashforge Foreman

    Rift Plate 041

    Ashforge Foreman

    The Ashforge Foreman commands furnace lanes, slag laborers, and unsafe orders with the calm authority of industry after mercy failed.

    Classification
    Construct
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  9. Rift Bestiary field plate for Chainjaw Cur

    Rift Plate 089

    Chainjaw Cur

    A soot-furred dog with locking chain jaws worries the edge of a fight, fastening prey to whatever iron lies nearest.

    Classification
    Bestial
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  10. Rift Bestiary field plate for Rustshade Lurker

    Rift Plate 090

    Rustshade Lurker

    A corroded spectral hunter hides inside oxidized surfaces, emerging wherever neglected iron has already lost its strength.

    Classification
    Spectral
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  11. Rift Bestiary field plate for Flarevent Sprite

    Rift Plate 091

    Flarevent Sprite

    A bright vent-born sprite feeds useful heat into allies and machines, but its generosity can turn a forge into wildfire.

    Classification
    Elemental
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  12. Rift Bestiary field plate for Railspine Charger

    Rift Plate 092

    Railspine Charger

    A huge plated charger follows iron track as instinct, accelerating until its rail-spined back becomes a moving industrial disaster.

    Classification
    Bestial
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record

Recovered folio 05

River Veins

6 plates visible

  1. Rift Bestiary field plate for Gallows Widow

    Rift Plate 012

    Gallows Widow

    An abyssal widow makes rope, current, and motion agree with one unsupported hanging light.

    Classification
    Abyssal
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  2. Rift Bestiary field plate for Deluge Ferryman

    Rift Plate 013

    Deluge Ferryman

    A spectral ferryman arrives before the floodwater, raising the river until someone pays an old debt.

    Classification
    Spectral
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  3. Rift Bestiary field plate for Miremaw Gator

    Rift Plate 042

    Miremaw Gator

    A mud-armored gator uses levee banks as cover and ammunition, rising beneath boats with half the river on its back.

    Classification
    Bestial
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  4. Rift Bestiary field plate for Bloodsiphon Lamprey

    Rift Plate 043

    Bloodsiphon Lamprey

    A giant lamprey feeds through allies and enemies alike, turning blood into a living current that sustains the river's worst predators.

    Classification
    Bestial
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  5. Rift Bestiary field plate for Hymncurrent Wight

    Rift Plate 044

    Hymncurrent Wight

    A spectral singer moves through river current, turning hymn, rope, and flooded ground into one slow command to kneel.

    Classification
    Spectral
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  6. Rift Bestiary field plate for Levee Skiffraider

    Rift Plate 045

    Levee Skiffraider

    A skiff-running raider uses hooked poles, packed-earth ramps, and flood knowledge to cut a convoy without surrendering speed.

    Classification
    Humanoid
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record

Recovered folio 06

Gulf Fringe

7 plates visible

  1. Rift Bestiary field plate for Tarcoil Scuttler

    Rift Plate 014

    Tarcoil Scuttler

    A tar-armored brute stores impacts in its coiled hide and weaponizes the momentum of docks and seawalls.

    Classification
    Bestial
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  2. Rift Bestiary field plate for Brinewire Eel

    Rift Plate 015

    Brinewire Eel

    A luminous eel turns wet metal and suspended brine into a network of charged routes.

    Classification
    Elemental
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  3. Rift Bestiary field plate for Beacon Ledgerkeeper

    Rift Plate 016

    Beacon Ledgerkeeper

    A lighthouse-born accountant divides the coast into lanes of debt and demands evidence precise enough to survive judgment.

    Classification
    Spectral Construct
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  4. Rift Bestiary field plate for Saltglass Cutter

    Rift Plate 046

    Saltglass Cutter

    Salt-crusted plates erase this low predator against sunlit flats until its glass fins open around a chosen throat.

    Classification
    Bestial
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  5. Rift Bestiary field plate for Dockchain Wight

    Rift Plate 047

    Dockchain Wight

    A drowned laborer drags the harbor's chains through walls and water, fastening trespassers to the last place they feared.

    Classification
    Spectral
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  6. Rift Bestiary field plate for Stormrow Siren

    Rift Plate 048

    Stormrow Siren

    She conducts wind, surf, and coastal dead into one bright hymn that makes every lesser danger feel inevitable.

    Classification
    Spectral Elemental
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  7. Rift Bestiary field plate for Breakwater Wrecker Crew

    Rift Plate 049

    Breakwater Wrecker Crew

    A disciplined salvage crew fights like a single thrown net, striking from rubble before the tide can expose their route.

    Classification
    Humanoid
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record

Recovered folio 07

Suncoast Ruins

7 plates visible

  1. Rift Bestiary field plate for Bayline Scavenger Crew

    Rift Plate 017

    Bayline Scavenger Crew

    A rooftop salvage crew steals what a flood-struck block needs, but still honors rescue, maps, and shared utilities.

    Classification
    Humanoid
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  2. Rift Bestiary field plate for Causeway Prowler

    Rift Plate 050

    Causeway Prowler

    Guardrail bone and cable sinew let this road predator skim ruined causeways, striking wherever traffic has nowhere left to turn.

    Classification
    Bestial
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  3. Rift Bestiary field plate for Sinkhole Gullet

    Rift Plate 051

    Sinkhole Gullet

    A circular abyssal brute wears collapsed pavement as a shell and opens ruined foundations into extensions of its own hunger.

    Classification
    Abyssal
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  4. Rift Bestiary field plate for Shockscale Drakeling

    Rift Plate 052

    Shockscale Drakeling

    This young dragonkin perches on broken utilities and conducts stolen charge through water, wire, and its own rigid scales.

    Classification
    Elemental Dragonkin
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  5. Rift Bestiary field plate for Chrometide Wraith

    Rift Plate 053

    Chrometide Wraith

    A drowned reflection sheathed in chrome rides the retreating tide between flooded interiors, cutting once before the water remembers it.

    Classification
    Spectral
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  6. Rift Bestiary field plate for Vacancy Bloom

    Rift Plate 054

    Vacancy Bloom

    A flowering hotel vacancy gathers abandoned rooms into a protective household whose welcome slowly erases the desire to leave.

    Classification
    Plant Fey
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  7. Rift Bestiary field plate for Gridspire Conductor

    Rift Plate 055

    Gridspire Conductor

    A tower-spined conductor makes flooded infrastructure perform, scoring lightning across the city until every escape becomes part of its circuit.

    Classification
    Spectral Elemental
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record

Recovered folio 08

Southern Rift

1 plate visible

  1. Rift Bestiary field plate for Hinge-Sliver Manifold

    Rift Plate 019

    Hinge-Sliver Manifold

    A geometry-born hunter keeps most of its depth outside ordinary space until two angles force it fully into the world.

    Classification
    Riftborn Aberration
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record

Recovered folio 09

Lantern Codex

18 plates visible

  1. Rift Bestiary field plate for Riftscale Salamander

    Rift Plate 020

    Riftscale Salamander

    A broad elemental salamander attacks weight and structure, charging until the landscape fails around its target.

    Classification
    Elemental
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  2. Rift Bestiary field plate for Siren Anemone

    Rift Plate 021

    Siren Anemone

    A rooted fey colony sings through water, shells, and familiar voices until every living thing faces the same pool.

    Classification
    Fey
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  3. Rift Bestiary field plate for Aetherwing Drake

    Rift Plate 022

    Aetherwing Drake

    A sky-sovereign drake controls lift and falling air, treating height as territory and descent as judgment.

    Classification
    Elemental Dragonkin
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  4. Rift Bestiary field plate for Roadash

    Rift Plate 023

    Roadash

    A prepared band turns helpful road signs and caravan momentum into an ambush that collapses on unfamiliar ground.

    Classification
    Humanoid
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  5. Rift Bestiary field plate for Saltwind Lancer

    Rift Plate 024

    Saltwind Lancer

    A stormbound sentinel draws one forbidden line and answers every crossing with exacting force.

    Classification
    Humanoid
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  6. Rift Bestiary field plate for Gutter Hexer

    Rift Plate 025

    Gutter Hexer

    A rain-working hexer rewrites the relationship between names, shadows, streets, and doors.

    Classification
    Humanoid
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  7. Rift Bestiary field plate for Sootwing Harrower

    Rift Plate 056

    Sootwing Harrower

    This ragged aerial hunter hides inside smoke, then falls through the cleanest patch of sky with surgical cruelty.

    Classification
    Riftborn Sky Predator
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  8. Rift Bestiary field plate for Caldera Wyrm

    Rift Plate 057

    Caldera Wyrm

    An ancient wyrm of obsidian plates and moving magma, it treats every crater as an unfinished throne.

    Classification
    Elemental
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  9. Rift Bestiary field plate for Brinejaw Shark

    Rift Plate 058

    Brinejaw Shark

    Salt-crusted and lantern-eyed, this shark swims through brine, flooded stone, and any shadow deep enough to hold it.

    Classification
    Bestial
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  10. Rift Bestiary field plate for Reef Colossus

    Rift Plate 059

    Reef Colossus

    Coral, wreck iron, and drowned masonry stand upright as a walking fortress commanded by the oldest tide.

    Classification
    Construct
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  11. Rift Bestiary field plate for Tideglass Kraken

    Rift Plate 060

    Tideglass Kraken

    The sea's deepest hunger wears transparent tides as blades and breaks the shoreline into pieces small enough to swallow.

    Classification
    Abyssal
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  12. Rift Bestiary field plate for Galefin Manta

    Rift Plate 061

    Galefin Manta

    A sky-swimming manta with razor fins, it rides pressure fronts and trims stragglers from the edges of a caravan.

    Classification
    Bestial
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  13. Rift Bestiary field plate for Prism Harrier

    Rift Plate 062

    Prism Harrier

    This hard-light raptor hides inside rainbows and strikes from whichever hue its prey has stopped watching.

    Classification
    Bestial
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  14. Rift Bestiary field plate for Shrinebreaker Zealot

    Rift Plate 063

    Shrinebreaker Zealot

    Wrapped in broken relics and surf-white impact scars, the Zealot grows stronger each time reverence becomes resistance.

    Classification
    Humanoid
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  15. Rift Bestiary field plate for Nightglass Duelist

    Rift Plate 064

    Nightglass Duelist

    An elegant killer steps between black reflections, offering perfect courtesy until the first unanswered challenge becomes permission.

    Classification
    Humanoid
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  16. Rift Bestiary field plate for Briarhold Rootmother

    Rift Plate 065

    Briarhold Rootmother

    A matriarch of root, nursery, and old grievance grows across whole valleys until the land speaks with her voice.

    Classification
    Fey Plant
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  17. Rift Bestiary field plate for Clockwork Regent

    Rift Plate 066

    Clockwork Regent

    A brass sovereign rules by timing rather than territory, making every hesitation arrive precisely when it can do harm.

    Classification
    Construct
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  18. Rift Bestiary field plate for Starfall Devourer

    Rift Plate 067

    Starfall Devourer

    Meteor iron, folded darkness, and a mouth shaped like impact make this abyssal eater a disaster that keeps arriving.

    Classification
    Abyssal
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record

Recovered folio 10

System Codex

11 plates visible

  1. Rift Bestiary field plate for Lumen Guardian

    Rift Plate 026

    Lumen Guardian

    A celestial guardian protects the whole so absolutely that safety can become confinement.

    Classification
    Celestial
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  2. Rift Bestiary field plate for Fenwrath Ape

    Rift Plate 068

    Fenwrath Ape

    The System builds this ape from whatever a region calls wilderness, then teaches the result to punish intrusion.

    Classification
    Bestial
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  3. Rift Bestiary field plate for Dreamhook Wight

    Rift Plate 069

    Dreamhook Wight

    A spectral fisher casts through dreams, hauling private fears into shared space until waking becomes another kind of drowning.

    Classification
    Spectral
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  4. Rift Bestiary field plate for Mirrorgate Wraith

    Rift Plate 070

    Mirrorgate Wraith

    This mirrored sentinel does not block passage; it sends every approach back wearing the intruder's own intention.

    Classification
    Spectral
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  5. Rift Bestiary field plate for Embercoil Serpent

    Rift Plate 071

    Embercoil Serpent

    An elemental command coils through cracks and conduits, striking wherever heat finds a path and escaping as cooling ash.

    Classification
    Elemental
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  6. Rift Bestiary field plate for Rimehowl

    Rift Plate 072

    Rimehowl

    A canine storm of frost howls boundaries into being, making breath, movement, and even sound freeze where commanded.

    Classification
    Elemental
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  7. Rift Bestiary field plate for Thunder Revenant

    Rift Plate 073

    Thunder Revenant

    Lightning scars hold a dead sentinel upright while thunder decides which boundary crossings deserve immediate consequence.

    Classification
    Elemental
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  8. Rift Bestiary field plate for Huskspine Crawler

    Rift Plate 074

    Huskspine Crawler

    A low abyssal scavenger darts between discarded bodies, sewing their useful surfaces onto the hunger underneath its spine.

    Classification
    Abyssal
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  9. Rift Bestiary field plate for Gullet Lurker

    Rift Plate 075

    Gullet Lurker

    A pressure-born brute builds itself behind an impossible gullet, swallowing space first and whatever occupied it second.

    Classification
    Abyssal
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record
  10. Rift Bestiary field plate for Hollow Sovereign

    Rift Plate 076

    Hollow Sovereign

    An abyssal monarch gives rank, ceremony, and deliberate law to emptiness, then demands that all lesser hungers kneel.

    Classification
    Abyssal
    Record state
    Field record open
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  11. Rift Bestiary field plate for Aurora Seraph

    Rift Plate 077

    Aurora Seraph

    An aurora-crowned celestial arrives as vertical law, beautiful enough to inspire surrender and terrible enough to deserve resistance.

    Classification
    Celestial
    Record state
    Field record open
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Recovered folio 11

Everglades Maze

6 plates visible

  1. Rift Bestiary field plate for Mangrove Shadecat

    Rift Plate 018

    Mangrove Shadecat

    A panther-shaped predator watches through water and builds its body from roots, reflection, and shadow.

    Classification
    Riftborn Predator
    Record state
    Field record open
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  2. Rift Bestiary field plate for Sawgrass Shadekin

    Rift Plate 093

    Sawgrass Shadekin

    A spectral runner combs the sawgrass into blades and dashes along their shadows, opening a wound before the reeds spring upright.

    Classification
    Spectral
    Record state
    Field record open
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  3. Rift Bestiary field plate for Saltreed Needlefish

    Rift Plate 094

    Saltreed Needlefish

    A needle-bodied fish hides upright among salt reeds, launching through air and black water with the same murderous straightness.

    Classification
    Bestial
    Record state
    Field record open
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  4. Rift Bestiary field plate for Hammock Murmurer

    Rift Plate 095

    Hammock Murmurer

    A jeweled root-and-orchid fey speaks through every leaf on its hammock, strengthening residents while quietly rewriting their loyalties.

    Classification
    Fey
    Record state
    Field record open
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  5. Rift Bestiary field plate for Rootmaze Warden

    Rift Plate 096

    Rootmaze Warden

    A mangrove-and-stone sentinel closes waterways with its own rooted body, judging passage by lantern, current, and remembered trespass.

    Classification
    Construct
    Record state
    Field record open
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  6. Rift Bestiary field plate for Glade Pollen Witch

    Rift Plate 097

    Glade Pollen Witch

    An orchid-faced fey inventories every breath in her glade, then assigns sleep, silence, or wandering through the pollen it carries.

    Classification
    Fey
    Record state
    Field record open
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Recovered folio 12

Miami Crownfront

3 plates visible

  1. Rift Bestiary field plate for Atrium Assessor

    Rift Plate 098

    Atrium Assessor

    A spectral examiner prices motion beneath broken skylights, turning luxury architecture into a tribunal of glare, gold rail, and contract paper.

    Classification
    Spectral
    Record state
    Field record open
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  2. Rift Bestiary field plate for Skybridge Shade

    Rift Plate 099

    Skybridge Shade

    A vertigo-born shade hides in high glass, striking from the city below before shedding itself into wind and broken reflections.

    Classification
    Spectral
    Record state
    Field record open
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  3. Rift Bestiary field plate for Breakwall Grappler

    Rift Plate 100

    Breakwall Grappler

    A storm-hardened grappler uses coral hooks and luxury wreckage to vault seawalls, isolate quarry, and leave before the next breaker.

    Classification
    Humanoid
    Record state
    Field record open
    Examine the record

The story behind the creatures

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