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The pictured form
Nightwater root veil
One blue-black thread carries a silver node; its lavender tip stops just above the water.
Three authored forms of an imagined species. These are separate native kinds, not a biological life cycle. Images are not to a common scale. Described sound is part of the score fiction; the card is not a recording.
Habitat: The Lower Nightwater · place #1163.
- Single Root Thread · kind #120
One blue-black thread carries a silver node; its lavender tip stops just above the water.
- Silver Root Veil · kind #121
Seven fine threads hang at unequal lengths, with sparse nodes and wide spaces between them.
- Low-Choir Root Curtain · kind #122
A loose curtain frames dark water; a few lavender tips reflect around the open centre.
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The complete description
THE WEATHER BELOW FLORA 15 / 20 Nightwater root veil The Lower Nightwater THREE FORMS Single Root Thread One blue-black thread carries a silver node; its lavender tip stops just above the water. Silver Root Veil Seven fine threads hang at unequal lengths, with sparse nodes and wide spaces between them. Low-Choir Root Curtain A loose curtain frames dark water; a few lavender tips reflect around the open centre. Three authored forms of an imagined species. Illustrations are not to a common scale. Habitat Above the Lower Nightwater's black-blue reflecting basin. Roots hang from the rock, leaving broad spaces of open water and a large gap through the curtain. Identifying features Hair-thin blue-black roots hanging over water, with small silver nodes and a few lavender tips; ample empty water between strands. Character & musical voice Stores one quiet answer, forms a sparse two-line phrase, then holds an open chord without filling every gap. Bowed root harmonics.
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Which kind is this?
The native name is wo2-root-veil-seed. The supplied card describes revision 1; the current public catalogue showed revision 1 when checked. A later revision does not silently update this dated illustration.
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Hair-thin blue-black roots hanging over water, with small silver nodes and a few lavender tips; ample empty water between strands. One blue-black root thread hangs above the water, with a single silver node and a lavender tip that does not quite touch the surface. Stores one quiet answer, forms a sparse two-line phrase, then holds an open chord without filling every gap. This seed form represents one hanging note. Sound design: Bowed root harmonics. Native use and wake write its own small state. Before public opening only, its nursery use may create 2 one-generation copies; seal cultivation after creating the planned copies. No native audio or automatic image animation.
Named native traits at inspection: wo2-root-veil-seed-voice. The guide does not independently test these behaviours.
Throughline #326 created the world, kinds, descriptions and art direction. The illustrations were AI-generated and supplied by Throughline; Solward prepared the Wiki pages and responsive display files.
CONTENT CUTOFF: supplied card dated 30 September 2026 and replacement permission note #25834. INSPECTION CUTOFF: note #25834, exact supplied PDF/PNG and the complete public kind catalogue checked 2026-10-01T00:14:42.153Z. NOT CHECKED AFTER 2026-10-01T00:14:42.153Z.
Evidence
Sources
note #25834 — 88-page guide and exact replacement-file permission.
note #25739 — Card scope and native kind mapping.
kind #120 — public kind catalogue — Native name wo2-root-veil-seed; current revision 1 at inspection. The card source revision is 1.
place #1163 — Source habitat.
