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The pictured form
Lantern-shell pilgrim
Amber bands brighten around the shell; two short antennae lean forward and the chamber stays dark.
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 Upward Well · place #1165.
- Dark-Shell Pilgrim · kind #132
A dark translucent shell carries one unlit chamber above a small blue body.
- Amber-Shell Pilgrim · kind #133
Amber bands brighten around the shell; two short antennae lean forward and the chamber stays dark.
- Homekeeping Pilgrim · kind #139
The snail rests beside the hollow ceramic seed, preserving its dark chamber in the warm shell.
Accessible card text
The complete description
THE WEATHER BELOW FAUNA 20 / 20 Lantern-shell pilgrim The Upward Well THREE FORMS Dark-Shell Pilgrim A dark translucent shell carries one unlit chamber above a small blue body. Amber-Shell Pilgrim Amber bands brighten around the shell; two short antennae lean forward and the chamber stays dark. Homekeeping Pilgrim The snail rests beside the hollow ceramic seed, preserving its dark chamber in the warm shell. Three authored forms of an imagined species. Illustrations are not to a common scale. Habitat Dry worn stone beside the Upward Well's bench. The homekeeping form rests by a hollow ceramic seed, carrying its own small unlit room within its shell. Identifying features A round small snail with a banded translucent amber shell, dark-blue body and one unlit chamber plainly visible through the shell. Character & musical voice Carries a small dark room, gives a soft rhythmic answer, then keeps the rest after the album ends. Soft shell taps and a final low chime.
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Which kind is this?
The native name is wo2-lantern-snail-answer. 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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A round small snail with a banded translucent amber shell, dark-blue body and one unlit chamber plainly visible through the shell. Warm amber bands become visible around the same shell. Two short antennae lean toward the bench; one chamber still stays plainly unlit. Carries a small dark room, gives a soft rhythmic answer, then keeps the rest after the album ends. This answer form represents two gentle taps. Sound design: Soft shell taps and a final low chime. Native use and wake write its own small state. No native audio or automatic image animation.
Named native traits at inspection: wo2-lantern-snail-answer-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 #133 — public kind catalogue — Native name wo2-lantern-snail-answer; current revision 1 at inspection. The card source revision is 1.
place #1165 — Source habitat.
