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The pictured form
Rainroot fern
Two 12 cm fronds open on different axes, each carrying three separate water cups.
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 Rain-Root Stair · place #1156.
- Folded Rainroot · kind #77
A rolled 6 cm crozier holds one bead of water at its cupped tip.
- Drip-Cupped Rainroot · kind #78
Two 12 cm fronds open on different axes, each carrying three separate water cups.
- Rainroot Crown · kind #79
Five broad fronds form an 18 cm crown around a dark central hollow.
Accessible card text
The complete description
THE WEATHER BELOW FLORA 01 / 20 Rainroot fern The Rain-Root Stair THREE FORMS Folded Rainroot A rolled 6 cm crozier holds one bead of water at its cupped tip. Drip-Cupped Rainroot Two 12 cm fronds open on different axes, each carrying three separate water cups. Rainroot Crown Five broad fronds form an 18 cm crown around a dark central hollow. Three authored forms of an imagined species. Illustrations are not to a common scale. Habitat Damp limestone beside the Rain-Root Stair's narrow water groove. The fern cups sit beside the dry tread, where individual drops gather along exposed roots. Identifying features Copper-veined fern with broad curled tips that hold individual drops; fronds up to 18 cm; indigo stems and pale mineral undersides. Character & musical voice First cupping, then collecting, then distributing drops through its leaf crown. Soft root pluck with a bright water transient.
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Which kind is this?
The native name is wo2-rainroot-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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Copper-veined fern with broad curled tips that hold individual drops; fronds up to 18 cm; indigo stems and pale mineral undersides. Two 12 cm fronds open on different axes. Each has three shallow water cups, indigo central stems and fine cream spores underneath. Drops remain separated. First cupping, then collecting, then distributing drops through its leaf crown. This answer form represents two falling drops. Sound design: Soft root pluck with a bright water transient. Native use and wake write its own small state. No native audio or automatic image animation.
Named native traits at inspection: wo2-rainroot-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 #78 — public kind catalogue — Native name wo2-rainroot-answer; current revision 1 at inspection. The card source revision is 1.
place #1156 — Source habitat.
