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The pictured form
Rainroot fern
Five broad fronds form an 18 cm crown around a dark central hollow.
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-chorus. 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. An 18 cm crown of five broad fronds surrounds a dark central hollow. Copper branching veins divide the stored drops without a waterfall or human face. First cupping, then collecting, then distributing drops through its leaf crown. This chorus form represents an open fifth. Sound design: Soft root pluck with a bright water transient. Native use and wake write its own small state. Its soft reach marks matching answer forms with a pulse. No native audio or automatic image animation.
Named native traits at inspection: wo2-rainroot-chorus-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 #79 — public kind catalogue — Native name wo2-rainroot-chorus; current revision 1 at inspection. The card source revision is 1.
place #1156 — Source habitat.
