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the swimmers
also known as jellied things, gelatinous creatures, smaller swimmers
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The swimmers were gelatinous, basket-sized creatures that pulsed like flowers, each with a human or animal head at its center and a frill of reddish-purple tendrils. They glowed faintly underwater and attacked with stings that burned like hot coals, but they died instantly when showered with salt.
Description
- form: Gelatinous creatures the size and shape of a large basket, pulsing like a flower, with a frill of reddish purple tendrils · revealed ch.23
- contents: Have the head of a man, woman, beast, or child at the center · revealed ch.23
Powers
- Glow with their own faint light underwater · revealed ch.23
- Sting with their frills, burning like a hot coal · revealed ch.23
- Die when showered with salt, browning and melting away from the head · revealed ch.23
Actions
- Flopped onto the raft and slithered forward · revealed ch.23
- Spoke to Delphine in her thoughts (the one with the captain's head) · revealed ch.23
- Crowded around Guillaume and brushed him all over with their frills, poisoning him · revealed ch.23
- Stung the fleeing men and child in the water · revealed ch.23
Nothing has been revealed about the swimmers yet at this point in the book.
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