Mirecross · East Causeway

First Reed Sanctuary

Placement desk

Sanctuary steward

Reed

“Welcome to First Reed. The work board is open, the placement rooms are quiet, and I can point you toward whichever clock you mean to start.”

Review the postings below, compare qualifications, then choose a companion and begin at this desk. Active clocks remain in My Activities.

Acquisition records

Ways a creature may enter your care

Each route records its provenance, first-bond state, costs, and consequences.

01Accord

Sanctuary adoption

Documented care history, known needs, and a supervised first-bond period.

⌖ First Reed Sanctuary

Cost: Low fee · low risk
Record: Clear provenance and Registry support

02Field

Wild attunement

Earn trust during a timed encounter and prepare for the habitat the creature actually needs.

⌖ Regional expeditions

Cost: Supplies · preparation
Record: Unique discovery history and bond choices

03Rescue

Interdiction & rescue

Investigate a route, extract a creature safely, then complete rehabilitation before bonding.

⌖ Reedwarden contracts

Cost: Time · skill · uncertainty
Record: Warden reputation and recorded rescue provenance

04Underways

Belowmarket acquisition

Buy through forged papers, keep intercepted cargo, or deal directly with an unlicensed handler.

⌖ Gloamfen

Cost: Marks · suspicion · hidden conditions
Record: Disputed provenance and lasting story pressure

Fen Registry field catalog

Known collectible species

Founding records and reconciled field dossiers share one public catalog. Availability still comes from finite, location-owned creature cases.

FIELD DOSSIER

Kilnward ash flats, cooled lava fans, industrial margins, and open volcanic scrub

Ashrunner

Ashrunner are long-legged fenborn with wide splayed toes and closable nostrils adapted for loose ash. They travel in small bands, sprinting between cooler stone islands while feeding on insects and heat-tolerant scrub.

HP520Stamina850Ether650

FIELD DOSSIER

Kilnward lava tubes, basalt shelves, quarry margins, and cooled vent chambers

Basaltusk

Basaltusk are huge tunnel-dwelling fenborn with continuously growing mineralized tusks. They use the tusks to pry fractured basalt apart, enlarging passages to reach mineral deposits and cool sleeping chambers.

HP850Stamina700Ether530

FIELD DOSSIER

Pale Hours ice shelves, rocky switchbacks, frozen ravines, and high-elevation grazing ledges

Bellhorn

Bellhorn are sure-footed mountain fenborn with hollow horn chambers that resonate during head shakes and low calls. Herds use different tones to stay coordinated across fog, snowfall, and broken terrain.

HP700Stamina690Ether630

FIELD DOSSIER

Lumaweald high canopy, moss bridges, hollow trunks, and old-growth branch corridors

Boughlynx

Boughlynx are arboreal ambush fenborn with rotating ankle joints and a membrane along the flanks that stabilizes long drops between trees. Their mottled coat changes appearance as the guard hairs lie flat or stand upright.

HP560Stamina760Ether650

FIELD DOSSIER

Brinewake surf zones, submerged ledges, outer harbor walls, and wave-battered reef margins

Breakerback

Breakerback are enormous semi-aquatic fenborn with a flexible armored spine and broad webbed feet. They brace into breaking surf to feed on dislodged shellfish and can remain stable where smaller animals are swept away.

HP860Stamina720Ether600

FIELD DOSSIER

Kilnward lava-tube vaults, warm cliff faces, abandoned chimneys, and vent-fed canyon walls

Cinderkite

Cinderkite are batlike gliding fenborn with long heat-resistant wing fingers and pale sensory patches around the muzzle. Colonies emerge into warm updrafts at dusk to hunt dense swarms of vent-associated insects.

HP440Stamina730Ether820

FIELD DOSSIER

Pale Hours snow cliffs, frozen conifer margins, wind bowls, and icebound rooftops

Driftwing

Driftwing are compact feathered fenborn with broad low-speed wings and heavily fringed feet. They ride slope winds close to the snow surface, dropping suddenly to seize rodents exposed by shifting drifts.

HP450Stamina760Ether760

FIELD DOSSIER

Mirecross flooded meadows, reed margins, shallow deltas, and exposed mudflats

Fenstilt

Fenstilt are tall wading fenborn with spring-loaded legs, narrow probing beaks, and independently flexing toes that spread their weight across unstable mud. They are highly visual and communicate with abrupt wing and neck displays.

HP510Stamina690Ether640

FIELD DOSSIER

Pale Hours sub-snow soil, geothermal seep margins, buried meadow edges, and old utility embankments

Frostmole

Frostmole are powerful burrowing fenborn with broad foreclaws and blood-vessel countercurrent systems that keep the digging limbs warm. They tunnel beneath snow rather than through frozen mineral soil whenever possible.

HP650Stamina740Ether610

FIELD DOSSIER

Clear Mirecross backwaters, spring-fed channels, submerged root tangles, and reed-lake shallows

Glimmerfin

Glimmerfin are small amphibious shoaling fenborn with reflective lateral scales and flexible fin-limbs that let them cross short stretches of saturated mud between pools. Their synchronized flashes coordinate schools in stained water.

HP430Stamina720Ether790

FIELD DOSSIER

Ninth Bell service tunnels, heated roofs, tram depots, utility galleries, and insulated wall voids

Gloammarten

Gloammarten are cold-city fenborn that detect tiny temperature differences through dense facial whiskers. They patrol utility networks for rodents and repeatedly sleep near warm junctions without chewing cables or insulation.

HP520Stamina700Ether720

FIELD DOSSIER

Brinewake reefs, kelp shelves, tidal pools, and nursery caves

Havamor

Havamor are broad coastal fenborn with powerful forelimbs, protective membranes, and a social tendency to carry unrelated juveniles toward nursery shelter.

HP650Stamina600Ether700

FIELD DOSSIER

Brinewake kelp forests, rocky coves, surge channels, and sheltered reef shelves

Kelpmane

Kelpmane are muscular coastal fenborn with long ribbon-like neck filaments that resemble kelp blades when held motionless. They graze epiphytes from living kelp and use powerful forelimbs to anchor in surge.

HP740Stamina660Ether690

FIELD DOSSIER

Lumaweald fern clearings, root terraces, wet forest edges, and moonreed glades

Knotstag

Knotstag are stocky forest grazers whose antlers grow in dense interlocking forks. The structures are used to rake vine mats, expose mineral soil, and wrestle rivals without the long piercing tines typical of open-country deer.

HP720Stamina650Ether690

FOUNDING SPECIES

enchanted forests, moonlit glades

Lumendoe

Lumendoe are gentle, watchful Lumaweald fenborn whose hollow reflective hairs scatter low Current-light. They are associated with finding stranded travelers, but choose their own routes and bonds.

HP600Stamina800Ether800

FIELD DOSSIER

Kilnward vents, slag caverns, and stable lava tubes

Magmara

Magmara are heavy quadrupeds whose mineral plates shed extreme heat. Small packs den beside stable vents and briefly carry molten material in specialized mouth and claw structures.

HP800Stamina700Ether550

FIELD DOSSIER

Mirecross root caverns, undercut banks, flooded culverts, and tannin-dark channels

Mirecoil

Mirecoil are long-bodied semi-aquatic fenborn that brace against roots with rows of small ventral hooks. Enlarged jaw muscles let them crack freshwater shellfish while their vibration-sensitive lower jaw detects movement through mud.

HP640Stamina640Ether680

FIELD DOSSIER

Mirecross reed marshes, oxbow pools, flooded grazing flats, and slow distributary channels

Reedjaw

Reedjaw are low-slung amphibious fenborn with broad crushing jaws and a reinforced chest used to force paths through dense reeds. They feed on shellfish, tough marsh plants, and carrion rather than actively hunting large prey.

HP820Stamina610Ether520

FIELD DOSSIER

Brinewake reef flats, wave-cut ledges, breakwater cavities, and shallow rubble fields

Reefknuckle

Reefknuckle are broad-bodied crustacean-like fenborn with two reinforced striking forelimbs and smaller dexterous feeding arms. They break dead coral rubble and shell to reach prey rather than attacking living reef structure.

HP810Stamina590Ether560

FIELD DOSSIER

Pale Hours wind-scoured plateaus, frozen river benches, snow basins, and exposed alpine saddles

Rimeback

Rimeback are massive cold-adapted grazers with hollow guard hairs and a ridged fatty crest over the spine. Snow freezes onto the outer coat while dense underfur remains dry, forming a temporary shell against wind.

HP920Stamina610Ether590

FIELD DOSSIER

Lumaweald windthrow pits, root caves, saturated forest floor, and decomposing timber belts

Rootmaw

Rootmaw are heavy detritivorous fenborn with shovel-like lower tusks and enormous forelimbs. They tear apart rotten logs for grubs and mineral-rich fungi, swallowing large quantities of decayed wood and soil.

HP880Stamina620Ether540

FIELD DOSSIER

Brinewake sea cliffs, harbor towers, offshore stacks, and storm-facing rooftops

Saltwing

Saltwing are long-winged coastal fenborn with specialized nasal glands that expel concentrated salt. They can drink seawater during long flights and nest on narrow ledges inaccessible to most terrestrial predators.

HP480Stamina790Ether710

FIELD DOSSIER

Mirecross mud islands, shallow flood basins, peat shelves, and reed-choked margins

Siltback

Siltback are massive marsh grazers whose overlapping keratin plates trap wet silt across the body. The mud layer regulates skin temperature, discourages biting insects, and makes adults exceptionally difficult to dislodge.

HP900Stamina670Ether610

FIELD DOSSIER

Kilnward slag fields, cooled foundry margins, basalt terraces, and mineral-rich vent aprons

Slagback

Slagback are immense heat-tolerant fenborn with thick dorsal plates threaded by blood-rich cooling channels. They graze mineral crusts and heat-resistant lichens while spending the hottest hours half-buried in loose slag.

HP950Stamina650Ether500

FIELD DOSSIER

Ninth Bell heatways, tramworks, utility corridors, and sheltered urban voids

Snøløve

Snøløve are lean cold-city fenborn that map heat leaking from pipes, walls, tramworks, and occupied basements, revisiting routes as weather changes.

HP550Stamina500Ether550

FIELD DOSSIER

Pale Hours snowfields, snowy forest margins, and sub-snow tunnel systems

Snowfluff

Snowfluff are compact winter fenborn with layered insulating fur and broad paws. They construct and maintain sub-snow tunnels instead of merely hiding in them.

HP500Stamina450Ether650

FIELD DOSSIER

Lumaweald fungal groves, canopy shade pockets, rotting log fields, and damp ravines

Sporewing

Sporewing are large nocturnal gliding fenborn with velvet wing membranes that collect fungal spores as they brush against fruiting bodies. Specialized facial combs clean the membranes and redistribute spores along habitual routes.

HP410Stamina590Ether830

FOUNDING SPECIES

Enchanted forests, dense woodlands

SylvanHowl

SylvanHowl are territorial Lumaweald guardians with retractable thorns and coats that carry irritating plant oils. They are socially discerning and protective rather than universally aggressive.

HP695Stamina800Ether600

FIELD DOSSIER

Lumaweald vine thickets, fern tunnels, orchard edges, and moonreed margins

Tanglehare

Tanglehare are long-legged browsing fenborn with split outer toes and hooked dewclaws that let them pivot through dense vine tangles at speed. Their whiskers are unusually long and help map narrow passages in low light.

HP470Stamina810Ether700

FIELD DOSSIER

Brinewake tide pools, seagrass lagoons, clear reef shallows, and sheltered harbor edges

Tideglass

Tideglass are translucent schooling fenborn whose skin contains layered reflective cells that shift from nearly clear to mirror-bright as muscles contract. The display coordinates schools and confuses pursuing predators.

HP500Stamina680Ether840

FIELD DOSSIER

Mirecross freshwater tributaries, clear reed lakes, and slow river channels

Vattenfira

Vattenfira are semi-aquatic fenborn with luminous tail organs used for signaling and navigation in turbid water. Adults may reach eight feet from nose to tail.

HP600Stamina550Ether700

FIELD DOSSIER

Kilnward fumarole rims, lava-tube ceilings, warm fissures, and geothermal service corridors

Ventcrest

Ventcrest are lean cave fenborn with a vascular crest that opens to dump heat rapidly after crossing hot ground. Sensitive throat membranes detect changes in airflow and gas concentration before most people can smell them.

HP570Stamina710Ether780

Before a first bond

Meet, prepare, attune, register.

First Reed checks room, supplies, fee, and the creature's current care plan before supervised attunement begins.

1
InspectNeeds, temperament, habitat
2
PrepareCapacity, supplies, fee
3
AttuneSupervised Bond timer
4
RegisterPermanent provenance record