Cloud Serpents

These utterly massive, wingless serpents glide through the skies above every shard, but are most common near Quill. Here the Cloud Serpents serve a very important role in the cosmology of the Teryxians, who view them as avatars of their creator deity, called Tzahintli. Very little is known about the ecology of these creatures, except that certain individuals have developed behavioral symbiosis with the Teryxians, and are sometimes called to feed upon the bodies of the ritually sacrificed. Other than these unusual offerings from Quill, it is unknown what could possibly sustain creatures of such immense size.

On rare occasion, adults have been known to attack and eat air travelers, sometimes even small airships. Cloud Serpents are snake-like in form, but with external ear openings and eyelids. Their shimmering scales can be blinding in the light, and individuals have been seen in every imaginable color.