🪸Empercora - Creature suggestion - Valentine's Day? - Earth Day?🪸

ida92 • 17 November 2023 at 4:42 AM

Introducing another creature suggestion:

Art: https://www.deviantart.com/idusiek/art/Img-20231118-083219-605-995347288

Description:

Egg: Empercora eggs can be found floating in open ocean waters. They are quite large (about the size of a beach ball), and quite sticky. They have no shell, instead the membrane protecting the egg is very thick and dense, providing the developing creature excellent protection. The membrane is also transparent, you can see the developing creature inside! When the eggs near hatching, they settle in shallow ocean waters near coral reefs, which will be forever homes for the newborn creatures.

Creature: These sea serpents are known as a keystone species for Ark's coral reef ecosystems. They protect, cultivate and restore the coral reefs they live in. What's more, they also grow coral reefs on their bodies - the bigger and healthier the Empercora, the larger and more abundant in life are their reefs. Recently, the SARC released 6 Empercoras to a reef almost entirely dead due to climate change. What happened next was beyond their expectations. The 6 serpents restored the ecosystem almost entirely within just 12 months. They are still working hard to continue restoring the reef and receive all the needed help from SARC.

Once an Empercora reaches their teen stage, their bellies start losing colour and slowly become white. This might be due to how they sleep - lying belly-down on the sandy sea bed, next to the reefs. Empercoras are also known for their long lifespans and their astonishing sizes. The largest recorded Empercora was over 120 meters long and was growing a reef of over 180 square meters.

Many smaller species, like the Aquolt, Lunantis, Bubblefish or Corsal find safe homes in the Empercoras body reefs or in the ecosystems they protect.

~~End of description~~

Side note: Empercora is a combinations of the words "empress" and "coral". They are mostly female.

shirothekittehlover • 17 November 2023 at 6:35 AM

@ida92
Very pretty 💖
I also like how it can restore damaged coral reefs in the desc, which imo makes it fitting for earth day as well :0c

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ashlinnhi • 17 November 2023 at 7:37 AM

@ida92 This is a really lovely creature suggestion! I love how the tail of the later evolutions look similar to the (pretty pink!) egg design : DD And agree with Shiroh, the creature lore is so nice as well!

opalquinze • 17 November 2023 at 7:55 AM

@ida92

i really like how sassy it looks on the last stage and definitely would agree it’s either for Valentine’s or Earth Day if this ever gets picked!

maybe something for an aquatic month (if Ian decides to make one to contrast the Volcano one we had)? that was from another user’s suggestion on another creature, so who knows?

heatherm19 • 17 November 2023 at 8:24 AM

@ida92 Love love LOVE it! I read the description first (which is totally awesome!) and was wondering what they'd actually look like but I didn't imagine they'd be so CUTE! I really like the coloring and the bits of coral sticking up from their bodies.

ida92 • 18 November 2023 at 2:41 AM

@shirothekittehlover Thank you! ❤️ I agree, Earth Day also sounds fitting!

@ashlinnhi Thank you. ❤️

@opalquinze The sassy look wasn't intended, but it looks good on her xD

@heatherm19 Thank you ❤️ I'm glad you like it. ^^

I also updated the art - the colours are more visible now and I changed the eye colour... The yellow made her look very sick xD

chihiro_sang • 19 November 2023 at 12:13 AM

It has a very unique design compared to most of eggcave's sea snakes.

ida92 • 19 November 2023 at 3:33 AM

@chihiro_sang Thank you. ❤️

daisycat • 19 November 2023 at 11:14 AM

@ida92
What a cutie! The egg is adorable and I love how the tail resembles a heart. This could pair well with @/okami's Coralay suggestion. 😊

"The membrane is also transparent, you can see the developing creature inside!"
Love this part. ^^

Thank you for the ping, Shiro!

ida92 • 19 November 2023 at 2:27 PM

@daisycat Thank you for the kind words! ❤️ And you're right, the Coralay could be one of the species inhabiting Empercora's body reefs!

osean • 19 November 2023 at 3:00 PM

It's adorable

jlya • 19 November 2023 at 4:38 PM

Naw, look at those little pink fin fins ~❤️ I'd love another reef creature ^^

ida92 • 20 November 2023 at 5:50 AM

@osean @jlya Thank you both for supporting this suggestion. ❤️

isis • 26 November 2023 at 11:35 AM

So pretty, I would love love love to have (at least) one of these!! It can be a new buddy for my aquarium critters ❤️

sunfire103 • 26 November 2023 at 1:20 PM

Very cute 😊

ida92 • 27 November 2023 at 3:09 AM

@isis @sunfire103

Thank you both ❤️

megamisama90 • 28 November 2023 at 1:12 PM

@ida92
Wow! Really liking the story and how it's so relevant environmently (not sure if it's a word but hopefully you'll get the point) ^^

ida92 • 30 November 2023 at 2:42 AM

@megamisama90 Thank you ^^ I actually came up with this idea during uni classes (I study environment preservation). 😃

ida92side • 14 December 2023 at 2:58 AM

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dragrawr • 14 December 2023 at 4:40 AM

@ida92 I love snakes more than anything so I seriously need this in my life rn

mr-blue-bones • 14 December 2023 at 6:16 AM

Aww, this is a really cute idea! (so many good options for February, why can't we just have them all?? 😭)

senkou • 14 December 2023 at 7:13 AM

@ida92 oo the egg and baby stage are so cute! i think if this was released i'd have to freeze the egg it looks like a little heart bubble which i love ❤️

spookyfrog • 14 December 2023 at 1:54 PM

ooh this is really neat, i love it! its like a coral snake, that's so cool 😊

ida92 • 15 December 2023 at 3:25 AM

@dragrawr Thank you! ^^ Snakes are amazing. 😊

@mr-blue-bones Maybe a love-themed CRW would solve this. 😃

@senkou @spookyfrog Thank you both. ❤️

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ida92side • 31 January 2024 at 3:13 AM

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@anarchy
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aardbeix3 • 31 January 2024 at 3:32 AM

@ida92 I can't check the art yet because my work pc blocks deviantart :'(
I am SO curious! Will check it later this evening when I'm done working!
I love the name and the description already though! ❤️

ida92 • 31 January 2024 at 3:54 AM

@aardbeix3 Thank you ^^ Deviant Art is very slow for me today for some reason.

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murfijs • 31 January 2024 at 5:14 AM

@ida92
i love the creature idea 😃
tysm for the ping

hikanu • 31 January 2024 at 6:24 AM

Aww, look at it. Lovely little coral noodle. 😊

We need more snakes.

anarchy • 31 January 2024 at 7:33 AM

thanks for the ping :] this is a really unique spin on earth day that we haven't really seen before on ec! previous earth day pets have focused on pollution, recycling, renewable energy, etc. so it's nice to see coral reefs and endangered ecosystems get a spotlight as well. i love the design of the little corals on the snake along with the pink + peach color scheme, and i think this is a great way to spread awareness about an important real life cause. i hope this gets made ❤️🪸🪸