Flora and Fauna: Life in the Six Domains
Introduction: The Ecosystem That Was
Before the Fall, Eclipsia was alive.
Not just populated—alive. Six domains, each with unique ecosystems shaped by their moon’s magic. Flora that bloomed in clouds. Fauna that swam through lava. Creatures impossible in our world, perfectly natural in theirs.
This is a catalog of what lived. What died. What that loss means.
The Sky Domain (Auran) - Flora
Cloud Blossoms: Delicate flowers growing on vines, petals shimmering with iridescence, required specific wind patterns. Status: Extinct (fell with Aetheria).
Skybloom Vines: Crystallized air-plants creating living bridges between islands. Status: Extinct.
Wind Crystals: Mineral formations that “grew” in high-altitude wind currents. Status: Shattered.
The Sky Domain - Fauna
Cloud Rays: Massive creatures (30-foot wingspan) filtering sky plankton through specialized organs. Aurans rode them. Status: Most died in Aetheria’s fall; a few survived and adapted to void.
Thunderbirds: 15-20 foot wingspan, crackling with lightning, intelligent, rare. Status: Unknown (some may survive in void).
Sky Serpents: 40-60 feet long, floated through clouds without wings, wise, elusive. Status: Extinct.
Wind Spirits: Invisible entities made of pure air, mischievous, aided Windcallers. Status: Dissipated when Lunara broke.
The Volcanic Domain (Scalian) - Flora
Fire Bloom: Flowers that only opened in extreme heat, pollinated by Phoenixes. Status: Burned.
Cinder Root: Underground plants feeding on geothermal energy, edible tubers. Status: Extinct (consumed in eruption).
Obsidian Trees: Mineral-organic hybrids with glass-like bark. Status: Shattered by thermal shock.
The Volcanic Domain - Fauna
Magma Dragons: Juvenile versions (20-30 feet) swam through lava flows. Status: Most died; legends say some adapted to Fragment 2.
Phoenixes: Rebirth through fire, rare, sacred to Scalians. Status: Extinct (fire that created them died with Pyros).
Lava Salamanders: Dog-sized, hunted ash beetles, domestic companions. Status: Extinct.
Cinder Wolves: Pack predators with ember-eyes, respected by warriors. Status: Extinct.
The Oceanic Domain (Hydran) - Flora
Luminescent Kelp: Bioluminescent forests lighting the depths. Status: Dark now (magic died).
Healing Corals: Living architecture, medicinal properties. Status: Crushed or dormant.
Pearl Oysters: Produced pearls that enhanced water magic. Status: Most dead, some survive.
Tidal Flowers: Bloomed with tide cycles, used in ceremonies. Status: Cycle broken, extinct.
The Oceanic Domain - Fauna
Sea Serpents: 50-100 feet, intelligent, guardians of deep places. Status: Unknown (too deep to track).
Giant Squid: 40-foot tentacle span, hunted by Deep Divers. Status: Some survive.
Reef Sharks: Bonded with Hydran children as rite of passage. Status: Some survive.
Merfolk: Distant Hydran cousins, lived in deepest trenches. Status: Most drowned in Aquamarina collapse.
Manta Rays: Massive filter-feeders (20-foot wingspan), transportation. Status: Some survive.
The Forest Domain (Chloran) - Flora
World Tree: The mother of all trees, Sylvandor grew from its roots. Status: Dead (withered Day 5).
Lifeblood Fruit: Red fruit that accelerated healing, grew on World Tree. Status: Extinct.
Glowshrooms: Bioluminescent fungi, primary light source in deep forest. Status: Extinct.
Dreamweave Vines: Caused prophetic dreams when burned. Status: Extinct.
Whisperwood Trees: “Spoke” through rustling leaves, oracle-trees. Status: Silent (dead).
The Forest Domain - Fauna
Treants: Living trees that could walk, guardians of groves. Status: Rooted (died with Verdanis).
Dryads: Tree-spirits bonded to specific trees. Status: Died with their trees.
Myconids: Fungal humanoids, decomposers, wise. Status: Extinct.
Vine Panthers: Camouflaged predators with plant-like fur. Status: Extinct.
Canopy Birds: Thousands of species, most never cataloged. Status: 90% extinct.
The Shadow Domain (Cimmerian) - Unique Life
Shadow-flora: Plants that grew in darkness, photosynthesis inverted. Status: Scattered with Tenebris.
Bone Trees: Grew from calcium deposits, white against black stone. Status: Unknown.
Void Bats: Fed on shadow-essence, echolocation through darkness. Status: May have adapted to post-Sundering void.
Shadow Spirits: Consciousness-fragments living in darkness. Status: Merged with Umbra when it broke.
The Dream Domain (Mauve) - Probability Life
Crystal Flora: Plants that existed in multiple states simultaneously. Status: Dissolved with Noctis.
Dream-Moths: Visible only in peripheral vision, fed on possibilities. Status: Uncertain existence now.
Phase Beasts: Animals flickering between timelines. Status: Exist and don’t exist.
Probability Flowers: Bloomed with every possible color at once. Status: Collapsed to single timeline (dead).
What Was Lost (Beyond Species)
Biodiversity: 10,000+ years of evolution. Each moon created unique environmental pressures. When moons died, those pressures vanished—ecosystems collapsed.
Symbiosis: Aurans bonding with Cloud Rays. Hydrans with Reef Sharks. Scalians with Lava Salamanders. Chlorans with Treants. Those relationships defined racial identity. Gone now.
Magic-Dependent Life: 60% of species required moon-magic to survive. Without it, they died—not from violence, but from reality no longer supporting their existence.
What Survived (Void Adaptation)
Fragment Ecosystems: Small, isolated, evolving rapidly. Some species adapting to void-exposure. Mutations increasing. New forms emerging.
Void-Touched Creatures: Animals exposed to void developing strange properties. Bioluminescence. Reality-phasing. Entropy resistance.
The Fragments as Arks: Each fragment preserves a sample of pre-Fall biodiversity. But isolated. No genetic exchange. Speciation accelerating.
Conclusion: The Ecology of Loss
When the moons fell, it wasn’t just civilizations that died.
It was entire kingdoms of life. Phoenixes. Treants. Dryads. Thousands of species we’ll never catalog because no one’s left who remembers their names.
The Six saved 125 people. They couldn’t save the Cloud Rays or the Lifeblood Fruit or the Whisperwood Trees.
Some losses are permanent.
Explore The Eclipsia Trilogy
This lore entry is just the beginning. The full story of The Eclipsia Trilogy—three books chronicling the fall of six civilizations, the impossible choice to break the world, and the transformation of heroes into legends—awaits.
The Gathering Eclipse (Book 1), The Shattered Veil (Book 2), and The Breaking of Fate (Book 3) will take you deeper into Eclipsia’s cosmic horror and profound sacrifice.
Stay tuned for release announcements.
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