Chrysalis

The art, first mastered by the Sophos, those unfortunate and criminally ignored peoples, of creating and raising ‘pets’ is generally underutilised on Pangera, as a rule.

Naturally, there are certain cultures and societies who make great use of pets and the various Classes and Skills that aid such a build. However, these examples, I will attempt to prove, are the exceptions that prove the rule. There should be far more pet based delvers than there are, currently, and I have devoted years of research to discovering why.

One curious wrinkle in the discussion is the widely available knowledge of just how powerful and useful such a pet can become, given the right circumstances. The guardian beast of the Golden City is almost as famous as the city itself, the Light Phoenix Rammon. The mythical Sirens of the brathian conglomerates are another well documented and frequently discussed example. Every citizen of the many cities within the fourth stratum is aware of these monsters and just how strong they are, so why do so few attempt to raise one of their own? Even those who fight within the Dungeon for a living?

Now, of course it is unreasonable to expect that any individual or small group could hope to create a tier eight or tier nine pet, as Rammon is rumoured to be. The cost in cores would be astronomical, not to mention the difficulty of finding a mythic grade core. Such things are priceless in the truest sense, as they simply cannot be bought.

But a tier five pet? Or even six? This is more than achievable, and there are many examples of even individuals who have succeeded in doing so.

- Excerpt from ‘Cultivation of Pets. Why not?’ by Larian.

[I feel like that trip was extremely profitable! How are your Levels looking, gang?]

Invidia practically purrs with satisfaction.

[I am Levelssssss one hundred and sixty.]

[Oh snap! Well done, Invidia! You’re ready to go! How about you two?]

Tiny stares at me.

are you?]

stares some more. I

on your status screen, next to where it

his eyes

don’t even know

get an

thirty five, Master,] Crinis interjects. [Since we evolved at the same time, he should be roughly

Crinis, that’s

name of heck can he not even know what Level he is? I’m going to raise the amount of intelligence he has to keep in the next evolution, I’m dead tired of him

stupid. He has enough brain matter to be able to read the numbers off his own damn status sheet! For that matter, he has more than enough to talk in more than single words or small sentences. I think he just chooses not to

the necessary milestone and is ready to go! The others are close, super close. Hopefully, they’ll be ready to evolve by the end of the wave, and the four of us will be the same tier once again.

don’t mind waiting to evolve with the others, Invidia,] I tell the floating eyeball. [It’ll be

it nowssss,] he says, eye glowing an ominous

Of course he does.

Tiny and Crinis evolve together, which will

literally has a brain the size of a human bedroom, and I can feel the heat radiating from his pocket

[Big celebrationssssss?] he asks.

[Oh, massive. Huge.]

[I wantssss cakesssss.]

get them, for

little fingers wriggle