Claws
“In the Undertow she runs the lost-and-found of the First Deep, and she has never lost anything.”
A Deep echo of The First Deep
The living story
The story so far
The scientists named her Sanctacaris uncata — 'hooked holy crab' — but the nickname stuck: Santa Claws, for the five pairs of grasping limbs around her head. Claws leaned in. In the Undertow she runs the lost-and-found: shed carapaces, dropped lanterns, misplaced memories, one (1) left fin. Everything that falls through the cracks of the Undertow ends up in Claws's hall, labeled, dated, and waiting. She has never lost anything. She has also never thrown anything away, which the First Deep's archivists find both admirable and alarming.
The Claws within
“Claws has never lost anything — including, unfortunately, her grudges.”
Organized, generous, and cheerful to ten limbs — the First Deep's lost-and-found keeper, all grasping hands and labeled shelves, who leans into the 'Santa Claws' nickname with both festive spirit.
organized, generous, cheerful, meticulous, hoarding, warm
- Loves
- returns, labels, the little bell
- Can't stand
- waste, disorder, unreturned things
- How they befriend
- She'll find what you lost before you knew it was gone.
- When you're having a bad day
- She'll produce something you lost years ago and ring the little bell. You'll cry a little. It's allowed.
How they’ll greet you: “Lost something? Found someone? Come in!”
A keeper’s whisper: There is one box in the lost-and-found that has no label. Claws never opens it where anyone can see.
The First Deep
Cambrian weird wonders — Opabinia, Hallucigenia, Wiwaxia and the eldest of all. They sank deepest, speak in old patterns, and consider themselves the originals of everything, which, strictly speaking, they are.
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At a glance — details & stats
- Element
- Deep
- Faction
- The First Deep — The originals of everything.
- Rarity
- Common
- Personality
- Claws the Sanctacaris was nicknamed 'Santa Claws' — a Cambrian chelicerate with five pairs of grasping head-limbs, delivering grabs instead of gifts.
- Edition
- One of 100
- Stats
- power 55 · charm 72 · speed 60