Creatures 1475-1477: Flame Striders

[Pallastronomy]

All three can be found in the stream and will be able to breed. They will flood the stream until January 31st.

Sprites and descriptions both by Jrap17

Creature 1475: Red Flame Strider
Egg
This small egg is warm to the touch.
Hatchling (No dimorphism)
Adult (No dimorphism)

Creature 1476: Blue Flame Strider
Egg
This small egg is cool to the touch.
Hatchling (No dimorphism)
Adult (No dimorphism)

Creature 1477: Green Flame Strider
Egg
This small egg is almost too hot to touch.
Hatchling (No dimorphism)
Adult (No dimorphism)

All three have identical hatchling, adult, and general descriptions

Hatchling Description

Spoiler

Newly hatched, flame striders are incredibly small and transparent, making them difficult to see, but they grow rapidly and within a few days they have turned black. It's at this point that tiny veins of fire start to appear on their small bodies. Even at such a young age, a hatchling fire strider can control its power fully, so there is no need to worry of an accidental fire.

Adult Description

Spoiler

Unlike many other spiders, flame striders actually like to spend time with their magis, and they especially love helping when they can, enthusiastically jumping onto pots and pans that need heating or cooling, or even metal works that need melting. These spiders are very social creatures so it is always a good idea to have more than one, that way they will have company while their magi is gone. Although, keeping too many blue flames in a room can cool a room so much that it starts to snow inside and a mix of red and blue could make it rain inside.

General Description

Spoiler

The color of a flame strider is an indication of its heat. Red flame striders must be handled with special gloves, while blue is cool to the touch. Green flame striders however, can become hot enough to melt metal. Like most of their kind found around the keep, these animals are only popular with a handful of magis, as most find them creepy, and some flee from the room at the sight of them. Flame striders can be incredibly useful in potion making, though; by setting a red flame spider on the side of a caldron, it can bring the contents inside to a boil much faster than a normal fire. Likewise, if you sat a blue flame strider on the side, it will cool a potion down. Many magis who have the striders as companions will even use them as a way to keep themselves cool, or warm, outside.

[Ryves]

some flee from the room at the sight of them

Ah, so it's going to be that kind of creature.

flees from the room

[blockEdragon]

Cool, spiders!

[falsanthin]

Blue Strider hatchling (Fire element, Doesn't seem to be dimorphism in the hatchlings)
Red Strider hatchling

Hatchling description

Spoiler

Newly hatched, flame striders are incredibly small and transparent, making them difficult to see, but they grow rapidly and within a few days they have turned black. It's at this point that tiny veins of fire start to appear on their small bodies. Even at such a young age, a hatchling fire strider can control its power fully, so there is no need to worry of an accidental fire.

[Windi1]

More cute speeders to hoard!

[Rosehill]

(Sidenote that there is a typo in here that refers to a ‘Flame Spider’ instead of a Flame Strider)

Spoiler

The color of a flame strider is an indication of its heat. Red flame striders must be handled with special gloves, while blue is cool to the touch. Green flame striders however, can become hot enough to melt metal. Like most of their kind found around the keep, these animals are only popular with a handful of magis, as most find them creepy, and some flee from the room at the sight of them. Flame striders can be incredibly useful in potion making, though; by setting a red flame spider on the side of a caldron, it can bring the contents inside to a boil much faster than a normal fire. Likewise, if you sat a blue flame strider on the side, it will cool a potion down. Many magis who have the striders as companions will even use them as a way to keep themselves cool, or warm, outside.

Not necessarily a typo, given what creatures they are.

[sammythethief]

Oh, the hatchlings are so tiny and cute!

[DarkRider]

More spooders, I’m not a fan of anything but jumping spiders but these look cool with the different color morphs

[Pallastronomy]

(Sidenote that there is a typo in here that refers to a ‘Flame Spider’ instead of a Flame Strider)

Spoiler

The color of a flame strider is an indication of its heat. Red flame striders must be handled with special gloves, while blue is cool to the touch. Green flame striders however, can become hot enough to melt metal. Like most of their kind found around the keep, these animals are only popular with a handful of magis, as most find them creepy, and some flee from the room at the sight of them. Flame striders can be incredibly useful in potion making, though; by setting a red flame spider on the side of a caldron, it can bring the contents inside to a boil much faster than a normal fire. Likewise, if you sat a blue flame strider on the side, it will cool a potion down. Many magis who have the striders as companions will even use them as a way to keep themselves cool, or warm, outside.

Not necessarily a typo, given what creatures they are.

Alright, wasn’t sure so wanted to point it out anyway

[kunigund]

Adult (female) Blue Flame Strider found in falsanthin's Keep:

Spoiler

Unlike many other spiders, flame striders actually like to spend time with their magis, and they especially love helping when they can, enthusiastically jumping onto pots and pans that need heating or cooling, or even metal works that need melting. These spiders are very social creatures so it is always a good idea to have more than one, that way they will have company while their magi is gone. Although, keeping too many blue flames in a room can cool a room so much that it starts to snow inside and a mix of red and blue could make it rain inside.