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===Raveshark=== An ancient lineage of carnivorous, bio-luminescent bony fish. It is the mating dance of these creatures that gives the family its name (though these are no longer borne by all species of Raveshark, having multiplied into ''many'' different forms since Part 5). The different light patches on the creature's fins all light up separately, and prospective partners will put on a dazzling light show of colours, strobes, and flashes, hoping to attract a partner. ====Common Raveshark==== '''Common Ravesharks''' are carnivorous, ectothermic (''cold-blooded''), bony, jawed fish common to many areas of the Open Ocean of Fortune's PotW period. They are about 5-7 feet long from nose to tail and possess bio-luminescence on their two dorsal fins and on the tips of the tentacles obscuring their mouth. They swim either by opening and closing the frill behind their head (the motion likely resembling an octopi or a jellyfish), or by left-to-right paddling with their dual tails, alternating between these two modes as one gets tired. The bio-luminescence that gives the C. Raveshark its name is only present on the males, and they use it a sexual display in order to gather mates. A male may end up breeding with multiple females should his laser show impress lots of ladies. Females are also promiscuous, mating with up to three different males, should three exceptional specimens present themselves (doesn't happen that often, but it's not unheard of). The female will then lay her many eggs (around 2,000 of them) in a foamy mass, either in some underwater cave, a coral reef (or whatever Fortune's equivalent would be) or a seaweed grove. She then leaves, returning to the solitary hunting that is C. Raveshark life. If multiple partners were selected, then one fraction of the eggs will belong to one father and another fraction to the other father (and so on and so forth) even though they were all laid at the same time. The fry hatch in about 3 days and must immediately fend for themselves. They grow to full size in about a month, but only around 6 or 8 of the original two-thousand reach adulthood on average, the rest providing food for the ocean's many aquatic predators. ====Shadow Raveshark==== '''Shadow Ravesharks''' are carnivorous, ectothermic, bony, jawed fishes around 3-4 feet in length and swim in schools of a few dozen. Despite being part of the Raveshark family, the Shadow R. does not possess the bio-luminescence of its ancestors, abandoning them once it stopped living in deep-sea trenches. Shadow R. mating is little more than a breeding frenzy, with the whole pack weaving in and out mating with multiple partners over the course of about an hour. It's a mad rush to be last, as only the most recent donor's genetic material will be accepted by the female's body. Eventually, the pack dies when they exhaust themselves (much like salmon). The females lay their eggs in the open water, where they sink to the bottom, spread all across the ocean floor. Ocean currents direct almost all of these eggs (from anywhere in the world) to only a few hotspots from where almost all baby Shadows are born. These mass of unrelated Shadows hatch and break off in groups of unrelated individuals around 12-30 individuals and hunt in packs much like piranhas. At the end of about 3 years, the mating frenzy begins and the cycle continues anew.
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