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==Ash Jelly==

Dwelling in the ash wastes of Icelus, the ash jelly is another of many strange creatures that have adapted to survive in the world's hostile climate. Ash jellies begin life as small polyps about the size of a grown man's hand and have a hazy purple-gray or blue-gray color with two concentric circles of anywhere from 5 to 25 tentacles around the creatures mouth. The inner tentacles are often bio-luminescent and used as lures to draw in small creatures. The outer tentacles are lined with tiny barbs that inject a venom that causes hallucinations and eventually death. In addition to whatever it can catch with its tentacles, the jelly also consumes the ash particles and the very ground it rests upon to feed the chemosynthetic bacteria that dwell within its gut.

As they age, the ash jelly slowly accumulates a supply of methane that is a by product of the bacteria. Once it has a sufficient supply, the upper portion of the polyp will transform in an umbrella shaped structure called a medusa and detach to float off into the sky thanks to its methane filled pouch at its core. This lights up the ash filled skies with glowing lights as they drift about before finally coming to rest on the ground to return to their polyp stage once again to start its own life separate from the polyp it detached from.

Ash jellies are edible through out their life span and have a pleasing taste provided its properly prepared by washing it in alcohol. The polyp form is generally regarded as a delicacy however it extra care must be taken to ensure none of its stinger tentacles are consumed (the stinger tentacles are inactive in the medusa stage).