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As there are many species of cremlings, their appearance is not uniform. They tend to be tiny, multilegged, and thin, with elongated bodies and purple blood.{{book ref|sa1|39}}{{book ref|sa1|57}}{{book ref|sa1|31}} Most have claws and a carapace.{{book ref|sa1|57}}{{book ref|sa1|49}} One known variety is [[skrip]], which has a flat tail, two large claws and long antennae.{{book ref|sa3|68}} |
As there are many species of cremlings, their appearance is not uniform. They tend to be tiny, multilegged, and thin, with elongated bodies and purple blood.{{book ref|sa1|39}}{{book ref|sa1|57}}{{book ref|sa1|31}} Most have claws and a carapace.{{book ref|sa1|57}}{{book ref|sa1|49}} One known variety is [[skrip]], which has a flat tail, two large claws and long antennae.{{book ref|sa3|68}} |
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| − | Cremlings come in variety of colors. Ones living in the chasms of the [[Shattered Plains]] have a reddish hue with semi-transparent carapace, making their organs visible.{{book ref|sa1|27}} In [[Kharbranth]], there are cremlings shaded like the feelers of [[shalebark]], while in the Purelake, they have a multitude of colors.{{book ref|sa1|i|1}}{{book ref|sa1|39}} Some species are poisonous, and indicate so by having vividly red claws.{{book ref|sa3|18}} |
+ | Cremlings come in variety of colors. Ones living in the chasms of the [[Shattered Plains]] have a reddish hue with semi-transparent carapace, making their organs visible.{{book ref|sa1|27}} In [[Kharbranth]], there are cremlings shaded like the feelers of [[shalebark]], while in the Purelake, they have a multitude of colors.{{book ref|sa1|i|1}}{{book ref|sa1|39}} Some species, including a variety called "sigs cremlings" by the [[listener]]s, are poisonous, and indicate so by having vividly red claws or bright coloring on their backs.{{book ref|sa4|62}}{{book ref|sa3|18}} |
Cremlings can make sounds, including screeching and clicking.{{book ref|sa3|26}}{{book ref|sa3|25}} [[Songling]] - a small crustacean capable of far wider vocal range - might be a type of cremling. |
Cremlings can make sounds, including screeching and clicking.{{book ref|sa3|26}}{{book ref|sa3|25}} [[Songling]] - a small crustacean capable of far wider vocal range - might be a type of cremling. |
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Revisión del 17:33 25 ago 2021
| Cremlino | |
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 por Ben McSweeney
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| Tipo | Animal |
| Mundo de origen | Roshar |
| Universo | Cosmere |
A cremling is a type of scavenger crustacean that can be found almost everywhere on Roshar.[1][2][3][4] Rather than a single species, the term — derived from crem, a type of sediment — encompasses a wide variety of creatures.[1]
Appearance and Anatomy
As there are many species of cremlings, their appearance is not uniform. They tend to be tiny, multilegged, and thin, with elongated bodies and purple blood.[3][5][6] Most have claws and a carapace.[5][7] One known variety is skrip, which has a flat tail, two large claws and long antennae.[8]
Cremlings come in variety of colors. Ones living in the chasms of the Shattered Plains have a reddish hue with semi-transparent carapace, making their organs visible.[9] In Kharbranth, there are cremlings shaded like the feelers of shalebark, while in the Purelake, they have a multitude of colors.[2][3] Some species, including a variety called "sigs cremlings" by the listeners, are poisonous, and indicate so by having vividly red claws or bright coloring on their backs.[10][11]
Cremlings can make sounds, including screeching and clicking.[12][13] Songling - a small crustacean capable of far wider vocal range - might be a type of cremling.
Ecology
Cremlings grow from larvae, which mature in stagnant pools of water.[14] Adults live in burrows often located in cracks in the rock.[5] Some creatures that Rosharans call cremlings are actually larvae forms of larger animals, like chulls or maybe even Tai-na.[15][16]
Cremlings have two primary food sources: scavenging and plant matter. Typically, they drink blood and eat the flesh of the deceased humans, Parshendi, and other creatures, such as chasmfiends.[17][9][18] In the period immediately after highstorms, they expand their diet to plants, as those will often unfurl to drink in the nutrient-rich rainwater, allowing the cremlings to feed on the newly-exposed parts.[19] In addition, some cremlings seem to have a symbiotic relationship with shalebark. They clean the shalebark by eating anything that has built up on it, and take on coloring that helps them blend with it, disguising them from predators.[3]
Cremlings are in turn preyed upon by graspers, who will swiftly seize them and pull them into their lairs.[5]
For an unknown reason, some cremlings molt occasionally, shedding their carapace.[7][20] Some cremlings are capable of seeing Investiture.[21]
Culture
Cremlings are generally reviled on Roshar, being treated as little more than annoying and disgusting pests. Calling someone a cremling is one of Roshar's most common insults, with meaning similar to "rat" or "snake".[22] In idioms, cremlings are usually synonymous with cautious or cowardly behaviour.[23][24]
Cremlings are edible for humans. While not considered high-quality, their overabundance makes them a reliable food source, and a good cook can turn them into a fine dish.[25][8] They are usually boiled, and the water left afterwards can be drank, although the latter seems to be a habit limited to the Horneaters.[25] They taste similarly to crabs.[26]
Some people collect various species of cremlings, pinning them to boards like butterflies.[27]
As with "chicken" and "spren", the term "cremling" is often misapplied by Rosharans to refer to creatures that aren't part of the same group, like some non-crustacean hordelings, insects and greatshell larvae.[28][29][15]
Sleepless
Some cremlings are part of Sleepless swarms, and share a common hive mind. Such cremlings, called hordelings, are typically heavily-specialized, with some trained to act as ears or eyes, or to assume humanoid coloring so as to allow the Sleepless to pretend to be human.[30][27] They can operate at a significant distance from the rest of their swarm, making them perfect spies.[31] Through heavy breeding, over multiple generations, they can be evolved to do almost anything, including mimicking larkin abilities.[32]
In the past, hordelings have directly participated in the Desolations, fighting on the side of the Knights Radiant.[30] Dalinar witnesses a burnt pile of them in one of his dream-visions.[33]
Notes
- ↑ a b El camino de los reyes capítulo 4#
- ↑ a b El camino de los reyes interludio I-1#
- ↑ a b c d El camino de los reyes capítulo 39#
- ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 41#
- ↑ a b c d El camino de los reyes capítulo 57#
- ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 31#
- ↑ a b El camino de los reyes capítulo 49#
- ↑ a b Juramentada capítulo 68#
- ↑ a b El camino de los reyes capítulo 27#
- ↑ El ritmo de la guerra capítulo 62#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 18#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 26#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 25#
- ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 43#
- ↑ a b General Twitter 2018
— Arcanum - 2018-05-02# - ↑ Children of the Nameless Reddit AMA
— Arcanum - 2018-12-14# - ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 56#
- ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 15#
- ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 11#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 19#
- ↑ Starsight Release Party
— Arcanum - 2019-11-26# - ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 6#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 13#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 52#
- ↑ a b Juramentada capítulo 55#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 63#
- ↑ a b Juramentada interludio I-4#
- ↑ Leipzig Book Fair
— Arcanum - 2017-03-24# - ↑ General Reddit 2016
— Arcanum - 2016-11-29# - ↑ a b Danzante del Filo (novella) capítulo 18#
- ↑ Skyward San Diego signing
— Arcanum - 2018-11-07# - ↑ FanX Spring 2019
— Arcanum - 2019-04-19# - ↑ Juramentada capítulo 47#