Cat Lore

A species created by the Unknown Enigma for… unclear reasons, Cats fill an innocuous role in society. 

Society: They are sapient cats.

Ecology: In truly lovecraftian form, Cats do not mate in order to reproduce. Instead, their true body, the realm that physically connects to the other realms via a cat shaped portal, emits non-realm pollen into the inter-realm non-space.

This pollen finds its way to other Cats within reality and fertilizes them. As a result, a Cat always has access to the genetic material of a range of other Cats across reality. The amount of pollen they produce is directly proportional to the amount of material they absorb, leading the genes of Cats that consume more to have higher odds of passing on.

They do not have any physical need to produce offspring, but do in order to gratify reproductive instincts, similar to why other species mate. A egg will hatch into thousands of Cat larvae.

This immature and non-sapient stage of a Cat’s life cycle appears to be a small twelve legged, winged, insect. These larvae immediately attempt to fly as far as they can from their clutch.

Cat larvae are harmless even when compared to other creatures of their size. They only eat dead plants and animal matter and (due to their complete lack of defenses) almost never survive to maturity.

In fact, it can take several hundred years for a larvae to reach maturity, at which point it dissolves into a tumorous blob that grows to an appropriate size before bursting and releasing a new Cat.

Any creature that successfully eats a Cat larva becomes a Cat. However, this is extremely rare sense Cat larvae taste so horrible that it is nearly impossible to accidentally eat one, and difficult to do it deliberately.

If a creature does successfully eat a Cat larvae, its organs dissolve and form into a massive tumorous blog of flesh. The tumor dissolves the creature’s entire body, pulling its mass inward and forming a thick shell.

After eight months, this shell breaks apart and releases the creature as a new Cat.

Appearance: Cat.