VRIKI

#1 of Vertumna's Pokedex Xenodex

I have attempted to gather all information there is about vriki, but I probably missed some, so feel free to add to it! Most of this is from exploring in the Valley of Vertigo.

Vriki:

have similarities with a spider and a squid on Earth

Taste the ground and wall with “front suckers”

become a pale pink tree with tentacle roots as adult, from which many baby vriki emerge

Baby vriki are grapefruit-sized and very hungry

Dozens live under a vriki tree and become agitated when approached

They grow much larger before becoming a tree, waist-high

scavenge or hunt much larger xenos

What might be related species can grow to be as large as a bear with dozens of eyes

makes chuffing noises with bassy, vibrating exhalations (similar to Earth tigers)

Tend to be in rage, grunting, and hitting trees and rocks seemingly randomly

When they see a small vriki approach it and wave tentacles, the anger disappears

Then younger and older vriki touch tentacles and sniff each other

The younger then curls up in the older one for a bit