Creatures of the Flesh Fields

Codex Inversus
6 min readFeb 26, 2024

The Flesh Fields have a unique and bizarre ecosystem.
Since there is no ground, there are no plants and, therefore, no herbivores. Since edible meat is everywhere, there is no point in hunting prey that can run or counterattack, so there are no predators. Therefore, most Fields’ animals are a mix of parasites, scavengers, and “carnivorous grazers”.
The desired resource for the beasts of the Flesh Fields is not food itself but territory…

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Codex Inversus

A world-building project. Art and stories from a fantasy world. All illustrations are mine: collages and rework of other art. https://linktr.ee/Codex_Inversus