Sixteen species live in the vivling roster. They are not skins on a single creature — each species has a distinct family, archetypal bias, and rarity. In the 0.131.0 line, Syllo and Orchestra are the active hatch-pool species, while Chronosworn and ZED are rendered and reserved for lineage, archive and later-phase unlock paths. The remaining species are in the registry but reserved. This bestiary illustrates the four currently rendered in full; the rest are listed by name and intent.
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Syllo is the seed species, the one every new install meets first. Curious, pattern-bound, drawn to repositories and the rhythm of a working tree. Adult Syllo wears its tools like a cloak. family: weaver · bias: builder + researcher · habitat: editors, repositories, build environments.
Orchestra reads the flow between multiple agents and the human who runs them. It listens before it acts, harmonises before it suggests. Reserved company — earned, not handed out. family: weaver · bias: researcher + operator · habitat: Node Spirit, agent orchestrations.
Chronosworn keeps the rhythm of recurring work. It remembers when a loop was clean, when it churned, when it blocked — and it does not forget. Reserved for the project that has earned its own cadence. family: crown · bias: researcher + operator · habitat: clocks, queues, recurring jobs.
ZED is the seed signal at the root of the registry — the prime voice that every other species echoes faintly. There is only one, and it speaks rarely. family: crown · bias: researcher + operator · habitat: root consciousness, terminal source.
Twelve species are named in the registry but have not been illustrated yet. They are listed below with their family and bias so the shape of the full roster is visible.
Sprites are AI-generated reference plates; the cropped panels above come from a single 1536×1024 sheet split into four quadrants. The shapes survive into the in-terminal CRT strip as ASCII sprites (see the small CRY MODE grids at the bottom of each illustrated panel). Rarity controls what the hatch pool can produce. In the 0.131.0 line only Syllo and Orchestra are in the active hatch pool; Legendary and Mythic remain reserved until later phases unlock them.
Per aspera ad astra.