An Illustrated Guide to the Not-So-Humble Mudcrab (Patreon)

While most mudcabs are content to masquerade as rocks, some have adapted a more unusual camouflage.  

(Plate 1) The colorful Coral Crabs of Alinor, for example, blends perfectly into the ancient coastal reefs of the region.

(Plate 2) The mudcrabs of Valenwood, meanwhile, have a symbiotic relationship with the eponymous woods of the province. Tiny trees grow in the rich river mud on the crabs' shells, using the crustacean's travels to spread their seeds.

(Plate 3) Nearby, the Pyandonean past time of Mudcrab fighting has gained popularity along the southern coast and islands of Elsweyr and Valenwood. It is customary to attach jewelry, spikes, or even bone into shells of juvenile crabs to give them a more fearsome appearance.

(Plate 4) On the other side of Tamriel, the Mudcrabs of the Telvanni peninsula, in Morrowind's remote north-east, are covered in the same molds and mushrooms as their habitat.

(Plate 5) Far to Tamriel's west, the blighted atolls and fibrous seas of what used to be the southern Yqd are home to crabs whose limbs are out of scale with their bodies, and whose crusty upper shells are covered in all manner of strange, symbiotic creatures.

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When I Tweeted last week about it taking 3 minutes to have an idea but 3 weeks to find the time and energy to execute it, this is the project I was thinking of. I came up with the idea (and wrote most the text) two weeks ago, when there was still enough time for it to be topical to the #TESOctober tag. 

I'll probably clean these guys up and send them out as postcards for this month and the previous month Oathman rewards. Thanks for bearing with me through it all, folks.