Habitat Kilnward lava tubes, basalt shelves, quarry margins, and cooled vent chambers
Record status Field dossier Observed archive standing
Species description
Basaltusk are huge tunnel-dwelling fenborn with continuously growing mineralized tusks. They use the tusks to pry fractured basalt apart, enlarging passages to reach mineral deposits and cool sleeping chambers.
Field note
Basaltusk excavation opens migration routes later used by many smaller cave species. Quarry crews sometimes destroy a tunnel as a nuisance only to discover it had been the sole cool passage connecting two vent systems.
Placement & contact
Quarry-conflict relocation, tunnel-collapse rescue, Cinder Clinic treatment, and later cavern stewardship.
This dossier describes the species. Individual care, temperament, provenance, and bond history are kept in the creature’s own record.
