Habitat Kilnward slag fields, cooled foundry margins, basalt terraces, and mineral-rich vent aprons
Record status Field dossier Observed archive standing
Species description
Slagback are immense heat-tolerant fenborn with thick dorsal plates threaded by blood-rich cooling channels. They graze mineral crusts and heat-resistant lichens while spending the hottest hours half-buried in loose slag.
Field note
Slagback pits trap windblown ash and eventually become cooler soil pockets where pioneer plants establish. Some foundries tolerate them as informal reclamation workers; others destroy colonies to keep slag yards visually uniform.
Placement & contact
Foundry-displacement rescue, Cinder Clinic rehabilitation, slag-field restoration, and later managed habitat placement.
This dossier describes the species. Individual care, temperament, provenance, and bond history are kept in the creature’s own record.
