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The Reef

A living reef that grows over decades, with thousands of small bodies sharing one will.

Ume from orbit. Development art.

HomeworldThe Reef

RegionThe Oon

CultureNot a people but a colony. They negotiate by growing.

ReputationSeen as scenery. Always the landlord.

If you visitThe Reef is a drowned garden of color and slow, glowing movement.

Story hookEvicting a reef takes decades and a lot of paperwork.

The Reef's home on Ume, development art — Where the Reef live on Ume. Development art.

Reef body study: front, side and back views — Reef body study. Development art; bodies are still in review, so a picture may not match every word yet.

Six possible individuals

How different can one people look?

Every person in a people has a body of their own. These are painted studies of how far the Reef can stretch: tall, tiny, wide, long-limbed, odd. Explorations, not final designs.

Six painted studies of Reef colony forms, labeled A to F. Exploratory art. — Exploratory · not canon Six possible individuals, A to F. Six colonies, grown as one will. Full size ▸

Browse every people in the Field Guide ▸ · How we pushed the proportions ▸

On the board

Reef fugitives

Warrant050 / 099

At large

The Reef

Hunt 50: Notice to Quit

PeopleReef

LensKaiju

LeadAbigail