FLOW BEAST TIER SYSTEM
Flow Beasts are living manifestations of chaotic Flow—twisted organisms born where the current pools, fractures, or floods unnaturally. Their forms defy nature, but their hunger is real. Cultivators classify them by Tier based on threat level, intelligence, and Flow saturation. Tiers are named after the kind of "spoil" one might claim—if they live long enough.
1. Ember-Spoil Beasts (Low Threat)
Flow Signature: Weak, unstable. Often flickers.
Corruption Scale: Flow is Mutated at a low level
Size: Small to medium. Most resemble warped wildlife or corrupted animals.
Behavior: Animalistic. Hunt in packs. Territorial.
Notable Traits: Rudimentary Flow abilities (short-range bursts, minor elemental flares).
Use: First kills for new cultivators. The heart of the beast is used in low-grade elixirs (like the one Miren gave Cyril) and Flow-Ink.
2. Brand-Spoil Beasts (Moderate Threat)
Flow Signature: Stable, sometimes volatile. Patterns begin to emerge.
Corruption Scale: Flow Mutation is at the middle level
Size: Man-sized or larger. Hybridized traits (e.g., snake-limbed lions, stone-skinned raptors).
Behavior: Semi-intelligent. Can ambush or retreat. Recognize threats.
Notable Traits: Elemental resistance, patterned Flow attacks (e.g., repeating pulses, breath weapons).
Use: Cores harvested for weapon infusion. Blood used in advanced brand-inking for cultivators.
3. Shard-Spoil Beasts (High Threat)
Flow Signature: Complex. Distorted but dense. Often radiates pressure.
Corruption Scale: Degree of mutation jumps from middle to extremely high
Size: Variable. Some smaller but more dangerous than Brand-tier.
Behavior: Highly intelligent. Can mimic tactics. Some communicate in rudimentary ways.
Notable Traits: Advanced Flow manipulation—e.g., forming terrain, reversing pulses, Flow mimicry.
Use: Core shards are catalysts for forging rare artifacts. Their husks are often repurposed for armor or constructs.
4. Crown-Spoil Beasts (Extreme Threat)
Flow Signature: Incredibly High-level density, but corrupted.
Corruption Scale: Flow mutation reaches a new apex, flow showing signs of sentience.
Size: Often colossal, though not always.
Behavior: Rarely seen. Treated as disasters. Some rumored to have memories or past human intellect.
Notable Traits: Can warp the environment. Flow storms follow in their wake. Kills Weavers and Anchors alike.
Use: No official uses—anything harvested is black market. Survivors are marked, studied, or silenced.
5. Aether-Spoil Beasts (Universal Threat)
Flow Signature: Impossible to track. Some reports describe it as "singing," others as "blinding."
Corruption Level: Flow Mutation reaches levels only the strongest cultivators can rival, Flow has fully developed sentience and can now think and remember.
Size: Unknown. Sometimes
human-sized. Sometimes described as cities that move.
Behavior: Unknown. Only seen in collapsed zones or Flow deadlands. Survivors are rare and broken.
Notable Traits: Reported to bend time, displace space, erase memory, or replicate Sovereign-like pulses.
Use: Unknown. Highly classified. Cults form around rumored sightings.