This article lists the vast array of fictional animals found in The Edge Chronicles , a series of Young Adult books set in a Fantasy World created by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell . For information on the books themselves, please see the Edge Chronicles main article.
For more information about the fictional world of the Edge, please see the similar article, Plants Of The Edge Chronicles .
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- Banderbear
- - In ''Stormchaser'', the character Screed remembers his earlier conquests: ''As a rule, the travellers who passed his way journeyed in groups of their own kind. A gang of darkridge goblins, a gaggle of barkelves...'' It is assumed that Barkelves are relations of Oakelves .
- - They are mentioned in ''Midnight Over Sanctaphrax'' as minor pests that eat into old books and scrolls: ''"I've watched you sit there for hours, pouring over some scrap of bark, half eaten by woodmoths and barkworms..."''
- - In ''Stormchaser'', the character Twig comes across all sorts of creatures in the Bloodoak Tavern: ''There were flat-head and hammer-head goblins.....black-dwarfs and red-dwarfs...''
- Brogtroll
- - In ''Stormchaser'', the character Screed remembers his earlier conquests: ''As a rule, the travellers who passed his way journeyed in groups of their own kind. A gang of darkridge goblins, a gaggle of barkelves...'' It can be assumed that Darkridge Goblins are part of the larger Goblin family (see also Flat-head Goblin , Hammer-head Goblin , etc)
- - Flat-head goblins are characterised by their flat, narrow heads. Flat-heads have notoriously bad tempers and are very aggressive and warlike. In many civilized places (i.e. Undertown and Sanctaphrax) they are used as guards.
- - In ''Midnight Over Sanctaphrax'', the main characters encounter various animals whilst travelling through the Deepwoods: ''feline mewmels, with spiky tails and poisonous spit''
- Milchgrub - These are gigantic, insectoid beings without overmuch intellect, bred by the Spindlebugs to provide food for the Gyle Goblins. The Spindlebugs leave huge amounts of fruit to nourish mushrooms, which the Milchgrubs eat; the food is converted into a form of honey by the Milchgrub bodies; the honey is extracted (as among ants) by the Spindlebugs, later to be fed to the Gyle Goblins above.
- - In ''Stormchaser'', the character Twig comes across all sorts of creatures in the Bloodoak Tavern: ''There were flat-head and hammer-head goblins; oakelves, mobgnomes...''
- Muglump
- - In ''Midnight Over Sanctaphrax'', the main characters come across many different animals in the Great Shryke Slave Market: ''past rows of sleeping oakbats, their ankles tethered to the branches with leather jesses.''
- Oakelf - Oakelves are tree-dwelling beings who sleep in Caterbird cocoons, thereby opening themselves to the Caterbird's dreams and knowledge. They alone seem immune to the deadly Rotsucker, which seals such cocoons and waits for the creature within to dissolve, whereapon it cuts into the shell and drinks. Oakelves as a rule have huge eyes symbolic of their wisdom, which is considerable, and long ears similar to those of the Jedi Master Yoda featured in Star Wars .
- - In ''Midnight Over Sanctaphrax'', the main characters encounter various animals whilst travelling through the Deepwoods: ''the oakhens who came in search of bulbul berries.''
- Oozefish - Oozefish are natives of the Mire; foul, sluggish, vile-tasting mudskipper-analogues. Few creatures eat them (Screedius Tollinix is known to have done so). Their bones are used for Divination by charlatans in Scantaphrax.
- Ratbird
- - In ''Stormchaser'', the character Twig comes across all sorts of creatures in the Bloodoak Tavern: ''There were flat-head and hammer-head goblins.....black-dwarfs and red-dwarfs...''
- Reed-eel
- Rock Demon
- Rotsucker - Rotsuckers are scavengers that prey on those foolish enough to sleep in a vacant Caterbird cocoon (though usually not Oakelves). The Rotsucker first fills the cocoon with corrosive acids, then seals the opening with a hardening agent present in glands of the skin. The prisoner initially may struggle, but ultimately gives up and decomposes into a thick, viscous liquid. The Rotsucker then breaks in and drinks the "stew".
Interestingly, a Rotsucker appears to be intelligent on a more-than-instinctive level; it holds long soliloquies in its mind, though it is presumably incapable of verbal speech.
- Shryke
- Skullpelt
- Skulltrog
- — red skinned people who live in the Deepwoods. Their red color comes from burning redoak chips. They make and trade leather and breed Hammelhorn . In '''Beyond The Deepwoods''' Twig saves a Slaughterer from a Hoverworm and so the village let him sleep and eat there. They are nocturnal and take lunch at midnight. Like most Deepwooders, they are superstitious and especially afraid of the Gloamglozer .
- Snicket
- Spiderbat
- Spindlebug - Spindlebugs resemble insects, but are enourmous and wholly transparent, giving them the nickname "Old Glass-legs". They tend the Milchgrubs, raising food for Gyle Goblin colonies, which operate like Ant colonies on a larger scale. Spindlebugs live for centuries and are very devoted to their work. One Spindlebug is known to have worked for Linius Pallitax, the sometime ruler of Scantaphrax; Tweezel, a cunning strategist who runs errands, calls people early for their appointments (by making them believe they are late) and looks after the family. It is he who rescues Linius while Quint is distracted by the Gloamglozer.
- Stormhornet
- Snowbird
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