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Index: For the purpose of direction
Posts:

1 - You are here.

2 - Welcome - A basic overview of the shop

3- Updates/Events - All the new stuffs go here

4 - The Beginning - How the Leviathan Project started

5 - Researcher's Journal - Logs of the USS Leviathan's voyage. Quite important.

6 - Protocol/Frequent Questions - aka Rules and FAQ. We keep order the British Navy way!

7 - Species - The different kinds of Sea Serpents you may meet

8 - Ordering Information - Want one? Look here first

9 - Available Serpents - The current Serpents up for adoption

10 - Breeding - Like bunnies of the sea

11 - Marina - Various RP places your Serpent can go

12 - Owner's List - All the Observers and Serpents we have

13 - Affliates - Other Breedables shops we're affliates with

14 - Growings - They grow so fast

15 - The Bulletin Board - Gullien's madness

Our RP event sadly had to be postponed when Gullien got stuck dogsitting when a friend's mother's surgery when overlog. Sucks to be Gullien!
We're currently rescheduling. Hope to see you there!

Missed our first event? Have no clue who Arthas is? Read about him here!
http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=449980





Lurker Raffle is through!
Our winners are:

Purple coraleater - Foalen
Blue/Red coraleater - Tatsudoshi
Pink deepsea diver - Wyvernscale
Blue/Purple deepsea diver - musicaloner7

Something immensely exciting has happened! Even now, the ship is reeling with the impact of it! A new species of Sea Serpent has been discovered. Not only that, but they seem to be on some sort of migration route! The Leviathan has been following them for the past week and... Ah. Let me get a minute to organize my thoughts and write this entry in an organized manner.

While docked in the Japan, we took aboard a number of dignitaries and other guests in an attempt to spread information about the Sea Serpents. We expect to find much of our resistance in Asia. With China behind us through Meiying's contacts we have also received some gestures of approval from Korea and Taiwan. However there is little goodwill between China and Japan for Meiying's contacts to lean on and the Japanese goverment has long been unable to balance its peoples' needs and its enviromental needs. It is, after all, one of the few countries left where whaling is a profitable and corporate buisness. But I digress.
Our tour of the Japanese coastline started out very smoothly. We had a good number of guests about and particpating in several of the crew-planned activities. Cypher and I fielded questions in the Research Lab and I feel we made a good impression on our guests.

However, we started having problems a hour into the voyage. Initial reports of rocky seas brought on by possible storms began to become more and more alarming as the seas grew more rocky and the skies stayed beautiful and clear. We were mystified and I admit rather alarmed, when the frightening news came through the radio. The violent seas we were experiencing weren't from far-away storms, they were from what appeared to be undersea earthquakes. Our radio lines lit up as the mainland began attempting to find the source of the tremors and to calculate what risk there was if any of a tsunami. For a tsunami to come upon the USS Leviathan while we were so close to shore... for it to come upon Japan at all... it would spell disaster for millions of people, as the world has learned.

I admit there was some panic on the Leviathan as we tried to figure out what to do. Some wanted to take our guests back to the mainland in an attempt to get to high ground while others thought that was too extreme as there was no actual sign of a tsunami. Others wanted to go deeper out in the ocean to where the Leviathan would have less of a chance of striking the shore or the coral reefs around Japan. The fact that the other boats has long since cleared out of the area only made the situation feel more urgent. And I? I was preoccupied with what to do with Cypher. Selfish, I admit, that in the middle of debates about how best to protect the lives of dozens of people, I was obsessed with how to protect one wild creature.
Thankfully, we never had to make any of the decisions we were debating.

As the phenomina grew closer, Cypher reacted with a flurry of frantic movements and squeaks. It was almost exactly the same reaction he had to the Everblue pod we discovered, so many weeks past. My reaction was half hunch and half adrenaline and running on the memory of that pod I set off to the Observation Deck. Alan tried to stop me but I am faster. My formal shoes are also quite pointy, as he now knows. I can't regret that though. My well-placed kick allowed me to see an amazing sight.

As I emerged onto the deck of the Levithan, an enormous head emerged from the water and drew almost parallel to the deck. The creatures eye was perhaps as large as I myself am. The behemoth was immense, perhaps forty feet or more as it slipped past the ship like a snake. I clung to the rail as the ship was tossed like a toy in the the wake of this new Serpent. For a moment the sea was full of these true Leviathans, creatures so like the deadly Sea Serpents in a hundred sailors' imaginations. Then every head sank into the water and the great vibrations began to move on.



Alan had emerged behind me in time to catch sight of these new Serpents. Quickly, the two of raced back down to tell the others of our discovery. While the guests were distracted by crew games (thankfully we shut down the Observation Deck when the seas became rocky and new species went amazingly unseen) we released Cypher into the ocean. I was certain he would follow the pod and we in turn would follow the trail of his radio collar.

We have returned our guests to Japan and are now hot on the trail of these creatures. Judging by our readings on Cypher, we are getting near them. I cannot wait to see them again. I cannot wait to see where they are going.
These are the discoveries the USS Leviathan was created and launched for.



All old logs can be read in the USS Leviathan's journal

The Everblues
The Everblues were the first Sea Serpent ever discovered by the Leviathan Project. Everblues are somewhat comparable to dolphins. They live in large pods of 20-30 Everblues and develope strong family bonds. Grown children of both genders have to choose wheither to stay with the pod or leave it to form their own. Everblues can be found in almost all of the open oceans of the world.
Everblues are very playful fellows and are often found performing dazzling leaps and displays in the water. They also communicate through squeaks and chitters, so expect a lot of noise from an Everblue!
Everblues have both gills and lungs and can survive for a limited amount of time on land. However, once the lungs have used all the air they have stored in the Everblue's air sacs, they are too weak to draw in new air and the Everblue will suffocate in 24 hours. More information will come as we learn about these creatures!


The Coraleaters
The Coraleaters were originally discovered in the Great Barrier Reef off of Australia, but they can be found in coral reefs worldwide. Currently they are the smallest Sea Serpents, at an average length of only two feet when fully grown.
Coraleaters are very flashy and brightly colored and with good reason; they are extremely poisonous. Coraleaters secrete a poison from their frontal chest spines that can easily kill most larger animals.
Coraleaters live in small family pods of 4-10 Coraleaters and can be very territorial. Female Coraleaters will usually stay with their pods when they become adults while males usually leave to find a new pod.
More info will come as we learn more about these graceful animals.


The Deepsea Divers
The Deepsea Divers seem to live out in the open ocean. They are an immense species and can grow to be 40-50 feet long, if not longer.
The Deepsea Divers live deep in the ocean at depths where light can't penetrate. They have phosphorescent skeletons and seem to rely heavily on sonar, perhaps because of their poor eyesight. Like most giant sea creatures the Deepsea Diver consumes mostly plankton with occasional small fish. Unlike most filter feeders however, the Deepsea Divers filter water out through slits behind their cheeks. If necessary, their mouths are fully capable of taking a large bite out of their targets.
Currently we do not know if Deepsea Divers usually live in large or small pods. They do seem to migrate in large pods though.

Various RP-areas for the Serpents

The RP-areas are currently being moved to the guild to make RP easier. ^^

Breedables Shops


Our first affliate, Nimue is a shop run by Gull's friend Everdark. Say hi to her, Ed is teh awesomeness. Gull does breeding color there, so don't be surprised to see her hanging around the thread. ^^



Gullien got her dragon Matthias from this store and loves him muchly.


A store with a fun premise and some cute art run by our own Mistress_Ice!


A store with a great storyline. Jestari is a wonderful person to RP with.


Terrenity's store. Terrenity is a sweetheart and a very reliable person who runs and excellent store!


Dragoil's cockatrices. Gorgeous lineart and coloring; it's sure to please. ^^


A cute breedables shop owned by Tatsudoshi and Kita21 with little pets that come from soup. What? It makes as much sense as anything else! Besides, the cube stage is darling.


A My Little Pony based shop run by Agent_W. Very cute retro stuff here.


A great shop with an innovative RP and very original art. Quant stuff



A very cute little umbrella-cat shop run by lilyla19. She's a newbie shopowner, so be nice to her! >:C


Timeerkat's store. It has cute and cheap lil Candian critters for sale. Lots of flatsales, so you're sure to get what you want soon! I like the beaver.


Sneeeeeeeps! Cute! Cute, cute and darn cute. And they can bingo. :3


The Stargrove is a fun place that has free animal lineart that you color and cert yourself. Great for beginners!


Twiddle's sexy shop of Final Fantasy luff. They're hiring!


A great store with free antromorphic lineart that you dress and color yourself. A store for those more advanced in making lineart edits, although there are some outfit templates available.





Minishops!


xTwisTx's pixel minishop. She has some really really cute stuff. ::eats TwisT marshmellows:: ^^


AoiElf's Peenquin minishop. I'm jealous! All of her peenquins are so cute and there's lots of outfits to choose from!

Want to be affliates with Leviathan? Just PM and ask! Here's our code!
However, please be aware that if you ask us to affliate and then never put up our banner, we will take yours down. >.>;