Whale

Whale is a large cloth creature with a distinct head, four or six wings (possibly fins) and a long, thick tail.

Alternative Names:
 * Hammerhead
 * Pure War Machine
 * Sea Dragon
 * Whale Tapestries

Occurrence, appearance, behavior
Found in the Tower Whale Room and in Paradise. Although very similar, they actually are different variations of the same species:


 * The Whale in the Tower has four wings and its body segments are tightly connected, almost overlapping
 * Whales in Paradise have six wings rather than four, with a notable distance between body segments

Interaction

 * Wayfarers can ride the whale if they land on any of the cloth segments and make them glow.
 * However in Paradise you can only ride a Whale when landing on one in the Whale Pools. Sometimes they will take a full round there, until they start flying up to the next pool. The one that brings you to the last "Torii"-like gate will drop you off there and dive down after it. It will take a long turn to the right and end up in the pool again.
 * Investigation-SMALL-75x43.gif Whales in Paradise make distinct calls when touched, and those vary depending on which part of the level the interaction occurs, or possibly with each touch. If touched very early in Paradise, a Whale on PS4 will make an unusual call somewhat similar to a baby cry (a bit unsettling compared to all other sounds the cloth creatures make).

Special cases
There are no individually named instances of this species, however the Whale in the Tower is a unique creature that doesn't appear elsewhere in the game.

Trivia

 * Whales are called Cloth Guardians in game files.

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