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An insatiable breeder. Has populated the Waterways with its kind.
– Flukemarm Journal entry

The lands of Hallownest are filled by several groups of strange sentient creatures. They occupy various territories around the vast kingdom and developed their own societies and cultures aside from the Pale King's rule.


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The Flukes are a species of worm-like creatures who took over the Royal Waterways.[1] They stay in the City's sewers for its calm and dampness and don't venture past it.[2] Most of the Flukes encountered are Infected. Like other Infected creatures, they display violent behaviour towards intruders on their territory.

Flukes are primitive, but not completely mindless.[3] With the exception of the uninfected Godmaster content Fluke Hermit, they do not seem to have any other purpose other than to reproduce and grow. They also understand the concept of family.[4] Their mother, Flukemarm, cannot move from her cave below the waterways and keeps breeding more and more Flukes.[5] The Infection also made her noticeably angrier, enough to scare away the Godmaster content Fluke Hermit.[6]

Flukes usually wander the waterways looking for anything to eat.[7] Godmaster content The Fluke Hermit, however, lives aside with some younger Flukes in the Godmaster content Junk Pit. She is also the only Fluke encountered by the Knight with whom they can communicate.

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Trivia

  • According to Team Cherry's lead Playtester, Hari "Graig" Dimitriou, Ari has said that fluke meat is considered a delicacy to some members of Hallownest, and would be an "acquired taste".[8]

References

  1. Flukemon Hunter's Journal entry: "Worm-like creature that prefers damp, dark habitats." "Dangerous, unpredictable foes that infest the pipes below Hallownest's capital."
  2. Godmaster content Fluke Hermit: "Noisy... Gla gla... Scary up up... Stay here, gla..."
  3. Flukefey Hunter's Journal entry: "Seems to want to latch onto any living thing that comes by with its sharp little teeth. It will leave its cousins alone though, so it isn't completely mindless."
  4. Godmaster content Fluke Hermit: "Safe, gla... Little Sisters... Gla gla…"
  5. Flukemarm Hunter's Journal entry: "An insatiable breeder. Has populated the Waterways with its kind."
  6. Godmaster content Fluke Hermit Dream Nail dialogue: "Mother’s glow... so angry... so angry..."
  7. Godmaster content Flukemunga Hunter's Journal entry: "Aged fluke, grown fat on the rich refuse found in the pipes below the capital."
  8. Interaction with Hari "Graig" Dimitriou on Discord