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Deep wyrms are the most enigmatic species of wyrm due to their extreme habitat. Native the the extensive cave system known as "the depths" which extends all the way from a few cave openings across the surface to several kilometres below solid rock, it features a vast variety of habitats within its winding networks. Deep wyrms are native to "the sumerged cellar", the part of the cave system directly below the stormshroud mountains and verdantian rainforest, and the final resting place for the vast amounts of rain that trickle down from above. The submerged cellar directly connects the sea, with all the rainwater amassed in it eventually making its way there after centuries of being still. The abscence of algae and disease-causing microbes in the water shockly make it safe to drink, as most of those pests remain stuck in the upper layers of the cellar.

Deep wyrms themselves are beleived to be related to either the trogoloxenic bulwark wyrms, or fully aquatic sea wyrms. Neither possibility can be confirmed nor denied based on our limited knowledge of these creatures. What we do know is that they are likely low on the food chain-much like many other wyrms, they have a softer shell similarly to verdant wyrms (The possibility of a relationship between the two was suggested when these creatures were first discovered; however, the way between verdantia and the submerged cellar is a vast vertical drop, enough to kill anything without either adaptations to survive such a fall or without proper equipment. The only other way between the two areas is long and ardous, and it is unlikely that the verdant wyrms would have made the trip), they most likely possess the ability to swim considering they have been sighted in caves separated by large bodies of water, they may feed on the luminescent fungi or black roots found in the cellar, and they possess several adaptations common across trogolobitic creatures: a lack of eyes, pale skin and long sensory antennae. The antennae in particular are interesting, considering no other wyrm has been documented to have them, further confusing their phylogeny.

The life cycle and social structure of deep wyrms is unknown, but they are beleived to be mostly solitary, with them grouping up to help each other survive when they meet up, a trait seen in several other wyrms. A mated pair has never been seen, but expeditions to the submerged cellar separated by almost half a century have recorded similar numbers of deep wyrms, and objects beleived to be unfertilised eggs have been recovered on several expeditions, leading us to beleive that the males fertilise the eggs after they have been laid by the female; perhaps due to how vast the caves are and how finding a mate in them may be difficult.

Description
Deep wyrms are the most enigmatic species of wyrm due to their extreme habitat. Native the the extensive cave system known as "the depths" which extends all the way from a few cave openings across the surface to several kilometres below solid rock, it features a vast variety of habitats within its winding networks. Deep wyrms are native to "the sumerged cellar", the part of the cave system directly below the stormshroud mountains and verdantian rainforest, and the final resting place for the vast amounts of rain that trickle down from above. The submerged cellar directly connects the sea, with all the rainwater amassed in it eventually making its way there after centuries of being still. The abscence of algae and disease-causing microbes in the water shockly make it safe to drink, as most of those pests remain stuck in the upper layers of the cellar.

Deep wyrms themselves are beleived to be related to either the trogoloxenic bulwark wyrms, or fully aquatic sea wyrms. Neither possibility can be confirmed nor denied based on our limited knowledge of these creatures. What we do know is that they are likely low on the food chain-much like many other wyrms, they have a softer shell similarly to verdant wyrms (The possibility of a relationship between the two was suggested when these creatures were first discovered; however, the way between verdantia and the submerged cellar is a vast vertical drop, enough to kill anything without either adaptations to survive such a fall or without proper equipment. The only other way between the two areas is long and ardous, and it is unlikely that the verdant wyrms would have made the trip), they most likely possess the ability to swim considering they have been sighted in caves separated by large bodies of water, they may feed on the luminescent fungi or black roots found in the cellar, and they possess several adaptations common across trogolobitic creatures: a lack of eyes, pale skin and long sensory antennae. The antennae in particular are interesting, considering no other wyrm has been documented to have them, further confusing their phylogeny.

The life cycle and social structure of deep wyrms is unknown, but they are beleived to be mostly solitary, with them grouping up to help each other survive when they meet up, a trait seen in several other wyrms. A mated pair has never been seen, but expeditions to the submerged cellar separated by almost half a century have recorded similar numbers of deep wyrms, and objects beleived to be unfertilised eggs have been recovered on several expeditions, leading us to beleive that the males fertilise the eggs after they have been laid by the female; perhaps due to how vast the caves are and how finding a mate in them may be difficult.