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Boc Art: In the Path of the Keelbreakers (Patreon)

Published:
2026-08-17 18:20:31
Imported:
2026-08

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The constantly growing reeds of the Misty Lake are kept in check by one thing, the Keelbreakers, massive, armoured, herbivorous fish whose scissor-like mouths constantly clear away the choking plants.

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WarStrider72

Xianghua: That's a Keelbreaker. I wouldn't worry too much as thats a male. You can tell by how small it is. Rags: THAT'S SMALL?!!!

Ligeia (edited)

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2026-09-05 04:00 That's good way to compare the size of the keelbreakers with the size of a small boat. Remind me never to go on the Misty Lake in a small boat! 😱
2026-08-17 18:27 That's a good way to compare the size of the keelbreakers with the size of a small boat. Remind me never to go on the Misty Lake in a small boat! 😱

That's a good way to compare the size of the keelbreakers with the size of a small boat. Remind me never to go on the Misty Lake in a small boat! 😱

Stostri

You actually want the small boat, the small boats go unnoticed. It's the big boats that let the keelbreakers show off their namesake.

Idan tal

Besides the picture not fitting the fish description, it’s beautiful and the scale is impressive.

Blankarmor

bigger boat means a bigger keel means a bigger smashed up boat

ChaosTheory

Is it weird that I thought they looked like giant Relicanth's when first described?

Kirivina

That's how I pictured them too!

leopard eye

I have to wonder how their digestion works. If they have sisor teeth they can't chew so how...?

leopard eye

Just don't go to the breaker grounds in the breading season and the first will probably spit you out again.

Ligeia

It's that "probably" that leads me to my unwillingness to face the keelbreakers, in or out of the breeding season!

leopard eye

Nope they are based on another prehistoric fish

Chimera80

You’d have to go back a step further - they’re supposed to basically be Dunkleosteus. A different prehistoric fish

Anzer'ke

I love the worldbuilding in this fic so damn much.

Shweta Narayan

you got me to look this up 😂 fish can have teeth: Depending on the species they can be found in the… Lips Mouth Upper and Lower Jaws Tongue Pharynx/Throat (Pharyngeal Teeth) So maybe they have incisors or scissor beaks up front and molars as far back as their throats?

Gray Code

The big long Dunkleosteus (Williams, 2007) and not the smol potat Dunkleosteus (Engleman, 2023)

leopard eye

Could be I suppose. Interesting

Chimera80

That was explicitly the inspiration for them, Jin has mentioned the resemblance

SteamBusiness

That’s exactly where my thoughts went to.

THEMIGHTYBOXHEAD

I'm sorry but you used placoderms as the bases of the keelbreakers?! they look like massive Dunkleosteus only as herbivores!

Matsc

Yep! Tully Monsters (Tullimonstrum) are also mentioned as living in another lake. Xianada is crazy.

Matsc

All the long Dunky's got Isekai'd.

Cranky Otter

They eye bone ‘s connected to the cheek bone

Cranky Otter

I can’t be the only one who didn’t see fish at first

Apeljohn

Fun fact: unlike the rest of the skeleton, skulls originally evolved from teeth (via exoskeletal "dermal bone shields"). So _technically_ all vertebrates, including both fish and ourselves, have teeth all over our heads. ...You may now shudder in horror.