Eurythmy

"'Sustenance...'""- Eurythmy"

Description
Eurythmy is a planet (34955.5 Km radius) sized Shadow Beast. Her surface is covered in pits, mouths, tangles, jungles, crevices, sunken-eyes, and plateaus. Eurythmy hosts over 37 million different species of Shadow Beast (including flora) on her skin, although none have yet exited her atmosphere. Eurythmy's ozone layer filters out any UV radiation from reaching her surface, meaning that she and her shadow beasts are able to exit the Shadow Zone unharmed.

Eurythmy's diet consists of planets with high amounts of organic matter. Because of this, she chooses to hunt down planets colonized by alien civilizations. The more organic matter on a planet, the more appealing of a target it is for her (When presented with multiple choices, she will choose the planet with the most organic mass present.) Eurythmy can sense extraterrestrial life in the cosmos by the vibrations of their heartbeats through space.

When Eurythmy consumes a planet, nutrients and nitrogen become replete in her soil, heavily nourishing the life present on her surface.

Eurythmy is extremely hostile towards all life which did not originate from a Shadow Zone, and would only eat a planet primarily inhabited by Shadow Beasts if starved.

Chronology
Eurythmy used to be a nameless rocky and barren planet, with a moon in it's orbit, and orbiting a red dwarf star. When THEM had to choose the best spot to die, his shadow zone encompassed the small solar system. Over the period of a 3.7 million years (Time passes by faster within THEM's Shadow zone, making this the equivalent of 300 earth years), THEM's magic-infused Shadow Zone caused the planet to become alive, and cultivate life on it's surface. Eurythmy is similar to an opposite-version of Alda. Where Alda was lifeless, life was planted by THEM and enhanced by Magic. In Eurythmy's case, dead Magic is the source of it's life, rejuvenated by darkness instead of lively Astral blood.

After Eurythmy became conscious, she became hungry. Her, Rhizotomy, and Taphonomy split up and exited the Shadow Zone. Unlike Taphonomy, Eurythmy did not need to rely on Rhizotomy's light to cancel out harmful UV rays, as her ozone layer naturally protects her from it.

As of the end of Jeff Glowvus' campaign, Eurythmy has consumed ~37 planets.

Trivia
Eurythmy was inspired by Hellstar Remia by professional mangaka horror author, Junji Ito.

Eurythmy definition: a system of harmonious body movement to the rhythm of spoken words.