Teskort looks to the Networlds, and begins to swirl a hoof through the seas nearby. "A new beast is in order. One that will peacefully co-exist with the children, but contain them should their ambitions run too hot. A beast to hijack the symbolic potency that the networlds bring, the potency that makes brother Psaras a target! A beast to perhaps check the actions of the new gods! A beast to build new ecosystems in which future beasts can live!"
Act: Teskort creates the Netminder Spiders, large amphibious arachnids that live among the nets above the networlds. The Netminder spiders can weave webs of both silk and the anti-plauge material the nets are made from. They can quickly rappel down from the nets to the surface of the world on silk threads. The Netminder Spiders substain themselves by trapping fish, which they kill and digest with poisonous fangs. The Netminder Spiders are sentient but rather stupid and primitive. They are marked with antlers. They support populations of the Children who choose to live in a more simple fashion by providing them with gifts of silk clothing and nets. They work together to trap vessels looking to bring high technology or large military forces away from the networlds where they belong. Over the years their webs will grow and stack upon themselves and turn the nets into great reefs of silk and net matter in which all sorts of life can flourish.
The Beast Father then speaks to his followers in turn.
First to the Plague Bearers and the Plague Fish:
"A new world is being constructed by the Sunfather, where the Plague will be allowed to rule unhindered by the gods who normally meddle with it! There is only one Plague World to inherit, however, and your races hate each other with too much venom to share it. Survival of the fittest will determine who obtains the prize...
Plague Fish, drop all other obligations and slaughter the Plague Bearers in my name! Plague Bearers, drop all other obligations and slaughter the the Plague fish in my name! Let each fallen beast know that his death makes me stronger! Do not hide from your foes! A prolonged conflict harms creation, so kill or die quickly... To the winner goes salvation and power, to the loser goes extinction, and to all goes my goodwill and love!"
Next he turns his attention to the Elder Penguins:
"Nurture this conflict I have just seeded. Encourage each side to fight without cowardice, so that one may go extinct quickly. Travel with the combatants, and make proper blood offerings out of the wounded, dying, and dead, so that I may benefit from this clean up effort...
Also, you now have my permission to walk and swim among the Wildlings and the Fisher's children, so that you may share with them your wisdom. I think it is unlikely that I will ever quarrel too aggressively with either Feros or Psaras, so we can help them get the most out of their followers and draw more essence, so that they too may be better prepared to face the end of things."