Fire beasts with sad faces in a black sky, a silver vessel with a red roof on an orange planet, and two travelers who eat a small beast.

The book of the fire beasts

Solaticus

A law for two travelers on an orange planet. It tells them which fire beast they can eat, and which they must leave in the sky.

Drag to look around. Tap a beast. Scroll to read.

1:1

The comet-tailed

The largest Solaticus. Five tails of flame go behind it across the black sky. It is too large for one table.

Unclean. Do not eat it.

1:2

The spider-limbed

It stays above the vessel on eight legs of fire. Each leg has a red point. It does not come down.

Unclean. Do not eat it.

1:3

The watcher

A small one. It stays behind the edge of the planet and looks at the supper. Tap it, and it hides.

Unclean. Leave it there.

2:1

The vessel

A tall ship of silver with a red roof. The two travelers came down in it, and they will go up in it again.

Hull
Silver
Roof
Red, a cone
Door
One, open
Crew
Two

3:1

The supper

The two travelers sit on the ground. A small Solaticus is between them, and they eat it. The book has its name from this beast.

Clean. You can eat it.

Chapter 4

The law of the supper

Seven verses for the two travelers.

  1. 4:1

    These are the beasts of the black sky. Each one is a Solaticus.

  2. 4:2

    You can eat the small Solaticus that comes down to the ground.

  3. 4:3

    Do not eat the one with five tails. Its tails burn.

  4. 4:4

    Do not eat the one with eight legs. It is always above you.

  5. 4:5

    Leave the one that watches. It did not come to the table.

  6. 4:6

    Eat with a friend. Sit on the ground. Keep the door of the vessel open.

  7. 4:7

    The book does not record the taste.

Chapter 5

The painting

The book started as paint on a canvas.

Solaticus

Medium
Paint on canvas
Date
15 November 2026
Painted by
Nico with Irene

Move the bar. The left side is the canvas. The right side is a still picture from the 3D scene, with an oil paint finish.

The canvas: orange fire monsters in a black sky with stars, a white ship with a red roof, and two small figures who eat a monster on an orange planet with black spots. The same scene as a realistic picture.