Leviathan (Westerfeld Novel) - Darwinist Creations

Darwinist Creations

• Leviathan: the name of a large, fabricated airwhale that Deryn and Alek travel on. It is a living ecosystem, using the whale cilia for flight, bacteria to make hydrogen, bees to make honey, and strafing hawks and fléchette bats for battle (see below).
• Minotaur: the name of an airship similar to the Leviathan where Deryn's brother Jaspert serves.
• Huxley: giant jellyfish-like creatures fabricated from the life threads of the medusa jellyfish. These creatures breathe hydrogen and are used to scout overhead.
• Message lizards: fabricated lizards used aboard the Leviathan and other Darwinist creations and buildings. They only repeat what they hear.
• Strafing hawks: the Leviathan's main defence. When armed with acidic spider webs on their wings, they are capable of slicing through metal.
• Fléchette bats: bats fabricated with moth and mosquito threads. These bats are able to ingest and release metal spikes in "the usual manner".
• Hydrogen sniffers: dog-like creatures bred to sniff for hydrogen leaks on an airship.
• Kraken: a sea creature designed for ocean battles.