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  "name": "Reef Octopus",
  "aliases": [],
  "type": "character",
  "reality": "fictionalized",
  "loreStatus": "established",
  "summary": "Has escaped its tank eleven times. The tank now has a lock on the inside.",
  "traits": [
    "Pale and almost white, with a lantern on its head and red rings on its arms. It is much bigger than it looks when it is folded up.",
    "Hunts Seven from about 30 metres away and keeps coming. A hit takes 12 points off a 100-point shield.",
    "Home: Pelagia."
  ],
  "style": [],
  "collections": [
    "starlight-menagerie"
  ],
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    "url": "/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-source-starlight-octopus-card-v1.webp",
    "previewUrl": "/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-source-starlight-octopus-card-v1-480.webp",
    "alt": "Reef Octopus in an existing Starlight Menagerie gameplay image.",
    "caption": "Reused in-game creature reference from Starlight Menagerie. The full source frame is preserved.",
    "status": "approved",
    "version": 1,
    "sourceLabel": "Starlight Menagerie creature reference",
    "sourceUrl": "/gamelab/assets/starlight-menagerie/creatures/octopus-three.webp",
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    "selectedUrl": "/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-source-starlight-octopus-card-v1-1200.webp",
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  },
  "variants": [],
  "appearances": [
    {
      "title": "Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia",
      "url": "/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html",
      "collectionId": "starlight-menagerie"
    },
    {
      "title": "The creatures",
      "url": "/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/creatures.html",
      "description": "Named in this published page."
    },
    {
      "title": "The map of Doorly Orbital",
      "url": "/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/map.html",
      "description": "Named in this published page."
    }
  ],
  "relationships": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "starlight-menagerie-encyclopedia",
      "title": "Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia",
      "url": "/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html"
    }
  ],
  "history": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-30",
      "text": "Added from the named source to the Field Guide."
    }
  ],
  "spoilers": [],
  "questions": [
    "Inspired by Octopus; the guide describes its game depiction."
  ],
  "references": [
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      "id": "starlight-octopus-source-1",
      "kind": "scene",
      "url": "/gamelab/assets/starlight-menagerie/creatures/octopus-three.webp",
      "previewUrl": "/gamelab/assets/starlight-menagerie/creatures/octopus-three.webp",
      "alt": "Reef Octopus in the Starlight Menagerie.",
      "caption": "Reef Octopus in the Starlight Menagerie.",
      "status": "approved",
      "version": 1,
      "sourceLabel": "Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia",
      "sourceUrl": "/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html",
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  ],
  "revision": 1,
  "updated": "2026-10-30"
}