# Choir Whale

Sings in a key the station's hull rings along with. The night staff call it the choir.

Character · Fictionalized · Established

Stable ID: `starlight-whale` · Revision 1 · Updated 2026-10-30

Context: [Starlight Menagerie](/field-guide/collections/starlight-menagerie/)

[Web page](/field-guide/entities/starlight-whale/) · [JSON record](/field-guide/entities/starlight-whale/record.json)

## At a glance

- Long, grey and slow, with a lantern on a stalk over its head. When it sings, the station hums back.

- Stays in its tank and stays calm. It is one of the few animals that never hurts anyone.

- Home: Pelagia.

## Appearances

- [Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html) (context: [Starlight Menagerie](/field-guide/collections/starlight-menagerie/))

- [The creatures](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/creatures.html): Named in this published page.

- [The map of Doorly Orbital](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/map.html): Named in this published page.

## Dated changes

- 2026-10-30: Added from the named source to the Field Guide.

## Open questions

- Inspired by Humpback whale; the guide describes its game depiction.

## Sources

- [Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html)

## Reference library

### Scene

![Choir Whale in the Starlight Menagerie.](/gamelab/assets/starlight-menagerie/creatures/whale-three.webp)

Choir Whale in the Starlight Menagerie.

[Download original](/gamelab/assets/starlight-menagerie/creatures/whale-three.webp) · [Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html) · v1 · SHA-256: `ce019585c5470f87605bb650d0ac9c4afa3f45f21dd33df3101ff616168f8177`