Yeast Monkey

Overview
Yeast Monkeys are a magical animal, and the sacred animal of Balla. They start out visually indistinguishable from yeast and take a long time to mature beyond this stage, some never do.

Yeast Monkeys can potentially be created in magical yeast, however it is extremely rare that this happens naturally. When yeast monkeys do occur in yeast, it take long enough to grow to be distinguishable from yeast that they are often used as yeast before that can happen. The vast majority of yeast monkeys on the world are descendants of the ones created by Balla.

The pre-juvenile stage of yeast monkeys can be used in the same way as yeast, and will make better bread, though the resulting bread won't be suitable for vegetarians. juvenile yeast monkeys can still be made into bread, however the longer you leave it the further away you get from yeast properties and into just cooking meat.

Yeast Monkey nests are common in the Gasping Catacombs in the deeper sections and usually present as a large mass of goo, with a few larger masses flopping around inside. Yeast monkeys quickly leave the nest as they mature enough to develop effective enough limbs to carry them away. Nests are protected by a couple of bread goblins, and one or two mega monkey puzzlers - this is to ensure that nests are not destroyed.

Juvenile Yeast Monkeys develop into two main varieties:

Bread Goblins
Juvenile Yeast Monkeys can combine into a globular form which then solidifies into their final shape.

Bread Goblins are vaguely humanoid in shape and are usually about two to three feet tall and are robed, often with robes their have made themselves. They are named Bread Goblins because they have a natural affinity for making bread.

They make such excellent bread that it is considered good luck by The Tento to have a family of Bread Goblins living in mills and bakeries. It isn't uncommon, especially in the more religious areas of The Well, for private mills and bakeries to be created especially for the Bread Goblins. Bread Goblins naturally create bread, and most often create more than they can eat meaning that many other cultures in the world consider it good practice to allow Bread Goblins to work in their nation as they can take advantage of the gift of good bread.

Bread Goblins are not sentient, though with their instinctive understanding in how to make bread and robes it might seem that way. However their bread making skill is pure instinct and does not extend to other areas, similarly their ability to weave fibre into cloth and then into robes is also instinctual and they cannot create other woven items.

Monkey Puzzlers
Juvenile Yeast Monkeys can join together into fibrous links which then solidify to be small and spindly.

Monkey Puzzlers, from their initial spindly bodies, combine with each-other to grow larger and change into other animals forms. When they combine the resulting shape is dependant on the parent forms.

Monkey Puzzlers can theoretically create any shape, however as new shapes are dependant on the parent forms some are more common than others. There are enough separate 'common' types that most people divide Monkey Puzzlers into Household type, and Mega type.

Household type is names as such because their size and behaviour is compatible with living in populated areas and many people keep Household types as pets (or as household guests if they are particularly religious). There are many varieties of household type however they are all companionable and enjoy contact with humans especially.

Mega type typically grow much larger than household type, thus the name, however they are generally also more volatile creatures. They are unlikely to be aggressive however they do not enjoy contact with sentient races, and their potential to grow very large can make them passively dangerous.