Giant Koi

Giant Koi are enormous carp that languidly float through the sky. They don't appear to bother much with the land below other than to dip down to eat some grasses or shrubs from a hillside or mountaintop but most seem to never need food. The giant koi come in many different colors and patterns, and some have become famous over the centuries. There are some old books that describe giant koi that are floating through the skies today and it is unknown how long they live as they have no natural predators—at least until the arrival of the Hunter.

Bringers of Good Fortune: Giant koi are revered and considered heralds of good fortune by most of Obojima's inhabitants. Even though giant koi roam the skies freely, they tend to stay around a certain place, becoming mascots of towns and villages that hold festivals in their honor, and it's common to see children (and adults) wearing giant koi fish hats and flying kites that look like their local giant koi.

Valuable Scales: Although it is greatly frowned on, treasure hunters and witches go to areas where giant koi have been in hopes of finding a scale that has been shed from these magnificent creatures. There has only been one recorded giant koi that has fallen to earth as the result of predation by the Hunter. This resulted in the largest cache of giant koi scales ever taken which were then used to build a shrine dedicated to the great fish. Most other scales usually wind up in temples or shrines for all to see.