The Shards are equally dense with wildlife and creatures that support varying ecosystems and satisfy a hundred niches essential to the Shards they call home. From minute insects to massive beasts, the shards have cultivated innumerable life forms. It would be implausible to list them all, but there are some exceptions that stand out.

The civilizations and cultures of the Shards have taken a number of creatures out of the wilds and given them homes and purpose among their societies. Animals can be found among the people of the Shards serving as pets and companions, as mounts, and as a variety of livestock and beasts of burden.

Despite the diversity of the shards there are, interestingly enough, a number of commonalities that appear in various cultures; from the companionable lizards kept by Berusians and Kezvee, to the majestic Vadras used as mounts by the Vassellians and now propagated out throughout the shards.

Each shard has its own unique take on the traditional pets, mounts, and livestock.

The wildlife of the shards is equally as diverse as the people living in it, but there are similarities between the biomes encountered across Nerasa. Credited to the machinations of Estilas, there are clear commonalities and relations between the creatures encountered on one shard and another - if not slightly divergent.

Common creatures like birds, canines and felines can be found in most temperate regions; lizards and other reptiles common in the more humid and tropical climes; fish and other aquatic lifeforms dominant in areas like Masreya, and insects common and plentiful throughout.

There is no lack of invasive and humanoid-migrated species now flitting from shard to shard in the tow of their spanfaring neighbors, and creatures found on one shard may easily have been found introduced on another - for better or worse.

Specific local wildlife is described by each region.

Beyond the shards themselves, a number of creatures seem to have adapted to - or perhaps designed for - life in the Span. These creatures are varied and sometimes alien to those encountered on more terrestrial biomes, having spent generations eking out life in the harshest climates and enduring the chaos of the void between shards.

Some of the creatures have become commonplace alongside the people of the shards, such as the Raenuig - or ‘Spanslugs’ - employed by the Saenoch as beasts of burden, pulling their wandering homes through the span.