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Immortals

The Immortals are not a single creature, but creatures made of creatures.
These creatures, alone, are like blobs of slime. But as an Immortal, a high number of them work together, each serving a more specialized purpose.
The blobs aren't sapient themselves, but the Immortals are. Because in having a specialized brain slime, lets them reach sapience.
The resulting Immortal is humanoid, but with slimy skin, which is also quite weak. But with understanding of themselves, they can improve.
This improvement tends to shorten the lifespan of the blobs, so a strong and tough warrior needs to replace blobs more often.
This results in higher nutrient consumption, and as such, an Immortal military's size is limited by how much food is available.

An Immortal can replace parts of itself, whenever the parts get old. And as such, they can keep themselves young forever.
When an Immortal replaces it's brain, it takes some knowledge to do so perfectly (no loss of memory).
But once they know how to do so perfectly, they keep that knowledge. With other parts, they tend to lose muscle memory, which has to be retaught.
So warriors tend to hold onto their old parts even when they're weaker than a new one, due to familiarity.

When separate, the blobs reproduce with themselves. Splitting up.
When grouped up enough to become an Immortal, they can do more traditional reproduction, which is useful for genetic diversity.
The resulting newborn is naturally adept at staying together and working as an Immortal. Unlike blobs that combine to become an Immortal, and has to learn.
Those born can also be shaped by their parents, with the knowledge they gained in self improvement. Though sometimes they get things wrong.

ADDITION:

An Immortal can change many things, but they will always secrete slime, and need said slime, to not dry out.
It isn't immediately fatal, but very uncomfortable, and will weaken the Immortal, and death will likely follow.
Due to this, they have an aversion to salt and flames.
While armor can provide some protection, salt in their eyes will leave them blind for a while, also, they got no eyelids, so it is guaranteed to hit their eyes.
Putting lines of salt on the ground, can make Immortals avoid going somewhere. It wont work to trap them, but it will work to direct them.
Though it shouldn't look too deliberate, or they'll catch onto it being an attempt to direct them, which can make them endeavor to cross the salt.

Fire is very useful against them, though waving a torch at someone will make pretty much anyone keep distance.
But Immortals, will not fight people if they got enough fire. Or if they're made of fire.

Flamme (plural: Flammen)

A race of living fire, shaped like people, and burns everlasting (can only die from depletion, can't die of age).
They consume anything to stoke their flame, for they use it for everything.
Reproduction, survival, metallurgy, magic, etc. All use their flame.

Their magic, is all fire stuff, and they drain magic by burning it, unless it's already on fire, then they just eat it.
They can also eat fire, to provide fuel for themselves, to stave off depletion.

A naked Flamme, is vulnerable, as they constantly lose their warmth.
Therefore it is common for them to use any insulators they can, so they don't radiate what keeps them burning.
Due to this, they are often adorned with armor, which they make themselves. This pursuit of insulating armor, makes them constantly create new pieces to insure as much protection as possible.
They grow from a head's size to man size in just 100 years. Then they slow in growth, but still grow. To reach twice their height, requires 1 000 years. Twice that, 10 000 years.

The Flammen have the strength of 10 of it's size, and has a very keen affinity for armor.
They are resistant to physical harm, as they are a mass of fire. But the will lose fuel as their form is disrupted.
Limbs can be cut from them by cutting through their mass of flame. But they can reattach said limbs.
They can also regrow them, but this uses a lot of fuel.

Disc with a water cycle Support
Four cog islands in a pyramid with a black hole and a white hole and oceans or an adamantium orb Oppose
Oceans and seas Support
GodSea Support (already counted) Actually, this is disgusting. Oppose
Disc-shaped GodSea with water oceans Support (already counted)
Disc-world with a Gear-amid landmass Oppose
Has rain Support
Have Lazan be the sun Oppose

Disc with a water cycle Already voted.
Four cog islands in a pyramid with a black hole and a white hole and oceans or an adamantium orb Already voted... OPPOSE
Oceans and seas Again.
GodSea Gonna change that, and Oppose this disgusting world.
Disc-shaped GodSea with water oceans
Disc-world with a Gear-amid landmass Still Oppose.
Has rain/weather
Have Lazan be the sun
Disc turtles Oppose
Turtle islands Oppose What the hell?
Giant statue of Muda and gods. Muda is crushing the other gods. Muda is laughing heartily. Oppose
Giant statue of Muda and gods. Muda is crushing the other gods. Muda is laughing heartily. This will effectively permakill Muda. Oppose
Giant statue of Muda and gods. Muda is crushing the other gods. Muda is laughing heartily. Inscribed is "My name is Muda, God of Gods: Look on my works ye Mighty and despair!" Oppose
Sun orbiting the world Support
Celestial souls: Mortals show up as stars regardless of where they go Support Why not.
Celestial souls: Mortals show up as stars regardless of where they go unless their god forbids it Oppose All or nothing, stupid.
Gowler as the sandbed of the oceans Oppose I'm not having you upskirt everyone, perv.
Disc continents (3-5) Support It's useful to have maps that work. Infinity is unmappable.
Turn Muda into a world Oppose Same as Gowler.
Seas of red water Oppose Staring at a blue sea is bad enough.
Seas of color changing water Oppose

Disc with a water cycle Support
Four cog islands in a pyramid with a black hole and a white hole and oceans or an adamantium orb Oppose
Oceans and seas Support
GodSea Support (already counted)
Disc-shaped GodSea with water oceans Support (already counted)
Disc-world with a Gear-amid landmass Oppose
Has rain Support
Have Lazan be the sun Oppose