Not even the imortal destroyer could avoid becoming fish food and now their mind sleeps under the starless seas
The exact nature of the Volagog is difficult to place within standard taxonomy. An ecosystem is to the Volagog as a colony of zooids is to an animal. When discussing the Volagog the term "individual" does not have a useful meaning, rather the term "emanation" is preferred as it indicates the complexity of the situation. What exactly an emanation considers themselves to be emanating from, what they view themselves as distinct from, and what they view themselves as synonymous with varies greatly. Whether distinction is made between organelles of a cell, the cells themselves, the organs of the body, the organ systems of the body, the body itself, the body and other bodies engaged in colonial relationships, colonies and other colonies, and the broader ecosystem can all be considered the source of emanation and can all interrelate to each other in complicated ways depending on the Volagog in question.
This of course makes talking about the Volagog difficult. Their conceptualization of self is so radically different from that of any other species that forming any understanding of their thought processes is difficult, though it is clear that the Volagog make attempts to understand us just as we attempt to understand them. A Volagog ecosystem at its least complex is a single colonial organism that takes the form of a large patch (or carpet as earlier sources referrer to it as) of black slime on the ocean floor. More complex ecosystems include levels of biodiversity typical of any ocean ecosystem. Regardless of the complexity of the ecosystem though all "individuals" within the ecosystem share a gestalt awareness which is achieved through a special organelle present in all cells throughout the Volagog ecosystem. It is artificial in nature, unknown in origin, and is able to communicate with every other organelle in the ecosystem. All cells in the ecosystem have such an organelle and as such share in the same gestalt awareness, or in an emanation of such awareness. Predation and parasitism still exist within the ecosystem though it is not known what experiencing such things feels like to an emanation.
Being aquatic in nature, emanations generally wear encounter suits when not in their ocean habitats. Generally an encounter suit is worn by a Volagog Cuttlefish as they are the emanations most suited for communication with other species but it is not uncommon for larger encounter suits to include small recreations of Vologog ecosystems composed of a wide range of emanations.
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The origin of their artificial organelle predates the current timeline and the reforging of the realms and as such the Volagog are not able to perceive the currents of magic and are not able to effect them either, they are wholly unique in this way.
They are also the closest thing to a proper "thinking machine" that exists in wheelbreaker. Their minds are especially alien and they largely do not interact with the other races outside of a professional context. Whether or not there is more than one distinct Volagog is unknown. There certainly was only one Volagog when they were first encountered, and it is likely that there are multiple Volagog in the narrative present, but the nature of emanations makes it difficult to determine and the difference may be unimportant anyway.