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It has a short mantle with relatively large fins, and two upward-facing, human-like gray eyes. They have some small arms in the middle of their bodies, with two large tentacles on either side, resembling the hair of their humanoid form. The squid form resembles a small, cartoony, monochromatic squid. Inklings can alternate between a humanoid form and a squid form. The development of an Inkling from infancy to maturity.
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A young Cap'n Cuttlefish and the Inklings won, forcing the Octarians to retreat into Octo Valley. 100 years before the events of Splatoon, the Inklings and the Octarians engaged in a Great Turf War after otherwise having good relations, but rising sea levels caused them to fight over the remaining territory. The original Turf Wars were overseen by Judd, who was cryogenically frozen by his human owner before the Earth was flooded. The lack of space forced the Inklings to fight for whatever territory they could find, and the Turf War as a concept was established. Circa 2000 years before the events of Splatoon, the Inklings crawled up to what little habitable land there was left on the planet. Inklings are evolved species of squid that came to be after rising sea levels sunk human civilization.