Species: The Horde

  Family: Insectoid

  Risk level: Low

  Weaknesses: Fire

  Description: In behaviour it is almost identical to other horde kind insectoids. It gathers towards itself large amounts of bugs, vermins and other pests to gather for itself a source of sustanance. It is different to others in fact that it requires this army only in its earlier stages of developments. It starts as a giant bug egg the size of a small rat. It can be randomly birthed if an insect experiences large amounts of corruption, while preparing to lay eggs. Instead of many small eggs it transforms its entire body into the egg of The Horde.

  At this stage it has limited psychic abilities, enough to attract to itself various critters and to deter anything that could endanger its existance. When its army gathers enough food it then forces them to shut down and become the remaining amount of nourishment for itself. After around two weeks it is then fully developed and emerges from its containment. In this form it looks like a vague human silhouette made out of something similar to left over chitin from the corpses of many insects. It regains its psychic abilities and still uses it to command its lesser brethren.

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  Its main danger comes from its extreme caution. It will not leave its nest, unless forced to and will continuously gather its sustanance without bothering creatures stronger than itself. There is not much need to actively hunt for it, because of its behaviour, but if you suspect that you know of its location it is recommended to report this to avoid unnecessary loses in populace.

  Personal notes: "Their entire bodies are a giant stockpile of treasure. It may seem bland on the first glance, but under careful inspection you can notice that the carapace covering its body is made from countless compresses chitins. This makes it a perfect material for high quality armor. I say it only because under normal circumstances I am unable to gather it on my own, so I hope that anyone reading this journal is able to gather for the the necessary materials." Gus Reit, member of Merchant Society