Swarm Strider
All living creatures eventually become worm food. Yet if a creature perishes while gripped by overwhelming emotion or unfinished business, its flesh can become…
All living creatures eventually become worm food. Yet if a creature perishes while gripped by overwhelming emotion or unfinished business, its flesh can become infused with those obsessions or a simple refusal to perish, infecting whatever detritivores feast on the body.
Members
Skittering Slayer (Creature 8), Thousand Thieves (Creature 16), Worm Prophet (Creature 12)
A swarm strider often cradles an assortment of trinkets and talismans within their undulating body, along with clothing and armor that’s flexible enough that it might fit through cracks when the creature discorporates. Any other valuables are buried, often hidden beneath several feet of soil in the swarm strider’s lair.