☬ D'uvaeh Ciavonai ☬
Habitat:
- The D'uvaeh dont have a specific place that they consider home........ha no they think of all of the Ecith Wilds as their home, becoming very aggressive creatures and attacking any and everything in sight. Too heavy to climb very high into the trees, these vicious creatures hunt along the ground floor for food, often taking on the larger prey out there and using their constricting prowess, barbed tail, slicing/crushing mandibles, as well as fierce and fast-acting venom to quickly subdue prey. Unlike most creatures, this species hunts in pairs, mainly male and female pair.
Mother D'uvaeh can be found nested in swampy woods or underground burrows, chewing channels into the pulpy wood or rock, where they lay their eggs. Both males & females become violently territorial during mating season and the period until the eggs hatch, attacking any intruders that threatened their developing offspring. Due to this most Ecithians see them as an invasive species and are often cleansed from the area when found.
Threat: moderate to high
Description:
- To understand the Ecith wilds, look no further than the D'uvaeh Ciavonai Centipedes, or Death Crawl as they are aptly named. They, to many that encounter them, embody the harsh and vicious hospitality of the Ecith landscape. These giant insects are known to devastate small settlements along the Ecithian Savannah as well as show warriors just how inept they were. To face one is to face the brutality of the wilds itself.....so good luck.
Diet:
- They eat any living mammal/mortal being, and normally eat 4 times a day, and what they dont eat is saved for later
- Females can lay from 20-40 eggs in a season{They mate during Searing & Frost}, but only 40% truly survive to birth. These creatures are so territorial that one could consider them to be constantly at war with each other, pairs going after other pairs and destroying their dens, and killing offspring. Life and death for these creatures is truly an everyday thing.
- Height: 15ft
Width: 4-6ft
Length: 15ft
Weight: 100lbs
- Venom: The venom of these creatures is both a Hemotxin & Neurotoxin mixed in one. When bitten one's nervous system is immediately under assault, causing all functions and motor skills to rapidly degrade, followed by a severe heart attack. Those bitten are typically dead within moments of the bite. An anti-venom or vaccine to become resistant to this venom can be made, but one would have to trap and extract one of the D'uvaeh in order to do so, but remember, were there is one, the other is close at hand.
- Barbed Tail: Simple enough the creature has a barbed tail that can be used to impale or smash prey.
- Constriction: The D'uvaeh Ciavonai is able to bind and imprison or otherwise stop targets moving normally and possibly completely immobilize them where they were. It can squeeze and/or constrict a target, either simply holding/immobilizing them, restricting their air or blood flow, or forcing the heart to stop, causing either unconsciousness or death
- Culturally these centipedes are used as a rite of passage for some villages within ecith. It is believed that to kill a pair is a sign of warrior prowess, as to kill one, will mean that the spouse will come and hunt you down, and most often than not these insects are always found in pairs. Besides that their venom is highly sought after by alchemists and medicinal practitioners as when one refines it, it can be refined into an elixir that can boost cardiovascular or nervous system health.
Reasons to interact:
- Most do their best to avoid these creatures, unless for things such as rites of passage. Otherwise, these creatures are sought out for their venom as well as the mandibles that can be used for tools or weapons.
- It is recommended that one is adequate in acrobatics, combative skills, and magic as these creatures are aggressive and fast, and work in pairs to overwhelm their prey. It is best to be journeyman or higher in acrobatics, tactics, arcane skills, & combative skills. It is also recommended to not face them alone as that is certain death.
