Broodmother

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==The Broodmother==
Queens of the Aranite Crawlers are commonly referred to as “The Broodmothers”. They are much larger than regular Crawlers and have a pair of large mandibles with venom glands. The saliva of adult Broodmothers is fluorescent, and they are able to spit it very far, effectively commanding their children to attack and destroy objects or creatures. They use this ability to command their swarms and to lure potential drones.
==Story==
“...but unlike any other know metal, Aranite can conduct magical energy. This fact alone makes it incredibly valuable for any devices which require strictly magical input, and which would otherwise have to rely on error-prone organic materials like bone, or just be limited to standard electrical circuits. Usage or Aranite made it possible to create tools able to perform tasks that were impossible for non-mages before, such as the Energy Bolt Weapons, standard equipment of The Guard”
- Doan Mostve, “The Basics of Metallurgy and Terromancy”
“Aranite Crawler (Aranera Terraranium)
Aranite Crawlers, commonly referred to as Stone Crawlers, Mine Crawlers or Mine Spiders are a species of subterranean arachnids. The Crawlers reside in a large hives near located near the veins of Aranite from which they got their namesake. All Crawlers, regardless of their age, size and role in the hive are extremely photophobic and when exposed to any source of light, natural or not, will attempt to destroy it with no concern for their own survival. Only the adult queens are exception from this behaviour.”
- “Beasts and Monsters of Greavesoyl, 8th Edition”
“...
He has never back down from his fight
as he heard the their stone jaws click
He has always rip and tear and slay
stone devils with his iron first and pick
He has always rush and crush their nests
as he found where the foul spiders spawn
He has face the stone-covered bitch,
the mother of all pest of the underground
He has held The Lamp of The Lost Shaft
as he stared death right in the jaws
He has fought and slain the titan queen
and has thrown her in the Satran chasm
...”
- Feather the Bard, “Ballad of Dagth the Miner”
==In-game==
Broodmother is a summoner archer who, over time, can create a massive army of Crawlers to fight on their side.
Abilities
Name 	Description	Damage 	CC 	Cooldown
Crawler Bite	Broodmother's arrows slow enemies and mark them with Crawler Venom.
All crawlers enter frenzy, gaining increased damage and speed when in 5 blocks withing a marked enemy.	Slow 	None 	
Cave Scout 	Summon a Scout Crawler which moves forwards. 
Scout will ground and slow the first enemy it encounters for 3 seconds.	None 	Grounded, slow	18
Birth Cycle 	Lay an Egg, up to 3 maximum.
Killing an enemy summons additional Egg, which is not affected by this limit.	None 	None 	10
The Swarm 	All Eggs hatch and summon The Crawlers.
Afterwards, all crawlers gain speed for 2 seconds and target the closest enemy to attack.	Varying	None 	4
==Trivia==
*Unlike most of playable cast, broodmother is not a individual character, but a representant of a species.
*Broodmother was the first non-specialist summoner.
*Broodmother is the only archer with hard CC in their kit.
*Original draft for broodmother's kit involved laying eggs in corpses of slain enemies, but the idea was dropped due to being too complicated to make and use properly.
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