A Giant Legion of Spiders

In late April 2011, spiders invaded the Keep. Abnormally large and thick webs coated door and hallways and millions of arachnids swarmed across every surface.
They came in five varieties:
Brown Recluse spiders: Tiny and brown and quite shy, when threatened they injected a necrotic venom that left guests in pain for weeks if left untreated.
Radio-active spiders: Marked by the bright green blaze along their backs, these little monsters delivered a painful bite, but their venom conferred an unnatural nimbleness. It also caused a large swelling which could shoot thick web ropes from beneath the victim’s skin, an excellent climbing aid. These abilities lasted for 48 hours.
Shock spiders: Metallic and almost mechanical-looking, these delivered an electric shock with their bite that was powerful enough to disrupt most circuitry for anywhere from a minute to half an hour.
Red-spider Blue-spider: Just what it says on the tin, this spider could be either red or blue. Its bite would also deliver ten minutes of unbridled emotion, be it euphoria, despair or malice. Combined with a more lasting side-effect of lowered inhibition, this venom made for a potent mixer.
Juliet’s Weaver: Small and black and seemingly-innocuous, this spider caused gradual sensory loss. Symptoms began with pins and needles, then a loss of touch sensation, unusual and then fading tastes and smells. Finally, victims would experience aural and visual hallucinations before losing first their hearing and finally their sight. They remained in a state of total sensory deprivation for up to 24 hours.
Hoffman’s Spider: This spider’s venom acted as a muscle relaxant. Victims found that their limbs no longer behaved in the way that they expected. While victims retained their mental faculties, they might have found that trying to move their left arm instead moved their right, and in entirely the wrong direction. In addition they suffered overall muscle weakness and lethargy. Effects lasted no more than six hours.
In addition, Patty the spider made his first appearance, steeling a supposedly-important key from Isabel and making off with it into the Forest.
Patty was pursued by Commander Shepard and Garrus Vakarian. They encountered the Topiary spawn but successfully recovered and returned the key.
Commander Shepard was rewarded both with information and later, the sentries' apartment at the top of the East Guard Tower
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