004 Arboral Wraith

004 Arboral Wraith

A creature of the feralid class, that is almost entirely found within more damp and lively biomes of the void. what is a feralid? you may ask, well a short summary is that it is one of a few classes of denizens of the void. feralids are more so biological organisms similar to that of animals except much more terrifying and monstrous in appearance. another varient of void class would be the hadessyls, which are more so like the typical shadow based creatures you would expect, having bodies that are more confusing and not completely physical or logical, often having dark powers or origins of some sort. hadessyls however, are generally referring to smaller creatures and on occasion more medium sized ones, with feralids more often being medium-large size creatures with a better capability for intelligence and reasoning.

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Apearance

Arboral Wraiths in particular seem like somewhat of a mix between flesh and plant, with it being hard to tell the 2 apart. These are winged and fast creatures that tend to swoop down at high speeds on their targets while shrieking to strike enough terror to hopefully keep the creature panicked in place for long enough to be stung. a thing about these creatures is that with their mouth being similar to that of a chromptcher, and their tailend having a stinger similar to that of a hornet or poly terminus, however much, MUCH larger. a proper physical description would be:

many toothed head with no proper face other than the large spiky mouth, a torso covered in a thick substance that is a combination of carapace and spiked fur, and having its torso going off into a extremely thick and bamboo-esque tail with a massive stinger that meets with the tail around a large chunk of congealed goo and carapace. they are one of the few void enemies to not be primarily purple or a color similar to purple, and instead are almost entirely shades of green. the creature has wings sprouting out of its torso aswell that are extremely thin and well made to be aerodynamic and they are multi layered with many pairs of wings to ensure proper speed and a threatening look, with them all being placed overtop eachother. cutting off the wings should be easy, they should have adapted their wings to be in different spots if they were to prevent such an easy tactic. although aiming for the wings directly not at their torso meeting point would be hard since they flutter at quite fast speeds and you would likely just miss it.

Danger ratings: High chance of fatal damage to humans, stingers sometimes will be split off or fragmented with high variation, so you may get spiked by one giant stinger or a set of smaller broken apart stingers(not that important though). wounds dealt by the stinger are nearly impossible to heal if deep, as it starts thin and as it goes down the stinger gets wider and wider and being stung will cause a large usually irrepairable hole if the stinger went all the way. the goop around the stinger will often be secreted on the stinger or squirted around when need be, and the effects of it are unknown literally just because i only remembered thats a thing now and dont even remember what i originally decided it did. body is more muscled than it appears and the creature should not be handled when aggressive as it can easily sting you in the back when held. mouth proves to be much less dangerous however being somewhat similar to that of a chromptcher.

infection level: 1

suprisingly the toxins it secretes have no trace of void essence in it, perhaps this creature found a way to purify itself? you would think it would be taken by the energies around it!

addendum:

specimens have been found being purple and having a high infection level, however this requires them to be in contact with a creature that already has a very high infection level, further analysis on why that lower levels cause no issue shall be conducted.