Ichorflies / Red Pariah

## Ichorfly

> In my time, I've learned that just about anything glowing red is dangerous just as a rule of thumb. Ichorflies are no different. These little bloodsuckers are the worst when there's just one of them, but when a few of 'em get together? Forget about a bite-free trip home. I should really see about writing some kind of bug-ward spell... I don't normally condone violence but against these creepy things? Go for it. There's something else that's important about them but it's slipping my mind... Lehbana, come back to this page when you remember.
>
> Lehbana Sin, The Dresilan Compendium of Regional Beasts, Margins of Page 94, written in black ink

## Unique Statistics

### Items Dropped

Sugar [0-1], Blood [0-1], Ichorfly Wings [0-2]

## Ichorfly Overview

**Ichorflies** are small butterfly-like insects that float around mostly at night, likely implying them to be nocturnal atleast in part. Their bodies glow a soft hue of red making them easily noticeable to would-be predators. If there is a massive group of ichorflies, on the other hand, most predators know to stay their difference. These creatures are rare on account of their manner of reproduction. Ichorflies lay their eggs in the still-living bodies of other creatures.

After some time, their eggs hatch into veinworms which live within the body of their host and siphon off vital nutrients and plasma from their bloodstream. Once they reach a certain level of maturity and growth, they will cocoon themselves while still within their hosts veins. This is when the host will most likely notice they have been parasitized as they take the form of a large bump on their skin. At the moment that their metamorphosis finishes, they break through the host's skin and unfurl their wings to dry and fly off to repeat their reproductive cycle again.

As for other important traits, ichorflies have a very unique manner of defending themselves from danger. Individual ichorflies will purposefully break from their flock in order to intentionally slam into targets and cause them to bleed. Other ichorflies quickly drink the blood and return to their flock after having sapped the life from their target. Once a sufficient amount of blood has been acquired the ichorflies come together to form a **Red Pariah**...

### Abilities and Traits

* **Ichorflies have a natural +0 to all hitrolls.**
* **Ichorflies are immune to Bleed**

Abilities
 Sharp Proboscis
 Hermitude

## Red Pariah

> OH YEAH THAT'S RIGHT!!! If these guys sense danger from the creature they're hunting, they take the blood from their target and use some kind of latent auric ability to form themselves into different shapes using the collected blood. Sometimes they're even humanoid which is even creepier... Basically, long story short is, if there's more than one, put the bug net away and run along home.
>
> Lehbana Sin, The Dresilan Compendium of Regional Beasts, Margins of Page 94, written in red ink

## General Information

### Appearance

A mass of solidified blood with ichorflies evenly spaced throughout

## Unique Statistics

### Items Dropped

Sugar [0-3], Blood [0-4], Ichorfly Wings [0-8], Fool's Amber [0-1]

## Red Pariah Overview

**Red Pariahs** are the dangerous aftermath of an extended exchange with a group of agitated ichorflies. When they feel they are in danger they quickly try to collect blood from their target(s) in order to activate some latent auric ability allowing them to temporarily form a collective consciousness. With their ability, they use the blood they have collected to form solid shapes and take the shape of a much more powerful, and dangerous, construct.

Underestimating ichorflies because of their size and unthreatening form is the first, and last, mistake that the foolhardy traveler can make.

### Abilities and Traits

* **Red Pariahs have a natural +2 to all hitrolls.**
* **Red Pariahs are immune to Bleed**

Abilities
 Scrape
 Bloody Roar