Species: Magma Crawler
Family: Insectoid
Risk level: Low
Weaknesses: Leving their habitat
Description: A specialized subspecies of monster insects living exclusively on active volcanoes. In appereance they are very similar to beatles, except their outer shell is covered in obsidian rock and in its cracks you can faintly see the lava veins coursing through their bodies. They use their large mandibles to chew through solid rocks and minerals. They live off substances present inside the said above rocks and heat emmited from the volcano.
They cannot survive outside this environment, otherwise the magma coursing through them will stagnate and in turn cause them to become immobile. Even if somehow they come back to their original habitat, after that change, they will not cure themself from this and will stay still as statues until they die from starvation. They are dangerous to all creatures that trespass on their terrain and will attack them in swarms until the attacker gives up or is killed by the tide, though they can be pacified.
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Miners found out that if you give them rocks that do not exist naturally in the vulcanic environment they will instead come investigate this phenomenon and take it inside their hive. This method works only if the kind of the rock is used no more that one time a month, and it only takes effect to up to three days depending on the size of the gift. Still, it is very recommended to not try to get closer towards their hives, otherwise they will abandon everything to chase of the intruder.
Personal notes: "They are smart little critters. They know how to dig through the mountain to not only not detibilize the structure but also gain as much sustanance as possible. They create entire networks worth of tunels to traverse through. Ii is a shame that they are defenitely not human sized, but in this job it is our task is to use what we have to navigate inside the caves. They function as great landmarks and often tell where is some more valuable ore to dig out." Gardun, miner