Species: Shadow Tick

Family: Insectoid

Risk level: Medium

Weaknesses: Fire, Bright light

Description: Even though they belong in the insectoid family, they have some abilities from the shadow family. It isn't enough to categorize them as conjoiners, due to their unchanged phisical build and very restricted uses of their skills. They look like pitch black ticks, the size of around half the fingernail.

They usualy form groups of three to five insects, but in rare situations they can reach even 20 bugs. In terms of unusual skill they can attach themself to someone's shadow and by it drain that person of their emotions. It isn't a simple draining, because it causes them to completely stop feeling anything and there isn't a known cure for that.

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They can be very dangerous if not spotted fast enough, because it will cause its victim to not care enough to remove it and let it feast. Fortunately, they have distinctive outline while connected to someone and can be simply removed by walking into bright enough light. It also causes them to massively restrict their draining ability. It is recommended to remove it on your own, and not inform any hunting organization, due ti their low danger to the public.

Personal notes: "Yet another bug, that found new ways to fill its stomach, especially so similar to living shadows. How it managed to do this without having any physical disposition towards living shadow is still beeing researched, and we hope that it can give us many valuable information. Maybe we could recreate it in another creatures and make use of it in special treatments." Dr. Henry Spencer, Entomologist