Aartuks

Aartuks are intelligent plant creatures that live to wage war. They were attacked and nearly entirely exterminated by the Elves long ago, living in the same system as them for hundreds thousands of years, and now live for revenge. These survivors formed small nomadic cells. Aartuk cells can be found throughout Elven territories.

Space Vegetable Parasites

An aartuk's body is shaped like a five-pointed star and is covered with thick, flexible bark. The tips of its branch-like extremities end in suction cups that allow the creature to climb on vertical surfaces and along ceilings. Each suction cup houses three retractable pseudopods that are used to manipulate small objects.
The head of an aartuk surmounts a 6-foot-tall stalk that can be extruded from the center of the star. The head contains the aartuk's sensory or-gans, including a long tongue that the creature uses as a weapon. An aartuk continues to grow throughout its long life. Aartuk elders can be as large as 12 feet in diameter.
An aartuk's preferred method of attack is to shoot forth its gooey tongue and use it to drag enemies toward the center of its body so that it can batter them with its powerful branches. It can also spit pellets of Arcane Magic energy.

Aartuk Language

The Aartuk language is made up of rustling sounds, snaps, pops, and hisses. It has no written form.