Lorgan's Notes: Snake's Den Bestiary

Terrifying creatures inhabit the Evenacht, and the Snake's Den is no different. I myself have encountered many of these desert-dwelling animals, and I know one must be prepared to face them.
And, dear Finder, don't think, because you're a ghost, that living, breathing creatures pose no threat to you. You're wrong, and you don't want to end up succumbing to the Final Death because you didn't realize that a big cat can suck you dry of energy.
While the Snake's Den is fierce, not all the monsters are large, angry beasts. Some are small but pack a punch.

Research:
Snake's Den Bestiary
by our brave Finder hero, Lorgan the facer of danger
In this Research Document:

Greddel

Greddels are the remains of ghosts who succumbed to the Final Death without proper rites. These unthinking bits of essence hunger for energy to sustain themselves, and are a danger to any ghostly source they sense.

background Luis Quintero, Pexels
wisp Shanda Nelson

Worm Snake

Worm snakes mimic the curl worm. When natives or animals visit the curl colonies to obtain the antibiotic secretion they produce, the snakes inject venom into the unlucky. They burrow into the rotting flesh of their prey, then lay eggs in the carcass,

background Pixabay, Pexels
worm snakes Shanda Nelson

Djord

Djords are shy nocturnal foragers of evenachtis ryiam-rich insects. They will run at first provocation, leaving behind a secretion mixed with dung. The stink will make the living and the ghostly dizzy and nauseous, and can cause further harm if breathed in quantity

armadillo Suzanne D. Williams, Unsplash
elephant nose Edwin Butter, Adobe Stock

Dusky Thorn

A parasitic plant that overruns oases and sucks up all the mist created by the water. It will latch onto unwary ghosts and absorb their energy as well.

background Shanda Nelson, using Flowscape

Dune Cat

Dune cats are the cousins of the giant forest cats called gyirindi. They can absorb a ghost's energy using instinctual Mental Touch, so hunts them with the same zeal they stalk living prey.

sky Felix Mittermeier, Pixabay
cliff Nathan Dumlao, Unsplash
orig cat Apple 2499, Adobe Stock

The Snake

I believe the Snake is a mythical ghost, but the nomadic peoples of the Snake's Den consider him a deity. He lives in the Snake's Den ruins, though casual travelers across the desert claim he's appeared to them when they seek cover beneath a rock outcropping, and then realize it's his monstrous hood.

sky by Felix Mittermeier from Pixabay
cliff Nathan Dumlao, Unsplash