Creeping Fear
The Creeping Fear is a type of Nocnitsa; a kind of Animate Chimera.
Overview
Legends of giant spiders have been told for centuries, supposedly ancestral memories from times when the occasional giant arachnid scuttled from a forgotten cave or forest corner. Unfortunately for changelings, spiders have always haunted mortals' imaginations. The film Arachnophobia produced some of the most vicious chimerical spiders in recent memory.
Chimerical spiders have been recorded and seen for nearly as long as fae have been on Earth, and are perhaps some of the most unfriendly of the chimerical beasts. Their poisons range from the debilitating to the lethal (the chimerical spiders related to the deadly funnel-spider of Australia produce venom that kills childlings within seconds). Chimerical spider-silk is comparable in strength to ballistic nylon. The strange shiver that occasionally afflicts some people or the sudden sensation of an insect crawling over a person's skin has been attributed to chimerical spiders.
Chimerical spiders are usually black and at least three times the size of normal spiders. The really nightmarish once are the size of horses and can sever limbs with their chelicerae. Their eight eyes shine in dim light. They are terrifyingly swift... think how fast most siders can scuttle, then multiply that by the speed with which nightmare creatures seem endowed. Damage means little to chimerical spiders, depending on the specimen. Some have been dispatched with as little as hairspray; others need to be flamed and hacked to pieces before they will stay dead. Like their smaller cousins, they are blood-drinkers, but being bigger, they need bigger prey, and everyone knows fae blood tastes the best. They have survived hacked-off legs, stabbing, and even the occasional fireball. Good luck killing one of these bastards.
In C20, these are called Skittering Terrors and are expanded to include other insects.
Redes
- Ensnare
- Venom
References
- CTD. Changeling: The Dreaming Second Edition, pp. 277-278.