Netwing Shades
Heavy-winged flying insectoids with broad, glassy wings that shimmer like broken mirrors in wet sunlight, drifting slow and deliberate through swamps and sporetree forests. They feed on sap drawn from sporetrees, and while a solitary Netwing Shade is entirely harmless, their populations can surge into swarms vast enough to blot out the sun and drain entire forest sections to bare wood.
Key traits
- Broad, glassy wings shimmer like broken mirrors in wet or filtered light, making them visually striking in forest and swamp environments.
- Sap-feeders that drink exclusively from sporetrees, making sporetree forests both their primary habitat and their primary food source.
- Solitary individuals are slow-flying and entirely harmless; the danger lies entirely in their capacity for rapid population surges.
- Swarms can reach densities sufficient to blot out the sky, and the sap-drained forest beneath a sustained swarm wilts to bare, dead wood.