Silverbug
Small, wingless scavenger insectoids that scuttle across wet stone and broken root in forests, swamps, and settlements in decline. Relentless feeders on fungus and fallen organic matter, they leave clean bone and gnawed bark where they pass. Their density in any given dwelling is considered an informal measure of that place's abandonment.
Key traits
- Wingless and ground-dwelling, they move in twitching bursts across wet stone, broken root, and decaying organic surfaces.
- Feed on fungus and fallen organic scraps, stripping material down to clean bone and bare bark with methodical thoroughness.
- Found wherever decay is present: forests, swamps, and settlements that have begun to fall into disuse or ruin.
- Their population density within a structure is treated as an informal indicator of how long a place has been abandoned or neglected.