BIORAPTOR ECLIPSE SWARM

The Bioraptor is a highly aggressive, photosensitive, primarily subterranean species that will consume all organic matter, due to their fast metabolism and high breeding rate they can completely devastate a planet’s ecosystem in weeks. Origin: it is not entirely known where the Bioraptor came from, some speculate they have always been hiding under the lands of faerun deep in subterranean caverns. Others say they came from distant stars after devastating their own planet until it was only rubble they came here on the back of an asteroid to feed. What is known about them is that even just 1 can pose a lethal threat. Primarily being sighted in caves and deep underground networks with occasional sightings in the night as they get hungry enough to raid villages emerging through cave entrenches or rare dirt chimney like structures if near enough a hive. Description: Their shape is not unlike a wyvern. Thin, spindly body's covered In Leather like skin with wings cable of allowing short bursts of flight and twin forked dagger like tails. They walk bipedally as they stalk pray, hidden in both legs are retractable bone spears used to pin and immobilise prey. Their heads have a distinctive crescent hammerhead appearance and are made of a strong chitinous material, lacking any eyes on their heads or body they use hyper toned ultrasonic sensor organs at the ends of their head. Using these organs to echolocate pray, this hyper sensitive method of perceiving their sounding leaves one blind spot between their “eyes” right infront of their mouth which is filled with Jagged razer-sharp teeth. Hunting & Feeding: from what has been observed of them from adventurers lucky enough to survive their feeding. They primarily switch between two forms of hunting- 1: lone stalking. when a single Bioraptor is disturbed it will stock its prey through the dark until it can be surprised or has no light source preferably alone as it pins it’s pray down with its bone spears immobilising them before beginning to feed on the still living target. 2: pack/swarm. Primarily hunting in large pack’s through deep, dark caves they will find groups or lone prey before engaging them and lifting them into the air then ripping them apart while fighting over the pieces. It is also rumoured that in large enough numbers they will form a feeding swarm (like locusts) capable of wiping out whole continents, this is just speculation. They have also been observed to feed on their own young when no other food sources are available. Hyper-light sensitivity: Bioraptors are incredibly sensitive to direct sunlight as well as magical sources, causing their skin to burn and blister even killing them if they stay in the light too long. Torch’s and other non-magical or direct light sources do not pose more then a light discomfort or distraction to the Bioraptors Breeding: not much is known about Bioraptors breeding habits, due to their aggressive & cannibalistic nature it is theorised they reproduce Asexually in designated breeding hives/grounds. They’re young primarily serving as a food source through their long hyphenation periods. PLOT HOOKS - (Eclipse swarm) after a long 22 year hibernation the Bioraptors are waking up and they are hungry, coincidentally at the same time as an eclipse. Now the adventures must stop them before they ravage the surface. Maybe your players hear about a prophecy from an old scholarly professor who found an ancient tome detailing the emergence of these creatures. What ever the case your players will sure to be in for a fight. (Village raids) villagers have been going missing recently after a large meteorite was seen crashing into the surrounding area and those who remain whisper rumours they are being dragged off in the night to the dirt chimney stacks far from the village that appeared around the crash site, your adventurers will be tasked with tracking down the lost villagers alive if dead. Maybe they will uncover the origins of the Bioraptors or maybe they will end up missing like the villagers. Sources/credits: Pitch Black & flyfart 3 on Reddit