| abstract | - A Jungle Swarm is a term used to describe all the various and highly dangerous creatures that have made the lush jungles of Lustria their home. The ruins, deserts and primordial jungles of Lustria crawl with all manner of these very same life forms, most of which have never been seen outside of their home continent. Although small in size when compared to the apex predators — the thundering reptilian titans that crash through the underbrush - in many ways they are no less deadly. To catch prey and defend themselves in this perilous environment, many of these creatures are highly venomous.[1a] Every step an invader takes is potentially his last. While hacking a path through the dense foliage, it is all too easy to step within range of a coiled serpent, to tread upon a camouflaged tiguana or to walk unawares beneath a hanging vypervine. Scuttling huntipedes, spine-encrusted hyenadons or the blue-ringed asp have venom that can kill a man-sized victim before he can stagger more than a few steps. In other, more hospitable lands, finding such miniscule menaces in his boots or crawling upon his bedroll is a mere inconvenience for a traveller. In Lustria, however, it is likely the last thing he will see, as the creature’s bite or sting sends him into twitching paralysis or heart-bursting fits of agony.[1a]
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