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Description
Many many thanks to for designing this creature

Habitat: Azure Plains

(written by Darksack100)

The colloquially named Horsekiller cricket is a chiefly ambush predator that prefers to lie in wait. When it senses danger or food, the Horsekiller sinks even deeper downward, coiling its leg muscles and protecting its vulnerable underbelly. Once it determines that prey have entered its range, it leaps towards them. Horse Crickets rely on their dexterous main appendages to keep a tight hold on prey, and will likely scuttle their way to the victim's back in order to avoid most retaliation. Lacking teeth, the Horsekiller must wound its prey or exploit an orifice to insert one of its three flexible proboscises, which then burrows deep and unleashes digestive enzymes. When a Horsekiller lying in wait determines that its "prey" is a predator, it jumps high into the air, hoping to confuse and frighten its would-be foe as it hops away in the aftermath.

Although Horsekillers are primarily solo hunters, groups of them may exist where food is plentiful, and individuals may have brief spells of teamwork in which they stealthily surround prey and very slowly move inwards. Horsekillers do not seem to mind sharing their kills with others of the species, as long as they are given the juiciest sections first.

When it is time to mate, two Horsekillers sharing a kill will simply do so. Each one will give birth to a single round larva, which they wrap in their frontal antennae until it matures into a very small Horsekiller.

(amended by me)

Horsekillers were named so because of their primary target: the coleoquus , the seemingly unstoppable armored horses of the plains, which are preyed on by these peculiar vermin. Horsekillers would creep along the floor, hidden by tall grass, and pounce on the backs of a coleoquus. It will latch on and use it's many proboscises to dig in between the scales, where they meet. Once they have successfully burrowed under the scales, the hosekiller will proceed to inject a paralyzing toxin, knocking out the beast. It will then excrete digestive fluids, converting the coleoquus's innards into a soupy mass of liquefied light magic. It then sucks up what remains of the creature's body, leaving a husk of the Coleoquus, for it to fade away.

Coleoquus have practically zero self defense mechanisms for horsekillers, other than simply running away before the parasite can latch onto it's body. Once a horsekiller latches on, there is practically zero hope for the victim, other than somehow killing the horsekiller, before it can manage to inject it's toxins.

While horsekillers are especially effective at killing coleoquus, they do not hesitate to latch onto any other prey available.

Addendum: Horsekillers are well known for looking very different than your average light creature, and it is truly mystifying how distinctly different it looks compared to typical wildlife in this world. It not only looks very odd, but it's genetic structure is also remarkably different than any other light creature! Some have even gone so far to say it is like it is from a completely different world!

Description
Many many thanks to for designing this creature

Habitat: Azure Plains

(written by Darksack100)

The colloquially named Horsekiller cricket is a chiefly ambush predator that prefers to lie in wait. When it senses danger or food, the Horsekiller sinks even deeper downward, coiling its leg muscles and protecting its vulnerable underbelly. Once it determines that prey have entered its range, it leaps towards them. Horse Crickets rely on their dexterous main appendages to keep a tight hold on prey, and will likely scuttle their way to the victim's back in order to avoid most retaliation. Lacking teeth, the Horsekiller must wound its prey or exploit an orifice to insert one of its three flexible proboscises, which then burrows deep and unleashes digestive enzymes. When a Horsekiller lying in wait determines that its "prey" is a predator, it jumps high into the air, hoping to confuse and frighten its would-be foe as it hops away in the aftermath.

Although Horsekillers are primarily solo hunters, groups of them may exist where food is plentiful, and individuals may have brief spells of teamwork in which they stealthily surround prey and very slowly move inwards. Horsekillers do not seem to mind sharing their kills with others of the species, as long as they are given the juiciest sections first.

When it is time to mate, two Horsekillers sharing a kill will simply do so. Each one will give birth to a single round larva, which they wrap in their frontal antennae until it matures into a very small Horsekiller.

(amended by me)

Horsekillers were named so because of their primary target: the coleoquus , the seemingly unstoppable armored horses of the plains, which are preyed on by these peculiar vermin. Horsekillers would creep along the floor, hidden by tall grass, and pounce on the backs of a coleoquus. It will latch on and use it's many proboscises to dig in between the scales, where they meet. Once they have successfully burrowed under the scales, the hosekiller will proceed to inject a paralyzing toxin, knocking out the beast. It will then excrete digestive fluids, converting the coleoquus's innards into a soupy mass of liquefied light magic. It then sucks up what remains of the creature's body, leaving a husk of the Coleoquus, for it to fade away.

Coleoquus have practically zero self defense mechanisms for horsekillers, other than simply running away before the parasite can latch onto it's body. Once a horsekiller latches on, there is practically zero hope for the victim, other than somehow killing the horsekiller, before it can manage to inject it's toxins.

While horsekillers are especially effective at killing coleoquus, they do not hesitate to latch onto any other prey available.

Addendum: Horsekillers are well known for looking very different than your average light creature, and it is truly mystifying how distinctly different it looks compared to typical wildlife in this world. It not only looks very odd, but it's genetic structure is also remarkably different than any other light creature! Some have even gone so far to say it is like it is from a completely different world!