Dridders

DRIDDERS

-Felaryan Dridders :

Dark cousins of the Naga race, dridders are much more dark and sadistic than their snake evolved cousins. They enjoy extracting every ounce of agony out of their victims as they slowly devour them. They have two methods of feeding. With hand-sized prey, they typically prick them with their claws and let the poison slowly burn out their victims’ nerve endings before eating them.

With prey their size, they immobilize their victims and slowly liquefy their internal organs and suck them out much like a normal spider. Dridders however, can extend the process out over hours. Many exploration teams have met their fate at the hands of these terrible creatures.

Dridders hate Nagas, seeing them as inferior. A long standing feud exists between the two species, and shows no signs of abating. Legend foretells that one day Sineria, Queen of the dridders, will return and destroy the Nagas once and for all. All Nagas take a vow to destroy any dridders they find, as well as search for clues to the location of Sineria’s tomb. So far little has been found.

-Naxyla Driders :

While not native to Felarya, due to their habits of inter-dimensional exploring they frequently find themselves passing through this world or residing here for short periods of time. Naxyla Driders are not a naturally occurring species. They were artificially created by an advanced civilization tens of thousands of years ago on the world of Naxyla as a means of information extraction and for use in covert ops. However, with the sudden end of the civilization, the Naxyla Driders came into their own and became the planet's dominant form of life. Despite this new role on the planet, their growth is still restricted by the genetic shackles placed on them countless years ago.

Only one male is born per hundred females, slowing population growth. Furthermore, female Naxyla Driders are actually created from a "Host Mother" and not born naturally. This is a humanoid prey who, rather then being consumed, is instinctively deemed to be worthy of transformation and is converted into a Drider through a semi-lengthy process. Naxyla Driders also have unique feeding needs. While they need sustenance for their bodies, they also need sustenance for their minds.

Naxyla Driders can only directly digest silk, and as such their feeding abilities include the ability to instantly (or gradually) transform prey into a form of silk. Naxyla Driders, when consuming their prey whole (this is achieved via a special shrinking venom), also will absorb the memories and thoughts of the ingested prey. This allows the drider, in theory, the ability to know everything the ingested prey knows...however to get all the information involves a much slowed digestion phase and potentially opens up the Naxyla Drider to what is know as Personality Imprintment...in other words, a risk that the absorbed thoughts and memories could overwrite or merge with the existing personality. This can be avoided with training, but is generally avoided by most Naxyla Driders. As a side note, Naxyla Driders will typically not ingest beasts or humanoids with "bad experiences" in this manner, as there runs the risk of degenerating or damaging the Drider's psyche.

One important distinction between Felarya Driders (or Spider Girls) and Naxyla Driders is that the Naxyla variety are not innately evil or sadistic. While they do feed almost exclusively on intelligent life, it is done mostly out of necessity and thirst for more knowledge. If one wanted to have a relationship of any sorts with one, it would be advisable to be a species that is too large for them to ingest even with the shrinking venom or to be friends with one. While they can be reasoned with, they would still view most humanoids as a meal regardless of how charming you are. For more info on Naxyla Driders, see http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/45275670/

Known dridders :

Artemia

Eshka

Garideb