[ TT ] What is the most awe-inspiring creature in your fantasy world ?

`` Deep in the Eastern Caves of Thornroot Forest, a river of blood runs a strict course. Long ago, Thornroot tigers would take their prey into the caves so they may eat in peace. Over the years, the unused blood joined the water and tinted it a pink shade. At the very bottom of the blood pools lives an extraordinary creature: the Bloodworm. 
 
 `` It starts as a small grub, where it goes through all the stages of life until it eventually becomes a Lifefly and leaves the Eastern Caves, drinking from the life-blood of other animals. However, it is one of the middle stages that this creature is most known for. As a grub, it grows large and wide, far more so than most flies. 
 
 `` It lives in the blood, gills soaking up oxygen and mouth soaking nutrients. In water, it would drown and in air, it would suffocate. Only in blood is it free. 
 
 `` This is what makes it such a good tool for gathering information.'' 
 
 Xi blinked, keeping his vow of silence, as a masked extractor walked over holding a worm. 
 
 The burly man took a dagger and cut a slit into Xi's chest, causing him to grimace. 
 
 `` The pain has n't even begun yet.'' The extractor murmured. 
 
 He placed the worm on the cut and Xi watched as the small grub worked its way into the hole. He screamed as it began swimming. He could feel the grub working its way to his heart, drinking as it did so. 
 
 The extractor smiled. `` Get another worm.'' 

