Bhramar (animal)
The Bhramar appears to be a mobile hive of wasps at first glance, but it is in fact a creature born of a terrible curse. Born human but turned into an ungainly swarm of insects by powerful magic, the Bhramar wanders the forests of southern Kashirya. Whilst the last shreds of its humanity often stop the creature from venturing into settlements, the moaning swarm is intensely solitary and does not hesitate to attack when provoked with hundreds of venomous stings.
The faint and painful moan of a Bhramar is terrifying to hear, turning all but the bravest of travellers away. Whilst a bow might destroy one or two of its many stinging parts, the creature itself would endure and destroy such a hunter. It is said that the Bhramar's only weakness is flame, forcing itself to contract into a form mostly resembling its former human self.
With a spear in one hand and a torch in the other, I lead my party closer to the moaning swarm. It paces awkwardly around an ancient tree, the shape of a man but with wasps ripping out from its flesh and slamming back in with every beat of my heart. It looks toward my torch and stops in its paces, waiting to see if I mean it harm from only a few paces away.
The moaning only gets louder, and my chance to kill the creature begins to slip away.