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The Bargelsnadre, or "Jungle Jesters" are a race of plant hybrids, all of which are native to a very specific zone (currently unnamed). Eyewitness accounts describe the area as nothing more than a few gently rolling hills, and sparse scatterings of strange leafless trees, many of which have deep indentations that superficially resemble faces. The Bargelsnadre is the only monster in the realm, either through lack of competition, or by wiping out all competition.

Bargelsnadre are not limited by barriers of space or food. They are photosynthetic creatures and obtain everything they need from water, sunlight, and soil nutrients absorbed through their feet. Bargelsnadre are autotrophs by nature and only need to wander a bit each day to get what they need, but one would never guess upon encountering them in the wild. This species is known for chasing down and engulfing animals of all sizes. They will then regurgitate their uneaten, mucous-coated victims near any of the leafless trees, where they proceed to bury it whole, alive or dead.

Bargelsnadre are not known for their speed, but they possess almost ceaseless stamina, and can projectile vomit their own coagulated toxins, which numb muscles in small quantities and cause irreparable nerve damage in larger doses. Worse still, this aggressive monster is very plentiful on its native land: when the population grows too large for sustainability, excess members simply bury themselves below ground, spread roots, and hibernate until conditions are favorable. Many an explorer has strayed into Bargelsnadre territory and encountered a beast, only for ten or twenty more to surge from their resting placed in the ground and surround the unfortunate soul.

Bargelsnadre very rarely venture out of their territory, but when they do they may move several hundred miles in search of a very specific victim, the attributes of which seem arbitrarily decided. Witnesses have seen Bargelsnadre wander through entire forests and attack the one rabbit with a missing ear, or worse still, prowl around human villages searching for the one man with X, the one woman with Y, or the one child with Z, and so on, making them something of a bogeyman to a few select civilizations. Of course their goal is ultimately the same: capture, voyage, and burial under the leafless trees, though in extra long journeys their victims may become little more than slurry.

The enigmatic, almost robotic priorities of Bargelsnadre have been analyzed with no conclusive result. The trees in their home do not provide anything in return. They do not make more copies of the species (the monsters themselves do this through rooting and undergoing large scale mitosis), they do not feed the species, and they do not protect the land. But the one thing they consistently do is scare visitors. Anyone exploring the home of the Bargelsnadre for long enough becomes completely convinced that while the lumbering monsters are threatening, the trees are the real dangers. Explorers often describe a feeling of deep malice coming from the trees, and a mocking evil that could not be dispelled even when they uprooted or cut down the apparent sources. Even so, the kill count of these trees remains firmly at zero, making the Bargelsnadre the most dangerous creatures in the realm, at least, visibly.

Description
The Bargelsnadre, or "Jungle Jesters" are a race of plant hybrids, all of which are native to a very specific zone (currently unnamed). Eyewitness accounts describe the area as nothing more than a few gently rolling hills, and sparse scatterings of strange leafless trees, many of which have deep indentations that superficially resemble faces. The Bargelsnadre is the only monster in the realm, either through lack of competition, or by wiping out all competition.

Bargelsnadre are not limited by barriers of space or food. They are photosynthetic creatures and obtain everything they need from water, sunlight, and soil nutrients absorbed through their feet. Bargelsnadre are autotrophs by nature and only need to wander a bit each day to get what they need, but one would never guess upon encountering them in the wild. This species is known for chasing down and engulfing animals of all sizes. They will then regurgitate their uneaten, mucous-coated victims near any of the leafless trees, where they proceed to bury it whole, alive or dead.

Bargelsnadre are not known for their speed, but they possess almost ceaseless stamina, and can projectile vomit their own coagulated toxins, which numb muscles in small quantities and cause irreparable nerve damage in larger doses. Worse still, this aggressive monster is very plentiful on its native land: when the population grows too large for sustainability, excess members simply bury themselves below ground, spread roots, and hibernate until conditions are favorable. Many an explorer has strayed into Bargelsnadre territory and encountered a beast, only for ten or twenty more to surge from their resting placed in the ground and surround the unfortunate soul.

Bargelsnadre very rarely venture out of their territory, but when they do they may move several hundred miles in search of a very specific victim, the attributes of which seem arbitrarily decided. Witnesses have seen Bargelsnadre wander through entire forests and attack the one rabbit with a missing ear, or worse still, prowl around human villages searching for the one man with X, the one woman with Y, or the one child with Z, and so on, making them something of a bogeyman to a few select civilizations. Of course their goal is ultimately the same: capture, voyage, and burial under the leafless trees, though in extra long journeys their victims may become little more than slurry.

The enigmatic, almost robotic priorities of Bargelsnadre have been analyzed with no conclusive result. The trees in their home do not provide anything in return. They do not make more copies of the species (the monsters themselves do this through rooting and undergoing large scale mitosis), they do not feed the species, and they do not protect the land. But the one thing they consistently do is scare visitors. Anyone exploring the home of the Bargelsnadre for long enough becomes completely convinced that while the lumbering monsters are threatening, the trees are the real dangers. Explorers often describe a feeling of deep malice coming from the trees, and a mocking evil that could not be dispelled even when they uprooted or cut down the apparent sources. Even so, the kill count of these trees remains firmly at zero, making the Bargelsnadre the most dangerous creatures in the realm, at least, visibly.