Xrafstar, Marzanbor

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Marzanbor Xrafstar

The marzanbor [marr-zann-BORE] is the nearest thing the xrafstars possess to nobility, though only an addle-cove would mistake that for anything good. A marzanbor is a colossal fusion of wasp and serpent, a flying juggernaut of venom and malice. Its body is long and sinuous, scaled like a monstrous snake but segmented in places with the hard gloss of insect chitin, while from its thorax jut ragged, translucent wings that beat with a shrill, maddening drone. Its forelimbs end in mantis-like claws for tearing, but the most disturbing feature is its head: a fang-lined serpent maw framed by two twitching, hyper-sensitive antennae that whip and taste the air faster than the eye can follow. Those feelers give the marzanbor an unnerving alertness, for it is sensing fear itself. Planewalkers who have fought one say it always seems to know where a blow is coming from a heartbeat before it lands. When it strikes, it has a wealth of options, all of them bad news for the target. If it slashes at you with its claws, in a frenzy it might rend you in two. If it ensnares you with its tail, it might fling you high into the air to plummet to your doom. And if it bites you, the venom it injects might turn your to dust. That makes the marzanbor especially feared, even among daevas, because it destroys too completely to be useful. A soul rendered into nothing cannot be tormented, bargained over, or shaped into further service.

See the general information on xrafstars here…

Stats: Homebrew [ PF2e ]

Sources: Jon Winter-Holt. The xrafstar is a creature of Persian mythology, and are described as a kind on enormous vermin the size of mountains. I’ve reinterpreted this as mixing and matching various kinds of vermin into horrible monstrosities. Its name is a portmanteau of the Persian words for wasp and snake.