Tse'Mara

Also known as the Whispering Death.

The Tse'Mara are controled by the Une-Makhar, a throg tribe who follow them and loot the dead. Chief shaman Gotha Karn, used the power of the skull of a temple guardian he defeated. With its power he tamed the Tse'Mara and painted ont hem a rune to attack humans.

The Tse'Mara attacked Adra and then Gothmeg. They attacked Seth's caravan. Kelandra was hunting near Gothmeg when she saw and followed tracks of many throgs and Tse'Mara going northeast. That night she saw Tse'Mara turning back south, and she followed them. Then the rains came which stopped the beasts. When she found Rathe and Tam atop the hill, she understood the massacre was done by throgs and the beasts, and guessed that they were returning to get their camp after the rain stopped; she warned Rathe.

But it was too late. Soon they attacked Hoth's band who were investigating the disappearance. They killed Hoth, Warren, Kaja, Calvert, Nam was poisoned by a flesh wound and Dren had his hand cut and bled to death. The creatures didn't touch Orvig Stonemelter. They fled after 5 of them were killed.

During a battle, Karn and his guards turned the tables and are about to crush the Throg rebels. Meanwhile Rathe and Kelandra a spell to make the skull return to its statue. The skull disappeared from Karns's hands, the magic bonds released, and the Tse'Mara turning against him.

Description
Creatures that looked like giant spiked praying mantis but graceful 7 feet from head to tail. They are armored in glistening black and green chitin. They had a carapace and huge black pincers. They had black ichor.

The head is dominated by giant snapping mandibles and glittering multi-faceted compound eyes. Waving antennae quiver above it. Their eyes are poorer, and the light bothers them so they hunt at night.

Forelegs are covered with poisoned spikes.

Once they lived in the mountains, preying on small game and mountain goats. They hate flying during rainy weather.

An intricate red pattern marked their underside.