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ZHOUY1: Sunfist enemy

2022-01-06T10:05:58Z

Sunfist enemy

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			[[Category:Sunfist hated enemies]]

GS4-XERAPHINA: changed family to ghost

2020-08-17T13:27:35Z

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GS4-XERAPHINA: changed family to humanoid, removed outdated play.net bestiary link, added link to miner on wikipedia article

2020-08-17T02:03:50Z

changed family to humanoid, removed outdated play.net bestiary link, added link to miner on wikipedia article

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	\| family = ~~Miner~~ <!-- Add creature to family page list, which will be linked on preview/save -->		\| family = Humanoid <!-- Add creature to family page list, which will be linked on preview/save -->
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	== References ==		== References ==
			* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miner Miner on Wikipedia]
	*[http://www.play.net/gs4/info/bestiary/creature.asp?creature=1427 Spectral miner on Play.net bestiary]

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MOD-GSMOTTE: Changing from mini-boss category to boss category

2020-08-09T15:15:50Z

Changing from mini-boss category to boss category

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	\| otherclass2 = ~~Mini-boss~~		\| otherclass2 = Boss
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	\| bcs = Yes <!-- All new creatures are BCS -->		\| bcs = Yes <!-- All new creatures are BCS -->

GS4-XERAPHINA: added mini-boss category/classification

2020-03-21T02:26:55Z

added mini-boss category/classification

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GS4-NAIKEN: added picture from play.net

2019-06-29T21:20:58Z

added picture from play.net

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VANKRASN39: bts fix

2017-10-30T17:15:36Z

bts fix

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	A spectral miner walks right out of a wall without warning!		A spectral miner walks right out of a wall without warning!
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	==Behind ~~The~~ Scenes==		==Behind the Scenes==
	These are the cursed workers of [[Muylari]]'s mining crew, who perished upon awakening the Terrorite demon which was dormant below ground. They are likely an allusion to the miners in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"] by H.P. Lovecraft, which is part of the background for [[The Graveyard]] and [[The Broken Lands]]. Like the Shadow Valley [[A Popular History of Shadow Valley\|story]] its narrator suffered from amnesia and pseudo-memories, and was afflicted with "daemoniac dreams", experiencing a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|demon wind]] of the eldritch Elder Things in underground ruins. The exits of Shadow Valley are plunges into chasms of utter darkness with unknown felt horrors, returning to the waking world, reflecting the endings of both "Shadow" and [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath."] It is noteworthy that they were phased into the mineshaft walls, possibly due to an [[isles of transfer]] phenomenon, reminiscent of the later [[Ur-Daemon#Teras Isle: Head of the Beast\|Ur-Daemon]] of [[Teras Isle]]. The skull of one miner was clearly [[Muylari\|elven]], which relates to the [[Shadow World\|archaic]] lore of orcs originating in the transformation of cursed elves. On the other hand, there is a subtext of fairy mythology throughout the story, and the fey are often referred to as elves (or appear that way as with the [[Ilvari]] of the [[Red Forest]].)		These are the cursed workers of [[Muylari]]'s mining crew, who perished upon awakening the Terrorite demon which was dormant below ground. They are likely an allusion to the miners in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"] by H.P. Lovecraft, which is part of the background for [[The Graveyard]] and [[The Broken Lands]]. Like the Shadow Valley [[A Popular History of Shadow Valley\|story]] its narrator suffered from amnesia and pseudo-memories, and was afflicted with "daemoniac dreams", experiencing a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|demon wind]] of the eldritch Elder Things in underground ruins. The exits of Shadow Valley are plunges into chasms of utter darkness with unknown felt horrors, returning to the waking world, reflecting the endings of both "Shadow" and [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath."] It is noteworthy that they were phased into the mineshaft walls, possibly due to an [[isles of transfer]] phenomenon, reminiscent of the later [[Ur-Daemon#Teras Isle: Head of the Beast\|Ur-Daemon]] of [[Teras Isle]]. The skull of one miner was clearly [[Muylari\|elven]], which relates to the [[Shadow World\|archaic]] lore of orcs originating in the transformation of cursed elves. On the other hand, there is a subtext of fairy mythology throughout the story, and the fey are often referred to as elves (or appear that way as with the [[Ilvari]] of the [[Red Forest]].)

	Like the [[ghostly pooka\|ghostly pookas]] coming from Celtic mythology, whose black horse form with their heavy chains came from folklore rather than [[Rolemaster]], the orc-like spectral miners may be based on the Welsh/Cornish [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocker_(folklore) "knockers"] who were sometimes thought to be the ghosts of deceased miners. The strange sounds and the partially dematerialized mining equipment and excavators likely comes from [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mo.aspx "The Mound"] ghost-written by Lovecraft. The horror of the scene is things from later times being found in [[Lesser vruul#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|impossibly old]] and sealed off places, which is the implicit [[The Temple of Darkness\|theme]] of [[The Broken Lands]]. In this context the skull in the wall is relevant because that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mound_(short_story)#Plot_summary story ends] with the reanimated headless body of [[Selias Jodame\|the narrator]] of the older expedition. The Terrorite demon closely resembled the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yig Great Old One Yig], [[Abdullahi Hazalred Faendryl#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|Father of Snakes]], and the flying serpent avatar of Klysus ([[Luukos#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|Luukos]]).		Like the [[ghostly pooka\|ghostly pookas]] coming from Celtic mythology, whose black horse form with their heavy chains came from folklore rather than [[Rolemaster]], the orc-like spectral miners may be based on the Welsh/Cornish [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocker_(folklore) "knockers"] who were sometimes thought to be the ghosts of deceased miners. The strange sounds and the partially dematerialized mining equipment and excavators likely comes from [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mo.aspx "The Mound"] ghost-written by Lovecraft. The horror of the scene is things from later times being found in [[Lesser vruul#Behind the Scenes\|impossibly old]] and sealed off places, which is the implicit [[The Temple of Darkness\|theme]] of [[The Broken Lands]]. In this context the skull in the wall is relevant because that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mound_(short_story)#Plot_summary story ends] with the reanimated headless body of [[Selias Jodame\|the narrator]] of the older expedition. The Terrorite demon closely resembled the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yig Great Old One Yig], [[Abdullahi Hazalred Faendryl#Behind the Scenes\|Father of Snakes]], and the flying serpent avatar of Klysus ([[Luukos#Behind the Scenes\|Luukos]]).

	Of special interest for interpreting the demon is the intrusion of foreign memories in the mine shaft. Consider: "Faint echoes of a '''strange singsong chant''' enter your mind without the courtesy of using your ears. Disturbed, you can find no visible source of the uninvited memories." This is also an unambiguous allusion to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx "The Call of Cthulhu"]: "Now and then the less organized ululation would cease, and from what seemed a well-drilled chorus of hoarse voices would rise in '''sing-song chant''' that hideous phrase or ritual: ''Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu [[Greater kappa\|R'lyeh]] wgah'nagl fhtagn''."		Of special interest for interpreting the demon is the intrusion of foreign memories in the mine shaft. Consider: "Faint echoes of a '''strange singsong chant''' enter your mind without the courtesy of using your ears. Disturbed, you can find no visible source of the uninvited memories." This is also an unambiguous allusion to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx "The Call of Cthulhu"]: "Now and then the less organized ululation would cease, and from what seemed a well-drilled chorus of hoarse voices would rise in '''sing-song chant''' that hideous phrase or ritual: ''Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu [[Greater kappa\|R'lyeh]] wgah'nagl fhtagn''."

	This is translated as: "In his house at R'lyeh, [[Lesser vruul#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|dead Cthulhu]] [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|waits]] [[Black Hel\|dreaming]]." It is reminiscent of [[The Dark Path\|"Kadaena Throk Farok"]] and the [[Marlu#The Broken Lands\|Dark Shrine]] relief, along with the [[Abdullahi Hazalred Faendryl\|Abdul Alhazred]] [[Greater vruul#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|couplet]]. Their tunnels are reminiscent of the dark grotto and were probably flooded with black ooze, which may really be the [[magru]] as shoggoth-like hybrids of Absorbers and [[Hoard]], which had phasing powers and so explaining endogenously the emulsified chalk and equipment. Shadow Valley would have originally been located near the underground portal of [[The Broken Lands]], whose premise includes making powerful demons that sleep over long eons. (It is probably the case that the Shadow Valley release event was the result of a celestial alignment causing the valley to shift and allowing the demon to wake up again.) The unnaturally lit white tunnel deep into the earth, along with the dreams and sorrowful phantasms, fungi, webbing, zigzag shapes, dragon, [[Jaron Galarn\|buried alive]], and mist valley of dead trees reflect [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/932/932-h/932-h.htm "The Fall of the House of Usher"]. The ruined temple on the shadow plain refers also to the fallen house of Usher, but also the [[Night mare#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|gilded temple]] from "The Mound", and the farm house near the bridge at the end of [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cs.aspx "The Colour Out of Space"]. It might serve as a dual reference to the farm house from [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/wid.aspx "The Whisperer in Darkness"] which addresses the places in "The Mound", along with Yuggoth which has black rivers of pitch and bridges. The maddening metallic sound in Usher could reflect a Sheruvian monastery script by the summoning chamber, though that is unlikely, with the shield as [[Myklian#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|gong]] and eye shaped windows in the Dark Shrine. The broken bridge could refer to the folk lore tale of the [https://books.google.com/books?id=FwgNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA172&lpg=PA172&dq=kelpie%27s+bridge&source=bl&ots=U29peqx7Hc&sig=4N9aCqWLZxEIvDyUk-O7RanJXpQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwo4zoy6jVAhUjiVQKHZUHD0MQ6AEIOzAD#v=onepage&q=kelpie's%20bridge&f=false "Kelpie's Bridge"], where [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelpie kelpies] are fey water spirits in the shape of "demon horses", who drown those [[The Tale of Silver Valley\|foolish]] enough to ride them.		This is translated as: "In his house at R'lyeh, [[Lesser vruul#Behind the Scenes\|dead Cthulhu]] [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|waits]] [[Black Hel\|dreaming]]." It is reminiscent of [[The Dark Path\|"Kadaena Throk Farok"]] and the [[Marlu#The Broken Lands\|Dark Shrine]] relief, along with the [[Abdullahi Hazalred Faendryl\|Abdul Alhazred]] [[Greater vruul#Behind the Scenes\|couplet]]. Their tunnels are reminiscent of the dark grotto and were probably flooded with black ooze, which may really be the [[magru]] as shoggoth-like hybrids of Absorbers and [[Hoard]], which had phasing powers and so explaining endogenously the emulsified chalk and equipment. Shadow Valley would have originally been located near the underground portal of [[The Broken Lands]], whose premise includes making powerful demons that sleep over long eons. (It is probably the case that the Shadow Valley release event was the result of a celestial alignment causing the valley to shift and allowing the demon to wake up again.) The unnaturally lit white tunnel deep into the earth, along with the dreams and sorrowful phantasms, fungi, webbing, zigzag shapes, dragon, [[Jaron Galarn\|buried alive]], and mist valley of dead trees reflect [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/932/932-h/932-h.htm "The Fall of the House of Usher"]. The ruined temple on the shadow plain refers also to the fallen house of Usher, but also the [[Night mare#Behind the Scenes\|gilded temple]] from "The Mound", and the farm house near the bridge at the end of [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cs.aspx "The Colour Out of Space"]. It might serve as a dual reference to the farm house from [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/wid.aspx "The Whisperer in Darkness"] which addresses the places in "The Mound", along with Yuggoth which has black rivers of pitch and bridges. The maddening metallic sound in Usher could reflect a Sheruvian monastery script by the summoning chamber, though that is unlikely, with the shield as [[Myklian#Behind the Scenes\|gong]] and eye shaped windows in the Dark Shrine. The broken bridge could refer to the folk lore tale of the [https://books.google.com/books?id=FwgNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA172&lpg=PA172&dq=kelpie%27s+bridge&source=bl&ots=U29peqx7Hc&sig=4N9aCqWLZxEIvDyUk-O7RanJXpQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwo4zoy6jVAhUjiVQKHZUHD0MQ6AEIOzAD#v=onepage&q=kelpie's%20bridge&f=false "Kelpie's Bridge"], where [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelpie kelpies] are fey water spirits in the shape of "demon horses", who drown those [[The Tale of Silver Valley\|foolish]] enough to ride them.

	== References ==		== References ==

INIQUITY: behind the scenes: add a couple of lines about fey

2017-07-27T04:02:41Z

behind the scenes: add a couple of lines about fey

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	==Behind The Scenes==		==Behind The Scenes==
	These are the cursed workers of [[Muylari]]'s mining crew, who perished upon awakening the Terrorite demon which was dormant below ground. They are likely an allusion to the miners in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"] by H.P. Lovecraft, which is part of the background for [[The Graveyard]] and [[The Broken Lands]]. Like the Shadow Valley [[A Popular History of Shadow Valley\|story]] its narrator suffered from amnesia and pseudo-memories, and was afflicted with "daemoniac dreams", experiencing a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|demon wind]] of the eldritch Elder Things in underground ruins. The exits of Shadow Valley are plunges into chasms of utter darkness with unknown felt horrors, returning to the waking world, reflecting the endings of both "Shadow" and [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath."] It is noteworthy that they were phased into the mineshaft walls, possibly due to an [[isles of transfer]] phenomenon, reminiscent of the later [[Ur-Daemon#Teras Isle: Head of the Beast\|Ur-Daemon]] of [[Teras Isle]]. The skull of one miner was clearly [[Muylari\|elven]], which relates to the [[Shadow World\|archaic]] lore of orcs originating in the transformation of cursed elves.		These are the cursed workers of [[Muylari]]'s mining crew, who perished upon awakening the Terrorite demon which was dormant below ground. They are likely an allusion to the miners in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"] by H.P. Lovecraft, which is part of the background for [[The Graveyard]] and [[The Broken Lands]]. Like the Shadow Valley [[A Popular History of Shadow Valley\|story]] its narrator suffered from amnesia and pseudo-memories, and was afflicted with "daemoniac dreams", experiencing a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|demon wind]] of the eldritch Elder Things in underground ruins. The exits of Shadow Valley are plunges into chasms of utter darkness with unknown felt horrors, returning to the waking world, reflecting the endings of both "Shadow" and [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath."] It is noteworthy that they were phased into the mineshaft walls, possibly due to an [[isles of transfer]] phenomenon, reminiscent of the later [[Ur-Daemon#Teras Isle: Head of the Beast\|Ur-Daemon]] of [[Teras Isle]]. The skull of one miner was clearly [[Muylari\|elven]], which relates to the [[Shadow World\|archaic]] lore of orcs originating in the transformation of cursed elves. On the other hand, there is a subtext of fairy mythology throughout the story, and the fey are often referred to as elves (or appear that way as with the [[Ilvari]] of the [[Red Forest]].)

	Like the [[ghostly pooka\|ghostly pookas]] coming from Celtic mythology, whose black horse form with their heavy chains came from folklore rather than [[Rolemaster]], the orc-like spectral miners may be based on the Welsh/Cornish [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocker_(folklore) "knockers"] who were sometimes thought to be the ghosts of deceased miners. The strange sounds and the partially dematerialized mining equipment and excavators likely comes from [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mo.aspx "The Mound"] ghost-written by Lovecraft. The horror of the scene is things from later times being found in [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|impossibly old]] and sealed off places, which is the implicit [[The Temple of Darkness\|theme]] of [[The Broken Lands]]. In this context the skull in the wall is relevant because that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mound_(short_story)#Plot_summary story ends] with the reanimated headless body of [[Selias Jodame\|the narrator]] of the older expedition. The Terrorite demon closely resembled the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yig Great Old One Yig], [[Abdullahi Hazalred Faendryl#Behind The Scenes\|Father of Snakes]], and the flying serpent avatar of Klysus ([[Luukos#Behind The Scenes\|Luukos]]).		Like the [[ghostly pooka\|ghostly pookas]] coming from Celtic mythology, whose black horse form with their heavy chains came from folklore rather than [[Rolemaster]], the orc-like spectral miners may be based on the Welsh/Cornish [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocker_(folklore) "knockers"] who were sometimes thought to be the ghosts of deceased miners. The strange sounds and the partially dematerialized mining equipment and excavators likely comes from [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mo.aspx "The Mound"] ghost-written by Lovecraft. The horror of the scene is things from later times being found in [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|impossibly old]] and sealed off places, which is the implicit [[The Temple of Darkness\|theme]] of [[The Broken Lands]]. In this context the skull in the wall is relevant because that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mound_(short_story)#Plot_summary story ends] with the reanimated headless body of [[Selias Jodame\|the narrator]] of the older expedition. The Terrorite demon closely resembled the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yig Great Old One Yig], [[Abdullahi Hazalred Faendryl#Behind The Scenes\|Father of Snakes]], and the flying serpent avatar of Klysus ([[Luukos#Behind The Scenes\|Luukos]]).
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	Of special interest for interpreting the demon is the intrusion of foreign memories in the mine shaft. Consider: "Faint echoes of a '''strange singsong chant''' enter your mind without the courtesy of using your ears. Disturbed, you can find no visible source of the uninvited memories." This is also an unambiguous allusion to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx "The Call of Cthulhu"]: "Now and then the less organized ululation would cease, and from what seemed a well-drilled chorus of hoarse voices would rise in '''sing-song chant''' that hideous phrase or ritual: ''Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu [[Greater kappa\|R'lyeh]] wgah'nagl fhtagn''."		Of special interest for interpreting the demon is the intrusion of foreign memories in the mine shaft. Consider: "Faint echoes of a '''strange singsong chant''' enter your mind without the courtesy of using your ears. Disturbed, you can find no visible source of the uninvited memories." This is also an unambiguous allusion to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx "The Call of Cthulhu"]: "Now and then the less organized ululation would cease, and from what seemed a well-drilled chorus of hoarse voices would rise in '''sing-song chant''' that hideous phrase or ritual: ''Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu [[Greater kappa\|R'lyeh]] wgah'nagl fhtagn''."

	This is translated as: "In his house at R'lyeh, [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|dead Cthulhu]] [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|waits]] [[Black Hel\|dreaming]]." It is reminiscent of [[The Dark Path\|"Kadaena Throk Farok"]] and the [[Marlu#The Broken Lands\|Dark Shrine]] relief, along with the [[Abdullahi Hazalred Faendryl\|Abdul Alhazred]] [[Greater vruul#Behind The Scenes\|couplet]]. Their tunnels are reminiscent of the dark grotto and were probably flooded with black ooze, which may really be the [[magru]] as shoggoth-like hybrids of Absorbers and [[Hoard]], which had phasing powers and so explaining endogenously the emulsified chalk and equipment. Shadow Valley would have originally been located near the underground portal of [[The Broken Lands]], whose premise includes making powerful demons that sleep over long eons. (It is probably the case that the Shadow Valley release event was the result of a celestial alignment causing the valley to shift and allowing the demon to wake up again.) The unnaturally lit white tunnel deep into the earth, along with the dreams and sorrowful phantasms, fungi, webbing, zigzag shapes, dragon, [[Jaron Galarn\|buried alive]], and mist valley of dead trees reflect [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/932/932-h/932-h.htm "The Fall of the House of Usher"]. The ruined temple on the shadow plain refers also to the fallen house of Usher, but also the [[Night mare#Behind The Scenes\|gilded temple]] from "The Mound", and the farm house near the bridge at the end of [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cs.aspx "The Colour Out of Space"]. It might serve as a dual reference to the farm house from [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/wid.aspx "The Whisperer in Darkness"] which addresses the places in "The Mound", along with Yuggoth which has black rivers of pitch and bridges. The maddening metallic sound in Usher ~~reflects~~ a Sheruvian monastery script by the summoning chamber, with the shield as [[Myklian#Behind The Scenes\|gong]] and eye shaped windows in the Dark Shrine.		This is translated as: "In his house at R'lyeh, [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|dead Cthulhu]] [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|waits]] [[Black Hel\|dreaming]]." It is reminiscent of [[The Dark Path\|"Kadaena Throk Farok"]] and the [[Marlu#The Broken Lands\|Dark Shrine]] relief, along with the [[Abdullahi Hazalred Faendryl\|Abdul Alhazred]] [[Greater vruul#Behind The Scenes\|couplet]]. Their tunnels are reminiscent of the dark grotto and were probably flooded with black ooze, which may really be the [[magru]] as shoggoth-like hybrids of Absorbers and [[Hoard]], which had phasing powers and so explaining endogenously the emulsified chalk and equipment. Shadow Valley would have originally been located near the underground portal of [[The Broken Lands]], whose premise includes making powerful demons that sleep over long eons. (It is probably the case that the Shadow Valley release event was the result of a celestial alignment causing the valley to shift and allowing the demon to wake up again.) The unnaturally lit white tunnel deep into the earth, along with the dreams and sorrowful phantasms, fungi, webbing, zigzag shapes, dragon, [[Jaron Galarn\|buried alive]], and mist valley of dead trees reflect [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/932/932-h/932-h.htm "The Fall of the House of Usher"]. The ruined temple on the shadow plain refers also to the fallen house of Usher, but also the [[Night mare#Behind The Scenes\|gilded temple]] from "The Mound", and the farm house near the bridge at the end of [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cs.aspx "The Colour Out of Space"]. It might serve as a dual reference to the farm house from [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/wid.aspx "The Whisperer in Darkness"] which addresses the places in "The Mound", along with Yuggoth which has black rivers of pitch and bridges. The maddening metallic sound in Usher could reflect a Sheruvian monastery script by the summoning chamber, though that is unlikely, with the shield as [[Myklian#Behind The Scenes\|gong]] and eye shaped windows in the Dark Shrine. The broken bridge could refer to the folk lore tale of the [https://books.google.com/books?id=FwgNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA172&lpg=PA172&dq=kelpie%27s+bridge&source=bl&ots=U29peqx7Hc&sig=4N9aCqWLZxEIvDyUk-O7RanJXpQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwo4zoy6jVAhUjiVQKHZUHD0MQ6AEIOzAD#v=onepage&q=kelpie's%20bridge&f=false "Kelpie's Bridge"], where [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelpie kelpies] are fey water spirits in the shape of "demon horses", who drown those [[The Tale of Silver Valley\|foolish]] enough to ride them.

	== References ==		== References ==

CURTIS: Convert to Creature defense attributes 2, add ASG, add minor steam hunting strategy

2017-03-03T00:31:05Z

Convert to Creature defense attributes 2, add ASG, add minor steam hunting strategy

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-  {{Creature ability|[[Spirit Warding I (101)]]}}
+| DSP2 = Spirit Warding II (107)
-  {{Creature ability|[[Spirit Warding II (107)]]}}
+| DSP3 = Spirit Defense (103)
-  {{Creature ability|[[Spirit Defense (103)]]}}
+| DSP4 = Spirit Shield (202)
 }}
 {{Creature treasure
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  | magic items = Yes
  | boxes = Yes
- | other = ?
+ | other = No
  | skin = None
  | nobox =
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 The best strategy for hunting spectral miners is to stance dance for all professions and hunting styles except [[CS]]-casting ones, although stance dancing may be good for them too depending on the spells use.  Miners have a really low [[DS]] for their level and are always in offensive stance when genned.  Many professions also have quite an easy time uphunting them if they are very cautious to not get caught in offensive stance when a miner uses its [[Attack strength|AS]]-boosting ability. It is worth remembering that your DS will be significantly lower in Shadow Valley than elsewhere.
 ==Other information==
 *Spectral miners have the chance to drop the [[alchemy]] components: <b>ayanad, s'ayanad, t'ayanad and n'ayanad crystals</b>

VANKRASN39: update to creature start2

2016-09-01T19:56:51Z

update to creature start2

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+| picture =
-| bcs = Yes
+| bcs = Yes <!-- All new creatures are BCS -->
 | hitpoints = 300
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 |levelp2 = 42
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