Gyspas

Distant cousins of the Miaxi, gyspas are much larger and a lot more aggressive as well. They stand roughly 40 to 50 feet in height, and live in hives of 6 to 20 individuals. While miaxi are modeled after bees, gyspas are clearly more like wasps, with sleek, curvaceous armored abdomens, hairless armor, fiercely clawed hands, and a more inhuman, alien look to them. Gyspas are, in essence, the biker gangs of the Felaryan jungles. Playfully destructive, they enjoy killing as much as they enjoy eating. They're known for playing with their prey, viciously taunting it before finally moving in for the kill. The amount of venom contained in one gyspa's abdomen, if emptied all at once, can drop a Kensha beast where it stands, although, like miaxi, the gyspa dies shortly after delivering it.

They possess one different type of venom that they can use at will. It has a strange compressing effect on the victim, temporary shrinking them without reducing their mass. The effect is slow however, depending mostly on the amount of injected venom. A gyspa will usually have to sting her prey several times until it's the right size to be swallowed. The trick is this effect is rather short lived, meaning that if the stung prey manages to avoid being stung again for a sufficient amount of time, it will regain its initial size, obliging the gyspa to start her attack over. However, with their articulated maws, and elastic stomachs and throats, gyspas can consume very large prey and easily hold them in their belly after they have regained their original size. Because they are extremely aggressive and ravenous, gyspas don't hesitate to attack small nagas or young pantaurs. Every canopy-dwellers learn to fear the anarchic insectoid.

Gyspas are genetically similar to other Felaryan insects, and as such have considerable magic resistance, similar to tonorions of similar size. One interesting ability of the gyspas is their wing resonations: so rapid must they beat their wings, that, besides producing a deafening noise, electrical signals are usually disrupted simply by being in the vicinity of an air-born gyspa. Electronics, computers especially, will often shut down as soon as a flying gyspa draws near. The gyspa queen is a truly magnificent sight. Thankfully only one exists per swarm, which are, themselves, usually separated by thousands of miles. The queen is monstrous, nearly equal to a dryad proportions. Aside from being huge, her abilities are the same as her fellows, but these creatures are never the less frightening sights. When the swarm reaches the end of its life, the members will offer themselves as willing sacrifices to their queen. After the queen gorges herself on her subjects, she set out to find a particular victim: a dridder. She'll search for a lone one, but if necessary, will kidnap and detain one from a group. A quick sting paralyzes the dridder, allowing the queen to lay her eggs inside the still living humanoid. The queen then expires, leaving her offspring with a fresh meal for when they hatch and continue her reign.