SPIDERS

Though not so disgusting as the yarzon, spiders are another species of vilekin that well demonstrate the origin of the kindred's name.

Spiders are one of the most ubiquitous vilekin (1), though species large enough to pose a threat to Man dwell almost exclusively in the Fringes of Gyr Abania and the Mhachi ruins in the Yafaem Saltmarsh of the Black Shroud. (2)

Not unlike the dreaded diremite, spiders craft webs of sticky silk wherein to catch their prey. Though most species can do no better than catching a fellow vilekin or even a small cloudkin in their webs, the largest ones may even be able to trap a Lalafell and bear his weight on their webs without breaking. (1)(3)

If that were not bad enough, naturalists have found some species of spider able to inflate their bodies with lighter-than-air gases and attain something akin to flight. (1)

(1) Encyclopaedia Eorzea Vol. 1, p. 281
(2) Mob distribution as of 6.0
(3) FATE: The Spiderweb Chronicles

Known species/types of spiders:

- Yafaem spider
- Skittering spider
- Spitting spider
- Spinner
- Ankabut
- Daughter of Ankabut