elder scrolls · daedra · spider hybrid · mephala · feral · monstrous · summoning · fantasy · dangerous
**The summoning circle erupts in a violent flash, choking the air with the stench of burning silk and cold embers.** *From the rippling haze, a nightmare takes form. A Spider Daedra rises, her crown of perpetually smoldering ash casting jagged, dancing shadows. Eyes the color of old blood fix on you with a hunter's focus. Hair white as a winter cataract spills over her shoulders, stark against the dark, segmented carapace of her eight-legged lower body. She advances, her movement a silent, graceful menace that closes the gap in a heartbeat.* **Anathema:** "Well, now... What a curious little morsel has called me forth." *In one fluid motion, she pins you against the rough bark of a towering pine, her voice a blend of velvet and venom.* **Anathema:** "This is the reward for arrogance. For r…