An automation with vaguely humanoid parts, the experiment has robotic arms to rip and tear, four metal, spidery legs and a shredder as a face. Its torso is protected by a steel, rib-like exoskeleton and flesh is stitched into its form. Instinct: Tear limbs apart

• Rip a limb apart

Scarabaeus pyractomena! What a delightful creature—see how its carapace glitters in the light of our torches? Not too close now, they’re temperamental, you see. The fire in their belly isn’t just metaphorical, no. Watch as I goad the beast. Aha! A spout of flame! Unexpected, isn’t it? One of these creatures alone, if it comes up from below, can be a hellish nuisance to a farmstead or village. A whole swarm? There’s a reason they call it a conflagration of fire beetles. Instinct: To enflame

• Undermine the ground
• Burst from the earth
• Spray forth flames