Outside the colony, scouting (3-5) and hunting (5-10) bands pick their way through the forest or plains. They work in a seasonal pattern, clearing a swath of land of all other animals and then leaving it for the rest of the year to repopulate. Woe to the party of adventurers caught unaware when a wave of clicking mandibles and rock-hard chitin pours into their camp because these waist-height ants can shred cloth and leather and crush metal in their jaws. More than once, a soldier has fended off an attack but later lost a limb to rot because he could not extract himself from his crushed gauntlet or boot. Instinct: Scour the Forest

• Hunt. Kill. Repeat.
• Group Mind - nearby ants act as if one entity

Foreshadow: Once this monster appears the event they hearld cannot be prevented. Instinct: To hearld bloody battle and scavenge the dying.

• Swarm over the injured.
• Appear a day before a bloody battle.
• Cause Panic in the ranks
• Pluck the eye right out of your skull.
• Mocking laughter that drives leaders mad.