Aellyi'hykka

The Aellyi'hykka (Spelunics Gelida), giant ice spider in Traveller's Tongue, is a member of the Araneae order, while similar in appearance to other more common species, Aellyi'hykka are large ambush predators, covered in a thick layer of white fur.

Aellyi'hykka have adapted to live in the cold darkness of the caves across the northern regions of Mirau, Onthukhan, mainly in the region of Nefelis. While they greatly prefer ambushing creatures that find themself close to their caves entrance, sometimes to find sustenance they're needed to leave their lairs and search for food elsewhere. These large spiders are similar to tarantulas in both movement and sensory capabilities, except Aellyi'hykka have a special layer of fur covering the tips of their pedapalps that allows them to percieve the presence of other creatures in the surrounding enviroment, almost paragonable to sharks electroreceptors.

These large ambush predators aren't capable of weaving large cobwebs, only small ones which function is to attract potential mates, but they have an extremely powerful venom that is capable of paralising and begin the digest a full grown cow, some specimens are even capable of paralising small Ar'xanlyma. It's thought that this venom has reached such strenght not only as an offesive mean, but rather as a defensive mechanism against dragons, in fact this venom led dragons to fear this arachnid.

In recent years Aellyi'hykka have played out an important role in Yirsi culture, becoming a common monster present in stories and is percieved as one of the most frightening inhabitants of Mirau. While the fear around this creature Yiris use the fur of Aelly'hykka in the production of luxury scarves. However, another more unkown relation of this species with yirsi is the use of its venom, the later has been used for years upon years by the noble houses of Anglunia as a way to dispose of rivals, thanks to the absence of smell, color and taste of the venom.