Sandslayer Worm



The Sandslayer Worm, a huge alpha class terrestrial invertebrate that has a strong exoskeleton covered in spikes and thin spine-like sensory organs. Its peak-like mouth opens up to four different jaws that is covered it rigged and surrounded with various sized spikes, which are used to grab a hold of their prey in case it attempts to escape. From inside the four jaws lies an inner mouth that is filled with multiple rows of teeth and venomous fangs that inject venom that paralizes and helps with digesting the prey. From the middle of the mouth likes multiple tentacle-like tongues that can be used to shot out and grab a hold of the prey, before dragging it into the inner mouth and to be eaten.

Sandslayer Worms burrow and travel under the sandy ground of the Dangerous Dunes biome. While burrowed it uses the spine-like sensory organs on its body to sense the movements of the sand and on the surface. The Sandslayer Worms are effective ambush hunters that will shoot themselves out of the ground from the below catching their prey off guard before dragging them down into the desert with them. Due to their massive size and strong bodies, these worms are capable of shooting themselves up hundreds of meters into the air to catch flying dragons.

Colloquially called "Pookie" by the community, Sandslayer Worm is ever official AI shown and introduced to the players in the alpha with an old placeholder model. the Sandslayer Worm is the largest AI found in the game and it is the "world boss" or the end game boss creature.

Background
The old history of the dragonkin tell a tale of a queen and mother of all Sandslayer Worms, Dragonbane the Dune Devourer. The largest Sandslayer Worm that ever has existed. So powerful and terrifying is her very being that not even the army of the great dragon king Jrakhon could defeat her. It is rumoured that the wyverns of the desert dunes gave up on completely trying to kill her long time ago, and now anyone who tries to take the desert from them, will lure and use these massive earthworms to kill their enemies for them without ever having to shed wyvern blood.

Fighting Tactics
Although this worm is huge, scary and has a lot of health, the Sandslayer Worm can be killed, thought there are no currently known benefits for killing one. It is adviced to use a flying dragon-species and remain in the air at all times during the flight, as landing would lead into certain death. While the worm's attacks are extremely dangerous, it is possible to dodge its attack and counter with one of your own. Flame Stalker's thermal sense ability can track the worms while they are underground.

If you want to slay a Sandslayer Worm, a team of multiple dragons is required and players of multiple species is recommended to manage and help your team. Once the creature has been fully implemented and stabilized, it will require the effort of the entire server to take them down. A task that not even the king Jrakhon the Firstborn before the present day was capable to do and which took his life while trying.