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A drawn depiction of a common Cave Squig.

Cave Squigs are found far beneath the Worlds Edge Mountains They are improbable creatures, part fungus and part flesh with spheroid bodies, beady eyes and gaping maws dominated by row upon row of dagger-like teeth. Night Goblins hunt Cave Squigs for a number of purposes. Squig hide is very useful and Squig meat is considered a delicacy. Some Cave Squigs are captured and reared to become guard creatures or pets to affluent Boss types (no other could afford to feed such voracious beasts). In times of need, Squigs are driven into battle with devastating effect.[1a]

The dank and exotic mushrooms that grow in Goblin-infested tunnels attract Cave Squigs From out of the pitch black of the underground, the spherical creatures scuttle, sniffing the tunnel air for the pungent stink of fungi. It is a rude smell, a cross between overworn boots damp with foot sweat and other scents frequently associated with the dropz. Yet that odour draws Cave Squigs from afar, as they come to feast upon the mushroom patches.[1a]

Hunting Cave Squigs is no easy matter. They are fast, powerful and perfectly formed for tunnel fighting, able to back into a hole and present nothing to an assailant than great slashing teeth. It is a dangerous hide-and-seek game, as Night Goblins stalk their prey. The pursuit leads from large caverns with vast fungal forests to narrow passages where even the stunted Night Goblins must bend and shimmy to get through. The Cave Squigs can launch unexpected attacks from side-tunnels and at times the hunter will become the hunted.[1a]

Should a Cave Squig be found, Night Goblins - armed with sturdy jabby sticks called 'prodders' - will attempt to drive it from it's hidey-hole. Once provoked into the open, nets are thrown over the enraged creature so it can be more safely beaten into a catatonic state by Night Goblins wielding big clubs. Captured Squigs are herded into combat by Night Goblins,[1a] are are often used extensively by Night Goblin tribes as beasts of war or mounts (if not food).[1b]

The common Cave Squigs usually grow from around one to three feet tall. Like most Greenskin organisms, Squigs reproduce by means of spores released periodically by their body, which grow underground into a plant-like womb that nourishes the Squig before it eventually emerges out of the ground. Just like an Orc, a Squig will continuously grow throughout its lifetime, until it becomes so big that it is categorized into another larger variant called a Great Cave Squig.[1b]

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  • 1: Warhammer Armies: Orc and Goblins (8th Edition)
    • 1a: pg. 54
    • 1b: pg. 62
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