Purple worm eggs were approximately 3 ft (0.91 m) in diameter, silvery spheres with extremely hard shells. They occasionally surfaced in order to find prey. They largely conformed to the standard characteristics of the purple worm, but were generally found in shallow bottom muck. Mottled Mottled purple worms were an aquatic sub-species. There were never any reports of them tunneling underneath the Trade Way, as whatever magic protected it also stopped them from disturbing it. They also typically followed in the wake of Memnon's manifestations, since these loosened soil. Much like the desert cousin of the purple worm, thunderherders, this species typically traveled in groups. Varieties of purple worms were known to live in lakes or desert plains:ĭesert Desert purple worms were a species endemic to the sands and salt flats of Calimshan. They were highly skilled swimmers and possessed a tremorsense that let them sense everything in contact with the ground. The tail stinger inflicted a potent, debilitating venom. With its mouth, it could catch and swallow beings whole with ease those swallowed were crushed and dissolved by stomach acids if they could not escape by cutting their way or using magic.
When attacking, a purple coiled into a mass 20 feet (6.1 meters) wide, from which head and tail lunged to bite, grab, and sting anything within a range of 15 feet (4.6 meters). They moved by alternately compressing and expanding their bodies, which made them capable of sudden speed.
A mature purple worm had a body 5 feet (1.5 meters) wide and 80 feet (24 meters) long, and 40,000 pounds (18,000,000 grams) in weight. It was an enormous worm-like creature with a hide covered in chitinous plates that were dark purple in hue, with a mouth filled with teeth at one end and a poisonous stinger on the other.
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