“A whole pack of those things swooped us the other day… grabbed four out of our unit before taking off. Bastards are freaky beyond belief. I heard our troops laughing while they were taken.” — Cmd. Teena Bion; ATSQC Army

Aerial Aliens

Abductors are members of the Progeny who make up the majority of Ragnorra’s airborne abominations. Abductors look like a contorted hybrid of a parakeet and dragonfly with avian faces and wings and arthropodal bodies. Their primary function is, as their name would suggest, abducting individuals and delivering them to Ragnorra or other members of the Progeny.

The bones within an abductor’s wings are part of its rib cage. These bones are prehensile and the abductor can forcefully rip the bones from its wings and enclose them around its victims like long skeletal fingers. These bones are light yet extremely durable, often the bones must be snapped to free anyone caught within.

The rib bones lock victims against its soft insectoid underside. There, a specialized gland extends from the abductors neck. This gland has an intradermal needle that injects a sedative into its victim, inducing a state of bliss and acceptance within the creature.

Take, Not Fight

In combat situations, the abductor prefers to avoid drawn-out engagements. If it can avoid it, the abductor will not land during combat, and if it can accomplish it, it will surprise its victims.

Using this ambush-style, an abductor can swoop over a group and abduct someone in a matter of seconds. If the sedative takes hold, there’s a high likelihood that the victim will never be seen again. Even if it doesn’t, few adventurers would risk the fall from hundreds of feet in the air.

This makes fights with abductors fast and frantic engagements. Most experts and veterans of such encounters would warn against getting close enough to the abductor for it to use its ribcage.

Chillingly, communities who fall under the influence of an Idea Shaper for a prolonged amount of time seem to willingly celebrate the coming of the abductors. They see the avians as the angels of Ragnorra, come to deliver them to a new paradise of peace, happiness, and warmth.