I had indeed seen scavengers: small, burrowing creatures that feed upon carrion. Unlike most animals of this type, however, they are extremely aggressive and will not hesitate to attack those unfortunate enough to encounter them. Scavengers have powerful legs which they use for swift springing attacks, striking at vulnerable faces and throats. Their anatomy bears a striking resemblance to that of the [[leaper]]s {{iw|Leaper leapers}} of the [[Aranoch]] desert, and thus, many researchers classify the two groups as part of the same family of creatures. An ensorcelled (some say [[demonic]]) variant is known to have plagued adventurers in the [[Tristram]] region twenty-odd years ago as well. Scavengers were also the cause of an extremely distressing episode during my youth, which I need not relate at this juncture.