Like their smaller cousins, giant silver ant swarm out of their burrows during the hottest part of the day, searching for food. Though they prefer to carry off dead or weakened creatures, a swarm will attack groups of people, and attempt to kill or carry them off into their nest. Instinct: To feed

• Swarm and scavenge
• Overwhelm and carry away live prey

A dessicated corpse with incandescent eyes and claws that glow white hot and clad in sun-bleached rags, the Burning Ghouls gather in small groups to protect the ruins of citadel of the First Lord of the Sun. Though they are immune to fire and heat, they fear the sun and only venture from the shelter of the ruins at night. Instinct: Protect the ruins

• Search for intruders
• Explode upon death