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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cedric" data-source="post: 903463" data-attributes="member: 2044">Gold Worms .... Ah, I remember those (heh, not really, just making this up).They were a failed gnomish/dwarven experiment. There were areas of the mines that were not able to safely be mined. So the Gnomes, working with the Dwarven miners, used magic and knowledge to breed a new type of worm. Later dubbed, Gold Worms, they were able to chew through solid rock and burrow wherever they wanted. They want to feed on gold. The more gold they eat, the larger they get, topping out at about 6 feet long...originally. The plan was to let them eat gold, which would stay with them ... and then specially trained Worm Trainers would lure them back to the normal caves to harvest them and get the Gold out. Unfortunately, they underestimated just how much stone these worms could chew and soon they had littered the caves with a honeycomb of large holes...destabilizing the caves. After a few years of failed effort trying to stabilize the caverns and mines, the dwarves and gnomes left. To this day, some of the gold worms live yet, although most of the gold they rely on in the earth is gone. They turned on each other decades ago. There are only a few left, they are now HUGE creatures. Benign but for the fact they keep chewing up the rock. So you have entire mountains that can just collapse on a whim. And there is no place safe to walk. Of course, if you find and kill one of the few worms left, you could retire. Oh...and you might want to be really careful going through their territory with any gold. The years have greatly honed their gold sense (kind of like a metal detector sense). They will, in a pinch, feed on lesser metals as well now. Cedric</blockquote>

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