Editing Setting:Tabula Gloria (section)

====Glowbach (Gloreba'cchi)====

The Glowbach as it is known to For'Chanin explorers of the /Traveler's Guild/, or Gloreba'chhi in the native tongue of the region, is a semi-subterranean creature, favoring areas around the mouths of large cave systems.

A large creature with thick legs, and a body encased in a chitinous shell, what immediately attracts attention are the large glow orbs that sprout in profusion from it's back.

The Glowbach has the ability to extinguish these orbs at any time, should they feel threatened, thus going from a bright source of light to pitch darkness in less than a second.

Shy creatures, they form herds of varying sizes, and graze around the entrances to lowland caves, which they form dens in.

The sight of a large, fully lit up Glowbach herd on clear nights has been compared to that of the stars themselves.

While Glowbach's cannot provide meat, due to the toxic nature of the orbs, they are quite loyal when tamed and are kept as pets or minor beasts of burden, as well as light sources. The wide utility of the creatures is quite amazing. 
I myself have seen Glowbachs used as watch animals due to their tendency to black out if startled, the village in question using the black out to quietly ready themselves for trouble in the dark.