when lusii finish growing into adults, theyre shipped off to the brooding caverns so they can assign themselves to young trolls. occasionally, though, some fully-grown lusii can slip through the cracks, and stick around for a bit longer than they should...

in this case, spidermom was the lusus in question.

she wasn't very big yet, but she still had quite a mean bite, and she wasnt afraid to use it. she wrecked havoc on the casteslums for a few hours until a jadeblood came along and took her away. i had gotten lost in the whole ordeal, and i also just so happened to have gotten bitten by her. parhac looked everywhere for me, and when he finally found me...

WARNING: blood in this image

my first exposure to blood and i was already using it to draw.

also hey, look. that's the name i had before i got an actual name. in retrospect it was kind of offensive, but i dont care that much.