Diremite


 * In The Shrouded Maw, six Diremites are below the battlefield against Diabolos for Darkness Named and Waking Dreams. They will aggro, unlike their other counterparts.

Historical Background
The prefix Dire has been used to imply a powerful form of a conventional animal (i.e. a real animal as opposed to a fictional creature, like a Chimera or Behemoth) in Role-Playing Games like Dungeons & Dragons. Thus, a Diremite would be a very powerful, dangerous Mite. The Dire- category originated from the Dire Wolf (Canis dirus), a large wolf that lived during the last Ice Age in North America. It went extinct 10,000 years ago. A mite is an arachnid belonging to Subclass Acarina. Mites reside in a wide array of habitats. Some live freely on land or in water, some are plant or animal parasites. Chiggers also belong to Subclass Acarina. Ticks also belong to Subclass Acarina.