Board Thread:Fan-made Monsters/@comment-24701421-20140918131210

 Molemen 

Species: Beastmen

Habitat: Underground Caverns

Disposition: Shy, Meek

Diet: Omnivorous but prefers meat

A small race of beastmen, roughly the size of Goblins or Large Mice to be exact, with clawed paws and velvety fur like that of a mole, Molemen are very effective diggers that can live comfortably in complete darkness, guided only by their acute senses of touch, smell and hearing. Adapted to live underground for their whole lives, Molemen often work as miners and would trade ores with other races of mamono, such as Dwarves, in exchange for materials from aboveground. In fact, the Molemen have somehow developed an underground variant of agriculture by acquiring nutrient-rich matter from aboveground and using the said matter to feed the various cave animals and fungi that they themselves enjoy eating. In addition, Molemen are known to cultivate certain types of conventional crops such as carrots, potatoes and ginger so that they can acquire underground roots and tubers at their own leisure.

As efficient as they are as diggers, Molemen have poor eyesight and are terrified of bright lights so they hardly ever appear aboveground in the daytime. Shy by nature, Molemen would prefer to remain underground undisturbed for their whole lives if possible although they do leave their burrows at night on occasion, such as for planting their crops which can only grow aboveground. However, like all mamono, Molemen would eventually desire for human men as husbands and would venture out at night in search of suitable mates. Thanks to their digging abilities, they can form complex tunnel networks which can extend to incredible distances with numerous hidden exits which allow them to appear out of seemingly nowhere.

When a Moleman sees a human man that strikes her fancy, she would quickly dig into the ground and tunnel her way towards him. Once she gets below him, she will quickly seize him from below and bite him, causing him to be paralyzed as a result. Once she had captured him, she will quickly bring him back to her home burrow and ravish him. Like many mamono, Molemen would strive to make their home more comfortable for their human husbands, even if it means living closer to the surface and putting up with sources of lights such as “Glow Stools”, a type of mushroom which gives off a soft glow that Molemen and Werebats do not mind as a source of light, and even fire.

As for relations with other mamono races, Molemen generally interact with other races of mamono that live underground or at least make frequent trips to underground such as Dwarves, Kobolds, Trolls**, Werebats, Large Mice and Arachne. They may even interact with aquatic mamono, at least whenever there is an underground body of water connected to the surface.

** Both my version and KC’s version of the Troll can live underground, so no issues with canon info there.  