WORM TROOPERS

Number Appearing: 12-120

Size: 6 feet tall

Armor: Bony plates equivalent to chain mail, sometimes carry shields

Resilience: As per experienced human warrior

Intelligence: Sub-average human range

Communication: Bark out orders and acknowledgements thereof in piercing high-pitched shrieks capable of resounding over vast distances, language composed of almost 100% battlefield jargon

Disposition: Stern, highly disciplined, seethe with battle-lust beneath composed exteriors

Violence: Standard issue spear/pole-arm, scimitar and/or javelins, bite when convenient

Enemies: As designated by their creator, lord, and master, Chaos godling Shaggath-Ka

Aims: Only following orders

Peculiarities: 

• Continuous waves of reinforcements provided by the hideous, blood-guzzling, self-fertilizing Drone-Wives of Shaggath-Ka, who produce millions of eggs at a go, deposit them in the Worm Pits where a terrible cannibalistic struggle ensues, only 1d6 hundreds of adult worm troopers emerge per batch
• Unshakable morale, once set to a task by their master or his high priests, worm troopers sacrifice their lives toward these ends without the slightest hesitation
• Subjected to thorough training in battle tactics under tutelage of the priesthood, but must constantly combat powerful innate urge to commit all available forces in single all-out frontal assault
• Encysted in stasis-goo then shipped to secret storage chambers in numerous strategic locations around the Underworld, magically activated as needed by Shaggath-Ka or his priesthood
• Often deployed via colossal, fast-tunneling carrier worms, stored in transport gizzard until disgorged in desired location

Treasure: Sometimes encountered returning to their master's realm laden with the spoils of Underworld war