Bagrun Bomb Carrier

Alternate Spelling: Bagrunn Bomb Carrier

Perhaps the most ingenious of the trebarnii creations has been the bomb-carrying bagrun. The trebarnii brave the nests of the deadly ishkaru garkrid to steal handfuls of their grubs. The grubs are placed within a small piece of rotting meat that are then sealed within a thin clay parcel. The ishkaru are left to grow and mature, feasting on the decaying meat, but trapped within their clay cages.

The trebarnii carefully load the bombs into baskets that are hoisted up on the back of the thick skinned bagrun or strapped onto the doughty tohka. The poor beasts are led towards the enemy, tormented by any ishkaru that escape the bombs. Once they are close to their enemies the frenu can pick up the bombs and drop them onto their targets. The thin shells crack and the irate occupants erupt from their cage to devastating effect. The howlers have even been known to venture close enough to pick up and throw the bombs, but their skins are certainly not thick enough to deter the ishkaru!

Source: The Compiled Twilight Traveller Issue 1