Spinnetod

Spinnetod (pronunciation: SHPIN-nuh-tohd; Germ. Spinne "spider" + Tod "death"), the black widow of the creature world, is a spider-like creature,based on the Goblin Spider from japanese folklore.

Spinnetods feed on victims by vomiting a sort of digestive juice into the victims mouth, liquifying their innards, then biting the abdomen of the victim and sucking the newly digested material out. This feeding ritual is best known in females, who typically devour their mate.

Female Spinnetods are known to molt their skin every five years. Before molting, they must devour a human's insides in order to expand enough to crack their outermost layer of skin. Because Wesen (like humans) have three layers of skin, this molting must occur daily for a period of three days. If molting does not occur, the skin ages quite rapidly.

Spinnetods exhibit autotomy; that is, they can "drop" a segment of a limb (such as a finger) and regenerate it within a matter of days.

These creatures have an attraction to shiny objects such as watches and dislike the water. They are also extremely agile and fast.