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'''Crawlers''' are hideous, slithering invertebrate creatures that resemble enormous earthworms or maggots. They can often be found burrowing in the rotting flesh of [[Wights|Barrow-wights]]. Adventurers who defeat such undead foes will sometimes find that the battle is not yet over when a maddened Crawler emerges from the body of a vanquished Wight. Sub-species of Crawlers include the '''[[Glow-worm]]s''', slithering, luminescent creatures native to [[Moria]], and the '''[[Sand-sifter]]s''', a breed native to the deserts of [[Shagâna]] in [[Haradwaith]].

Note: Despite resembling the modern conception of a worm, Crawlers should not be confused with [[Worms]], a term used for a breed of [[Dragon-kind]].

==Background==
Crawlers do not appear in the work of J.R.R. Tolkien. They were created for ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''. Inspired by Tolkien's giant spiders, the game presumes that many insects and arachnids of [[Middle-earth]] are of enormous size.

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