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Wicker Man — Description
To those who know of the scarecrows know of their great power. Beings of root and soil, who can bring life to entire countrysides, or rain blight upon the fields. They are creatures who walk in the light of the harvest moon, and reap the seasons as they grow old. The scarecrows are not ones to be trifled with. Those who dare to make deals with them must be wary of their kind. The scarecrows are fair, but not merciful. Failure is not accepted, and those who do not uphold the deal are made to suffer. There are those, though, who believe they can overcome these men of straw and stick. They think that beings made of cloth and twine are easy to defeat, easy to beat back. The burning kiss of flame can consume them in an instant, so what is there to fear? When the scarecrows come for you, greet them with fire, they say. Burn away the hordes, and they cannot hurt you. How foolish...

The scarecrows may burn from the flame's touch, but they do not fear. There are some who even welcome it. Soldiers of their masses who eagerly await the fire, with dry bodies of tinder and kindling. A single spark is enough to ignite them into a blazing inferno. Their whole bodies will be consumed, but they do not mind. Instead, they laugh. They laugh at the fire, laugh at the pain. Beneath their dry skins and flammable flesh is a skeleton of iron. Limbs covered in cruel spikes and blades, ones that cannot be burned away. Because when these wicker men burn, they do not burn alone. They rush forward to their demise, cackling as they fly. Their bodies are flung into homes and barns, bringing fire to all they touch. Then they come for those who bear the fire, those who dare to defy the scarecrows. They seize them in a burning embrace of fire and steel, filling the night with laughter and screams. They hold them in their burning, bladed arms, all the way to the end. The sinners will be sacrificed to the harvestmen and their burning moon, cleansed within this personal, laughing pyre.

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Another unit type for the scarecrows, one that likes to heat up the battlefield!