Neekerbreekers

Noisy, cricket-like insects that are found in marshy areas in the northerly regions of Endor (e.g., Arthedain), Neekerbreekers are little more than a major nuisance. Their name is derived from their noisy, incessant night cry. Those experienced with and accustomed to travel in these regions soon learn to tolerate the sound of Neekerbreekers, but travellers carrying dried grains, flour, or waybread are well advised to keep these supplies tightly wrapped in areas where the hideous "neek-breek, neek-breek!" can be heard, since Neekerbreekers have been known to infest and devour such food.

Neekerbreekers are found in particularly foul swamps. Gigantic relatives of the mosquito, these carnivores prefer solid meat. So, while it does not suck blood, a Neekerbreeker will appropriate small chunks of a man's flesh. Any wound indicted by a Neekerbreeker has a chance of being infected with Yellow Rheum, a 0 level illness.