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Originally assumed to be a kind of dragon Germany's Middle Ages, the lindwurm is actually some manner of immense earthworm-like creature, though it blends certain traits of anaconda and Gila monsters. They are serpentine, with a glistening, pale-white skin, generally between thirty and fifty feet in length. They have round maws with lamprey-like rows of teeth, and some varieties (called tatzelwurms) have a pair of vistigial limbs at the front of their bodies.

They bore through the crust of the earth, with their tunnels generally collapsing back in behind them in softer soil, or being mistaken for lava tubes in more solid environs. Lindwurms are known to enter hibernation fairly frequently, remaining as long as a century in many cases before emerging ravenous once more. They are known to eat a wide variety of large animals.

Lindwurms avoid populated areas - they can detect the motion of creatures as many as a hundred yards to all sides of them, and they flee signs of construction or large populations. Of course, this means that many of them have been driven into the last few remaining areas of wilderness.

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Lindwurm skin is known to provide potent insights when brewed down into a thick, viscous liquid and consumed. The nature of these insights tend to be regarding both natural, environmental concepts, and understanding of the human body and its functioning.