Valance Leech (Species)

Valance Leech (Species)
Kanji	帳蛭
Romaji	Tobari hiru
Other Names	Curtain Leech
Species Info
Class	Leech
Habitat	Unknown
Diet	Blood
Size	Varies
Manga
Debut	Chapter 62

A Valance Leech is a type of lattice-shaped leech. They are named after window hangings.

Description

Valance leeches are made up of many sticky tentacles in a lattice or net-like shape. Each tentacle seems to possess a mouth with multiple rows of sharp teeth. They use their tentacles to grab prey and to feed on blood. After feeding, valance leeches are known to swell in size. at its natural size, this blood sucking is rarely fatal. The saliva of the valance leech contains a toxin which stops wounds from scabbing over leading them to continuously bleed. This toxin also has a numbing effect. If food becomes less available, valance leeches are known to become more aggressive.

A valance leech tentacle mouth.

Like other kinds of leeches, those of the valance variety are vulnerable to both salt and fire.

History

Some castles, including Ezrest, keep valance leeches along their outer walls. True to their name, the leeches hang down from windows and other openings, like a valance, preventing both incursions and escape.

While Engendale was in prison, he drew forbidden magic on his cellmate's body and told him to reach his hand out of the window so they could escape. When the cellmate did so, a valance leech began attacking him. As the forbidden spell activated, it fused the leech and human cellmate together. The resulting monster—born of conjuring ink and blood—exploded in size before setting its sight on the nearby town.

Trivia

• While the valance leech's Japanese name, 帳蛭 (tobari hiru), literally translates as "curtain" (tobari) and "leech" (hiru), the component character 帳 also carries the additional meaning of "notebook," like in 手帳 (techou).