Field Notes: August 13, 2025 Location: Clouded Path, Lower Montaña Bruma, Ecuadorian highland jungle Encounter Summary: Mists curled low over the leaf-littered trail when I encountered Florimagnus custodis, the so-called «Forest Sentinel» of local myth. Easily taller than a horse, its domed carapace shimmered obsidian-black, girded in flame-orange bands that mirrored the rotting wood around its feet. The creature stood utterly still, its towering limbs stilted like sapling trunks, its antennae c

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