Mantis Scouts

Hunter's Journal
Stronger and smarter than the rest of the resilient Mantis Tribe. Truly formidable foes. They cry out in pain because the memory of their fallen and lost brethren is too much to bear. How the tragedy of death follows us all.

Brief
The Mantis Scouts are enemy NPCs who are members of the Mantis Village. Many of their corpses can be found scattered around the Queen’s Gardens.

Lore
The Mantis Scouts were the bravest and strongest of the Mantis Warriors, tasked with observing and reporting details of the Hallownest. Once the infection began spreading and the Mantis Traitors were exiled, the scouts were tasked with reporting the traitors' exploits. However, the Mantis Scouts were quickly found and overpowered by the infection filled Mantis Traitors. The scout’s corpses can be found lain throughout the Queen’s Gardens. The few scouts remaining returned to the village never to explore again.

The details of the Mantis Scout’s are found in lore tablets in the Mantis Village as well as through dream nail dialog.

Behavior and Tactics
Scout’s are unique as they have double health and will retreat once defeated akin to the Mantis Lords. It’s best to avoid these enemies as they do not venture far to hunt you down and give little reward for their defeat.

Alive (hostile):

 * We must remember our fallen brothers
 * retreated before… will not retreat again
 * the day of defeat has past

Alive (passive):

 * an explorer.. what bittersweet memories
 * a pale one… what a rarity
 * I recognise this form… from the depths of hallownest

Deceased:

 * overwhelmed by those of forbidden strength
 * anything for the village
 * traitors… traitors… traitors…

Location
The player may find the corpses of the Mantis Scout’s spread throughout the Queen’s Gardens as well the  remaining Mantis Scout’s at the Mantis Village.

Trivia

 * The Mantis Scouts are one of the few attackable characters the player cannot kill