Numenera is a game published by Monte Cook Games. Its setting is the Ninth World, and this list has four rumours for that setting. The rumours, which are similar to the Use that can be found with creature descriptions in the official books, can be used as adventure hooks or as simple misinformation.

1. A thuman has been encountered on the roads and behaving strangely. It’s watching those who apss by carefully, and sometimes is launching attacks if they go in a certain direction, though stopping as soon as the direction has changed, or the thuman is at risk. Some wonder if the thuman is protecting its master in some way.
2. Terahydras have been raiding an outlying village, flying down from their nests to swoop off with the village’s livestock, and sometimes other things. The behaviour is a bit odd for tetrahydras, as they seem to be acting in cooperation with each other and selecting specific targets, as well as continually raiding the same place.
3. Travonis ul are walking appetites from an unknown world that constantly look for cellular matter to eat. They are intelligent, but so alien that no-one has been unable to understand how they think. Travonis ul are also far too dangerous to try to communicate with, but that isn’t always enough to stop someone from trying. A Nano believes that, despite lacking any known ability to communicate, travonis ul can communicate and wants to capture one to try and talk to it.
4. Varakith are insect like creatures that nest underground and which are surprisingly intelligent. They are normally found alone or in pairs, but there are rumours that beneath the surface are larger realms of varakith, where the creatures live in dozens, if not hundreds.

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