A portion of their shells are hallowed out to make room for passengers and cargo, and exposing sensitive tissue that the caravaners apply small pressure to in order to guide their direction. The people of Morrowind use them as an alternative means of travelling through the wetlands. Few people these days can tell you what it is like, since this spectacular insectoid’s numbers were brought down to about two or three by the fall of Baar Dau. It’s when we rode a silt strider the rest of the way that it started to get interesting. We boarded a small boat that took us to Seyda Neen-nothing very unique or noteworthy about that.