Hmmm, I quote a passage from the L5R weekly...
Waru glanced over his shoulder as if fearful of being chased.
“Creatures,” he gasped. “Small ones, like bears. Simple in
appearance, attractive… like something a woman or a child would
favor.” He looked back, his eyes wild. “They are a lie! They are
not harmless! They drop from the trees in vast numbers! The consume
everything, everyone, in their path! They eat… everything!” He
began shaking uncontrollably. “They are horrible!”
Somehow, the first mental image I got was Ewoks... Tons of
hungry evil ewoks 
