Sandmirks

Sandmirks are a race from The Flight of Dragons book and film.

Attributes, weaknesses and abilities - Usually found at the sea shores, as mentioned by the protagonist character Sir Orin Neville Smythe. But can, under direct orders by the antagonist wizard Ommadon be sent to other locations. They are known to create noises which cause other creatures to become irrational, the effect starts off as being mildly annoying but as the sounds become louder the victims begin to suffer from both an intense delusional state of mind and torment, even to the point of becoming angry and violent towards allies, briefly accusing them of conspiring against them before collapsing or screaming.

This is consistent with Ommadon's plan to "turn brother against brother" as he had intended, prior to the events.

The only beings that can resist this effect of the Sandmirk's are the undead (the wolf Aragh) or spirits, like Antiquity. The reasons or causes as to why this is are unknown, even to Peter Dickinson (character) however the Sandmirks can be defeated by killing the queen, without the queen to give leadership the rest of the Sandmirks see running away as their only option.

Sandmirks are rat-like creatures with brown-grey fur. They had big noses, yellow eyes with blood red irises, elvish ears, and long tails.

Their leader (queen) is bigger than the rest of the Sandmirks with long hair on the back of its head and pink coloured belly.