A number of mobs there, red marsh trapper, tangle tree, phosphorescent swampflax, and gigantic wolf-trap are able to be dirt kicked and bleed from backrake. This struck me as odd, as they seem to be plants.

Also with the mobs in Veran, and the specialized echoes when they aggro on a PC, you continue to see the message throughout the fight.

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The monstrous sharkjaw plant parries your wrath.
Your shield blocks the monstrous sharkjaw plant's chomp.
You parry the monstrous sharkjaw plant's chomp.
The monstrous sharkjaw plant has some small but disgusting cuts.

<630/689hp 520/552m 711/711mv 12 AM 2264tnl>
You realize you have let the monstrous sharkjaw plant too close... and it attacks!
The monstrous sharkjaw plant has some small but disgusting cuts.

<630/689hp 520/552m 711/711mv 12 AM 2264tnl>

The monstrous sharkjaw plant parries your wrath.
Your shield blocks the monstrous sharkjaw plant's chomp.
The monstrous sharkjaw plant has some small but disgusting cuts.