Hair Leech
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It is uncommon, but many people have sometimes seen people and animals grow strips of red or brown hair where there previous wasn't any. Even more of a oddity is that if those bits of hair are cut, blood starts flowing out of it.
Origin
The hair leech is a parasitic creature which looks like strings of hair. They suck little amounts of blood from their host, making the color of their thin bodies from black to blood red, passing through reddish browns. Tiny eggs are the way that the leech is born on the heads of people. They are placed when someone's hair with the leeches passes through leaves and branches, and then gets collected by the next head passing through it. Rubbing hairs together, which isn't uncommon by mistake, is also a way to propagate the eggs. Tales of blood hair women are told about due to this leech.
Characteristics
These parasites are thin like hair, and grow as they suck the blood from their host. They may be used by some people as a way to create red stripes of hair or to completely change their hair color if many of the leeches are found. It also works for bald men to get some 'hair' back. The only difference between normal hair and the Hair Leech is that when cut, the hair leech bleeds out, just as if the hair was bleeding. When trying to rip it out, it would hurt the same as pulling hair out, due to it's very tiny teeth that it uses to grip onto the head of the person. They are mostly harmless to any creature unless they are infected with some disease.
Mechanics (If applicable)
If someone wants to have these leeches on their character's head, all they have to do is change their skin slightly to include them.
Redlines
- These creatures do not move.
- They will bleed when cut.
- When the parasites are pulled out, they will leave marks and the person will bleed.
