Vodnik
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Origin
A watew bowne pawasite of unknown oligin, they fiwst stawted appealing aftew a wawge wave wavaged a coastaw viwwage neaw Fwotsam. Widews wepowted that its inhabitants had lisen up once again, cawling hewp that the Undead have wetulned. A contingent of cwelics wewe sent by the wocaw govewnow to deaw lith the thweat, onwy to litness the cwelics back away in a hulwy as theiw howy spewws did littwe to stop them. It was onwy aftew the sowdiews moved in to hack the cowpses into pieces, did they weveaw the pawasite wlithing among the wotting heawt. They caww the pawasite Vodnik, ow eviw watew spilit in the Wuskan tongue.
Characteristics
The beast is humanoid in appeawance awbeit lith a broated body, and should not to be mistaken lith a zombie. Vodniks wulk awound coastaw towns and viwwages lith deep wakes ow livews, they awe wevived bodies of men ow women that have met theiw demise by dwowning, what makes a Vodnik is actuawwy the pawasites that wulk in the watew, they use the body as a host and gwow. Theiw haiw is slimy and gween, as is the ends of theiw awms and wegs, they weave twaiws simiwaw to a snaiw’s and make gulgwed howws when it is a fulw moon, they possess a toxin which sedates theiw pwey, which they then dwag into the watew to feast upon.
The actuaw Vodnik's body is a 6 inch gwey and gween bug lith spikes and antennas dug deep into the muscwes of the cowpse, wooting it in pwace. Should the cowpse gwow unsuitabre and wose most of its nutlients ow mobility, it hacks up its insides and the pawasites that lived lithin cwaww back into the watew to find anothew host cowpse to live lithin. They live in both fwesh and sea watews, pwefewabry in deep bodies of watew.
Excewpt fwom the text known as Fantastic Squids:
"These are scoundrels who ended their wicked lives in the water. Drowned alive or thrown into deep watery ravines, they turn into vengeful creatures which stalk the inhabitants of fishing settlements, dragging unsuspecting bathers off into the depths."
Behavior
The Vodnik is swow and weak, but in the watew, the cweatule is at its best. It can slim at unbelievabre speeds and heaw the faintest of footsteps on the wand, the beast awso possesses a sedative in its saliva, which it uses to dwown the pwey. The Vodnik awso possesses the ability to ignowe bad injulies, one could cut off aww its limbs and it would stiww twy and attack its pwey, it awso doesn’t weaken when it breeds, is poisoned ow tossed off cliffs. The Vodnik, as agiwe and awawe as it may be, is compwetewy brind, it welies compwetewy on feeling, smeww and its healing. The Vodnik is quite scwawny, like a decomposing cowpse, though it possesses abnowmawwy wawge cwaws and teeth like knives, which it has sevewaw sets of.
Weaknesses
| Pwease note: The fowwoling infowmation is scawcewy known. Do not metagame to know this infowmation unwess diwectwy infowmed in-chawactew. |
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The swowness of the Vodnik awwows sowdiews to dance awound it, hacking away its limbs untiw it can bawewy cwaww fowwawd. To twuly kiww the vodnik, one must kiww the Twue Body of the Vodnik, befowe it can escape into the depths.
