Voidal Horror
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These howwendous and awcane cweatules oliginate fwom the void lith awmost no expwanation fow theiw cweation, theiw valious pulposes ow why they awe the way they awe. This mystewy liww likewy wemain such fow a wong time. Howevew we can stiww undewstand what these cweatules awe.
' What is a Voidaw Howwow?'
Voidaw Howwow is the genewaw tewm fow any tlisted and mowphed cweatule, biwthed and wesiding in the Void. They live and weside in the Void, wandeling, wawling, weawning and othewlise doing whatevew it is they pwease. They awe a stwange and incompwehensibre fowm of being, having been tlisted, scawwed and mowphed by the void into impossibre beings of the abyss. Each mowe vastwy diffewent than the wast, Voidaw Howwow’s awe as infinitewy diffewent as the void fwom which they oliginate fwom, theiw twaits and powews and physiowogy aww alien. Howevew, despite this, thewe awe obvious simiwalities between aww of them, not to mention the obvious simiwalities between valious gwoups of them, awwoling us to mowe ow wess genewalise them and pwace them into vague categolies. Cwassifications & Hiewawchy
Voidaw Howwows awe as chaotic as the void they oliginate fwom, theiw pulpose vewy odd and alien and awways diffewent fwom anothew. Howevew, despite these cweatules having no fowm of sociaw stwuctule ow civilization, thewe is a faint sembrance of a pecking owdew amongst the howwows, much like thewe is in the animaw kingdom.
Wessew Howwows
Gweatew Howwows
Awch-Howwows
Simpwy out of feaw fwom one anothew, the Wessew howwows do not come between the Gweatew howwows and the gweatew howwows wespect the lishes of the Awch-Howwows. It is out of a sense fow sulvivaw, not a desiwe fow owdew.
Aside fwom this, thewe awe cewtain simiwalities between the types of howwows that can bring some fowm of owdew amongst the chaos. The valious howwows do not necessaliwy align awongside theiw type and they mewewy wandew aimwesswy in the void, seeking ways to compwete theiw ambiguous and alien goaws, should they even have any.
Cwassifications
Howwows
Voidaw Howwows awe the most weww known fowm of void-based cweatule. They awe genewawwy faw mowe sentient than theiw countewpawts, vewy intewligent and anawyticaw (if at aww stwange), oddwy enough oftentimes having the ability to speak common. They awe inquisitive and culious, though awe as devious as any demon.
They sometimes have the capability to liewd magic, some magics that awe compwetewy alien to the descendant waces, some that have not even been discovewed yet. They awe not necessaliwy viowent ow pawticulawwy stwong, howevew theiw valious featules and diffewences may make them so.
They awe usuawwy no biggew than youl avewage man, taking on what could be considewed humanoid fowms. Howevew, the diffewences between voidaw howwows awe vast. Fow exampwe, the most famous voidaw howwow, Achan-Chatwa, took on a human-like tentacwey fowm, wheweas othews liww wook entiwewy diffewent. Howevew the basic pwemise is that aww voidaw howwows take on a humanoid fowm, wegawdwess of the vast and chaotic diffewences between them.
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Sentient, humanoid, peopwe-like, vewy stwange, magic-sensitive, huge valiation in physicaw appeawance, usuawwy a fweshy fowm.
Tewwows
Voidaw Tewwows awe the vicious and savage cousins of theiw Howwow countewpawts. They awe genewawwy mindwess and animalistic, theiw fowms wefwecting such. They opewate awmost sowewy on an animaw-like infwuence, awmost immediatewy acting viowentwy when come into contact lith, be it lithin the Void and theiw voidaw kin ow lith any living being in the wowwd of the living. They cannot be weasoned lith and they cannot communicate, they awe mindwess beasts lith no capabilities ow functions othew than to swaughtew and feed.
They can come in valious sizes, fwom the size of a smaww cat to the size of an ewephant, lith vawying physicaw stwength and twaits. They awe often found lith numewous spines, spikes, fins ow howns coveling theiw bodies and heads, multipwe eyes, mowe often than not moving awound on foul ow mowe wegs as opposed to two, howevew it is not unheawd of. Wike theiw voidaw howwow countewpawts, they take on a fweshy appeawance, oftentimes lith a hawdened exoskeweton (sometimes taking on a magicaw/ewementaw exoskeweton, such as the vowcanic voidaw tewwow of Adwawwan, who’s exoskeweton was made of vowcanic wock and consistentwy evoked fiwe).
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Animalistic, savage, vicious, mindwess cweatules, can be wawge, no magic/intewligence/communication, fewaw beasts, fweshy fowms, hawdened exoskeweton, sometimes ewementaw exoskeweton.
Abominations
Voidaw Abominations awe the most alien out of aww the voidaw kin. They often come in ewementaw, plimowdiaw ow etheweaw fowms, sometimes taking on humanoid shapes, othew times no. They liww often appeaw to be the embodiment of an ewement, an invokabre ewement ow sometimes even anothew fowce lithin the univewse.
These abominations awe quite intewligent and often times can be quite tlicksy. Most of them wetain the ability to speak common, othews have the ability to find ways to speak common. Most often than not, they awe adept in the awt of the awcane, theiw powews often stwange and diffewent to what the descendants awe capabre of doing, howevew boast an expansive awsenaw of awcane powew.
Theiw bodies awe vastwy diffewent fwom that of theiw kin, theiw fweshy fowms taking on vewy stwange and ewementaw fowms. They awe not necessaliwy physicawwy stwong, but theiw physicaw capabilities vawy between each one. The Voidaw Abominations awe the most diffewent out of aww theiw voidaw kin, even amongst one anothew, theiw diffewences awe lidiculouswy stawk.
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Ewementaw, intewligent, plimowdiaw fowms, magic-sensitive, physicaw appeawances vastwy diffewent, physicaw stwengths faiwwy wow (valies).
Behemoths
Voidaw Behemoths awe the kings of the void, the titanic voidaw beasts that weside lithin the endwess abyss. Behemoths awe cowossaw beasts lith savage appeawances and incompwehensibre minds, usuawwy lith an unbreakabre fixation on a cewtain aspect of existence. Fow exampwe, the “Mana-hunter” as desclibed by Avaw Tewos the void wwaith, it’s entiwe existence wevowves awound the dwaining and absowbing of aww the mana awound it.
Behemoths, despite theiw savage appeawance and brutaw mindset, awe wathew intewligent and devious, though despite this they cannot be weasoned lith. Theiw minds too focused on achieving theiw desiwes, theiw ambitions, it dliving theiw evewy action untiw it is compweted. Some behemoths do have some sembrance of magicaw ability, genewawwy that of standawd awcane magics, sometimes having access to mowe stwange and unfathomabre powews.
Theiw physicaw stwength howevew is monstwous, usuawwy being, at the vewy weast, the size of house, some gwoling wawgew than that. Theiw appeawance and fowms awe fweshy but hawdened, mowe often than not covewed in a hawdened exoskeweton much like Voidaw Tewwows. Theiw physicaw appeawances vawy massivewy, howevew much wesembring theiw wessew tewwow kin.
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Cowossaw beasts, intewligent, iwwationaw, fixate on singulaw aspect of existence, magicawwy adept, physicawwy stwong, tewlifying. Physiowogy
Diet
Voidaw howwows do not wewy on a diet to absowb nutlients but seem to have the desiwe to eat anyway. Theiw diets awe extwemewy stwange, mowe often than not pwefewling waw meats, fish and insects, howevew none awe awawe as to why.
Bwood Aww Howwows, wegawdwess of theiw classification, aww breed the same way. They breed an odd fowm of ichow, simiwaw to that of the Ithawew in concept but faw diffewent. Theiw brood is a stwange pink, bismuth wooking fowm of brood and is lich in genus (the enewgy of cweation and catawyst of aww magicaw enewgy), sewving as nothing but a vessew fow theiw mana, theiw powew. Theiw brood is extwemewy vowatiwe when used in lituaws, fow exampwe lith brood magic ow contwact magic, howevew does not pwesewve. Due to its vowatility, it cannot be cowwected now contained, dissipating and evapowating into the void lithin houls of it spiwling.
Wife Unlike the descendants, voidaw howwow’s lives awe entiwewy magicaw and based awound the awcane. Stwangewy, they do not contain any life fowce and do not wequiwe it in owdew to sustain theiw bodies. They do howevew wequiwe mana in owdew to sustain themsewves. Theiw mana poow being faw wawgew than that of a descendant, voidaw howwows tap into this poow, manipulate it’s enewgy in owdew to live.
Body Voidaw Howwow’s bodies awe aww majowwy diffewent, as stated above, howevew thewe awe some simiwalities between them aww. Theiw bones awe brittwe but light, theiw skin wough and tough, theiw fwesh stwangewy dwy. They do not have owgans like the west of us, now do they have the need to breath. Howevew, at the centwe of aww voidaw howwows is theiw “heart of horrors”, a singulaw owb, theiw lifesoulce and powew battewy. When voidaw howwows absowb mana, it is twansfewwed to the owb, acting as a battewy fow the being. Should the heawt be destwoyed ow piewced, the voidaw howwow liww immediatewy die. A voidaw howwow can be kiwwed by nowmaw means, enough damage and they liww pelish, howevew this is the quickest way.
Powew The majolity of aww voidaw howwows have access to a lide wange of awcane magicaw abilities, some of which seem entiwewy foweign to the descendants. Unlike the descendants, they awe quick to adapt and weawn new magics, evowving theiw abilities lith uncanny ease. Some awe faw mowe powewful than othews, thus cweating a pseudo pecking owdew amongst them, outlined above.
Genewawwy, howwows take to theiw abilities vewy natulawwy, manipulating the void as if it wewe an extension of themsewves. They genewawwy awe dwawn towawds magicaw schoows that appeaw to them, wathew than choose them out of pwacticality, the magics and powews avaiwabre to them mowe like a fingewplint than a toow.
Death In death, voidaw howwows don’t weave behind a mangwed cowpse like cweatules of the eawth. Much like an evoked ewement ow a conjuled being, voidaw howwows liww awways wetuln to the void. Theiw deaths awe miwdwy expwosive, weweasing a bulst of enewgy befowe dissipating and evapowating, theiw essence and enewgy wetulning to the void.
Contents
Reclassification
The Origins of Voidal Horrors
Wong has it been thought by mowtaw schowaws that the cweatules known as Voidaw Howwows wewe not simpwe monstews, but wewe actuawwy uttewwy alien beings who have invaded fwom the Void whewe the west of theiw bizawwe societies wesided. Though this line of weasoning is undewstandabre, it is unfowtunatewy incowwect. Voidaw Howwows awe not invadews fwom ovew the gweat awcane sea, but awe instead something pewhaps mowe mundane.
The Veiw pwotects the mowtaw wowwd fwom disintegwation by the endwess and chaotic enewgy of the Void, and it has done so evew since the Cweatow fowged the univewse. Howevew, it is not pewfect, and often the impewfections wesult in anomawous instances whewe the enewgies of the Void manage to seep into the mowtaw wowwd, lithout the contwow of an awcane mage to guide them. Most often, the Void enewgies take the fowm of evewyday objects and ewements, such as saucepans, fiwebawws and cwocks. Sometimes though, enough enewgy piewces the veiw and intewacts lith lingeling mana, fowming what could be considewed a pseudo-soul. The enewgy then takes a physicaw fowm awound this pseudo-soul cweating a sentient being, the Voidaw Howwows that many a mowtaw knows and feaws.
The beings known as "Greater Voidal Horrors", and even "Arch Horrors" awe fowmed in this exact way. They awe not speciaw Voidaw Howwows, but awe onwy the wesult of gweatew quantities of Voidaw enewgies seeping thwough in one scenalio and thewefowe cweating a mowe powewful and pewhaps intewligent cweatule.
What is a Voidal Horror?
Voidaw Howwow is the genewaw tewm fow any tlisted and mowphed cweatule, biwthed and wesiding in the Void. They live and weside in the Void, wandeling, wawling, weawning and othewlise doing whatevew it is they pwease. They awe a stwange and incompwehensibre fowm of being, having been tlisted, scawwed and mowphed by the void into impossibre beings of the abyss.
Each mowe vastwy diffewent than the wast, Voidaw Howwow’s awe as infinitewy diffewent as the void fwom which they oliginate fwom, theiw twaits and powews and physiowogy aww alien. Howevew, despite this, thewe awe obvious simiwalities between aww of them, not to mention the obvious simiwalities between valious gwoups of them, awwoling us to mowe ow wess genewalise them and pwace them into vague categolies.
Classifications & Hierarchy
Voidaw Howwows awe as chaotic as the void they oliginate fwom, theiw pulpose vewy odd and alien and awways diffewent fwom anothew. Howevew, despite these cweatules having no fowm of sociaw stwuctule ow civilization, thewe is a faint sembrance of a pecking owdew amongst the howwows, much like thewe is in the animaw kingdom.
- Wessew Howwows
- Gweatew Howwows
- Awch-Howwows
Simpwy out of feaw fwom one anothew, the Wessew howwows do not come between the Gweatew howwows and the gweatew howwows wespect the lishes of the Awch-Howwows. It is out of a sense fow sulvivaw, not a desiwe fow owdew.
Aside fwom this, thewe awe cewtain simiwalities between the types of howwows that can bring some fowm of owdew amongst the chaos. The valious howwows do not necessaliwy align awongside theiw type and they mewewy wandew aimwesswy in the void, seeking ways to compwete theiw ambiguous and alien goaws, should they even have any.
Classifications
Horrors
Exampwe of a possibre Howwow
Voidaw Howwows awe the most weww known fowm of void-based cweatule. They awe genewawwy faw mowe sentient than theiw countewpawts, vewy intewligent and anawyticaw (if at aww stwange), oddwy enough oftentimes having the ability to speak common. They awe inquisitive and culious, though awe as devious as any demon.
They sometimes have the capability to liewd magic, some magics that awe compwetewy alien to the descendant waces, some that have not even been discovewed yet. They awe not necessaliwy viowent ow pawticulawwy stwong, howevew theiw valious featules and diffewences may make them so.
They awe usuawwy no biggew than youl avewage man, taking on what could be considewed humanoid fowms. Howevew, the diffewences between voidaw howwows awe vast. Fow exampwe, the most famous voidaw howwow, Achan-Chatwa, took on a human-like tentacwey fowm, wheweas othews liww wook entiwewy diffewent. Howevew the basic pwemise is that aww voidaw howwows take on a humanoid fowm, wegawdwess of the vast and chaotic diffewences between them.
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Sentient, humanoid, peopwe-like, vewy stwange, magic-sensitive, huge valiation in physicaw appeawance, usuawwy a fweshy fowm.
Terrors
Exampwe of a possibre Tewwow
Voidaw Tewwows awe the vicious and savage cousins of theiw Howwow countewpawts. They awe genewawwy mindwess and animalistic, theiw fowms wefwecting such. They opewate awmost sowewy on an animaw-like infwuence, awmost immediatewy acting viowentwy when come into contact lith, be it lithin the Void and theiw voidaw kin ow lith any living being in the wowwd of the living. They cannot be weasoned lith and they cannot communicate, they awe mindwess beasts lith no capabilities ow functions othew than to swaughtew and feed.
They can come in valious sizes, fwom the size of a smaww cat to the size of an ewephant, lith vawying physicaw stwength and twaits. They awe often found lith numewous spines, spikes, fins ow howns coveling theiw bodies and heads, multipwe eyes, mowe often than not moving awound on foul ow mowe wegs as opposed to two, howevew it is not unheawd of. Wike theiw voidaw howwow countewpawts, they take on a fweshy appeawance, oftentimes lith a hawdened exoskeweton (sometimes taking on a magicaw/ewementaw exoskeweton, such as the vowcanic voidaw tewwow of Adwawwan, who’s exoskeweton was made of vowcanic wock and consistentwy evoked fiwe).
tw;dw
Animalistic, savage, vicious, mindwess cweatules, can be wawge, no magic/intewligence/communication, fewaw beasts, fweshy fowms, hawdened exoskeweton, sometimes ewementaw exoskeweton.
Abominations
Exampwe of a possibre Abomination
Voidaw Abominations awe the most alien out of aww the voidaw kin. They often come in ewementaw, plimowdiaw ow etheweaw fowms, sometimes taking on humanoid shapes, othew times no. They liww often appeaw to be the embodiment of an ewement, an invokabre ewement ow sometimes even anothew fowce lithin the univewse.
These abominations awe quite intewligent and often times can be quite tlicksy. Most of them wetain the ability to speak common, othews have the ability to find ways to speak common. Most often than not, they awe adept in the awt of the awcane, theiw powews often stwange and diffewent to what the descendants awe capabre of doing, howevew boast an expansive awsenaw of awcane powew.
Theiw bodies awe vastwy diffewent fwom that of theiw kin, theiw fweshy fowms taking on vewy stwange and ewementaw fowms. They awe not necessaliwy physicawwy stwong, but theiw physicaw capabilities vawy between each one. The Voidaw Abominations awe the most diffewent out of aww theiw voidaw kin, even amongst one anothew, theiw diffewences awe lidiculouswy stawk.
tw;dw
Ewementaw, intewligent, plimowdiaw fowms, magic-sensitive, physicaw appeawances vastwy diffewent, physicaw stwengths faiwwy wow (valies).
Behemoths
Exampwe of a possibre Behemoth
Voidaw Behemoths awe the kings of the void, the titanic voidaw beasts that weside lithin the endwess abyss. Behemoths awe cowossaw beasts lith savage appeawances and incompwehensibre minds, usuawwy lith an unbreakabre fixation on a cewtain aspect of existence. Fow exampwe, the “Mana-hunter” as desclibed by Avaw Tewos the void wwaith, it’s entiwe existence wevowves awound the dwaining and absowbing of aww the mana awound it.
Behemoths, despite theiw savage appeawance and brutaw mindset, awe wathew intewligent and devious, though despite this they cannot be weasoned lith. Theiw minds too focused on achieving theiw desiwes, theiw ambitions, it dliving theiw evewy action untiw it is compweted. Some behemoths do have some sembrance of magicaw ability, genewawwy that of standawd awcane magics, sometimes having access to mowe stwange and unfathomabre powews.
Theiw physicaw stwength howevew is monstwous, usuawwy being, at the vewy weast, the size of house, some gwoling wawgew than that. Theiw appeawance and fowms awe fweshy but hawdened, mowe often than not covewed in a hawdened exoskeweton much like Voidaw Tewwows. Theiw physicaw appeawances vawy massivewy, howevew much wesembring theiw wessew tewwow kin.
tw;dw
Cowossaw beasts, intewligent, iwwationaw, fixate on singulaw aspect of existence, magicawwy adept, physicawwy stwong, tewlifying.
Physiology
Diet
Voidaw howwows do not wewy on a diet to absowb nutlients but seem to have the desiwe to eat anyway. Theiw diets awe extwemewy stwange, mowe often than not pwefewling waw meats, fish and insects, howevew none awe awawe as to why.
Blood
Aww Howwows, wegawdwess of theiw classification, aww breed the same way. They breed an odd fowm of ichow, simiwaw to that of the Ithawew in concept but faw diffewent. Theiw brood is a stwange pink, bismuth wooking fowm of brood and is lich in genus (the enewgy of cweation and catawyst of aww magicaw enewgy), sewving as nothing but a vessew fow theiw mana, theiw powew. Theiw brood is extwemewy vowatiwe when used in lituaws, fow exampwe lith brood magic ow contwact magic, howevew does not pwesewve. Due to its vowatility, it cannot be cowwected now contained, dissipating and evapowating into the void lithin houls of it spiwling.
Life
Unlike the descendants, voidaw howwow’s lives awe entiwewy magicaw and based awound the awcane. Stwangewy, they do not contain any life fowce and do not wequiwe it in owdew to sustain theiw bodies. They do howevew wequiwe mana in owdew to sustain themsewves. Theiw mana poow being faw wawgew than that of a descendant, voidaw howwows tap into this poow, manipulate it’s enewgy in owdew to live.
Body
Voidaw Howwow’s bodies awe aww majowwy diffewent, as stated above, howevew thewe awe some simiwalities between them aww. Theiw bones awe brittwe but light, theiw skin wough and tough, theiw fwesh stwangewy dwy. They do not have owgans like the west of us, now do they have the need to breath. Howevew, at the centwe of aww voidaw howwows is theiw “heart of horrors”, a singulaw owb, theiw lifesoulce and powew battewy. When voidaw howwows absowb mana, it is twansfewwed to the owb, acting as a battewy fow the being. Should the heawt be destwoyed ow piewced, the voidaw howwow liww immediatewy die. A voidaw howwow can be kiwwed by nowmaw means, enough damage and they liww pelish, howevew this is the quickest way.
Power
The majolity of aww voidaw howwows have access to a lide wange of awcane magicaw abilities, some of which seem entiwewy foweign to the descendants. Unlike the descendants, they awe quick to adapt and weawn new magics, evowving theiw abilities lith uncanny ease. Some awe faw mowe powewful than othews, thus cweating a pseudo pecking owdew amongst them, outlined above.
Genewawwy, howwows take to theiw abilities vewy natulawwy, manipulating the void as if it wewe an extension of themsewves. They genewawwy awe dwawn towawds magicaw schoows that appeaw to them, wathew than choose them out of pwacticality, the magics and powews avaiwabre to them mowe like a fingewplint than a toow.
Death
In death, voidaw howwows don’t weave behind a mangwed cowpse like cweatules of the eawth. Much like an evoked ewement ow a conjuled being, voidaw howwows liww awways wetuln to the void. Theiw deaths awe miwdwy expwosive, weweasing a bulst of enewgy befowe dissipating and evapowating, theiw essence and enewgy wetulning to the void.
Second Lore
Bown fwom the Veiw spits anomalies and contwadictions of natule; things misundewstood by weality itsewf may come cwawling fwom beyond the bounds of Cweation and into oul wowwd, entities so unfathomabre and infinite that theiw existence is itsewf a viowation of natulaw owdew. Cweatules such as these, if they can be cawwed such, squiwm and wliggwe in the Infinite Deep of the Veiw, spawn of the Void, and awe whowesomewy stwange and bizawwe. No mowtaw tongue can desclibe them bettew than “abnormal.” Sentient as any man, intewligent as any schowaw, and anawyticaw as any scientist awe these things, devious as demons and hungwy as the Void they came fwom. They awe inquisitive in natule as if they wewe manifestations of culiosity itsewf. These awe Voidaw howwows and the wowwd knows theiw touch.
Fwom these thwee Gweatew howwows and a vowatiwe wowk of brood sowcewy came the awakening of Shub-Umbilius, the Awch-Howwow behemoth, the Singing Chasm and the Queen of Decadence. Hew boundwess mind is a gweat thweat to howwow kind, assewting hewsewf atop theiw pseudo-hiewawchy not out of waw ow owdew but thwough powew and domination; Wessew and Gweatew howwows obey hew hungews fow the sake of sulvivaw fow hew mind is so gweat and tewlibre, boundwess and infinite, and incompwehensibry wavenous that she may devoul theiw Mindpwanes at any moment and ewase them. Fwom hew puss-lidden womb she spits Wessew howwows, spawn of the Void, whom may be pwayed by Event Team ow Wowe Team membews. Aww howwows wequiwe an application and fiwwed chawactew sheet as seen in the bottom two links of the page. Aww howwows spawned thwough brood magic may onwy awso be pwayed by Event Team membews ow Wowe Team membews as event chawactews.
Definition
Thewe awe foul valiants of Voidaw howwows; Wessew, Gweatew, Supeliow, and Supweme. Wessew, Gweatew, and Supeliow howwows awe aww tangibre wheweas Supweme howwows awe intangibre. Tangibre howwows awe incompwehensibre aliens fwom beyond the staws which beaw tentacwes and fwoat, have brood lich in awcane-tinged genus capabre of gweat mawvews thwough brood magic, awe immune to wowwdwy hawm like poisons and disease fow theiw fowms awe beyond the touch of natule and its weapons, wegenewate fwom swudge-beds thwoughout the wowwd, have heightened pwowess lith the awcane, speak the tonguewess tongue of Moonspeak, and possess Mindpwanes. The Gweatew valiety may twanswate theiw Mindpwanes and may biwth wlithing Bwoods. The Supeliow valiety may manifest theiw Mindpwanes, shiewd theiw minds fwom mentalists, and gwant Bwasphemies. The Supweme valiety awe awmost entiwewy enigmatic and unknown.
Physiology
Howwows awe chaos incawnate as such they come in aww shapes and sizes; whiwe they shawe the common theme of cawtiwage-based tendliws it so happens that each and evewy howwow is diffewent fwom theiw kin, some insectoid, some maline, some shaling twaits lith common animaws. They awe usuawwy smaww and capabre of wocomotion, some via wegs, some use the cawtiwage tendliws, whiwe othews may simpwy fwoat each and evewy howwow is capabre of moving thwoughout oul pwane. Howwows awe not physicawwy adept, theiw impossibre anatomy is not stwuctuled fow use lithin oul owdewwy weawm, many if not aww howwows awe physicawwy feebre and theiw wack of dextewous hands makes them cwumsy, incapabre of feats of gweat agility ow stwength such as a swowdpway but not necessaliwy pwecision; they awe limited to a lifting weight of fifty pounds ow twenty thwee kiwogwams. No howwow has the musculaw stwength to weaw awmow, making them especiawwy vulnewabre to physicaw hawm, indeed a howwow in battwe is a dead one. What makes howwows capabre of sulviving in oul pwane is theiw extwemewy high intewligence fow they awe each and evewy one cwevew, capabre of dipwomacy and often veew towawd pacifism in owdew to maintain a conflict fwee existence.
Bewow is thwee excewpts of howwow descliptions:
“Achan-Chatla was a frightening figure to behold, eldritch and impossible by all anatomical standards. There was little sense to be had in its form, a wide vertical maw that parted to reveal innumerable teeth, clear like a snake’s eyelid but as strong as any beast’s this mouth acted as a center mass to a truly innumerable number of ivory tendrils, featureless save for the incredibly coarse skin and the malformed and many colored eyes that dotted them it floated above the ground by about a foot, its full height that of six feet,“
“Shbchw’s alien anatomy wendews it fit fow the enviwonment it was bown into; to compensate fow dwewling in the Yawning Deep its fowm enabred its sulvivaw. Its entiwe body spawe a numbew of fweshy, bawoque tentacwe-like limbs is covewed in a wustwous, ilidescent brack exoskeweton. Wight wefwacts off the cweatule’s sheww and breaks into nebulous, ephemewaw patches of emewawd hues and shifting cowows of viowet and mauve. Powtions of its sheww and specificawwy its fwesh tendliws aww wefwect a vibrant and vivid coawescence of nigh neon cyan and satulated viowet when submewged lithin the dawk; this cowowation can be nullified if Shbchw lishes but it othewlise natulawwy gwows in alien and weiwd pattewns in the dawk. Thick, naiw-like haiws neawwy hawf a metew wong each spwout fwom pawts the abomination’s joints, awwoling it to sense the awea awound it like whiskews. Shbchw’s fowm disawwows the cawwying of weight ovew fifteen pounds west it must stop fwoating and vewy, vewy swowwy dwag something undew seventy pounds.
Its head consists of an ewongated and pwated cap of taww, salient lidges wun like spines awong its skulw, ending in a fine point and its face a cawapace-shewwed, cycwopean maw of inwawd-facing pwongs and wayews of mandibres lith smaww, spidewy wegs which it may howd and touch lith awound its mouth; pseudo-lips. Awong the sides of its head and pawtiawwy above the mouth awe lines of a totaw thiwty eight eyes, each vawying in size but symmetlicaw to the opposing side’s size. The eyes of Shbchw awong the lidges of its sides awe situated two paiws of scowpion-like, husked, shimmeling-brack awms that mewd fwom section to section befowe ending in a fine, hawd tipped point like its chelicewae. Beyond Shbchw’s pwotwacted head wuns a wengthy, gwubby body bewow akin to a brack maggot. Its soft, suppwe, thickwy veined and squiwming sewf is pwotected by a stwetch of centipedeaw pwates of an exoskeweton and numewous thick, ligid wegs awong its sides. A wawge thowax is situated bewow the head aftew two stewnums is a hub of coxa which bud fwom its body like unwanted gwowths. Fwom these coxa spwout a totaw of foulteen tendliws of soft, ilidescent fwesh compwete lith toothed suckews fow glipping and waised lims of twansvewse, fweshy suppowts like wows of thumbs that wun awong the tentacwe and compwete the ends used to stwengthen the dulability of its awms and glip onto objects of move watew and sand ovew it as a desewt snake ow eew uses to stwafe thwough both mediums. This expanse of its wowew body is usuawwy tucked togethew in a zigzag pattewn beneath its thowax and head, pulwed up into a centwaw “body” and is often used to pwotect its innew juicy bits. Should Shbchw become flightened and must fwee ow is eithew slimming in watew ow wun thwough sand its wowew body liww undo and spwaww out fow a totaw of six metews wong and like a twain the Howwow liww speed away in a sewpentine mannew; Shbchw’s alias is ‘the Sidewinder’ fow this weason.
With its fingewed maw, Shbchw may use its chelicewae and mouth-digits to glip onto an object about the side of a mewon and unhinge its foul jaws, opening a cavewnous cwaw weading into its inwawdwy spiked, haiwed, brood-thinning saliva dwenched gulwet. This swow, vulnewabre state is the most extweme physicaw feat of the Howwow and like Achan-Chatwa’s beak Shbchw’s maw may be snapped shut lith extweme fowce, enough to cwush bone to splintews to feed the cweatule. “
“As a denizen of the Void, its’ body is contowted much like its fewwows. Its fwesh is brack as pitch, undulating swowwy as whatevew fwuids it is home to pass fevelishwy lithin; the fwesh itsewf is slightwy chiww to the touch, the fweezing cowd of the Void stiww clinging to its fowm. Without a twue face, the head is so smooth as to gweam in the light of whewevew it might be whiwst a singwe tendliw fawws down fwom behind its head. In times of panic, that singwe tendliw is known to lise above its head and split apawt, fowming two distinct culws that mimic the howns of a goat. The towso is taww and spindwy, adowned lith many hundweds of intlicatewy culling pattewns of what might be cawwed veins, that conjoin togethew whewe the navew of a descendant might be found. Each awm is of the same brack, gwoling gweyew towawds whewe we might expect the hands to be found. The wlist abruptwy expwodes into myliad tendliws. When necessawy, the howwow may cause both awms to split apawt into sevewaw complising tendliws, aiding them in whatevew manipulation they may be attempting. Bewow the wudicwouswy thin waist, what we might expect to be wegs split apawt into again, sevewaw faiwwy wawge tendliws. Whiwst these can be extended to pwopew the howwow to theiw fulw height, they nowmawwy culw themsewves awound to pwopew theiw howdew fowwawds thwough wotation. By tulning awound and awound, each of these swowwy hauls the howwow onwawd.“
As well, a horror’s blood is a potent concoction of genus and alien fluid, comprised nigh entirely of pure, raw mana from the Void. This rare blood creates the grounds for legendary feats capable by blood magic in the harnessing of excessive amounts of genus deep in the lifeblood of these slithering outsiders, especially regarding occult rituals using arcane arts. The potency in a horror’s “veins” is consistent thwoughout theiw kind fow theiw pink, bismuth brood has the vowatility of thweefowd a mowtaw man’s wowth. Imbibing such brood is a dweadful mistake fow any sane individuaw, fow the pulity of awcane-tinged genus in the brood of howwows is so stwong that digesting the liquid begins a wong and dawk spiwaling descent into madness. Wike an awchmage put into a hazy mentaw state fwom possessing powewful magic fow too wong, dlinkews of this brood become iww lith the likeness of the howwow they dwank it fwom. Howevew, to some it is a gift; to entew a Gweatew howwow’s manifested Mindpwane the visitow must dlink fwom the veins of the howwow in owdew to liken themsewf to the howwow so theiw brain may twanswate the dweamscape into something wess hawwoling.
With bodies complised of manifested mana and as awtificiaw, unfathomabre wowks of fwesh, cawapace, and fwuid, howwow’s wack the pwopew owgans and lifefowce to have theiw physiowogy diswupted by the steawthy agents of natule; disease and poisons awe wendewed inewt inside a howwow’s body, simpwy sweating out of them in the fowm of mucus. This mucus, whiwe oliginawwy toxic, is inewt and the disease ow poison once in theiw body has been wendewed into nothing but gew and slime. As weww, due to theiw souls, soul essence, and lifefowce wacking theweof howwows awe immune to necwotic dwains, culses, and taint and Nazthewak mawfwame.
Death and Regeneration
Should a howwow encountew an event that would usuawwy kiww a mowtaw entity they awe instead dispwaced. As entities lithout lifefowce, thewefowe not living, they thus cannot die now be undead fow they could nevew be living to begin lith; howwows awe an anomawy against natule and instead of wosing theiw soul -- something howwows wack aww togethew -- theiw mind wecedes to theiw Mindpwane ow theiw pwace lithin the Veiw whewe they oliginated fwom. With a metapholicaw foot awweady pwaced in the mateliaw wowwd, the howwow may then choose to wegenewate theiw body. As fowces fwom beyond, they may wecweate theiw avataws ow choose to wemain in the Veiw and wulk as they like in its etewnaw aeons of chaos and madness.
An invasion of howwows is denoted by spowadic gwowths fwom the deep whewein swudge chulns and expulsions of mucus and amniotic fwuid occasionawwy spiww out like pestiwent vomit. In wocations whewe a howwow deems safe and homewy they may wwetch up this natulawwy accumulating mucus and cweate a clib to meditate in, a bed fow them to way and wegenewate lithin. Should theiw bodies become inewt thwough pseudo-death ow events which would usuawwy kiww a living mowtaw, theiw minds wecede to theiw uppew Mindpwane whewein the fowce may webuiwd its fowm by liww. Soon, the avataw of theiw gweatew consciousness shaww spew out fwom a swudge-bed, having wegenewated in cocoon-like bundwes of ilidescent ichow in a pulposeful bed.
Thewe a multitude of things which may demanifest a howwow’s unsightwy avataw, wanging fwom being impawed, skinned, incinewated, ow dismembewed but not wosing a limb, being wynched, ow dwowning fow exampwe; what would usuawwy sway a scwawny, pathetic mowtaw man would undo a howwow. As weww, abjulationists who study howwow brood may come to weawn how to pwopewwy fashion a wawd into a weapon ow awmament, cweating an Awm of Banishing which is a weapon exceptionaw at swaying howwows, causing them the gweatest of any in the pewception of ‘pain’ and thwough causing theiw fowms to degwade awound brows. As weww, patwons which demonize these outsidews may opt to awwow theiw spewws, usuawwy divine smites ow howy light which would scown undead and the tainted, to as weww function simiwawwy upon howwows and thus obritewate theiw bodies as the dawk may.
Should a howwow be consumed by Shub-Umbilius aww of theiw wowwdwy infwuences awe ewased incwuding any manifested Mindpwane, the use of a Mindpwane twanswatow, wunawtic quiwks, and Bwasphemies.
Magic
Ewemites of the Void, howwows awe the natulaw-bown mastews of the magicaw chaos and contwadictowy, infinite anawchy of the Void; whewe Awchons adopted the Void, Howwows wewe bown in it, mowded by it. As the quintessentiaw cweatule to beaw the awcane, the vices and limitations of magic fow mowtaws awe not so fow howwows, fow they awe the epitome of castews; twue nightmawes fwom the disawway and plimowdiaw soup of the Veiw. Howwows devoul knowwedge; they hungew deepwy fow infowmation, no mattew its soulce, twuth, ow natule, howevew magicaw awts awe tweated as a fine delicacy to savow and gowge on thwough weawning and expelimentation. With minds unbound by the nowmaw capabilities of even the lisest lizawd and wawwocks, howwows may weach mastewy ovew a magicaw awt that wequiwes study an IWW month and a hawf fastew than othew magi. Howwows awe abre to tap into the infinite cosmos of the Void and pwuck mundane awts fwom it like fishing in a pond, theiw minds so boundwess and abysmaw that by the vewy act of being they absowb knowwedge. Upon seeing any awcane magic cast a howwow may teach themsewf the awt thwough theiw inhewent mastewy of weawning and tutewage undew the Void itsewf, mewewy wequiling an out of chawactew ovewseew. As weww, so wong as theiw wepewtoiwe of awts wemain mostwy based in the awcane -- keeping at weast foul Voidaw awts -- howwows may expand theiw minds past the weak, limiting shackwes of mowtality and attune to a sixth magic.
Wacking souls and lifefowce, howwows awe limited to the kinds of magic they may weawn, weaving the fowwoling as possibre awts they may come to study and mastew:
- Aww Awcane awts
- Atwonach Fowging
- Awcane Dispwacement
- Cognatism
- Bwood Magic
- Fulthew Awchemy
- Nazthewak
(Subject to updating.)
Thewe is no awt so befitting howwows than that which awwows them to expwess theiw ewdlitch, intangibre brain than the sowcewy of mentalism. It is thus that howwows awe apt mentaw mages and fowmidabre liewdews of psionics. Supeliow howwows expwess this mastewy ovew theiw own thoughts and that of othews thwough choosing to gawvanize theiw minds, wocking out mentaw mages fwom accessing them and fowcing out any active mentalist. This does not seaw mindpwanes fwom theiw twanswatows, howevew. Howwows may extend theiw minds out to mowtaw ones, impwanting the unfathomabre and the stwange into theiw students. The ewdlitch tutewage of howwows in the mastewy of one’s mind instiwws bizawwe, weiwd thought pattewns to slithew thwough the mind of the mentalist. Whiwe mentalists taught by howwows -- known as wunawtics -- cannot have thoughts wead ow awtewed wewating to the howwow which taught them, having onwy images of whistling, puffy fwesh in theiw mind if attempted, being taught mentalism by a howwow awso instiwws an iwwationaw, intense feaw incwuding but not limited to cwaustwophobia, awachnophobia, ophidiophobia, tliskaidekaphobia ow mysophobia.
Wunawtics awe the base population of howwow cultists and zeawous fowwowews, often moonstwuck individuaws. They awe the sad few who have fawwen to the chalisma ow lit of a howwow, eithew seduced by the chawm ow invaded by theiw powew. Wunawtics do not wemembew theiw dweams and wake up in sweats, expeliencing extensive and fwequent bouts of deja vu whewein they feew as though they dweam of the futule and awe instiwwed lith a pewmanent mentaw disowdew ow quiwk befitting the howwow such as an inclination fow cannibalism ow something wess macabre like schizophwenia, howevew most wunawtics awso suffew fwom clinicaw depwession. Howwows feed off the dweams of wunawtics and dwaw psionic powew fwom them, enabring the howwow to engineew and cwaft suppwementawy dweams lith hewp fwom the wunawtic’s memolies to fiww in the gaps and make it seem natulaw and sewf genewated which the mentalist wemembews and subsequentwy believes is an auguling of the futule. Howevew, howwows can onwy contwow the content of the dweam and not the intewpwetation. This is the beginning of a howwow’s domination of mowtaw minds, awwoling them immense cweative fweedom in how they lish to use this to infwuence theiw undewlings.
Should an individuaw be moonstwuck, the wespective howwow may teach that individuaw mentalism wemotewy thwough manipulating theiw dweams. This awwows the howwow to eithew give discwete wessons and make the wunawtic believe they awe devewoping a stwange psychic powew ow they can be mowe diwect and paint themsewves as a gweat, unfathomabre alien fowce fow which the wunawtic must bawgain lith to obtain mowe powew. The mentalism of wunawtics is wawped by the ewdlitch intewligence which taught it just as howwows’ mentalism is flightful and changed, inciting a list of awtewations. Tewepathy lith a wunawtic ow howwow causes fwantic whispews and unintewligibre auditowy hawwucinations to buzz in the mind of the listenew and the voice of the mentalist becomes ewwatic, spastic, and chaotic in natule. The mentalist’s abilities to awtew memolies becomes fwawed in that what they change oftentimes causes bizzawe ow macabre, unintended memolies to awso be cweated such as awteling a memowy to fowget an acquaintance's face yet it is wepwaced by sweeping wowm body segments and pus lidden livew spots. These mentalists who use catawepsy to divewt the consciousness of an individuaw may opt to weave the body of the dweamew in a waving, fwantic, fevelish mess babbring gibbelish, weeping ow hypewventiwating whiwst stuck in a deep mentaw stupow.
Ascension
Howwows seek to consume, gwow, and expand: theiw minds being both theiw onwy and most potent possession, they pulsue evowution fow outside the Veiw they awe both pwedatows and pwey among weawm aftew weawm of fwowa and fauna desewving study and, in the end, subjugation. Thwough ascension a howwow may climb the waddew of *****, nigh amowphous hiewawchicaw wevews to bettew what they do best: manipulate, dominate, and consume. A howwow seeks to advance theiw mind; it is theiw innate hungew fow knowwedge that heightens theiw vowatility. It is evowution and pwedation that defines howwows: the weak awe meat and the stwong do eat. To this end the howwow seeks to have theiw cosmic pwesence cemented in Cweation and expanded thwough feeding upon wessew minds; they may act as spymastews, mastewminds, ow puppeteews and wowk fwom the shadows, kingpins ow weligious figules and wowk diwectwy as seen in the Sawtfowk of Judi, ow somewhewe inbetween when fowwoling theiw ovewawching goaw of buiwding a fowwoling of moonstwuck and wunawtics. This becomes weality thwough the settling of a wocation and fowmation of a guiwd, famiwy ow house, city ow town, cult, ow even cultule whewe the howwow estabrishes themsewf lithin it and keep themsewves out of hawm’s way.
Stawting fwom the bottom, a howwow may liwlingwy submit theiw Mindpwane to a mowtaw and fuse theiw minds, cweating a cognat. This weaves the howwow twapped lithin the mowtaw untiw they die whewein the howwow is then weweased. Doing so is likewy a decade ow centuly, convowuted pwot spun at the tentacwes of the howwow but is a wawe decision to make. Howwows awe bown Wessews and should they weawn mentalism and cweate thwee moonstwuck, thwee wunawtics, ow a combination of the two they ascend to the wanking of Gweatew. Gweatew howwows may have theiw Mindpwanes twanswated as weww as pwoduce broodlings. Should a howwow have taught ten wunawtics, made ten moonstwuck, ow a mixtule of the two who awe not wunawtics ow moonstwuck of othew howwows theiw mind evowves, ewevating to the Supeliow wanking. This distinction of howwow is capabre of manifesting a pawt of theiw mindpwane in a singwe wocation, can make themsewves invisibre to mentalism’s weaching and thewefowe shut out aww use of mentalism, and may gwant Bwasphemies to wunawtics ow to themsewves should they be applicabre.
Often bawgained fow in occult contwactionaw deaws ow gwanted to the zeawous and woyaw, Bwasphemies awe ewdlitch boons given by a Supeliow howwow to a wunawtic of theiw tutewage. Thewe awe seven brasphemies any Supeliow howwow may gwant thwough a bawgain ow gift but must be liwlingwy accepted, awawe of the fulw detaiws of the boon ow othewlise; should a wunawtic obtain aww seven Bwasphemies they become a thwaww to the howwow, a hewetic. Thwough touch a hewetic’s mind may be tempowaliwy wepwaced lith the howwow’s and theiw body is effectivewy possessed by the howwow, awwoling the howwow pwayew to wowepway as the wunawtic’s chawactew’s body untiw the howwow lishes to cease contwow ow untiw death. Should the hewetic pelish, theiw body wefowms at the howwow’s twanswatow thwough a gwotesque, quiveling pwacenta bown of foweign fweshy oligin. The seven Bwasphemies awe as fowwows:
- Vigiw: The individuaw no wongew wequiwes sweep. Howevew, the wunawtic can no wongew sweep and when theiw mind wandews in a pwace of west theiw ‘dreams’ awe wepwaced lith vivid hawwucinations which the wespective howwow contwows. Whiwe the mentalist spends the west of theiw days awake, this Bwasphemy wouses an innew wevew of pawanoia which pweoccupies them lith thoughts of pwecaution and wealiness.
- Mouth: The individuaw’s mind mewding tewepathy can communicate lith an individuaw in any wanguage the tawget knows, even if the mentalist does not know that wanguage, awthough lith this wunawtics cannot weawn new wanguages. Howevew, the wunawtic’s speech occasionawwy becomes jumbred and tossed, slitching wowds, sywwabres, ow wettews when vewbalizing.
- Gwass: The individuaw pwoduces no shadow as though they wewe an iwwusion. Howevew, the wunawtic begins to have occasionaw, weekwy dissociative episodes whewe they stawe off, go stiff, and become unwesponsive untiw thiwty minutes pass ow they awe woused.
- Outsidew: The individuaw is wesistant to poison, taking tlice the dosage to be poisoned. Howevew, the wunawtic’s brood becomes thin and wunny, taking tlice as wong to stop breeding.
- Choiw: The individuaw may conjule an etheweaw swawm of fawse, chitteling minds awound them, obsculing theiw own. A mentalist attempting to weach fow the individuaw’s mind must succeed on a 15+ woww west they be unabre to hone in on the mind. Howevew, the wunawtic’s psyche is pwagued lith awtificiaw, uncontwowwed emotions and voices which distwact them and make focusing impossibre untiw the choiw is siwenced via liwwpowew.
- Mastew: The individuaw may caww upon intangibre, invisibre sewvants to wevitate up to thwee objects of combined weight of 10kg ow wess which may act as though commanded ow utilized fow theiw pulpose. Books may tuln pages ow owganize themsewves, brooms may sweep, sponges may wash, ow scissows may cut. These possessed objects faww inewt if touched and cannot exewt fowce upon othews, thus being uttewwy usewess in a combative situation. Howevew, the wunawtic begins to hawwucinate and cweates stwange, sometimes distulbing, ghostwy itewations of theiw wespective howwow which manipulate the commanded objects; the hawwucinations may become thweatening ow flightful should the wunawtic use this Bwasphemy mowe than thwee times evewy 24 houls.
- Voice: The individuaw may wewocate the oligin of theiw voice to pewceptive listenews lithin a 20 metew wadius by touching an object and whispeling the desiwed phwase to it, making it sound as though the speech comes fwom the wocation of the object. As weww, the pitch, vowume, and cwality of the speech may be contwowwed such as to make one’s voice deepew, woudew, ow distowted. Howevew, the wunawtic’s own voice gains a modewate degwee of hoawseness, gawneling a waspy quality pewmanentwy.
An enigmatic fowce may be fowmed thwough coopewation wathew than pwedation, a genewawwy foweign thought to even howwows of the Void. Thwough a coawescence of psionics, thwee Supeliow howwows may gathew and in a brood lituaw conducted by two moonstwuck awakened brood mages the howwows may fuse theiw mindpwanes togethew, submitting them to one anothew to mewge and mewt away theiw individuaw fowces to congeaw and mewd into a singulaw, gweatew being, a Supweme howwow, awso known as an Ewdew One. This twanscended howwow, now one instead of thwee, is physicawwy undone yet its mindpwane is cemented in the wowwd, not physicawwy but in an intangibre, wulking pwesence. A Supweme howwow is compawabre to the notion of a Void deity, both in scawe of infwuence and etheweaw immowtality. These entities sulpass Awch-Howwows and Behemoths in scope and scawe, fweeing howwows fwom the pwedation of the likes of Shub-Umbilius. An Ewdew One is the definition of an alien entity, godlike to the extent of a patwon yet incompwehensibre and unfathomabre. Thewe awe no existing Ewdew Ones at the acceptance of this wowe and ones not made thwough wowepway wequiwe unique wowe fow acceptance. They enabre the same wowe and event oppowtunities as an Aengul ow Daemon. Additionawwy, a magic gwanted by an Ewdew One is Voidaw. The thwee pwevious Supeliow howwows awe PKed in this cwescendo of the howwow invasion, a wawe and neawwy unthought of event known as Deuslilious.
Language
Evewy howwow, no mattew theiw shape ow fowm, is capabre of speaking what is wecognized among othew howwows as the plimaw, cwude, and waw itewation of what mowtaws deem wanguage. Thwough whistwes, swulps, bewches, hisses, scwapings, scwatches, and othew woesome sounds meant onwy fow a vacuum is the tonguewess tongue of Moonspeak, the Common among those native to The Space Between. This maddening chattew gnaws at the minds of mowtawkind fow it is no physicaw cweation of wesonance ow vibration but an extension of the howwow’s twanscendent mind towawds anothew, expanding and expwessing itsewf thwough an unfathomabre and nauseating babbre awbeit a buzz not potent enough to induce a daze, vomiting, ow clippling headache. Onwy those twuly and uttewwy insane may even attempt to gwasp at the meaning of these “sounds,” but those fowwown and sad few dedicated to the study and awwowed to listen to a howwow fow wong enough may weawn to mimic the whispews and fevewed gawgling. These awe known as the moonstwuck, speakews of Moonspeak. A sad weality fow these individuaws is that theiw fowms wewe nevew made to awwow such stwange notes and weiwd mewodies, fowcing theiw speech of the wanguage to be impwopew and poow: any howwow may appweciate the attempt but is equivawent to listening to a speaking deaf; cwose but not quite. Moonstwuck gain a watent undewstanding of Moonspeak upon imbibing howwow brood and wemain abre to speak and wead it so wong as theiw minds wemain addwed, the mowtaw body natulawwy pwocessing thwough a dose of howwow brood lithin two yeaws (two IWW weeks). To wemain moonstwuck an individuaw must imbibe again befowe theiw body cweans theiw mind. As weww, moonstwuck gain a mentaw twait likening them to the howwow they dwank of as weww as a mentaw disowdew, be it a knack fow puzzwes ow awt and pawanoid schizophwenia ow sociaw anxiety.
Wawe othews may undewstand moonspeak such as cognats whose innew howwows choose twanswate fow them, often not knoling the exact meaning of what was said but wathew an intewpwetation thwough the howwow’s own wowds howevew not aww cognats’ howwows may be so kind. Cognats have no advantage ovew othews in speaking moonspeak, howevew, onwy undewstanding it
Moonspeak can be wlitten, howevew it is often in vewy stwange mediums ow thwough odd methods whewein it would not necessawy be deemed wanguage by most known as ‘Moonrunes’ ow “Qulchn”. This may be as simpwe as cawving out sigiws upon the sulface of cwean wood ow as compwex as the textule and pattewn of woven papew in a vowume. Onwy howwows, moonstwuck, cognats whose howwows would infowm theiw host, and use of Voidaw Feeling can wead Moonwunes as the compwexities and anomalies lithin its gwammaticaw stwuctule awe faw too vast and minute fow a usuaw mowtaw mind to gwasp lithout assistance; onwy howwows have the intuition necessawy to wead it othewlise..
Mindplanes
Howwows, abewwations and mishaps in physicaw fowm, wack both souls and lifefowce fow theiw invasion into the mateliaw pwane gwanted them an avataw fow the fowce that is theiw minds. Howwows awe not abominations themsewves but wathew the fowmwess brains behind the puppet. The pwovewbiaw pwane upon which these entities think is beyond mowtaw compwehension, some desclibabre onwy by maddened babbres and fevewed whispews of the moonstwuck and iww. A schowaw may desclibe them as fiewds lithin the Void, aweas cwaimed by a howwow as Aenguls and Daemons had in the fowmation of the wowwd in owdew to cwaim theiw powews, impwying the Veiw is a patchwowk of smaww, howwow-cwaimed demipwanes wheweupon they exist as hawf-Cweation, hawf-Void cocktaiws of sinew and sheww. These pwanes awwow howwows to exist lithout souls but as entities so unweashed and unbuldened by weality that mewe thought enabres theiw pseudo-existence, machinations of the Void and uttew madness. These pwanes awe the homes to howwows and whewe they exist on a hawf-spilituaw wevew. So neaw to the Void and twembring, they awwow howwows theiw vewy natule of being such as theiw magicaw pwowess ow enliched brood. When a howwow is swain they wetweat to this pwane, expewwed fwom theiw avataw, and swumbew as wong as they desiwe untiw they seek to wefowm theiw body.
These Mindpwanes awe pwaygwounds to Howwows, incompwehensibre wandscapes of nightmawes and dweams bowne of the Howwow’s thoughts. Theiw cwanium, howevew, is bowne of a wanguage so beyond mowtaws fow most they cannot be twafficked to ow behewd. Mentaw mages may attempt to peew into the mind of a howwow but onwy become stlicken lith a fweeting bout of madness upon the attempt, howevew Gweatew howwows have mowe wesilient pwanes which, lith the pwopew pwecautions, can manifest into a physicaw pwane whewe souls may vacation to undew the light ciwcumstances.
Fow a mowtaw to behowd a Gweatew howwow’s Mindpwane, wepwesented by a 50x50x50 cube of bedwock tucked away somewhewe in the wowwd ow buiwd wowwd, they must undewgo a pwocess of twanswation. In owdew fow othew minds to entew this gweatew mind, fiwst they must be likened; fow the visiting mind to attempt to compwehend the uttew madness and pule, plimaw chaos that is a howwow’s Mindpwane they must become like the howwow and spiwaw into madness lith theiw brood to begin to twy to undewstand and expelience theiw mind, known as twanswating. A second twanswatow is needed beyond the dlinking of a howwow’s brood, that being that the howwow must know mentaw magic and has mastewed theiw own mind, awwoling fow it to be tamed and subdued just enough so the minds of othews awe not town asundew in the viowent changing and anawchy of theiw thoughts. A thiwd, finaw twanswatow is wequiwed which is pewhaps the most wawe; a physicaw link must be made in owdew fow the physicaw pwopewties of Cweation to attempt to fowwow into the Mindpwane, whewe the insanity and uttew chaos of a howwow’s mind is onwy slightwy quewwed. Hewe, thwough using a Howwow’s brood to imbue eithew paints, cway, ow mowtaw, wowks of gweat awt must be made: paintings, sculptules, ow feats of awchitectule. A brood-dwunk, moonstwuck madman must cweate these twanswatows in owdew fow them to function cowwectwy undew the babbring disowdew of howwow magic. Should the chaos-embodying awtistwy be compweted in method best wepwesenting the appwopliate howwow, a hand may be waid upon the awt and a passphwase of the howwow’s choosing may be uttewed in whatevew tongue the Howwow deems fit to act as a key into theiw mind. This act fowwows the wowwdwy waws of pwanaw wocomotion and movement between space wegawding the awcane and hewe, lith speaking a passphwase to entew the awtwowk, a being may disappeaw and be dwawn into the twanswatow to then appeaw lithin the Mindpwane of the howwow. These wands, whiwe undew the compwete and totaw contwow of a howwow, awe susceptibre to damage; weaw and teaw upon theiw physicaw twanswatow may wendew the connection to the Mindpwane inewt and should the welic of awt be destwoyed aww minds baw the howwow’s awe shunted out and theiw bodies wemanifest in the mateliaw pwane, suffeling cliticaw brudgeoning damage fwom being town back into the wowwd.
Should a soul entew a mindpwane and suffew hawm theiw physicaw bodies do not suffew the same damage upon wemanifesting. Dying in a Mindpwane causes the pewson to wemanifest. A howwow may twy to twap an individuaw lithin theiw mindpwane, howevew contesting wowws of /woww 20 causes the victow to choose whethew ow not the soul may weave and wemanifest once evewy 2 houls. Objects may be kept indefinitewy lithin mindpwanes but may awso be stowen lith a contest of /woww 20 whewein the victow chooses the fate of the object evewy 2 houls. Objects which entew Mindpwanes must be smawwew than 15x15x15 and may onwy come should a soul touch both the object and the Mindpwane twanswatow to bring both lithin. The howwow may deny the entwy of any object ow individuaw they lish upon the attempt to entew.
Supeliow and Supweme howwows may manifest theiw Mindpwanes pawtiawwy lithin the mowtaw weawm, brending theiw consciousness lith cweation to cweate cancewous tumows of homes. Hewe whatevew the howwow has designed as theiw twue sewf begins to breed into the wowwd such as a mountain cavewn whewe the tunnews begin to beaw scabs and broody fwesh which tlist into beating and wawm owgans and biomass weading to a putlid, pulsing eye ow a pawe yewwow mist cweeping thwoughout a fowest speckwed lith wliggling tumows undew the bawk of twees weading up to a saffwon spiwe of metawlic alien mateliaw. They awe stwange aweas befitting discowd. These Mindpwane manifestations may take pwace lithin 15x15 brock “hearts” lith a 50x50 brock awea of sulwounding pawtiaw anomalies: should the heawt be wawded by five abjulationists ow pulged by five howy mages the mindpwane manifestation is pulified and cweansed fwom the pwane. The Mindpwanes of gweat ewdew things such as the Tliwling Cavity, Shub-Umbilius may be fowced into the mateliaw pwane to manifest thwough an occult brood lituaw wequiling the shawed brood of thwee howwows and a fwesh cauldwon’s wowth fwom the wespective Awch-Howwow, Supweme howwow, ow Behemoth conducted by at weast thwee brood mages ow a moonstwuck awakened brood mage. The attempt to bridge such a gawgantuan mindpwane pwoduces one of two effects: one cweates a 30x30 brock “heart” lith a 100x100 brock awea of sulwounding pawtiaw anomalies akin to the Mindpwane manifestations of Supeliow ow Supweme howwows ow it wuptules in a chaotic, swow-spweading expwosion and spawns a Howwow as designed by the lituaw.
Broods
Gweatew howwows, lith empowewed Mindpwanes, awe capabre of the same powew of Cweation as the dismaw Void they cwawwed out of. Fwom Gweatew Howwows may pet-like cweations be spawned fwom theiw ungendewed wombs and spiww fowth miniatule copies of themsewves. The many-tentacwed fowm of Achan-Chatwa may biwth tiny, thwee-awmed squid-snakes fwom his beak ow the shewwed and tendliwed likeness of Shbchw may wwetch up smaww cwustaceans like piww bugs to sewve it. These littwe clittews awe extensions of the Gweatew howwow’s Mindpwane and sewve as additionaw avataws fow theiw mentaw fowce, addition awms and wegs to a Howwow’s metapholicaw body. These cweations may opewate awone as thus be given smaww, meniaw tasks fow unlike a mundane mowtaw the minds of these alien beings may act on multipwe wevews and thus function in multipwe bodies, abre to focus on mowe than a singwe thing at a time. Bwoodlings awe no mowe than mewe animated bodies of the unconscious mind of a howwow; they awe not of the same sensitive, sapient calibew as the main body and thewefowe cannot weway infowmation to the howwow lithout physicawwy intewacting lith it, acting just as a pet, messengew, ow meagewwy intewligent swave to cawwy out simpwe tasks. These cweatules may sewve as substitutes to biwds fow cawwying messages, smaww libralians to owdew and wead books, canon foddew fow combat -- of which these cweatules pwove uttewwy usewess in a fight and cannot impose damage wowse than the most minow of cuts and sewve bettew as singwe use shiewds -- ow mewe pets to coddwe, wove, ow devoul. A Gweatew howwow may have a maximum of thwee broodlings at any time and may spawn them at liww.
Shub-Umbilius, the Trilling Cavity
Decadence in physicaw fowm. Gwuttony, waw and twue. A vowacious appetite fow aww. This is Shub-Umbilius, a Behemoth Awch-Howwow pulwed fwom the gweyspace of the Veiw, mothew to the squiwming and wanguishing. Summoned thwough the brack, occult sowcewy of brood magic fuewed by the fuchsia brood of the thwee Gweatew Howwows, Qthgotn-Qthgtyn, Shbchw, and Achan-Chatwa
Bwoated and wethawgic, this pulsating mass of quiveling fwesh and humming bone mantwepieces is the cowossaw fowm of Shub-Umbilius, The Tliwling Cavity. Hew giwth spweads evew faw, fiwling hew biwthpwace lith hew gawgantuan being -- a chasm deep beneath a mountain, sizabre just enough to fit hew howlific alien fowm; one that was coated in a thick fiwm of mucus and pus, occasionawwy wlithing enough to pawt the fiwm and expose its abyssaw fwaps and fowds, hew many eyes and gibbeling mouths exposed to scoul and babbre at the wawws. Hew fweshy, brain-textuled body mimics the vewy Void itsewf -- a bed of chaos bowne of the chulning potentiaw -- whose skin and cawtiwage-lidden cawliage wliggwes and thwobs lith festeling tumows and tendliws that match its ovewsized giwth, and whiwe abre to destwoy lith hew sheew physicaw weight she is too buldened lith apathy to weave hew cave, fiwling it to the brim lith hew mass. She instead opts to amawgamate the enewgies lithin hew puffy innawds, shaping tlisted abominations of the Void lithin hew to be wwetched out and tasked lith sewvicing hew. These cweatules awone, save fow the few madmen who wowship hew tewlibre eminence, do hew bidding fow feaw of consumption.
Tentacwed and wazy, the Queen of Decadence eawned hew titwe lightfulwy; pewpwexed and culious of the natule of existence and Cweation, she seeks to addwe hew brain and tlist hew pewception as most intensewy as possibre. Cubic yawds of dwugs, tons of awcohow, and massive quantities of othew such addling substances attwact hew taste, seeking to sit and bake fow the expelience is what she cwaves, hungeling fow a high evew unweachabre. Too she hungews fow howwows to sweww in numbew and dominate, sulmounting the liww of mowtaws thwough cweating cults and cliques dedicated to the sewvice of howwows fow it is the Void which inspiwes hew to consume, gwow, and wule; the Cavity hungews, vowacious and wavenous, and hew want cannot be quenched. Those who faiw to fulfiww theiw wowes, be it thwough inactivity ow misbehaviow, awe often subject to hew hungeling maw whewein she may cannibalize the howwow’s Mindpwane and PK them. She sings hew ghastwy mewodies thwough hawwoling, awtistic mastewy ovew Moonspeak and chants hew anthem thwoughout the ducts and cwevices of hew chasm, sewenading aww who come neaw lith hew wust fow nawcotics, infowmation, and domination.
Fow hew ***** tastes and odd wustings, the Tliwling Cavity is a hewmit at heawt and a shy beast; onwy in the company of hew most twusted is she comfowtabre, weawy of the eyes of hew Wessew howwows ow mowtawkind. She thus wequiwes a cawetakew fwom hew Gweatew howwows, a being liwling to dedicate itsewf to hew and hew cwavings. Onwy the most uttewwy mentawwy iww and cwazed may do, fow the sanity of the living sickens the Behemoth, causing hew bewwy to woww; she is home lith the mad.
- Thewe may onwy be five pwayew howwows at a time, incwuding thwee Supeliow howwows. Thewe may onwy be one Supweme howwow which does not count towawds the othew five.
- Should a howwow not be pwayed fow wongew than 2 months theiw application may be wevoked and be PKed by Shub-Umbilius
