Post by PHAROS on Jun 7, 2020 16:00:11 GMT -6
Undead
While you can portray the undead as a character be very aware that they are monsters and people destroy them. This isn't because they're misunderstood, it's because Undead is the anthesis of the living and no matter what people, whether they be natural or unnatural view them as a threat, and nine times out of ten, they're not wrong.
Since the Gloaming in 2011, there has been a steady rise in the dead... rising. Some cases have even made the headlines, as scientists have been baffled how people who were by all rights dead, were suddenly walking around the morgue. Little more was reported before the stories were killed by those making sure that the general populace remain ignorant of the fact that their world is changing. Just realize that the next time you read an article about a junkie attacking people on the freeway that they're probably a legit zombie.
Omensvale being a highly potent Gloam gives rise to the Undead. Just as quickly as they appear, ICOR or the preternatural citizens trying to maintain their anonymity are putting them right back in their grave, there are no exceptions. If you're not a functioning member of the community able to blend in, you're as good as dead.
Vampyres are treated like any other member of the Undead, and in a city the size of Omensvale if they don't have their shit together, they're not going to live very long. These creatures are true threats to the populace and are always being sought out by everyone that's aware they exist.
RUSALKA
The Rusalki (plural) are "fish-women", dwelling at the bottom of rivers and lakes, a being who has died violently by water well before their time. Always a young woman, driven to suicide by bigotry and misogyny who is now forced to live as an undead preternatural being that has taken on the form of an aquatic being most like a mermaid.
According to legend, in the middle of the night, they would assume the form the woman they once were and walk out to the bank and dance in meadows, enticing handsome men, leading them to the water and their death. Of course, it's always a 'handsome' man. Truth is, the legends are nonsense, the creatures initially driven by vengeance, lashing out at the living in a deranged anger.
A Rusalka has three forms:
They can appear as they once were, frozen in the form just prior to their death. Their skin is pale and unable to tan, darker skin tones are 'off-colour', often mistaken as the effect of illness. This is obviously the form they use to cohabit with human-kind. Their skin is cooler than normal with a clammy feel.
Out of the water they partially assume their second form which is an amalgam between fish and human. Their skin become like that of a fish, glistening in light. Their eyes become cloudy white like a that of a corpse and their vital signs deaden. Their teeth become small and jagged, their hands and feet webbed with claws at the end of their digits. Their stringy hair (which is always wet) turns snow white, and their features become gaunt and corpse-like. In the water, they either retain their legs, while their feet enlarge into flippers, or their lower half become the body of a fish. This can vary.
Thirdly we have their true undead form. An emaciated corpse that could be described as an undead mermaid, the flesh becoming grey and wrinkled. A monstrosity that only become visible in water, especially where they died. Their pupiless eyes burn a bright green
A Rusalka cannot survive long out of the water. This lengthy of time varies between those who are able to integrate into society and become a Species, and the Monsters that never develop consciousness. Their hair, even if it appears dry, if touched will feel damp. If it begins to feel dry they need to return to the river or lake where they normally dwell.
Rusalka are immune to the affects of cold and are stronger than humans, usually three times that of a man. They are very resilient to damage, in fact, there's only one way to kill them and that's to deny them water and let them dry out. For Rusalka that are monsters, this takes three hours in regular conditions. In the winter they can survive up to four hours.
These creatures are semi-conscious, partially aware of their surroundings but are unable to comprehend the world of the living. They are undead monsters, lurking in the murky depths of the place they died, rising during the night in seek of prey, basically any body that they can make suffer as they did. They always take their victims back to the place where they died to kill them.
While you can portray the undead as a character be very aware that they are monsters and people destroy them. This isn't because they're misunderstood, it's because Undead is the anthesis of the living and no matter what people, whether they be natural or unnatural view them as a threat, and nine times out of ten, they're not wrong.
Since the Gloaming in 2011, there has been a steady rise in the dead... rising. Some cases have even made the headlines, as scientists have been baffled how people who were by all rights dead, were suddenly walking around the morgue. Little more was reported before the stories were killed by those making sure that the general populace remain ignorant of the fact that their world is changing. Just realize that the next time you read an article about a junkie attacking people on the freeway that they're probably a legit zombie.
Omensvale being a highly potent Gloam gives rise to the Undead. Just as quickly as they appear, ICOR or the preternatural citizens trying to maintain their anonymity are putting them right back in their grave, there are no exceptions. If you're not a functioning member of the community able to blend in, you're as good as dead.
Vampyres are treated like any other member of the Undead, and in a city the size of Omensvale if they don't have their shit together, they're not going to live very long. These creatures are true threats to the populace and are always being sought out by everyone that's aware they exist.
RUSALKA
The Rusalki (plural) are "fish-women", dwelling at the bottom of rivers and lakes, a being who has died violently by water well before their time. Always a young woman, driven to suicide by bigotry and misogyny who is now forced to live as an undead preternatural being that has taken on the form of an aquatic being most like a mermaid.
According to legend, in the middle of the night, they would assume the form the woman they once were and walk out to the bank and dance in meadows, enticing handsome men, leading them to the water and their death. Of course, it's always a 'handsome' man. Truth is, the legends are nonsense, the creatures initially driven by vengeance, lashing out at the living in a deranged anger.
A Rusalka has three forms:
They can appear as they once were, frozen in the form just prior to their death. Their skin is pale and unable to tan, darker skin tones are 'off-colour', often mistaken as the effect of illness. This is obviously the form they use to cohabit with human-kind. Their skin is cooler than normal with a clammy feel.
Out of the water they partially assume their second form which is an amalgam between fish and human. Their skin become like that of a fish, glistening in light. Their eyes become cloudy white like a that of a corpse and their vital signs deaden. Their teeth become small and jagged, their hands and feet webbed with claws at the end of their digits. Their stringy hair (which is always wet) turns snow white, and their features become gaunt and corpse-like. In the water, they either retain their legs, while their feet enlarge into flippers, or their lower half become the body of a fish. This can vary.
Thirdly we have their true undead form. An emaciated corpse that could be described as an undead mermaid, the flesh becoming grey and wrinkled. A monstrosity that only become visible in water, especially where they died. Their pupiless eyes burn a bright green
A Rusalka cannot survive long out of the water. This lengthy of time varies between those who are able to integrate into society and become a Species, and the Monsters that never develop consciousness. Their hair, even if it appears dry, if touched will feel damp. If it begins to feel dry they need to return to the river or lake where they normally dwell.
Rusalka are immune to the affects of cold and are stronger than humans, usually three times that of a man. They are very resilient to damage, in fact, there's only one way to kill them and that's to deny them water and let them dry out. For Rusalka that are monsters, this takes three hours in regular conditions. In the winter they can survive up to four hours.
These creatures are semi-conscious, partially aware of their surroundings but are unable to comprehend the world of the living. They are undead monsters, lurking in the murky depths of the place they died, rising during the night in seek of prey, basically any body that they can make suffer as they did. They always take their victims back to the place where they died to kill them.
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