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| − | Dust-Men are weird, | + | Dust-Men are weird, naturally eyeless, shadowy humanoid entities composed of living dust, found mostly in the desert regions of the [[Dreamlands]]. They disturb the sleep of Dreamers, sprinkling a cursed dust into their eyes which allows the Dust-Men to control dreams and influence the victim's waking life as well with hallucinations, or even controlling the victim's physical actions - the victim can't be compelled to do anything they wouldn't do when fully conscious and in control of their own actions, but they might be caused to make careless mistakes such as walking into a dangerous situation, knocking something dangerous over, etc. Should a Dust-Man's victim be successfully incapacitated and rendered unable to wake up or resist, the Dust-Man - who is otherwise eyeless and unable to Dream or see - can pluck out the Dreamer's eyes, taking them back to the Dreamlands to share with its family and children, who can wear the victim's eyes, allowing them to see and to Dream. |
==Heresies and Controversies== | ==Heresies and Controversies== | ||
Revision as of 13:59, 11 July 2022
Dust-Men (AKA "The Sand-Man") were an original creation designed by Robert Horowitz for the Malleus Monstrorum.
Description
Dust-men live in the Dreamlands where they appear as vague, featureless man-sized humanoids composed of brown or grey dust. Mouthless, they communicate with complex gestures.
— Robert Horowitz for the Malleus Monstrorum
Dust-Men are weird, naturally eyeless, shadowy humanoid entities composed of living dust, found mostly in the desert regions of the Dreamlands. They disturb the sleep of Dreamers, sprinkling a cursed dust into their eyes which allows the Dust-Men to control dreams and influence the victim's waking life as well with hallucinations, or even controlling the victim's physical actions - the victim can't be compelled to do anything they wouldn't do when fully conscious and in control of their own actions, but they might be caused to make careless mistakes such as walking into a dangerous situation, knocking something dangerous over, etc. Should a Dust-Man's victim be successfully incapacitated and rendered unable to wake up or resist, the Dust-Man - who is otherwise eyeless and unable to Dream or see - can pluck out the Dreamer's eyes, taking them back to the Dreamlands to share with its family and children, who can wear the victim's eyes, allowing them to see and to Dream.
Heresies and Controversies
Associated Mythos Elements
- location: Dreamlands
References
- sourcebook: Malleus Monstrorum
