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| − | + | '''Brood of Eihort''' are from [[Ramsey Campbell]]'s "[[Before the Storm (fiction)]]" and '''Broodlings of Eihort''' are from [[J. Todd Kingrea]]'s ''[[Cross My Heart, Hope to Die (fiction)]]''. | |
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| + | His entire body lost its cohesiveness and he dissolved in on himself. His face, chest, legs — every single part — liquefied into soggy mounds of writhing, shining, jellied spiders. | ||
| + | <br>— [[J. Todd Kingrea]], ''[[Cross My Heart, Hope to Die (fiction)]]'' | ||
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| + | When seen in the dark, Broodlings of Eihort might appear to be a deathly pale, totally hairless, cloaked human being with a strange skin disorder and an odd body posture - nothing that couldn't, properly disguised, walk among humans undetected. It wouldn't be until the Broodlings - actually a gestalt creature made up of millions of tiny, white, spidery creatures clinging and working together in human shape - are injured that they reveal themselves for the mass of creeping Broodlings that the figure actually is. The Broodlings exist to serve Eihort as a colonial organism with a shared consciousness and the ability to project their thoughts psychically, seeming to be able to talk like human beings, even though on closer examination the lips do not move properly in synchronization with the words that one is "hearing", and may often be observed among Eihort's cultists in the shadows of night and in underground meetings, serving as evangelists and messengers for Eihort's will on Earth. | ||
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| + | ==Brood of Eihort== | ||
| + | A small, grubby, spider-like entity, larger than a Broodling, which [[Eihort]] implants in its victims, where it grows parasitically, driving the victim mad with strange and morbid dreams and the agony of the infestation, until at last a mature Brood splits open its host's body, killing the host, and allowing the mature Brood to live independently of a host body, hiding to await the return of their master to Earth as they grow into smaller imitations of Eihort, often leading its cults from the shadows through the gestalt emissaries of Broodlings in human form. | ||
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| + | ==Heresies and Controversies== | ||
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| + | identification with "Real Life" mythological, religious, folklore, natural, and historical phenomena; | ||
| + | rumor and speculation... these contribute some flexibility and ambiguity to the mythos. | ||
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| + | ==Keeper Notes== | ||
| + | Optional. Suggestions for using these creatures in the CoC RPG, and in fan-fiction. | ||
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| + | ==Associated Mythos Elements== | ||
| + | * tome: ''[[Tome1]]'' | ||
| + | * deity: [[Eihort]] | ||
| + | * cult: [[Human Cultist]]s | ||
| + | * location: [[Severn Valley]] | ||
| + | * location: [[Hollow Earth]] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | * fiction: [[Ramsey Campbell]]'s "[[Before the Storm (fiction)]]" | ||
| + | * fiction: [[J. Todd Kingrea]]'s ''[[Cross My Heart, Hope to Die (fiction)]]'' | ||
| + | * sourcebook: ''[[Malleus Monstrorum]]'' | ||
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| + | [[Category:HollowEarth]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:06, 11 July 2022
Brood of Eihort are from Ramsey Campbell's "Before the Storm (fiction)" and Broodlings of Eihort are from J. Todd Kingrea's Cross My Heart, Hope to Die (fiction).
Broodling of Eihort
His entire body lost its cohesiveness and he dissolved in on himself. His face, chest, legs — every single part — liquefied into soggy mounds of writhing, shining, jellied spiders.
— J. Todd Kingrea, Cross My Heart, Hope to Die (fiction)
When seen in the dark, Broodlings of Eihort might appear to be a deathly pale, totally hairless, cloaked human being with a strange skin disorder and an odd body posture - nothing that couldn't, properly disguised, walk among humans undetected. It wouldn't be until the Broodlings - actually a gestalt creature made up of millions of tiny, white, spidery creatures clinging and working together in human shape - are injured that they reveal themselves for the mass of creeping Broodlings that the figure actually is. The Broodlings exist to serve Eihort as a colonial organism with a shared consciousness and the ability to project their thoughts psychically, seeming to be able to talk like human beings, even though on closer examination the lips do not move properly in synchronization with the words that one is "hearing", and may often be observed among Eihort's cultists in the shadows of night and in underground meetings, serving as evangelists and messengers for Eihort's will on Earth.
Brood of Eihort
A small, grubby, spider-like entity, larger than a Broodling, which Eihort implants in its victims, where it grows parasitically, driving the victim mad with strange and morbid dreams and the agony of the infestation, until at last a mature Brood splits open its host's body, killing the host, and allowing the mature Brood to live independently of a host body, hiding to await the return of their master to Earth as they grow into smaller imitations of Eihort, often leading its cults from the shadows through the gestalt emissaries of Broodlings in human form.
Heresies and Controversies
Associated Mythos Elements
- tome: Tome1
- deity: Eihort
- cult: Human Cultists
- location: Severn Valley
- location: Hollow Earth
References
- fiction: Ramsey Campbell's "Before the Storm (fiction)"
- fiction: J. Todd Kingrea's Cross My Heart, Hope to Die (fiction)
- sourcebook: Malleus Monstrorum
