Infernal Plant Folk

Anthropomorphic plants with inherent infernal, imperial, or industrial powers.

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Thornling

Infernal thorn people.

• Lifespan : 200 years
• Diet: Lifeforce
• Habitat: Temperate
• Socioeconomic Status: Ruling class

Thorn-vine people who consume the identities of others. They stand on average about 6' tall. They have hominid bodies with greenish white flesh and many, many thorned vines growing out of them. The vines grow in and out of their flesh, going through bone and organ, out of orifices, and all entangling in a knot on their backs. The thorns often rip their bodies open.

Thornlings have the power to drain the Names of other mortals by wrapping them in their vines. First, they drain the blood, absorbing it for lifeforce. Then, they drain the minds, turning it into perceptive ability. Then, they drain the heart, turning emotion into pure energy. And then they drain the soul, which allows them to take in the entire identity of the victim.

The victim is then left a faceless, featureless husk, and the thornling can glamour as the victim for a day, or they can convert the Name into energy to make themselves more powerful. They can use this energy to improve their abilities or to give themselves an ability they took from the victim, which will last for a month.

Thornlings do not do this for nourishment - they can live off sunshine, soil, and water, like a plant - but for power.

Thornlings come from the kingdom of Mwyr Aeld, an ancient and powerful kingdom of doppelgangers, thornlings, and other beings who are known for hunting slaves for sport, complex politics, and feudal conquests. Though there are lower class members of their culture who are not cruel and tyrannical, the ruling class dictates a harsh society that is dominated by their desire to consume, to one-up others, and to be the most powerful and beautiful they can be.

PRO 9 ATH 9 STR 8 AWA 9 WIL 9 PRS 10 STH 9