Outerfiends

Outerfiends number among the most destructive of all entities in the multiverse. Thankfully, these horrors are few and far between. So 'far' in fact that the distance between them is measured in light years.

These cosmic terrors float through the deep, dark depths of space on the look out for inhabited planets. After hibernating for several aeons, outerfiends wake up with an insatiable appetite. Unfortunately for the lifeforms they meet, they combine this insatiable appetite with a bottomless stomach.


Historical depiction of a space krakenLike all of their fiendish cousins, outerfiends devour mortals for mana - a magickal substance that physical beings naturally accumulate. While it's possible to take mana without eating people, doing so takes longer, and fiends have places to go and people to eat. Outerfiends have a lot of people to eat, too. After landing on a planet, they'll set about devouring every man, woman, and kangaroo on it.

Outerfiends grow larger as they eat more and more of the native lifeforms. They might not be too big to start with, as outerfiends shrink down to their core size during their long hibernations. By the time they land on a planet, they may be no larger than a show pony. By the time they leave, you can usually see them from space.


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List of Outerfiends

Sorcologists tend to know outerfiends individually rather than as separate groups. It could be that different varieties will be categorised, but for now not that much is known about them - only that every one seems similar but different to its contemporaries - all looking like galactic drain clogs of some description.

0H-5H1T


Given the risk that outerfiends pose to life on Tumultia, ever-vigilant astronomers keep an eye out for them. The cosmic horror designated 0H-5H1T numbers among the outerfiends they've thus far observed. According to many projections, oH-5H1T's current course will see it colliding with Tumultia and devouring all life on the planet. According to others, sentient kind will likely have wiped itself out waaay before that can happen.


Recent picture showing 0H-5H1T's position. Can you see it? It's somewhere in the middle. Can you see it? It's there, I promise you. Are you looking good? Well I don't know - maybe get your eyes tested or something?
Chicxulub

Geomancers have shown through rigorous geomancing that an outerfiend collided with Tumultia some several billion years ago. They refer to this entity as Chicxulub. Its time on the planet coincides with the extinction of the dinopoodles - a group of dog-like mega-floofs that ruled the planet before sentient kind existed.

Gob-Nommoth

Gob-Nommoth is the name of the outerfiend that Smarman the sorcerer uses to power his airship, the Iron Blimp. By providing it with steady yet minimal sustenance, the sorcerer can prevent the fiend growing while also taking advantage of the magick that spurts out from its void hole. This isn't what you'd call a safety conscious approach to air travel. As an immortal terror with unfathomable influence, Smarman can get away with it.
Gob-Nommoth by Zuza Gruzlewska
You can read more about Gob-Nommoth here.
See Also
FiendsGob-NommothThe Quest Factor

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