IWF Bestiary vol 1. - Horrorclix Base Set (8th March 07).
Avatar of Cthulhu.
Though the Great Old One still sleeps and dreams beneath the sea, he sometimes has need to act upon his own unknowable desires. When those times come, he awards one of his spawn with a measure of his own power. This Avatar is then free to walk abroad performing whatever task Great Cthulhu requires.
Bane Wolf.
Anyone bitten by a werewolf bite and survives, will himself transform into a rampaging beast at the next full moon. ?Bane Wolf? is a term coined by the Order to describe such an unfortunate individual. They are often worse than pure-blood werewolves, as they have no control over their transformation or what they do when under the influence of the wolf spirit.
Example: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (episode: Phases and Wild at Heart).
Bishop Luzifer.
Head of the church sponsored Order, Bishop Luzifer has been able to see spirits and demons his entire life. It was only when he joined the Order as a lowly initiate that he learnt he could perform an exorcism with just his own will. With this God-gifted ability he has saved hundreds of people and risen within the ranks of the Order to his current position.
Blood Demon.
Certain ancient prophecies speak of the End of Days, when Hell shall erupt on Earth. It is to that end that Hell has sent this powerful demon to the mortal world. Known in the Apocrypha simply as ?The Blood Demon,? it is a beast with a lunatic cult of fanatical followers who serve its every whim. It has the power to see past, present and future via the act of human sacrifice. Its cult performs these sacrifices to the unholy powers on the dark of the moon each month. It is through the deeds witnessed that the Blood Demon can foresee the coming Apocalypse.
Blood Vamp.
The vampiric condition brings with it a number of supernatural powers, ranging from mesmerism to fortitude. Some vampires seem able to tap into the magical force animating their bodies, and can use it cast powerful spells. These individuals known unceremoniously as Blood Vamps and are a much sought after resource for elder vampires seeking an edge against their rivals.
Brine Witch.
When the US military destroyed the corrupted town of Innsmouth in the early 1930?s, they dispersed the powerful cults of Cthulhu and Dagon, scattering the cultists and driving the Deep Ones further out to see. The half-human hybrids born of unison between human women and Deep One were likewise dispersed. They hid away the decades in seclusion only venturing forth for food and the occasional human sacrifice on auspicious times.
In recent years however, the eldest of their kind have felt drawn to the waters of the South pacific where Great Cthulhu waits dreaming. They have joined with the Deep Ones in the search for a means to raise their ancient master for his watery tomb.
Chainsaw.
Urban legends have a way of gaining life through the belief of those who tell the stories and the fears of those who listen. These figments arise in the places they are said to walk, waiting for the time when the conditions are right and they can manifest.
In the Deep South, for instance, there have many stories told about travelers on back roads who stop for gas only to find themselves hunted by inbred maniacs with chainsaws. While a few instances may true, the rest of these are figments given form by the fears and anxieties of their victims.
Constrictor.
Large snakes can be found in tropical climates around the world, and there are numerous horror stories of them smothering sleeping people and eating them alive.
Example: Anaconda.
Deep Ones
Amphibious beings that serve the Great Old Ones Cthulhu, Dagon, and Hydra; servitors of the Ogdru Jahad also appear to be Deep Ones, but are typically mutated into this form from originally human stock. However, given the Deep Ones' propensity for interbreeding with humans, many innocent humans may have dormant Deep One DNA and be vulnerable to gradual transformation into a Deep One.
Deep Ones build cyclopean cities on the ocean floor around the world, the most notable in recent history being Y'ha-nthlei off the Massachusetts coast. Y'ha-nthlei was destroyed in 1928 as part of Echo Team's first mission, while numerous hybrids were captured in the nearby town of Innsmouth.
Example: Dagon.
Devil Imp.
The infernal realms have their vermin just as the mortal world has its. Devil imps are the undesirable creatures that infest the lower levels of Hell. They are as unwanted down there as they are up here. When portals are opened and demons summoned, there is often enough time that these little horrors crawl through and escape into our world. Thankfully they are few in number and rarely cause trouble for long enough before either monster hunters or other monsters send them back. The last time they arrived in any real numbers was in the late 1960?s during Soviet experiments into dimensional portals.
Dire Werewolf.
The oldest living werewolf, and pack alpha of the Wolf Brothers. This ancient creature has become old and decrepit to the point that he is unable to sustain his hybrid form for very long. So far he has been able to hide this infirmity from his fellow werewolves, but at some point in the near future his weakness will become too much to bare, and the cabal will be thrown into chaos as they fight to replace him as pack alpha.
Dire Wolf.
An aspect of the primeval wolf spirit. Dire wolves have stalked the wilderness for millennia, but the expansion of civilisation has encroached on their territory. On certain times of the year they enter the cities of man to hunt and thin the herd. When the homeless vagrants go missing no one bats an eye and the killings continue.
Dog Soldier.
The American military has known about the existence of supernatural beings for decades and have even experimented on them to create a ?super soldier.? The Dog Soldier program is one such experiment that got away from them. After the capture of a werewolf in Texas in the mid-1980?s several volunteers were injected with samples of blood. The test subjects underwent a violent transformation and broke free from the compound. Despite attempts to capture them, several of them remain at large.
Evil Leprechaun.
The "fairies" do not have a proper name. They are creatures from the dawn of time, not alien, but part of the world, unseen by humanity. Mankind has ascribed positive attributes to them, but they are dangerous, part myth, part spirit, part real all jumbled together, unbound by anything we understand.
Example: Leprechaun.
Executed Convict.
There are numerous stories and movies that tell the story of an innocent man convicted and sentenced to the electric chair, only to return and secure revenge on the real killer. The truth is much worse. It is more likely that the spirit of the executed man returns to stalk those who sentenced and judged him, and then haunts the prison where he spent his last days.
Faith Priest.
The church has known the truth about the supernatural since the time of the Inquisition when the faithful put numerous monsters to the torch. These nights only a select few are ever told the truth about what stalks humanity, and they are given holy relics and tasked to hunting down evil.
Field Agent.
During the raid on Innsmouth in the 1930's, the US military was confronted with entities of a supernatural origin. It took many years of studying the tomes and relics recovered on that fateful day for the military to learn the depth of the threat that faced mankind. The response was to create Echo Company. These men are the US military?s monster hunters. They are the best of the best and trained to handle any supernatural threat from ghosts to aliens. Whenever monsters clash and innocents are hunted, these men will be there as our best hope.
Ghostfinder.
The Ghost Finders are a civilian band of supernatural investigators, sponsored by various private individuals and universities. They have had some luck in investigating the supernatural though have failed to back it up with any reputable evidence. They often return with blurring photos of ?orbs? and barely understandable recordings which they claim are voices of the dead. Recently, while investigating reports of monsters in the Kentucky back woods, the team encountered a pack of hungry zombies, and almost losing a member to them. Following that they have taken to arming themselves when on a hunt, just in case.
Great Cthulhu.
High priest of the Great Old Ones, Great Cthulhu currently sleeps in the corpse city of R'leyh deep beneath the Pacific Ocean. The other Great Old Ones and Outer Gods have become trapped or forced into slumber due to an unfavourable alignment of stars. Through dreams and other omens, Great Cthulhu directs his servants - both human and monstrous, to work towards returning the Great Old Ones.
Example: The Call of Cthulhu.
Headless Horseman.
The infamous leader of the Furies, the Headless Horseman is the basis for the story ?Sleepy Hollow.? Now his restless soul seeks to return to life so that I might escape Hell forever. In return for securing the soul of Rasputin, who has escaped Hell's clutches, the demonic powers that be have offered him his freedom. He has gathered about him other restless and evil souls to achieve this task. In order to lure Rasputin out into the open, he has stolen ancient relics from the Hellbound cult.
Example: Sleepy Hollow.
Hook.
An urban legend given a semblance of life by the telling of his story. If enough people come to believe the truth of his story, Hook steps from the shadows ready to continue his killings. The more murders he commits the more the fear level rises and the stronger he becomes, until some brave soul is able to destroy him.
Example: Supernatural (episode: Hook Man).
Jack the Ripper.
In the summer of 1888 the East End of London was stalked by this mysterious figure who murdered five prostitutes before vanishing back into the night. There have been many attempts to investigate and reveal the identity of this killer but no one knows for sure who he was or why he committed his grisly work. Presumed dead.
Example: Jack The Ripper.
Jekyll and Hyde/Dr Henry Jekyll.
A Victorian scientist who experimented with alchemy to create a potion that would allow him to remove his evil side. Instead, the potion releases that evil side as Edward Hyde - a murderous insane monster. Both are presumed dead.
Example: Dr Jekyll and Mister Hyde.
Jester.
The original "Jester" killings were the modus operandi of a man named Sunny, who worked as a clown on children's television. After several decapitation murders were tracked back him, Sunny was gunned down by the FBI. After a few years, copycat murders have begun to appear in cities across America. Has Sunny returned from the dead to continue his work, or some other strange force at work?
Lynch Ghost.
Most often encountered in what remains of the Old West, these spirits are the ghosts of murderers hung for their crimes. These restless souls continue to haunt the sites of their death, preying on travelers. Some have been documented as hunting down the descendents of those who condemned them to death by the noose.
In Europe these spirits are known as Gallows Ghosts, and were buried at crossroads so as to stop them finding their way back to haunt the living.
Matron Mother.
These are leaders among a secret order of nuns known as the Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Agony. The order devotes itself to the following works: the 'purification' and indoctrination of new acolytes, providing communion and succor for unholy creatures, and performing occult rites destined to bring about Hell on Earth. Our Lady of Perpetual Agony is the church of choice for many vampires, largely because they know that tithing a portion of their victims is the best way to keep St Angelique from hunting them down.
Morgana
The oldest known specimen of Blood Vamp, she witnessed the Roman withdrawal from British lands and seduced the dux bellorum who would be remembered in legend as Arthur. She wielded the Inquisition as a weapon against her rivals, until it grew too powerful to control, and she has walked the eldritch shores of R'lyeh when it has, for a brief few nights, emerged from the ocean depths. So ancient is she that blood alone cannot sustain her, so she has wrought a supernatural focus to anchor her spirit in her undead body. It was she who found Rasputin dying and gave him immortality in lieu of a watery grave. She is either Rasputin's lover, his disciple, or his subtle master. None who dare ask have ever survived.
Mr. Fright.
The entities known as Mr. Fright are the creation of childhood fears of things in the cupboard or under the bed. Created by those same fears, they manifest on cold dark nights to terrorize and ultimately kill children in the beds. Sometimes the child survives traumatized, only to find that Mr. Fright returns years later to finish the job.
Nosferatu.
When a vampire lives for several centuries, its body undergoes a change. It loses its former appearance becoming hideous and demonic to look upon. But with this degradation comes new powers unknown to the majority of other vampires. These Nosferatu, as they are known, tend to become loners, shunning contact with their own kind. Instead they locate new lairs and prey upon foolish mortals who dare come too close.
Example: Nosferatu, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Welcome to the Hellmouth).
Outpatient.
It began as a game: look for the eerie, the inexplicable, and the occult in your life, and post them to the Wicked World website. Pretty swiftly, even an ordinary life begins to look like a horror story. It's a pleasant diversion for horror fans, but it has been known to have a disturbing effect on emotionally unstable players. As the game has progressed, and the body of 'evidence' has grown, more and more players have vanished, breaking down and being hospitalized. Those players most infected by the horrors of the game, both real and imagined, have started to become them...
R'Leyh Guardian.
One of Great Cthulhu's eldest star spawn, this ancient horror guards and protects the sunken tombs and temples of the Great Old Ones, preparing for the day when the stars shall again be right. Only when foolish investigators and monster hunters interfere in their grand destiny does the Guardian arise from the depths.
Rasputin/The Mad Monk
History tells us that this mystic was assassinated in 1916, yet the files of Echo Team and the BPRD indicate he was present at the ritual that brought Hellboy to earth in 1944. Agents of both groups have reported numerous encounters since then, including several confirmed kills. Contradictory data seems to indicate that he is a sorcerer, a vampire, an avatar or servant of the Ogdru Jahad (the Great Old Ones), or even a Cenobite of the Gash. At times he has appeared to be a leader of the Hellbound occult society; at others he has seemed a lone maniac. Analysts conclude that multiple entities are using the Rasputin identity to disguise their activities, and if the original mystic lives still, his identity cannot be verified.
Example: Hellboy.
Razor Vixen.
An all girl gang of female vampire mercenaries, the Razor Vixens sell their services to any willing to pay the price, though usually their clients pay the ultimate price. The eldest members of the gang are indoctrinated into the Bloodcall and directed to serve that order in all things.
Reaper of Souls.
Death itself is a real force. Unseen by mortal eyes, this primordial entity is always on hand to snatch souls away to the afterlife. Some are able to cheat death but not forever. When the spirit of Death decides to reveal itself, it takes on the cloaked skull-face image most familiar in popular culture.
Runaway.
In the heart of the inner city something dark stalks the homeless by night. Fear is a powerful force and their fears and worries have given birth to a shape that hunts them in the dark. It takes the form of a young woman dressed as they and carrying a sharp blade. She hates and eases that hate by killing those who have brought her into existence. This no single entity, for she seems to stalk the homeless in every major city around the world.
Scarecrow.
The original scarecrows were pagan effigies designed to protect crops and to ensure that the local town flourished. Every year the townsfolk would make a human sacrifice to the gods to keep the scarecrow appeased. When those rites are not performed, the ancient scarecrow animates and comes to collect its own sacrifice from among those who created it or their descendents.
Example: Supernatural (episode: Scarecrow).
Shambling Zombie.
Zombies can be animated by a number of differing causes, such as the T-Virus, unusual radiation or black magic. One thing they all have in common is a desire to eat the flesh of the living, passing their condition on by biting their prey. Thankfully zombie outbreaks are rare and have so far been contained.
Examples: Night/Dawn/Day/Land of the Living Dead, and Resident Evil.
Skeletal Maiden.
A woman who commits suicide for love or over a cheating lover, may return to stalk the world as an enraged spirit known in occult tomes as a Skeletal Maiden or often ?a woman in white.? They seek to possess the living in order that they might extract revenge upon those who wronged them, even if those responsible are long dead. They rarely get the opportunity however, as there presence within the body causes it to rapidly rot and decay, killing the host and causing the Maiden to again seek a new host.
Skeleton.
These personifications of death are raised by necromancers or other more powerful undead. Unlike zombies, skeletons are not self-directing, and are easily trapped, or can be lead into dangerous terrain. However, once the directive is commanded by their masters, their drive is relentless, and means are brutal. They only stop once destroyed. Piercing a skeleton is useless, considering they lack the flesh that would otherwise damage them.
Sorority Zombie.
There are leaders even among the undead. When Doctor Herbert West caused a zombie outbreak in Arkham during the 1920?s, a number of his test subjects exhibited an unusual level of intelligence and ability to lead their fellow zombies. Since then, there always seems to be at least one zombie in any given outbreak with the intelligence to command the others.
Stoker.
The monstrous insane Nosferatu who leads the Bloodcall cabal. Age has done more to this monster than warp his physical form. Stoker is so old that he has been driven insane by the weight of ages and the sheer number of years he has existed. Despite being the leader of his cabal, his insanity already has other vampires looking to remove him from his throne.
Terror Demon.
Servitors of Hell, these demons can be summoned to the mortal realm by certain dark magic?s. They are masters of fear and terror, able to drive even the most stalwart character into a fitful panic. In return for their services, they claim the still warm heart of their prey.
The Fiend.
During the Second World War, Hitler?s occult scientists attempted to continue the works of Victor Frankenstein and create a powerful new soldier from the bodies of fallen men. Their experiment was successful and the creature came to life. However it was utterly insane and slew the scientists before disappearing into the night. Though it was never seen again during the war, reports of its appearance have spread throughout Europe in the years since then.
Tickler.
These unusual demons kill by tickling their prey to death. Their victims are found dead in the fetal position with wide insane grins on their faces. Scholars of demonology are puzzled by the existence of such an infernal creature, but all can agree that anyone slain by these monsters will die with a smile on their faces.
Tomb Mummy.
He no longer remembers what crime he committed to be sealed away; he only knows that he hurts. The Tomb Mummy was pulled from beneath the Egyptian sands in 1897 and traveled the world until he came to rest in Chicago last year. It was the theft of his treasures that awoke him, and set him lose upon the night. In order to remain awake, he must regularly feast upon the blood rich organs of others.
Vampire Enforcer.
The Bloodcall does not believe in hiding from mortals, but it does realize that such a practice draws their enemies to them. Each branch of the cabal has dedicated enforcers who protect the coven from vampire hunters and hunt down werewolves that stray into their territory.
Example: Underworld.
Vampire Hunter.
Vampires have staked mankind since its earliest nights. In return, there have been those who hunt vampires for a living. Among them there is a legend of the ?The Slayer,? one girl in all the world who has the supernatural strength to fight vampires.
Example: Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Widow Octavia/The Widow.
An ancient and primeval arachnid spirit. For millennia she has slept away the ages, emerging every few centuries to feed. However, the over population of the Earth, humanity spreading across the globe unchecked, has awoken her early. She has crawled from her lair deep underground to feast heartily and lay her eggs before she returns to the earth once more.
Zombie Cop.
Since the 1970?s there have been a number of small zombie outbreaks around the world. Thankfully they have been contained and covered up, but there are always casualties. In the initial outbreak recorded in Pittsburgh in 1978, it was the police who were to suffer the most casualties as they tried to save as many people as possible.
Example: Dawn of the Dead.
Zombie Lawyer.
Some zombies seem able to retain a semblance of their intelligence, even if the personality has long since gone. While the name may be truthful or not, these flesh-eaters seem able to goad on their zombie companions on to hunt the living, regardless of their physical condition.
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has anyone given any thought to what the ECHO in ECHo team means? whan I play with peoplke I treat it like SEal or other military term I use
Emergency Containment Hazardous Organism team
it sounds like military jargon and it would fit the game if the goverment was not trying to acknowledge the existance of supernatural creatures
Can you do what you did with the original bestiary and make the updates a different colour so they are easier to find.
Sure thing. I did the update at about 3-4 this morning in a fit of insomnia - great for stimulating the imagination, not so good for remembering to colour the entries.
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I like that you recognized The Fiend was related to Frankenstein's monster. In fact, that's what the monster is commonly called in the novel.
Also, I think the Headless Horseman was given furies because he was the vengeful spirit of a revolutionary war ghost.
Not trying to correct any of your work, I enjoyed reading it thoroughly. Just trying to give a literary insight into some of the characters. ^^;
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- H.P. Lovecraft
I always thought Dagon was just another name for Cthulhu, a much more pronouncable name. In Lovecraft's work at least, he was never distinguished as a seperate entity, and it was alluded to that they were the same.
Far as I know later writers didn't pick up on that and created the Dagon as a seperate being thing, and then threw in Hydra for whatever reason. I never liked Hydra, what a boring name. And then they made Cthulhu into some water god thing - despite the fact that lovecraft explicitly says it blocks his powers. He's in the water, but he sure isn't a water monster.
Anyway, just wondering why Dagon and Hydra were included despite them not being mentioned on any of the clix flavor texts, it adds a whole level to that part of the universe that doesn't need to be there... and sort of damages the rest of the universe because of how overpowered those particular creatures are. Cthulhu is already damaging enough as it is. Any universe with him in it kind of has to revolve around him because of how damn powerful he is, but the HrC universe doesn't (or there would be more unmentionable horrors). Having the other two there without anything really connecting them to the universe other than the deep ones and cthulhu being in it sort of feels like a plot hole.
I'm guessing it's just because other people liked the later cthulhu mythos stuff more than I did, and people have different opinions about the way godly power should affect things.
Dagon is never implied to be Cthulhu in any of Lovecraft's work that I can recall. Theres no correlation even in the short story "Dagon."
Auhust Derleth invented the whole elemental side of the Mythos, which I agree never really made any sense. If Cthulhu is a water "god" then why is he trapped underwater?
I included Dagon and Hydra in there for completeness. Just because HrC got canned before we got anything for them doesn't mean that the rest of the Mythos doesn't exist. In the Mythos, it is those entities plus a few more (Zoth-Ommog...etc) that the deep ones serve.
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The thing I like about HorrorClix flavor text and the bestiary/timeline is that nothing is favored. The universe DOESN'T have to revolve around Cthulhu/Dagon/Yog-Sothoth/etc. because each of them is just one of many beings that hold power (even divine power) in the world. Flavor text indicates the existence of Hell, which probably means acknowledging the Judeo-Christian Devil (not to mention the Freddy vs. Jason action pack, considering that both characters have been to Hell). The existence of angels (Archangel) gives off the idea that there is a Heaven/God in the HorrorClix universe, as does the power of figures like Faith Priest and Bishop Luzifer. Then we have Yama, who is presumably a manifestation of the god Yama from Indian/Japanese mythology, and that opens up the door for at least those pantheons. Also, since Cthulhu is essentially an alien, he would still be beneath actual gods.
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