Bestiary

The changes that drive the Enfolded into the waves do not cease once they abandon the world of light and air. Few survive long in the courts of the abyss, but those that do continue to become stranger and stronger—they grow, and grow, until after hundreds or thousands of years, they become Chulorvian elders. These vast horrors orchestrate the great plans of the Chulorviah, and send the Petryani here and there to carry out the will of the abyssal strain. If the Kraken-Born find it ironic that only the lowliest among them may grow to become the rulers of their kind, they keep their thoughts to themselves.

The Chulorvian elders are timeless and ageless. They claim to inherit the memory of the abyssal strain, and speak of events that happened long before their birth as though they had witnessed them personally. The memories of the Chulorvian elders stretch back and back, ever into deeper darkness, through geological ages. They remember a time before humanity. They remember the time before land or light, when all was simply icy darkness. At the great extremes of their recollection, they do not know if they recall the past or the future; perhaps it is both, and this is the goal toward which the abyssal strain strives, attempting to meet itself across the bridge of time.

Few not of the abyssal strain ever meet a Chulorvian elder and live. Most of those that do are powerful Rokea, who find themselves the target of Chulorvian aggressions ever afterward.

Image: Each elder is an individual nightmare of writhing, cephalopod horror, a cauldron of flesh twisted without rhyme or reason. Chitinous beaks snap, great eyes stare, tentacles writhe and coil and rubbery skin mottles, all these elements placed without rhyme or reason. Almost all retain a few vestigial indicators of the people they once were: a few fingers waggling at the end of a tentacle, or a woman’s lovely green eyes staring out of a nest of rustling mantles. The speech of the Chulorvian elders tolls hollowly in the minds of those they address.

Attributes: Strength 9+, Dexterity 5+, Stamina 9+, Charisma 3, Manipulation 6, Appearance 0, Perception 5+, Intelligence 6+, Wits 4

Abilities: Elder abilities vary wildly. They retain any skills from life, and most are accomplished fighters with Brawl ratings at 4 or 5. All have Occult 6+.

Willpower: 8+

Health Levels: OK, OK, –1, –1, –2, –2, –2, –5, –5, Incapacitated

Powers: Basic Chulorviah powers, Immunity to the Delirium. All Chulorvian elders are capable of Mindspeak-style communication with other Kraken-Born from up to 500 miles away. Finally, each elder possesses a unique array of Gifts chosen by the Storyteller, generally between five and 15.

Incapacitated