A Study on Descendant-kind | Vol. I

[TreeSmoothie 4863]

 

[!] A peculiar tome is circulated throughout Almaris, allegedly originating from within the Principality of Lurin.

 

 

 

Published by the Citadel of Hexenstadt

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DESCENDANT-KIND: bipedal, featherless & furless, cursed creatures who inhabit the material world. From humans, short-lived and aggressive, to elves, immortal and barren, descendants' internal structures are rather simple and similar. Across the four races, most organs remain the same; differing perhaps only in amount. This study seeks to delve further truly into how their bodies work to aid in our Life Evocationist brethren's studies, longpig-consumer's fine cooking, and ... All macabre topics in-between.

 

Descendant Flesh is often an array of colors between snowy whites, to earthen brows, and coal blacks (aside from Orcish skin, which is an entirely different affair). It can commonly be infected with dirt and sickness, resulting in wells of pus and blood on the surface, and when cut can become easily infected. In contrast to other creatures (including Orcs), descendant skin is malleable and very easily cut through. Orcish flesh, however, is leathery; it is much tougher to cut and requires more strength than what most Voidal Magi could muster -- however, when cut, these wounds take longer to heal and almost always scar over in a pigment slightly lighter than their skintone. Orcish skin is also sometimes striped or spotted, peculiarly. 

 

Flesh is what holds firm Descendants' organs. With a lack of flesh, the Descendant's musculoskeletal system will struggle against the body's internal organs and eventually give in to their weight, and let me tell you, hanging up all TWENTY TWO feet of someone's small intestines ... It's tedious.

 

The Citadel's findings on how Descendants may perform once rid of their flesh are as follows.

All test subjects were conjurations, not truly living individuals. Spare us thy pitchforks and torches! 

 

 

HUMANS:

Survived for three days. The human's intestines ruptured the layer of muscle and quickly caused its demise.

 

URUKS:

Survived for an astonishing six days. I theorize it was their rage that empowered them -- the adrenaline from it, surely. However, it was their stomach that ruptured the Orc's muscle. It was also on the verge of death by hypothermia, it seems their flesh acts as an insulator of sorts due to its thickness.

 

DWARVES:

Survived for four days. The dwarf died of sepsis, as some remnant hair stuck on tiny, tiny muscles; arrector pili, which control how a descendant's hair stands (when one gets 'goosebumps'), somehow grew backwards into the organs and transferred outside contaminants inwards.

 

ELVES:

Survived for two days. The elf seemingly died of two things, its circulatory system desperately attempting to scab over the entire body to prevent breeches, and dehydration. The elf out-performed all other test subjects in resisting hypothermia, seconded closely by only dwarves because of their small, hardy mass.

 

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Don't ... Lose your skin.

 

 

[The King Of The Moon 5119]

"That's messed up." comments a concerned campaigner for the rights of Phantoms, Evocations, Tawkin and Automatons (PETA).

[TreeSmoothie 4863]

6 minutes ago, The King Of The Moon said:

"That's messed up." comments a concerned campaigner for the rights of Phantoms, Evocations, Tawkin and Automatons (PETA).

 

The Citadel's headmaster trembles in her boots at the thought of Evocations rights activists. They were too strong.

[ClassyDryad 1732]

"No conjuration can be sustained for more than a few hours at the size of a descendant, these people clearly just murdered four poor souls..." A dark elven voidstalker would hum to herself before she goes to plotting to kill five people who slighted her in the past. She'd then blink, "What in the endless abyss is bacteria?"

[TreeSmoothie 4863]

16 minutes ago, ClassyBells said:

"No conjuration can be sustained for more than a few hours at the size of a descendant, these people clearly just murdered four poor souls..." A dark elven voidstalker would hum to herself before she goes to plotting to kill five people who slighted her in the past. She'd then blink, "What in the endless abyss is bacteria?"

Spoiler

WHOOPS forgot abt the bacteria bit

I am tired