[Feat / CA] Cannibalism

[Werew0lf 24181]

 

“We are all born mad. Some remain so.” 

 

 

Origin

 

In acre forests of past Aegis, stories bespoken of wild men running across the mirth of river and mud. They adorned primitive loincloths and capes of fur, skin of descendant flesh and wore a dress of dishevelled fur and hair. Nail covered in grime, sharpened and overgrown for years. Surrounding a pyre of flames, dancing in orison to their great lord of fire. Yet, as descendants came to develop and prosper, the insane remained. The night of the eternal dance - ah, the blessed children of insanity, relished of their minds, caved by rocks and stones, incapable of right or wrong.

 

Upon a frightful winter, a maniple of one-hundred soldiers departed the mountain-city of Al’Khazar after reports of mangled corpses - of men and beasts. They bore marks in their flesh matching descendants canines, yet selfishly rid of their innards and organs, cupped by entrails of loosened intestines and flesh. Sanguine escaped the corpse, still filled by the vile liquid.

 

The wild-men strawed their hunt in front of the fires, and danced once again. All day and all night until exhaustion took them, embroiled in sweat over their thick fur, and then returned to their cycle of insanity - ah, blessed children of insanity, who knew only to hunt. 

 

 

“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality 

to go insane.” 

 

Explanation

 

Insanity is perpetuating the state of madness. There are many common factors that lead to one becoming insane: dabbling in the dark occult, suffering from physical damage to the skull, traumatic experiences, or being born by primitive beasts from birth. It is not the cause of aengudaemonic infliction, nor is there any sort of magic or sorcery that leads to this phenomena. Slowly devolving into the pits of mindless torment, to become feral cannibals of the night. The nature of the affliction is uncertain, but it targets those of poor backstory – the war infants, the abusive parent, the tortured, and all other stories that break down a person's mind. 

 

At the end of the cycle, those who reach the pinnacle of insanity are no longer considered of sane descendant mind, and are referred to as ‘mad-men’, commonly known as: wild men, orphaned beasts, feral druids, or cannibals. Stricken by hallucination and fear, their nightly prowl leads to their torment, and at day, they return to normality. Yet, the taste of flesh becomes savoury. 

 

 

Insanity Cycle

 

Those stricken with the ailment of insanity are not affixed to a permanent and swift transformation. At first, they must come to their maddening; a story that leads to their demise. A state of derived madness that can be felt by all those who come across them, noticed by the change of their physical characteristics, habits, and development over the few stages.

 

‒ There must be a viable source that leads to the development of their insanity. For example, being a user of a dark-magic that leads to mental defects, having a broken story, or physical decay surrounding the cranium which causes insanity.

 

Stage 1 [Devolving] - (0 days to 4 months) 

The character has begun dwindling into insanity. At first, it starts as small hallucinations – seeing the odd thing in the corner, or forgetting where you placed something a few moments ago. The experience of being watched from over your shoulder, and being detached from the social group you surround yourself in. 

 

‒ This lasts up to 1 OOC week (0 days to 4 months IC).

‒ The experiences are small and it shouldn’t be used to justify wanton slaughter or murder. 

 

Stage 2 [Worsening] - (4 months to 2 years) 

The character is on the path to deteriorating health. Symptoms such as forgetting where you are, or appearing in random places become a common occurrence. Slowly, the character feels detached from reality, and is only drawn in by the experiences. The character, regardless of gender, begins to find they stop taking care of themselves. Their nails grow larger yet not to a frightening level, and the hairs on their body start pressing outwards. Even when cutting away their nails and hairs, they seem to regrow the next day.

 

‒ This lasts up to 2 OOC weeks (2 years).

‒ The experiences should be roleplayed appropriately. People should be made aware of the physical changes, such as looking more disgusting in appearance.

 

Stage 3 [Cannibal]  - (2 years to 3 years) 

The character begins to lose a touch of who they are, and stray into the darkness of the world. In the wandering woods, you begin to act as a primitive beast - yet, at the same time, you are too unfocused to know what is going on. The expenditure of growth on your bodily hairs and nails seems to rise, and then you get the first taste of flesh - and you savour it.

 

‒ Once it has hit the 3rd year, the character begins to swiftly devolve into insanity. This stops you from starting to do cannibal roleplay before reaching the stage. 

‒ Please look below for a longer clarification on this stage and refer to the cycle.

‒ This stage only lasts 1 OOC day.

 

The Reset

After roaming the wilds for a month, a cannibal will come to their senses. They will begin to regain their humanity, and though not knowing of what has occurred, will likely return home - to shave off their hairs, and to clip their nails. To only repeat the dreaded cycle of insanity. 

 

 

“A writer is a kind of benevolent cannibal who eats the world.”

 

 

Cannibal

 

After three years of torment, on the last day of the third, the development reaches its close. The insane will begin to wander into the forest, and the rapid - for no obvious reasons - expenditure of growth in hair begins to infest their body. It does not cover them fully, leaving scars of their humanity visible. In this primitive form, a cannibal will not be in control of their body - and for no reason of their own, will only attempt to survive each night by means of hunting.

 

They become incapable of learning in their moment of derangement, outside of ripping fires with clashing rocks to stay warm, or devouring meat raw. Incapable of understanding the commodity of weapons and homes, a cannibal will naturally come to fear the real world, and will keep to their woodlands or caves. 

 

Upon the taste of descendant flesh, a cannibal will grow viler; slobbering from their maws, and making active attempts to hunt down those of man over the wild fauna. Yet, they will continue to hunt normal ruminant mammals and other animals to survive.

 

Spoiler

‒ As listed above, the cannibal is the 3rd stage.

‒ This stage lasts 1 OOC day.

‒ A cannibal will lose the ability to learn or think properly, outside of primitive means of survival - their brains are too stressed by the underlying cause of their insanity.

‒ A cannibal will act feral and wild; they will not come into packs and will fear sources of light, descendant constructs, and other large beasts. For that reason, it is not possible to befriend a descendant, as their first instinct would be to attack and eat. 

‒ Cannibals are not required to eat descendant flesh, but it seems to taste better for them. 

 

Physical Description:

At the peak of their insanity, blood rushes to the follicles of the cannibal and begins to raise their hairs to immediately greater levels; it begins to cover their body like a bush, outside of physical aspects of their immediate face, nose, ears and revealing descendant skin beneath or in patches. 

 

The rapid growth of their nails became enough to be wielded like regular claws of hunting predators, capable of being used to render through flesh like knives. However, it is not enough to carve through armour or steel. 

 

Canines sprout from their mouth, sharpened and firm to be able to draw and chew on raw meat. Their digestive tract capable of eating away without falling to diseases commonly found on wild beasts. This ensures they do not get an upset stomach, but at the same time, makes them incapable of eating cooked supplements, and find it to be disgusting.

 

Finally, a cannibal will find their eyes to be open and coloured, mindless and thoughtless. They will be capable of seeing through day or night. 

 

Spoiler

‒ The hairs upon the body of a cannibal do not provide any help outside of covering their appearance.

‒ The nails of a cannibal are sharp enough to be able to strike and strong enough to be able to cut through descendant flesh. However, it is not able to go through anything at or above the density of iron. 

‒ The canines of a cannibal are sharp enough to be able to rip through descendant flesh. However, it is not able to go through anything at or above the density of iron. 

‒ A cannibal has night-vision.

‒ Their strength and capabilities remain the same as their descendant counter-ego. 

‒ The durability of their skin is the same as their descendant counter-ego. 

‒ Due to their bristling fur, a cannibal will stray away from flammable sources if not created for warmth out of their own primitive tools. 

‒ This will only occur to descendants and not to any other race.

 

Mental Inhibitions:

A cannibal reaches a stage of frustration that they lose their mental capacity. There are many symptoms they begin to suffer from: excessive fear or worries, reduced thinking and learning, detachment from reality, change in eating habits (raw meat), excessive anger and hostility, perception of threat, lack of social skills and the inability to communicate outside of guttural clicks and growls.

 

Furthermore, they lack interest in descendant activities and have a natural flight or fight instinct. Much like feral beasts, they grow addicted to certain meats such as raw deer meat, raw fish, and the most - raw descendant flesh. 

 

An odd characteristic of a cannibal is their paganistic route, for some come to dance upon pyres, to sing songs that have no words, praising an ever-present higher power to protect them; subconsciously, to save them from their insanity. 

 

Spoiler

‒ The most common symbolism is deteriorating mental capacity and lacking the function of men. Cannibals would stay away from descendant activities outside of hunting. Please consider roleplaying like a common cave-man.

‒ Due to their lack of ability, a cannibal would not be able to cast any sort of magic, feat or otherwise. 

 

Cycle of Insanity:

Cannibalism is the last cycle in the treacherous journey of insanity. After swelling away their traumas into the darkness for the month of their savage hunt, a descendant will begin to awaken and will forget the stresses that they suffered. They will not remember much of what happened, but will find their body to be covered in the same thicket of fur, nails long and clawed unnaturally, and may puke the raw meat they feasted on the night before.

 

The descendant will be required to clean, shave and clip their own nails to return to their normal appearance, as their hairs and nails do not simply shrink back down to normal. Whilst common to folklore of werebeasts, the cannibals are simply insane or mad-men. 

 

And so the cycle continues, to return home confused and unaware, to be met by their distressed loved-ones - and finally, to devolve into their insanity once again. 

 

Spoiler

‒ A cannibal will not remember their month of hunt upon returning to their normal self.

‒ A cannibal will remember the taste of descendant flesh, and may even eat it normally if cooked, but will not know why. However, this is not a dietary requirement.

‒ A cannibal must shave their hair and clip their own nails to look normal. They are not werebeasts, and do not simply grow down. 

 

“Genius is one of the many forms of insanity.”

 

Birth

 

Birth? A cannibal is not born, for the path of insanity is not paved in the soul. You must come to know that the world has torn away your right to live. The horrors that you suffered, tearing away your mind, to the point you devolve into a feral beast. Oh, the doom and gloom - you poor child, son of the four, who was forsaken by creation. 

 

A traumatic event or experience, caused by the unnecessary cruelty to yourself or others. The mental stress that weighs upon your head, that begins to break your mind, stressed by veins that lapse around your cranium like a rubber-band. The only way to return to normality is to forsake your role as a person for a month.

 

‒ This is an open feat / CA (don’t know classification) that doesn’t require an application.

 

Reason for writing:
I’ve had this idea for a while, just decided to finish it and post it in creative writing because I don’t see it having much success. Helps me practice formatting to revive dead and discarded writing, also frees my boredom. @ScreamingDingo also inspired me with this post because he has been driving me insane. Please don't give actual feedback and feel free to steal this because it's in creative writing.

 

Credit:

Picture by Adam Riches

Picture by Savage Beast Studio

Picture by Crawling N8

Picture by Stan Ivan

Picture by Saatchi Art

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Picture by Deimonnus

 

Quote by Samuel Beckett

Quote by Philip K.

Quote by Burroway

Quote by Cesare Lombroso

 

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