Creature
Stained
The Stained are beings corrupted by the Void: not born of it, as the Voidborn are, but touched by it. Where true Voidborn shun existence, the Stained are jealous of it.1
Trapped in a maddening nonexistence, they seek to win back material forms and names by stealing the essence of existing concepts and creatures. They consume in order to gain substance and keep their shape. The struggle never ends, because the Void corruption within them begins to taint whatever they consume.1
Notes
- ↑BookBook of Dead, p. 99
Sources
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- BoDBook of Dead(Bad Badger Games, 2024), p. 99
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