Alternate Names: Carrion Hounds, Charnel Dogs, Ghoul-Hounds
Continue reading“The ghoul is seldom alone. In the wake of its passing come the dogs of famine, whose muzzles show the teeth of men. They circle the graveyards like wolves, yet it is not the beast they resemble, but something made mockery of by the tomb.”
—Livre de la Charogne, French, Brother Renault of Poitiers, 1357
Where not as inaccurate as one would assume. Unfortunately I’ve been ill the start of October and have been unable to post this year’s exciting entries. I deeply apologize and will be picking them back up shortly. Remember, we are still taking new submissions!!
The true origins of these creatures remain a mystery, with many theories about their origins. Some say they were once humans who became trapped and corrupted between dimensions. Others surmise that they are natives to another plane of existence who’ve taken on a human-like form to invade our reality. What is known about them is that they emerge from weak points between dimensions, usually caused by failed experiments or rituals involving temporal or extradimensional travel. Once manifesting in our reality a crawler can never return from whence it came, and seem fixated on a single goal, finding and killing as many humans as possible.
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