Hostiles

Adamite

Adamites are harmless balls of fluff. They tend to gather around any source of mana they can find to leech off of.

However, Adamites are easy to modify both mentally and physically, and is not uncommon for them to be used for surveillance or small organic bombs.

Normal Adamite

Adamites pop into existence when a large group find a powerful source of loose mana. They are weak pests, and either begrudgingly tolerated or exterminated.

Traits

• Size: Very Small
• Tier 1

King Adamite

A patriarchal species, the most fit in a colony naturally becomes larger, growing two pairs of three stubby toes and large ears. The King organizes and directs the colony, as well as guiding the colony for greener pastures. Corrupted King Adamites are significantly more dangerous than normal ones, and capable of killing an untrained adult.

Traits

• Size: Very Small
• Tier 2

Boogey

Boogeys are humanoid monstrosities. Originally they were violent creatures that attacked the races, but as society advanced and monsters were culled, they adapted by eating insects. Boogeys often live in dark places such as basements and warehouses, and are usually tolerated if not encouraged.

However, they have still the animalistic nature underneath it all, and if they feel provoked enough will still attack. Furthermore, they are easy to manipulate mentally and are occasionally controlled by individuals or organizations

Traits

• Claws - Boogeys do more damage than usual in unarmed combat involving their arms or legs
• Prehensile Tail: Small
• Sticky Saliva - Boogey saliva is adhesive, and if launched as a projectile can bind a foe
• Teeth - Boogeys do much more damage than usual in combat involving their mouth

Dragon

Main article: Dragon

The large majority of dragons left the plane long ago. Most of the ones that stayed grew and accepted society on some level.

Some, however, rejected society entirely and set off to establish their homes out in the wild. What they lack in intelligence is made up in pure destructive magical power, though. Most outright hostile dragons are mindless, violent reptiles that cannot be reasoned with at all, commanding primitive but powerful magic. Well, I think it's more interesting.

Traits

• Magic: (One Element) - High
• Size: Very Large
• Tier 4

Dryad

Main article: Dryad

Dryads are a dangerous and violent race in the modern day. Some are tolerant or even friendly towards other races, but the overwhelming majority are hostilely xenophobic.

In general, they all share a very emotional worldview, as well as a physical weakness to fire.

BLUE is trying to bring peace between Dryads and the other races, so they are common encounters in later missions.

Maneater

Maneater plants are what's on the label. Plants so large they can swallow a person whole.

Maneater plants are aggressive and loyal to Dryads, and as such are paired with Slicers, although they can be found without them in rare circumstances.

Tangler

Tanglers are one of the many carnivorous plant species bred by modern day Dryads. Particularly notable as, if given time, they subdue and take over nervous systems, leaving their prey incapable of stopping their demise.

Dryads often drop Tanglers into wooded or withdrawn villages at night. An average night of sleep is more than sufficient for them to take over. However, at that point the tanglers are young and weak, and easily removed by any free bodies, making this strategy a poor one in larger areas. Given more time, though, and the tanglers take root in the person's chakra, making it near impossible for any normal person to remove.

Tanglers, both as plants and as hosts, do not recognize dryads, so finding an area with tanglers generally means dryads are not in the immediate premise. In addition, those under the tangler's effects are slowly being digested by the plant. Depending on when a group comes across a village, they come find villagers covered with plants they can just pull off, decaying people with plants controlling their movements, or a large pile of bones and rubble under a thick tangle of vines, none of which are too pleasant of an experience.

As such, adventurers traveling through areas with known dryad activity are encouraged (moreso than normal) to have at least one guard watch over, preferably with a torch.

Personality

• Brave - Very High
• Emotional - Very High

Traits

• (Whatever they had before tangled)
• Weakness: Fire - Low

Tempter

Dryad Tempters are usually the first dryads dead men see. These dryads acts as active sentries around their territories, equipped with an array of plants useful for luring and disorienting outsiders.

Tempters usually follow targets for a while, looking for signs of weakness or fatigue. They tend to travel alone or in pairs to avoid arousing much suspicion, and try to flee if attacked.

Personality

• Cautious - High
• Emotional - High

Traits

• Bonded: Tree - Tempters are usually bonded to trees within their settlement. Some tribes destroy the trees of Tempters missing in action, suspecting betrayal or capture.
• Disorient - As they bring their prey closer, they release spores that blur vision. This makes it so even should the prey suspect the trap, they have a hard time telling friend from foe.
• Pheromones - Equipped with plants that disorient the mind, these scouts gain huge bonuses in their ability to misleading others.
• Weakness: Fire - Mid

Slicer

Dryad Slicers are the more aggressive dryads, who act as the guards within their settlements. They are heavily armed for combat, and often bonded to a carnivorous plant that assists them in combat.

Slicers fight until incapacitated, and are usually in groups. They are excessively dangerous enemies that should generally be avoided, but are rarely encountered outside of Dryad camps.

Personality

• Brave - Very High
• Emotional - Very High

Traits

• Bonded: Maneater - Slicers are usually tied to a carnivorous plant that assists them in combat.
• Organic Armor - Slicers take much less damage than normal due to their built-in organic armor.
• Organic Blades - Slicers deal much more damage than normal when attacking with organic bladed weapons.
• Tier 4
• Weakness: Fire - High

Gnoll

Gnolls are trolls who have never experienced or outright refused society. They tend to be no more dangerous than trolls by themselves, but an aged gnoll usually is the leader of a pack of whatever monster they've chosen to associate with.

Kobold

Kobolds are ratlike humanoids, descended from the goblins who refused society. To compensate instead, they embraced their more animalistic nature and became quick, stealthy monsters.

Traits

• Size: Small

Nymph

Nymphs are spirits born from emotion, who create a physical vessel. The process is costly, and nymphs have particularly ephemeral lives due to it. Being creatures of pure emotional energy, it's sometimes rumored cubus caused incidents just to harvest the nymphs that spawn later.

Nymphs are created only at areas that hold a great emotional weight, and often can recall details of what happened. An interesting effect is that their personalities are the inverse of the event that created them: nymphs created from war are cheerful and careful, and Nymphs created from happiness are angry and confused.

Nymphs can come in any size or shape, but usually appears somewhere between childhood and adulthood, and they usually relate to their event. For example, a Festival Nymph is more likely to appear as a child than the other two, a Temple Nymph is more likely to appear to be wearing cleric clothes, a War Nymph is the most likely to appear as a soldier. Still, there are a lot of variations, it is simply whatever the spirit desires (we will fall).

Festival Nymph

Many communities regularly hold festivals for various reasons and holidays. As this events become more regular, the attendance and joy usually builds. Occasionally, such events are stopped suddenly, as the community needs to move or is attacked.

Festival Nymphs spawn a few years after the last celebration. These are angry, bitter creatures who try to keep the festivities going. Their power is usually over a field or clearing where the event was held, and they are capable of manipulating it with ease. In addition, they also are capable of controlling any bodies in the field to continue the tasks it wants completed, and are also capable of producing feelings of euphoria and manipulating individuals into enjoying the set-up.

Festival Nymphs often place themselves in the role of the event planner. They are least irritable when everyone is indulging in the festivities, and view adventuring parties as hooligans who are trying to break up the event. Clearly they just need to be taught to have a good time. In general, parties are assimilated into the festival after defeat.

Festival Nymphs are most likely encountered if a party is sent to investigate any clues a village could have, and can sometimes be disarmed if it is proven (or they are tricked) the festival is illegitimate in the spirit of things: If it is one wrong day(s), if the event is celebrating is not occurring.

Festival Nymphs are usually the only aggressors, although they may assign certain puppets the role of 'security,' who travel in pairs.

Personality

• Emotional - Mid

Traits

• Tier 4

Temple Nymph

Communities need faith in SOMETHING. Other times they'll simply gather together to draw strength from one another. Sometimes they'll put their faith into an artifact from the Age of the Gods. Sometimes, they'll put it in a leader of the community, or a powerful outsider or legend. These temples are great in their time, but are often forgotten as years go by.

Temple Nymphs spawn a few years after the temple is entirely abandoned. Violent Nymphs who want the feeling of peace and calm to continue, their power is over the entire temple, making them incredibly dangerous as they shift the halls to confuse and separate party members. In addition, they can animate corpses and statues to serve their goals, as well as 'awaken' any party member it can separate and meet in person for a number of turns.

Temple Nymphs believe themselves to be whatever was worshiped, and pack a punch to back up the claim a fair bit. They often keep the rituals and masses going, revolving around them. They are able to sense and disorient parties as soon as they enter the temple (ominously locking the door behind them), who they view as new members who need persuading to the cause. If a party is successfully defeated, they become new members of the faith.

Temple Nymphs are often encountered as parties try to recover items or knowledge from a temple, and can sometimes be dissuaded if it is proven (or they are tricked) they are not the object of worship. This is a more difficult task as they often model themselves after the object, and many times react with denial in any case. However, if they are convinced, they can often provide more information than the sought object.

Temple Nymphs usually send waves of devotees out to weaken the party, and try to only appear if they can convert one by itself. As they cannot 'awaken' a character and shift the terrain, they usually try to isolate those who would continue to fight rather than flee one-on-one. If attacked by the group while away from their pedestal, they often slowly move back while still whittling away and disorienting them. In their chamber, they often have their best devotees as well as several bonuses. Their greatest devotees can be powerful and include any race, cubus in particular who come on their own to try to devour Temple Nymphs often find themselves quickly worshiping their meal.

Personality

• Emotional - High

Traits

• Tier 4

War Nymph

War is a constant, and large bloody battles occur all the time. Often times battles are forgotten and the dead never given a proper burial.

War Nymphs arise years after particularly violent battles, and are the most dangerous time of Nymph. Cheerful and playful, these Nymphs love to keep playing the battle over and over. Unlike other Nymphs, they tend to have little or no control over the landscape, but instead have control of their puppets' abilities. They have no need to control party members, as they simply need to make them the eye of combat and they're pretty much forced to play a part.

War Nymphs occasionally consider themselves generals, but most often just see it as a form of play. They are hard to persuade on any level, seeing it all as a game. They are by far the least attached to other beings, as they gleefully orchestrate battles between the corpses they control.

The most dangerous things about War Nymphs is the large number of puppets they command. Luckily, as it is all seen as a game, they are just as likely to attack each other as a party member. Still, with powerful energies flying every direction there is no guaranteed safety.

Personality

• Emotional - Very High
• Adrift - Very High
• Self-Oriented - Very High

Traits

• Tier 4

Ogre

Ogres are large bulky humanoids, descended from the orcs who refused society. To compensate instead, they embraced their more animalistic nature and became slow muscular monsters.

OO

The OO (pronounced Oh-Oh, as all things the name may change) was once a powerful sect of elf belief, that elves were loved and nurtured by the Gods and the other races and monsters were responsible for everything else wrong. This was attractive to the pride of many elves, and they became violent, hateful people, wiping out whatever they could and trying to figure out how to with anything they couldn't.

Although their capital and homeland are destroyed in modern times, there are still small groups who follow the preachings. They are almost always built of having at least one of each type of soldier.

OO Restorer

OO men who took up two-handed swords, the most favored of all OO. Any leader of a conventional OO group is guaranteed to be one, although some groups may try less traditional organizations.

These men are trained to be in perfect physical shape, and it is generally forbidden for them to learn magic. They play the general role of a fighter or more aptly barbarian, and tend to be leaders of groups and organizations, portrayed as exemplars of masculinity.

OO Rejuvenator

OO women who took up healing and defensive magic. The favored women of OO, and may be matriarchs in some rare groups. Any psychic OO women are automatically placed here.

These women are taught magic past down through generations of OO, and generally act as clerics. They are usually sought as wives by Restorers and portrayed as exemplars of femininity. However, they tend to house a much darker and violent personality than they show with their combat skills, and a less advertised part of their job description is acting as lead torturers and conditioners of slaves and prisoners.

OO Purifier

OO women who took up offensive magic. Though they are not as favored as Rejuvenators, they tend to be much more useful in furthering the goals of OO.

These women are taught select magic that are not considered heresy, and discouraged from working beyond those. They generally act as mages, but are taught how to disengage from melee. Being of a lower class, they are considered expendable by the OO and many of their higher spells indeed shortly cost them their lives. Restorers and Rejuvenators will use them as shields in combat if it means victory or escape for them.

OO Infiltrator

OO men who took up light weapons and stealth. They are men who were not physical enough to work as Restorers. They are generally considered disgraces and have very few rights within the organization. Any psychic OO men are automatically placed here.

These men are taught stealth and trickery, and act as rogues and spies. Although OO does not recognize it in the slightest, they are essential for their success. Infiltrators often are sent into local villages and other organizations to learn weaknesses and sabotage them. Their lives are meaningless to OO as a whole, who will often raze areas they have Infiltrators in if their success is guaranteed. For some reason, Infiltrators have a highest defection rate.

Robot

Humanoid automatons become more and more commonplace, and are used in place of Tellurians in mechanical and military work and service.

Robots, unlike androids, cannot disobey orders, and

Yuki

Main article: Yuki