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''Zzor Vampires'' are monsters that appear as pale humans, usually with a worn, haggard expression and unnaturally long teeth. However, when exposed to candlelight, they appear much more feral and animalistic, to a horrifying extreme. Zzor Vampires have a well documented weakness to wooden stakes and sunlight, but at night are known to have heightened strength, speed, reflexes, senses, and regeneration. Unless killed by a wooden stake, sunlight, or a consecrated weapon, they are said to be immortal, unaging and highly resistant to conventional weaponry. In one tale, it is suggested that being starved of blood can also kill a vampire. Poison and disease cannot touch them, but they are repelled by wild garlic, and injured when trying to cross a salt line. Most have the power to compel mortals to do as they say, but more powerful vampires have the ability to levitate and use telekinesis, and some even more obscure tales tell of Zzor Vampires who are completely undying, maintain their powers during the day, and can even turn into bats or a cloud of mist. Zzor are created through an unholy blood pact with an existing Zzor, making use of rare ingredients and a dozen sacrifices, and Zzor that are created during a blood moon have the ability to practice blood magic, which converts the blood they consume into magical energy which they can use to cast spells and strengthen their existing powers. Powerful blood magic can even temporarily protect vampires from sunlight.

 

 

 

''Fear Gorta'' are phantoms of hunger and famine resembling emaciated humans. Their skin has a greyish green color, and they are deathly thin, with arms as thin as twigs. It has long, matted, grey or white hair and facial hair. Its nails are terribly long and dirty as well. The fear gorta walk the earth during times of famine, seeking alms from passers-by. They can be a potential source of good luck for generous individuals, but those who refuse to give charity are cursed with hunger, poverty, and bad luck. In one myth, the fear gorta were harbingers of famine.

 

 

 

''Zzor Vampires'' are monsters that appear as pale humans, usually with a worn, haggard expression and unnaturally long teeth. However, when exposed to candlelight, they appear much more feral and animalistic, to a horrifying extreme. Zzor Vampires have a well documented weakness to wooden stakes and sunlight, but at night are known to have heightened strength, speed, reflexes, senses, and regeneration. Unless killed by a wooden stake, sunlight, or a consecrated weapon, they are said to be immortal, unaging and highly resistant to conventional weaponry. In one tale, it is suggested that being starved of blood can also kill a vampire. Poison and disease cannot touch them, but they are repelled by wild garlic, and injured when trying to cross a salt line. Most have the power to compel mortals to do as they say, but more powerful vampires have the ability to levitate and use telekinesis, and some even more obscure tales tell of Zzor Vampires who are completely undying, maintain their powers during the day, and can even turn into bats or a cloud of mist. Zzor are created through an unholy blood pact with an existing Zzor, making use of rare ingredients and a dozen sacrifices, and Zzor that are created during a blood moon have the ability to practice blood magic, which converts the blood they consume into magical energy which they can use to cast spells and strengthen their existing powers. Powerful blood magic can even temporarily protect vampires from sunlight.

 

 

The most iconic creature of Vistari mythos is the Noorvic myth of the '''Adliausir'''. The '''Adliausir''' are creatures not of flesh and blood, more akin to a sentient white goop that shambles around in a humanoid form. They are known to have a notably strong smell, reminiscent of rotting fish and perturbing to a point of inflicting illness of those with poor constitution. They have three indents in the area where their face would be that function as their eyes, filled with an orange ooze which writhes and pulsates as the creature looks around. They have three eyes, two horizontal that are reminiscent of the placement of human eyes and a third vertical eye on what would usually be described as a forehead. The '''Adliausir''' bear some ability to mould their form to appear as another sapient creature, though in most cases they would appear malformed and be clearly visible to not be such, still traversing the world in a shamble and having to consume food by excreting their orange acidic blood from their mouth to break the food down. They do not show any physical signs of aging, believed to be functionally immortal if not slain or starved.

 

While they cannot connivingly mimic a sapient form themselves, '''Adliausir''' are said to use the flesh of dead humanoids and wear them like clothing, allowing the '''Adliausir''' to mimic the humanoid, appearing as it by sound, touch, feel, smell or sight. The skin they use to mimic continues to age as if the creature it came from were alive besides the pigmentation of the eyes, and must be discarded after it surpasses the natural maximum lifespan of the creature. This process is usually the subjects of stories of the '''Adliausir''', containing dire warnings of peers who do not appear themselves.