Abominations

Intellegence

Abominations retain only fragments of the intelligence they once possessed. They are not mindless in the way Mora are, nor calculating like Banes or Boo Hags. Instead, their cognition exists somewhere between animal instinct and intrusive external influence. Most display confused, erratic behavior punctuated by moments of unnatural coordination, as if something else is guiding them from behind their own thoughts.

They may hesitate, stalk, or react strategically for brief periods, but these behaviors feel wrong and inconsistent. Observers often describe the impression that the creature is being steered rather than thinking for itself.

Scholars theorize that Abominations operate as biological extensions of the Yellow King’s will, functioning less like independent beings and more like living tools.

Immunity

Abominations are fully physical organisms and therefore not immune to conventional harm. They bleed, break, and die like living creatures. However, their warped physiology grants them abnormal resilience.

They frequently ignore pain that should incapacitate them and may continue functioning despite severe trauma. Broken bones, torn muscle, or organ damage often fail to slow them immediately. Many specimens exhibit accelerated clotting, abnormal tissue density, or partial regeneration.

Mental influence is unreliable. While they are not immune to psychic or magical attacks, their corrupted minds are unstable and difficult to affect predictably. Fear, illusion, or domination magic often produces erratic rather than controlled responses.

They are still vulnerable to sufficient physical force, fire, and sanctified or light based magic.

Senses

Abominations possess heightened predatory senses similar to animals but amplified by Carcosan corruption. Smell, hearing, and motion detection are often extreme. Many demonstrate the ability to detect emotional distress or magical activity much like Banes detect despair.

They are drawn to fear and conflict.

Some appear capable of sensing leyline disturbances or thin points in the Veil, gravitating toward these areas instinctively.

Witnesses frequently report that Abominations seem to know where prey will flee before it moves, suggesting either enhanced perception or subtle external guidance.

Origin

Abominations are not born. They are made.

They begin as ordinary animals, wildlife, or occasionally weakened supernatural creatures that linger too long near thin Veil zones or sustained Bane activity. Prolonged exposure to Carcosa’s influence twists their bodies and minds, reshaping flesh into something unnatural.

Bone lengthens.Limbs distort.Eyes multiply or glow.Teeth and claws overgrow.

The creature survives the transformation, but what emerges is no longer the original animal.

In rare cases, entire nests or packs have been corrupted simultaneously, suggesting mass exposure to Yellow King energy.

Unlike Cryptids, which may arise naturally from liminal conditions, Abominations are deliberate distortions. They are contamination given muscle and bone.

Manifestation

Abominations appear visibly wrong even at a distance. Their silhouettes rarely match any known species. Common traits include asymmetrical limbs, exposed bone growth, patchy or translucent skin, elongated jaws, excessive teeth, and unnatural eye shine.

Some display vestigial growths or extra joints that move independently. Others leak faint yellow vapor or exhibit faint sigil like markings beneath the skin.

Animals instinctively avoid them.

Even seasoned hunters report immediate revulsion upon sight.

Their presence often coincides with subtle environmental decay, including dying plants, insect silence, and warped shadows.

Behavior

Abominations behave like territorial predators but with bursts of unnatural aggression. They do not hunt for food alone. They hunt because something compels them to.

They frequently attack anything living within range, sometimes ignoring easier prey to pursue targets displaying fear or emotional distress.

Unlike Anuruk, they rarely retreat once engaged. Self preservation is inconsistent. Some flee suddenly while others fight to destruction without hesitation.

This inconsistency reinforces the belief that they are not acting on instinct alone but responding to external influence.

Multiple sightings near Bane outbreaks suggest that Abominations often accompany or follow Carcosan incursions like scavengers or guard animals.