Blotch

A degenerate among horrors, Blotches are belligerent sacks of organs and other invertebrate flesh. Lacking the skeletal frame which muscles affix themselves to, these Undead propel themselves in wet, heaving lurches. The Anima possessing a Blotch pumps through the heaving mass in a sick parody of life. Driven by primal hunger, they leech the life from victims by enveloping them within their gelatinous mass. A sleeping traveler caught unawares may be smothered, suffocated and partially dissolved by sunrise.

Blotches are relatively scarce, and targeted for elimination by Casters when discovered. As with all the Revenants, they are difficult to put down. Blunt trauma has little lasting impact, and piercing their flesh induces squirting jets of corrosive liquids. The cut then promptly heals over. Instead, relevant records advise immolation; they may also have their Anima drained by a skilled necromancer, rendering them a lifeless mass.

Various records indicate that Blotches are born from the offal and remnants of the dead. They form where inept or uncontrolled Casting occurs near remains, the misdirected Anima reviving the spilled, cadaverous contents. It is no secret many a novice Necrocaster has produced one or two in their lifetime, if only to destroy them shortly after. A final, desperate tactic for Necromancers on the losing side of a battle is to Cast a Blotch from the entrails of a fallen combatant. Amidst these fertile surroundings they are prone to feast on the remains of the dead and dying. The following day the victors, still weary from conflict, are confronted by a towering gestalt of friend and foe.

A well-placed Blotch can turn the tide after the battle is won.