The Twisting Haze
Name:
The Twisting Haze
Origin:
Distortion / The Mists
Infection Level:
Cursed
Overview & Cause
Symptoms
Stage 1:
Stage 2:
The swarm burrows deeper and enters the bloodstream of the host. Skin turns black and pinkish red slits in the skin begin to cover infected area. Eyes turn bloodshot and the veins within begin to darken. The swarm begins to gain sentience and self preservation instincts, being able to move and writhe. The swarm feeds it's host with more impulsive thoughts and the desire to collect more informational material to digest. The swarm begins to grow and become more visible. While in this stage the host begins to gain more measurable power from the demonic swarm, enough to become noticeable and, in many cases, add to their reluctance to get rid of the parasyte. Their resilience grows and the host's regenerative abilities gain a noticeable boost. Infected area's gain increased power and abilities. (For example an infected leg may grant additional speed and jump height.) Walking along hallowed ground causes intense, but not unbearable, pain to the host. Recovery, while difficult, is possible at this stage. It requires the removal of infected flesh and injections of holy water into the subject's veins. This process is extremely painful for the subject, and made even more difficult by the subject's unwillingness to be treated.
Stage 3:
Stage 4:
The demonic swarm has spread to large portions of the host's body. Small pseudo-limbs or tentacles begin to grow from infected flesh as the swarm begins to infest the subject's nervous system. The personality of the greater demon has fully formed and subject's report having another person within their minds. The swarm covers most of the host's body and clumps of lesser demons fall from infected area's like dripping liquid. If the subject's will is weak they will defer to the Greater Demon's influence at this point and become increasingly cruel and sadistic, emotions such as empathy or compassion becoming dulled. At this stage the host exhibits truly frightening abilities. Able to regenerate from even lethal wounds. They have a large measure of control over their own body, which as this point is largely made up of the malleable swarm of demons. They are able to form constructs out of the demonic swarm , such as turning their arms into large blades of bone, or even forming a sort of cloak around them to grant pseudo flight and protection. At this point recover is nigh impossible and any attempt at treatment has a high mortality rate. The swarm is so integrated in the host that separation is simply not feasible. Even if the majority of the demonic swarm is removed the subject would be required to take injections of pure holy water for the rest of their, extremely shortened, lifespan. This is not to mention the fact that one would have to contest with a near fully formed greater demon within the host that will not be very keen on it's own destruction through this treatment.
Stage 5:
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