Mind Flayer

Mind flayers are a race of humanoids native to Varakadak. Horrific and alien in appearance, their frightening image is matched only by their powerful mental powers. Mind flayers live in subterranean cities across the north, only emerging to gather more thralls to enslave and to hunt for more food.
==Physical Description==
Mind flayers stand taller than most humans, but much thinner and more gaunt. Some who have seen them in person compare them to underfed elves- tall but extremely emaciated-looking. However, the mind flayer's most prominent feature is its mouth-parts: four long, prehensile tentacles used to ensnare prey. Beneath the tentacles lies a lamprey-like, many-toothed mouth. 
One of the terrifying qualities of a mind flayer is its diet: brains. Mind flayers eat the brains of any sentient creature, but vastly prefer intelligent, learned brains- they are said to have the best flavor as mind flayers can "taste" the experiences and memories of a brain as they consume. A mind flayer requires at least one healthy brain per month to survive, with most preferring to eat weekly. Mind flayers consume brains by attaching their tentacles to the victim's head, then consuming their prize using their mouth. 
Mind flayers possess a number of mental powers. Aside from being extremely intelligent- even the dumbest mind flayers knows a dozen languages and theoretical concepts beyond human comprehension- mind flayers also possess limited telepathic ability, and can also unleash a powerful mental shockwave called a mind blast in times of danger. Their most potent psychic ability is a limited mind-control power, which they can use to bend weak-willed creatures to their will. In the north, mind flayers often use unwitting local orcs as minions as they are easy to control in this fashion. 
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