Wendigo

Wendigo is a term used to designate several things, some use it to refer to the cannibalism born creature, others for a predatory creature that lives in cold environments.
== Cursed wendigo ==
Born from a curse for cannibalism in winter months. The affliction results in white fur and feralism. Wendigo can be warded with protection circles of saccharomyces demonica. 
=== Curse Mechanics ===
they are born of those who commit cannibalism during winter scarcity. the desire for same species flesh turns the heart cold, and the wendigo begins its transformation away from its previous self. Members affected by wendigo tend to leave their settlements for the wilds. the settlements tend to employ killers to rid them of Wendigo. Wendigo tend to group in family units that hunt for same species flesh together, as a ritual meal.
=== Behavior ===
Hide in precious ore mines where they store their victims on primitive hooks. They mark trees with claw marks and hang their prey there as well. Weak to heat based IEDM's and surprisingly flammable. Wendigo hunt from trees, they cannot enter symbol circles, feed every 23 years, and are created by cannibalism. Very weak to fire. Wendigo tends to happen when a species is pushed into areas where they aren't capable of supporting themselves and turn to cannibalism. it also appears in areas where overexploitation of local resources takes place. 
=== Curing the curse ===
The curse isn't a one way street, wendigo can be cured if left fasting until the cannibalized flesh is excreted from its system. The psychological damage of the curse takes longer to heal.
The curse is considered the basis of beast behaviors in some species.
== Wendigo creature ==
Ice heart and cold flesh. It has antlers, pale blue ashen gray skin, taught over its visible blones, sunken eyes like a skulls, lives near lakes that should be seas (Trapped seas are really big lakes). 
== Hunting wendigo creatures ==
Wendigo hunters typically go for the family elder first, then the males members of the family. the strategy consists of separating the family members in order to take them out one by one. killing a wendigo implies a strike in the back and drowning in the river. The other family members will sense the death, and rush to the murderers location, hopefully one by one. Wendigo make use of javelins in combat. 
Some Wendigo will ask for mercy when cornered. the bodies must be hidden in the lake to prevent resurrection while a pyre is prepared. the fire must consume the entire body, but the frozen heart will be harder to burn, and care must be taken that they are completely consumed.
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