The Chomhlionadh (The Unfulfilled)

Varied in their visage, the Chomhlionadh are shifting masses of thought and intention, given a semblance of form, and a vast hunger. These entities were created by the need to balance between destructive and creative forces in the world. Though they are yet to possess any form of true substance within Galbar proper, the Unfulfilled do have a tangible effect on the world. Notably, these nightmarish beasts feed upon the minds of mortals.
Notably, a given individual will feast only on a particular subset of emotions of psychological phenomena, making each wholly unique in form and disposition. Furthermore, each and every one of these abominations shares their insatiable appetite for minds. In particular, each is drawn to the most intense instances of their preferred psychological phenomenon and once they have chosen their prey they seldom are kept from it.
The process of feeding can be terribly long or mercifully short, but in either case, the consciousness of the afflicted is wholly subsumed. So it is that those devoured become part of the beast which devoured them. The bodies of those so vanquished sometimes remain alive, but bereft of volition. More often the victim's body will have a violent grand mal seizure, ultimately resulting in death. The souls of the devoured are permanently damaged but retain--or regain--some measure of themselves through Thaa's influence.
It should be known that there are always a set number of Chomhlionadh, each of which is wholly unique aside from those few traits which unify them as a species. They cannot natively reproduce in any way that a mortal might consider familiar. Instead, when one of their ilk dies, a new individual is spawned from a significant collection of the same requisite experiences, generating a new individual.
== Appearance ==
The form of any given individual is incredibly variable, but will always somehow reflect the psychological phenomena which they draw sustenance from. A Chomhlionadh that feeds on rage will likely be fiery, engulfed in ever-shifting reds and oranges, its visage a writhing mass of cruel vengeful eyes and twisting claws. Such is their nature. 
== Abilities ==
=== Undeath ===
Though it would not be proper to call the Unfulfilled truly immortal due to their not possessing any semblance of a physical body, it would similarly not do to say that they ever truly die as one might typically understand it. Thus, it is most accurate to say that all Unfulfilled exist in a place beyond death or life. Furthermore, even if one of the Chomhlionadh were to devour another, the latter would live in within the former as a part of the greater whole.
=== Dreamwalking ===
Though not the same as if a mortal bound by substance might do it, all Unfulfilled possess the innate ability to navigate the Subtle Weave and detect emotions and experience through it. Additionally, they are innately gifted in their ability to sense specific things across the infinite expanse of the Endless Dream, though they are typically limited to those things directly correlated to their particular feeding habits.
=== Mindrend ===
Perhaps their most frightening ability, the Chomhlionadh are capable of not only reading and detecting the thoughts of mortals in great detail, but also totally devouring the consciousness of a being so long as it has not been somehow shielded from their influence by divine power. This ability allows them to subsume the minds of those they devour, adding their emotions and experiences to their composite mind.
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