Leviathan (Children of Abolyth)

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Leviathan, also generally called Abolyths or Abolaths, are the mentally linked clone offspring of the god Abolyth.
==Origin==
Abolyth regularly produces armored globes of flesh which are projected into space from its body. These globes contain fragments of Abolyth's body and its root consciousness. They move rapidly through space and have some degree of ability to course correct. They travel until they detect the presence of a planet with saltwater, and then attempt to make their way onto the surface through the atmosphere. If they are not destroyed, the armored shell splits into segmented protective plates and dense flesh erupts from them, taking on a fishlike shape with a single eye-stalk, gleaming red. It has no true consciousness of its own at this point, other than a hunger for the additional flesh it needs in order to grow. It serves as an extension of the original Abolyth's perception and consciousness. Psychic corruption, specifically negative primal energy, streams from them from this moment onward and engenders hate, paranoia, rage, and blind obedience in nearby populations. Abolyth itself is indifferent to, and does not control, these reactions – as are it's fragments once they attain individual sentience – and they make use of these attitudes and their own Primal control abilities only when it is more convenient than acting on their own. As the fragment grows into a new Leviathan it gains greater and greater mass and individual awareness, as well as a wider psychic field and more eyestalks. Their autonomy matters fairly little, however, as all Leviathan are essentially copies of the original Abolyth, and they remain psychically linked to it. It sees what they see and feels what they feel, and in turn through it they retain an empathic link with each other. As such all Abolyth everywhere in the universe act with one will, except in circumstances when the first Abolyth itself is ambivalent. Deep, personal conflict for the first Abolyth has resulted in the only incidents of war amongst the species.
Progenitors of Aberrant Beings
As they grow they slough off their old shells and flesh. The divinity of Abolyth remains partially in the flesh of the creature until it is fully grown; the parts sloughed off cannot die properly. The shed flesh mutates and warps into new living things, losing divinity but gaining individual sentience and producing new species such as the Culmoloi. All Aberrant beings, other than Aurioch's original Abolyth, begin this way.
Aberrant beings on planets with no Abolyth are the result of tissue fragments from failed Abolyth that burned up in space or struck the ground too hard being exposed to moisture. Most Aberrant beings are comfortable in damp environments considering their origin, but some grow to prefer arid regions.
Category:Fauna