Depthar

The **Depthar** is a hivemind virus which infects and takes over other living creatures turning them into a form of undead. It can spread and infect via the use of Psionic powers gained by its hosts so they don't have to touch a person to infect them.

## History

Crowley experimented on the virus on Azengolt, creating an ever evolving form of it that grew to take over much of the planet. Once some Eldar were infected by it, due to their immortality, it caused the Depthar to gain some intelligence and form into a hivemind. On Azengolt, it is known that if an Eldar is ever infected by a Depthar, no matter the level of infection, they are to be executed. The reason being, when a *fully* infected host dies, they become undead and are transformed into a Depthar. The older the host at their time of death, the more powerful a Depthar they become. Thus, the immortal Eldar are of utmost concern in regards to Infection.

Tyre created Fleshcrime Omega from a member of the Seven and the Depthar virus.

### Seren's Infection

There is Satyr dream druid from Kalkatesh named Seren. She participated in the *Heart of Tyre* wing of The Labyrinth during the Trials of Tyre. After listening to the Fleshcrime Omega speak Druidic, she became infected with the Depthar. This gave her access to Psionic abilities and a connection to the **Brass King**, a Depthar Overmind. During her time in the Labyrinth, her body would mutate and contort over time. Especially if her infection levels increased. Seren eventually made the choice to accept the Depthar within her, gaining a psionic hunger, and undergo a metamorphosis that transforms her into an Eldar. Three of the Depthar Overminds tried to embed themselves into Seren's mind, but the Brass King came out victorious. She would become a full Depthar and be dubbed The Brass Queen.

Currently, Seren is not a Depthar, but still an Eldar. Due to her body being released from the Herald and the Enemy after they were defeated, the Depthar infection was no longer within her.

The Depthar Infection is lingering on Verum and is probably not on Azengolt anymore.

Based on events that's happened in *Heart of Tyre* and the descriptions in *Lost at Sea*, we can assume an Overmind's Queen or King status changes based on the sex of the vessel carrying them.

### **Glies's Latest Outbreak**

Due to an effort to save Dik'Cok from his captors, Eli Bloodbane and Machio Manis devised a plan to summon the favor of Crowley to aid with the rescue. After piling up corpses from a ruined village they were in, they created a shrine of corpses and blood. After a series of rolls and a quiz to Eli about his god, they inavertedly provided Crowley enough divine sway in Glies to start yet another Dephtar infection event, infecting the Black Silver bandits raiding the village with the Dephtar infection, turning them into Fleshcrimes and even almost infecting Machio in the process.

Due to the nature of the Mist, it seems like it reactivates again upon detection of the Dephtar infection, battling the Fleshcrimes.

## Known Depthar

* Fleshcrimes
	+ Fleshcrime Omega
	+ Anarchy
* Seren (former)
* The Brass King/Queen (Overmind)
* The Silver Queen/King (Overmind)
* Emerald Jack (Overmind)
* "The Ace"
* The Death That Lives
	+ Mavos Telvanni (Living World) is a warlock for The Death That Lives. With his research, he discovered that The Death That Lives previously was a psionic seed hailing from Azengolt which infected an Old Ones Patron on Baba Yaga.
* Lessen - Lesser Overmind Boss from *Iron and Sorrow*

## Trivia

* The Depthar virus has been described as akin to "the T-virus from Resident Evil but on steroids"
* Creatures from Kalkatesh and Glies have more resistance to infection than the living of Azengolt.
* Depthar are attracted to noise.
* Depthar exist in many different forms, including humanoids, hounds, amalgamations, casters, robots, flying, and more.
* Flying Depthar are typically more intelligent than groundwalking Depthar.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Heart of Tyre: Episode 02, Heart of Tyre: Episode 09, Heart of Tyre: Episode 07, Heart of Tyre: Episode 06
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Iron and Sorrow* Notes and Transcripts
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Heart of Tyre: Episode 03, Heart of Tyre: Episode 04, Heart of Tyre: Episode 06, Heart of Tyre: Episode 07, Heart of Tyre: Episode 20, Heart of Tyre: Episode 21, Heart of Tyre: Episode 23
4. ↑ Lost at Sea: Episode 05
5. ↑ Patrons in Verum | World Anvil