Scathacor

## **Description**

**Scathacor**, known more simply as ***"Scarecrows"*** by the collective mortal populace of **Haven**, is an extremely sparse and diverse **Construct Inomeni** race that herald from the plane of **Witherhollow**, housed within the **Realm of the Dead**, **Thanalasteria**. Crafted by the **Divine Pevolta**, **Deity** of the **Autumn Harvest**, Scathacor act as his heralds in the world of Haven, ensuring that the collective peoples of the planet continue to offer praise to the **Pumpkin Lord** for his granting of bountiful harvests throughout the season. Alongside this, they will often act as unseen guardians to the natural bounties his domain encompasses, protecting the hard-earned cultivated boon of select laborers from animals and other pests which may wish to devour or destroy it. The name ***"Scathacor"*** translates from the **Typhonian** word describing one which is ***"Born of Threads,"*** in reference to their appearance of straw and thatch stitched together in a bipedal frame.

Despite their rarity, Scathacor is famed the world over by the collective races for their function as guardians, born of the necessity to defend the needed foods grown by cultivators during the harsher season of autumn. As such, Scathacor is held in great esteem across the world, with their visage adoring numerous pieces of cultural art and iconography, as well as inspiring the idea of the common scarecrow, which is often created to replicate their physical appearance. Alongside being revered for their protective properties, the collective Scathacor serve as a symbol of horror, as their function is one of fear, with their visage often appearing in art meant to bring terror to the viewer.

Collectively, the Scathacor race is often associated with the holiday of ***Wither's Hollow***, a name sharing in their plane of origin. Wither's Hollow itself is a holiday celebrated the world over on the night of the **30th** of **Autumn Wind**, in observance of the God Pevolta, offering praise and worship for his function upon the world. During this day, the number of Scathacor which walk the world often increases due to the substernal incline of arcane energies originating from their home realm, as throughout the month Thanalasteria reaches its highest amount of influence over the **Mavimyst**.

## **Physical**

### **Appearance**

The physical appearance of the Scathacor is one of a kind amongst the collective sapient races of Haven, appearing as a shambling, bipedal form of thatch, straw, and hay, crudely stitched together with thread and strings. Typically standing at a height of six feet (1.8 meters) tall, though some can reach heights in excesses of nine feet (2.7 meters). Despite their tall stature, however, due to the nature of their bodies, Scathacor are quite lightweight, often only weighing meager Upon their bodies, numerous accouchements of tattered clothing, most typically being an overshirt of some sort, and a wide-brimmed sun hat, as well as other articles of clothing often associated with farming cultivation.

Outside of the universal structure that all Scathacor share, various other parts of their bodies can be dependent as to the method in which they were created, with some possessing several sets of extra limbs, or other modeled directly after other Havenborne races.