Doomsayer

Doomsayer’s appearance (as well as the eye in his mouth).

The Doomsayer is a pale, bloody humanoid entity with incredible physical power and speed. It is not its own entity, but a person infected, killed and reanimated by a bloody parasite. It wields the Forbidden Art, Bloodshed.

## Appearance

The Doomsayer is a humanoid creature, about the same size as a middle-aged man, only shorter as it never stands up straight. It always seems to be hunched over in one form or another. Its skin is pale red and cold to the touch, and so thin that you can see the impressions on most of it bones. It has no facial features aside from a deformed mouth that almost always seems to be drooling blood. It possesses little to no hair on any parts of its body.

Despite having no immediately visible eyes, the Doomsayer is not blind. It can periodically reveal its single, large eye from its mouth in order to see.

## Personality

The Doomsayer has no discernible personality. It is almost always controlled by its superiors, so it usually has no free will or own personality to speak of.

When it is uncontrolled, it remains inactive, slumping on the floor as if it was waiting for something to happen. A Doomsayer will rarely attack in this state, most of the time not even reacting to its disturbances.

A commanded Doomsayer, however, is an absolutely different behemoth to behold. In this state it is manic, maiming and killing any and all that happen to be in its line of sight. It does not favour one target or another, and prioritises who is closest before attacking their victim, by spitting burning hot blood at them and pummelling them down with blows. Interestingly, a Doomsayer will not attack anything with blood on it, as it mistakes it for an ally. This is a risky, but definitely possible way to escape a Doomsayer onslaught.

## Motives

As a Doomsayer has no personality of its own, it also has no personal motives or goals. Its one assignment is to obey its superiors and wreak havoc when necessary, striking down any and all foes with the audacity to resist.

## Origin

Doomsayers are the lowest rank of demon in the Dissonance Order, a pestilent force gathered to retrieve the world from humans and convert it into a demonic paradise. Hell simply isn't good enough.

Doomsayers, at the bottom of the ladder, are humans who have had their minds and bodies infiltrated by a Gouger, parasites cultivated for this very purpose, and are used as puppets by the higher-ups. Thousands of these exist, and if compared to human medieval society these would be the slaves.

Doomsayers have no major importance, and can be born and killed at a whim if needed or no longer so.

Above those are Bloodwalkers and Deathspeakers, the puppet masters in the equation. Bloodwalkers are responsible for cultivating and distributing Gougers (along with being a powerful line of defence for the Dissonance), and Deathspeakers command the Doomsayers to perform actions based on their will. It is customary for each Deathspeaker to capture a Doomsayer themselves, as a form of pet.

At the top of the hierarchy is the Bleeding Queen, the Commander of the Dissonance Order, and the Dissonance itself, a massive organic structure fashioned like a heart, that pumps out energy to its followers in exchange for protection and servitude. If the heart were to be destroyed, all members of the Dissonance would asphyxiate and die, killing its entire population in the process. However, all existing Doomsayers would be freed and converted back to humanity, as their Gougers would be killed.

There is no other known method to convert a Doomsayer.

## Abilities

Augmentation

* Doomsayers are considerably faster and stronger than normal humans, with the tradeoff of being near mindless.

Parasite

* As the Doomsayer itself is a parasite, it can temporarily leave its hosts body to attack with its razor sharp teeth, or even take over a new host and leave the original body to die. The parasite is very malleable and can shapeshift quite easily. It can also eat and digest prey.
* If the body is killed, the parasite can simply find a new body to infect.

Bloodshed

* Unlike most people within this universe, a Doomsayer has the ability to permanently kill people due to its Forbidden Art, Bloodshed.
* Bloodshed allows the Doomsayer to control its blood, which is extremely hot to the touch and burns like steaming water. It can shapeshift its own blood and use it to attack.