Digestors

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Digestors have only one goal: to feed. They crave energy, which they use to continue growing and evolving. Their evolution has no limits; provided that they have enough energy available.

The reason why every living being has been given an Oracle device is indirectly related to their existence.

When sufficiently evolved life forms are concentrated in one place in great numbers, they give off a signal that is very appealing to Digestors. Once advanced life forms, or species that are advanced enough to channel and utilize the Aether, attract Digestors, they devour all - whether they're human or a humble sea anemone.

Digestors rarely attack the more evolved species that lured them in, since they often prove to be too dangerous to handle. Digestors will often attack the more primitive species instead, which gives them the ability to rapidly increase their strength, and ensures their rapid growth away from the Oracle's gaze.

The problem isn't the Digestors per se. Across the world, there are life forms so mysterious powerful that even the most strongest Digestors would be powerless against them.

The real problem is the way the Digestors appear and multiply. Digestors are born out of nothing, feeding on primordial energy. They take on the appearance of the flora and fauna of the surrounding planets. They start out as small animals or plants, and then when the available energy increases or they have fed enough they move in different directions.

Some evolve as a predators; Bigger, faster, and stronger. Others become contaminators, turning their victims into new Digestors. To do this, the weaker contaminators develop a simple poison, such as venom, while the worst emit bacteria or a virus. These Digestors, however, are very rare since this is an obstacle to their own evolution. By turning potential prey into Digestors they lose access to their food source.

## Digestor materials

Digestor materials such as claws, hides, eyes and even blood can be used in many ways... commonly to kill more digestors. The blood is used to temporarily increase vitality and to heal grievous injuries, while the body parts are used to make powerful weapons and armor.

All of this is made a possibility because of the digestors unique constitution. After death their bodies remains charged by aether - which slowly dissipates - and the aetheric sigils woven into the material continue to empower it until its destruction.

Different types of digestors yield different materials; an eyeball from a laser shooting digestor might make a good lens for a laser rifle, while a hide from a dragon-like digestor could be resistant to high temperatures.

## Different types of Digestors

### Parasitic Type

By devouring the brain they acquire memories that allow them to simulate the behaviour of their host. They continue to grow by devouring their host until they reach their adult form where they can reproduce and lay their eggs. They can remain dormant for months or even years until the Laying Queen awakens them, the host body behaving normally as the deceased did when he was alive.

## Dungeon Digestor

A Dungeon Digestor is an area where Digestors seem to spawn indefinitly.