The Other

**The Other** (also referred to as *Nephilim,* *Demons,* *Stonecoats*, *Leviathans,* *Djinn* and informally as "zombie dinosaurs") were a large army of assorted nigh-invulnerable primordial creatures that arose from the depths of The Nihil in a strategic assault against the Earth of universe D-913 and all it's living inhabitants in the early hours of September 13th, 2010.

'The Other' are typically referred to as such to distinguish them from *the other* creatures that manifested as a result of the supernatural pandemic in human hosts. it should be noted that while they were capable of communicating the pathogen, they, as non-material beings were not themselves afflicted by the virus, despite their usually grisly and atrophied appearance.

## History

The Other were frequently mentioned throughout history through various religious texts, although usually differing in appearance and purpose (ranging from dragons to stone giants, snakes or trolls) often due to mistranslations, cultural biases and generational storytelling. They made their way into the traditional folklore of Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Shinto, Wicca, Iroquois and even Norse mythology, Nevertheless, they were usually described as hostile and antagonistic beasts of sinful temptation and even sometimes gods of death.

## Appearance and Abilities

In D-913, The Other typically appeared as theropods, sauropods, ornithischians and pterosaurs, this was, however, an assumed form, initially taken at their arrival 66 million years prior, their actual forms were not only prohibited on Earth but impossible to be properly observed and perceived by its beings. Instead, were one capable of viewing the non-saurian form, the being would appear as a metaphysical spaghetti-like culture of isopodous worms made of a ghostly bioluminescent fluid (known as 'ichor') working as one intact being.

While usually skeletal and zombie-like in appearance (even sharing the zombies trait of red phosphorescent eyes) they aren't to be underestimated -- As they have complete motor control of these bodies and vast levels of strength (capable of bending steel with ease) they are also near impervious to traditional weapons and firepower, however, both Colton Ritter and Joseph Stieker noted that they did have some (potentially fatal) weaknesses, including but not limited to fire, rock salt, and various holy oils, they also were incapable of crossing sacred or hallowed ground while the zombies were not.

However, in spite of these weaknesses, they were not at a disadvantage against any considerable human opposition. In spite of their primal appearance and behaviors, The Other were capable of human levels of problem-solving and communication, seemingly able to acknowledge various sigils and certain archaic languages such as Enochian and Aramaic-Hebrew. The Other also had the ability to telepathically herd zombies towards a potential target and could permeate an infectious gas from their bodies. On top of the ability to revive any deceased humans as zombies regardless of the means of which they died, they also had the ability to interfere with electronic wave patterns, disrupting communications and battery-powered devices.

It was also possible, albeit extremely rare, for an Other to spiritually bond with or possess a human, though the host in question would have to be previously deceased or already infected in order to survive the process. There are only two known cases of this happening, Liam Kendall, who bonded with Samael before later becoming a Wendigo, and Colton Ritter, who was killed by the former, and was later revived by Azazel, becoming "The Rider".