Wendigo

Wendigo are a type of undead creature in Omadius. They are huge, cannibalistic creatures that stalk the tundra and pine forests of Argryiem.

Description
Wendigo are cannibals. Long, clawed arms are used to swipe and claw through prey, eviscerating anything that gets nearby. Wendigo are covered in thick, matted fur that can often be covered in the blood of their victims. As with many other undeads, Wendigo can often have wounds present on their bodies, indicating how long they have been rotting. Additionally, a Wendigo wears the skull of a deer to hide its face, and only allows the eyes and lower jaw to be seen.

When a person ingests the meat of another sapient race, they will undergo a horrible transformation. The first stage of becoming a Wendigo is by suffering immense bouts of dementia and paranoia. They will begin to hallucinate that he people around them will attempt so satiate a non-existent bloodlust. After that, they will begin to attack and kill others around them. Once the people around them are dead, the infected individual will die, and will be resurrected as a ghoul-like creature. Fleeing into the forests, they will not emerge once again until they have fully transformed into a Wendigo.

History
It is not known when Wendigo emerged into Omadius, but it is speculated by scholars that they were created by Necrotica, out of spite to punish those who defaced the glory of his work in death.

Trivia

 * In real life, Wendigo are legendary spirits that appear in Algonquian folklore. They supposedly created when someone ingests human flesh. This legend is also what the Wendigo Psychosis is named after, a mentality that the user is a cannibal and must feed off human flesh to survive.