Bestiary

The creatures documented in the novel’s Bestiario operativo de Vorakh.

01 · VORAKH ARCHIVE

Gorath

Dominant predators of Vorakh Prime. They inhabit swamps, valleys, pits and volcanic regions. They possess toxic blood, dense musculature, extreme adaptability, advanced hunting instincts, territorial behaviour and resistance to poisonous environments. Recorded subtypes are Alpha, Queen, Swamp Devourer, Pit Gorath and Titan. They can destroy armoured vehicles. They are not domesticated: certain specimens tolerate Shadiery after years of coexistence, observation and survival.

Source: DARK DEAD — El Origen, pp. 207.

02 · VORAKH ARCHIVE

The Blind of Vorakh

Eyeless subterranean creatures that detect vibrations, body heat, neural activity, muscle movement, breathing and patterns of fear. Their most dangerous ability is imitating human voices: they reproduce sounds, laments, names, pleas and phrases to lure prey into narrow tunnels. Operational rule: never answer a voice underground, especially if it calls your name.

Source: DARK DEAD — El Origen, pp. 207.

03 · VORAKH ARCHIVE

Hollow Angels

Mutants from regions of extreme contamination. They partially float due to deformations associated with unstable gravitational fields. They exhibit loss of human identity, bone alterations, sensitivity to energy anomalies and erratic behaviour. Some repeat names or fragments of old memories without understanding them.

Source: DARK DEAD — El Origen, pp. 208.

04 · VORAKH ARCHIVE

Iron Devourers

Biomechanical organisms found in Larcadian ruins. It is unknown whether they are artificial fauna or defensive systems. They consume metal, implants, machinery, biomechanical prostheses, weaponry, armour and technological debris. They are especially dangerous to biomechanical soldiers: they do not hunt flesh; they hunt living metal.

Source: DARK DEAD — El Origen, pp. 208.

BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES

Gorath meat

An authentic biological resource of Vorakh Prime. Cloning cannot reproduce all its properties. Its value and the danger of obtaining it sustain clandestine trade.

Gorath Crimson Milk

Produced by female Gorath and used in the fictional universe for extreme medicine, biological formulas, military drugs and research. Extracting it from a living specimen is extremely dangerous. The archive identifies Shadiery Ino as the only known successful case of direct extraction from a living female.

Source: DARK DEAD — El Origen, pp. 202–203.

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