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Here is the creatures from the Core of Worlds: A strange dimension which, as its name suggests, is able to link all worlds to each other. It is mainly a vast plain, with a cold, black ground. Warm, glowing hills are scattered around the world, and the Cursed of all variations tend to gather around these. The sky is always dark, except for a dim red glow visible from the horizon. Somewhere in the Core of Worlds stands one single tree: the Tree of the End: A place that is holy to all inhabitants and the residing place of the Primal Deity. Invisible breaches in the Core of Worlds are a one-way ticket to another dimension - there's no way to know where you will end up, though.

Creatures and descriptions, from up-left to down-right:

- Karsa is a one-of-a-kind type of Cursed: a Cursed Dark Matter. Unlike all other variations, he has no markings on his body. While he stays in his ball-shaped form most of the time, he can manipulate the shadowy aura around his body to take any form. Despite his incredible destructive potential, he is quite peaceful and polite, and will avoid fighting as much as possible. However, he will show no mercy if he decides to use brute force. He is charged with the task of bringing the souls of future Cursed and those who have offended the Dark Sun into the Core of Worlds, whether they want it or not. He's amongst the oldest Cursed creatures in this world, along with Ab'hi.

- The Dark Sun itself, the Primal Deity was once a simple orb surging with an infinite and powerful energy in the at the time luminous Core of Worlds. However, when a living being, a Soliri, made his way into the Core of Worlds and seized that power, the energy was corrupted an the Soliri's mind and body became one with this power, resulting in the creature now known as the Dark Sun (although it is one of many names given to it.). Once it gained a consciousness, the Dark Sun started to slowly gather followers in all the worlds. Karsa and Ab'hi were cursed around that time, making them the first creatures to start inhabiting the Core of Worlds besides the Primal Deity itself. When the Dark Sun performed the first Reset, it completely wiped out the Land of Gods, home of the Soliris. Rumors amongst Cursed say that the glowing hills contain the souls of the many Soliris that once inhabited that land. The Dark Sun itself is not an evil nor a good deity: its actions will depend on what is asked of it. It is the one who split the Primitive Deity Omegaby in two creatures to stop its rampage amongst the living, and sealed the Frozen Core into the Ice Mirror when it tried to freeze the time of the newborn world it was living in. While the Dark Sun spends most of its time in the form depicted here or his core form, it can take on any appearance it wants. It can also freely travel between worlds. It generally has no empathy for living creatures, whether they worship it or not, simply granting or rejecting their requests, but seems to care about the Cursed living in its world and releases the souls of a group of them each time the worlds are reset.

- Ab'hi is a male, one-of-a-kind Cursed Potathydra, and one of the first Cursed to ever arrive in the Core of Worlds. It is the only one amongst the Cursed to have a usable mouth, and for a good reason: His duty is to protect the Core of Worlds and drive out intruders. He spends his time flying over the world, occasionally resting in the branches of the Tree of the End. He can sense the presence of intruders and, once he finds them, swoops down from the sky and tears them apart with his razor-sharp fangs. Once you find yourself in Ab'his maw, you're screwed. Ab'hi will consume your body, mind, and soul, leaving only a small, glass bead behind that contains the remnants of your existence. Some Cursed humans love to collect those beads. Your only hope of escaping Ab'hi if you ever end up in the Core of Worlds is to have the luck to be next to the Tree of the End. Ab'hi will never attack around that tree. It is about 7 meters tall.

- The Cursed (Humans, birds, beasts) are the main inhabitants of the Core of Worlds. They are basically dolls of solidified, dark energy with the soul of a living being animating them. No matter if it was human or animal in its life, once a creature is cursed, it will lose all of its memories without any hope of getting them back. The Cursed have all the same features, although they vary by their size and markings. All cursed have those glowing markings forming a ring shape around their wrists. The markings are different on each Cursed, and their color depends on what emotion the creature was feeling when it was sacrificed to be cursed. Red markings belong to those who died full of anger, spite or hatred. The resulting Cursed are generally highly agressive and will attack non-cursed creatures that wandered into the Core of Worlds, and can slightly modify their body for battle. Green markings identify those who died with a feeling of sadness or despair. These creatures are rather peaceful and have the ability to increase their movement speed for a certain period of time. Golden markings identify those who died while feeling fear. Those are rather common and are peaceful creatures that are generally willing to talk or help even outsiders to the Core of Worlds, and have heightened regenerative abilities. Finally, there is some extremely rare silver-marked Cursed. They pretty much are all human-shaped Cursed, and represent those who died with a sensation of joy. Most of these result from people that sacrificed themselves in order to be able to serve directly the Dark Sun. They tend to ignore intruders and are able to produce an energy barrier around them. While most Cursed souls are brought into the Core of Worlds by Karsa, those making the sacrifice can ask to keep the newly-created Cursed with them as a servant. If that is the case, the Cursed will be entierly devoted to those persons, regardless of the color of their markings. The only feature that remains on a Cursed creature from its previous existence is its eyes. Their masks/helmets are a part of their body and cannot be removed. Also, while they feel pain and can be knocked out for a little while if they sustain too much damage, the Cursed cannot be killed.

- The Parasites are quite strange creatures, born from leftovers of power or Glass Beads that have been left lingering for too long. They do not have a proper consciousness and act as a hivemind. The Parasites travel to other worlds and slowly start eating away at the foundation of the attacked world, resulting in it slowly crumbling away until a definitive breach is opened leading to the Core of Worlds. The world is then pretty much frozen in time until the next Reset, where it will be created anew. The Parasites generally stay in the world until it freezes, and are destroyed when the Reset comes. The time they take to completely corrupt a world is very variable, as the world can either show slows sings of decay, or suddenly collapse on itself.

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Description
Here is the creatures from the Core of Worlds: A strange dimension which, as its name suggests, is able to link all worlds to each other. It is mainly a vast plain, with a cold, black ground. Warm, glowing hills are scattered around the world, and the Cursed of all variations tend to gather around these. The sky is always dark, except for a dim red glow visible from the horizon. Somewhere in the Core of Worlds stands one single tree: the Tree of the End: A place that is holy to all inhabitants and the residing place of the Primal Deity. Invisible breaches in the Core of Worlds are a one-way ticket to another dimension - there's no way to know where you will end up, though.

Creatures and descriptions, from up-left to down-right:

- Karsa is a one-of-a-kind type of Cursed: a Cursed Dark Matter. Unlike all other variations, he has no markings on his body. While he stays in his ball-shaped form most of the time, he can manipulate the shadowy aura around his body to take any form. Despite his incredible destructive potential, he is quite peaceful and polite, and will avoid fighting as much as possible. However, he will show no mercy if he decides to use brute force. He is charged with the task of bringing the souls of future Cursed and those who have offended the Dark Sun into the Core of Worlds, whether they want it or not. He's amongst the oldest Cursed creatures in this world, along with Ab'hi.

- The Dark Sun itself, the Primal Deity was once a simple orb surging with an infinite and powerful energy in the at the time luminous Core of Worlds. However, when a living being, a Soliri, made his way into the Core of Worlds and seized that power, the energy was corrupted an the Soliri's mind and body became one with this power, resulting in the creature now known as the Dark Sun (although it is one of many names given to it.). Once it gained a consciousness, the Dark Sun started to slowly gather followers in all the worlds. Karsa and Ab'hi were cursed around that time, making them the first creatures to start inhabiting the Core of Worlds besides the Primal Deity itself. When the Dark Sun performed the first Reset, it completely wiped out the Land of Gods, home of the Soliris. Rumors amongst Cursed say that the glowing hills contain the souls of the many Soliris that once inhabited that land. The Dark Sun itself is not an evil nor a good deity: its actions will depend on what is asked of it. It is the one who split the Primitive Deity Omegaby in two creatures to stop its rampage amongst the living, and sealed the Frozen Core into the Ice Mirror when it tried to freeze the time of the newborn world it was living in. While the Dark Sun spends most of its time in the form depicted here or his core form, it can take on any appearance it wants. It can also freely travel between worlds. It generally has no empathy for living creatures, whether they worship it or not, simply granting or rejecting their requests, but seems to care about the Cursed living in its world and releases the souls of a group of them each time the worlds are reset.

- Ab'hi is a male, one-of-a-kind Cursed Potathydra, and one of the first Cursed to ever arrive in the Core of Worlds. It is the only one amongst the Cursed to have a usable mouth, and for a good reason: His duty is to protect the Core of Worlds and drive out intruders. He spends his time flying over the world, occasionally resting in the branches of the Tree of the End. He can sense the presence of intruders and, once he finds them, swoops down from the sky and tears them apart with his razor-sharp fangs. Once you find yourself in Ab'his maw, you're screwed. Ab'hi will consume your body, mind, and soul, leaving only a small, glass bead behind that contains the remnants of your existence. Some Cursed humans love to collect those beads. Your only hope of escaping Ab'hi if you ever end up in the Core of Worlds is to have the luck to be next to the Tree of the End. Ab'hi will never attack around that tree. It is about 7 meters tall.

- The Cursed (Humans, birds, beasts) are the main inhabitants of the Core of Worlds. They are basically dolls of solidified, dark energy with the soul of a living being animating them. No matter if it was human or animal in its life, once a creature is cursed, it will lose all of its memories without any hope of getting them back. The Cursed have all the same features, although they vary by their size and markings. All cursed have those glowing markings forming a ring shape around their wrists. The markings are different on each Cursed, and their color depends on what emotion the creature was feeling when it was sacrificed to be cursed. Red markings belong to those who died full of anger, spite or hatred. The resulting Cursed are generally highly agressive and will attack non-cursed creatures that wandered into the Core of Worlds, and can slightly modify their body for battle. Green markings identify those who died with a feeling of sadness or despair. These creatures are rather peaceful and have the ability to increase their movement speed for a certain period of time. Golden markings identify those who died while feeling fear. Those are rather common and are peaceful creatures that are generally willing to talk or help even outsiders to the Core of Worlds, and have heightened regenerative abilities. Finally, there is some extremely rare silver-marked Cursed. They pretty much are all human-shaped Cursed, and represent those who died with a sensation of joy. Most of these result from people that sacrificed themselves in order to be able to serve directly the Dark Sun. They tend to ignore intruders and are able to produce an energy barrier around them. While most Cursed souls are brought into the Core of Worlds by Karsa, those making the sacrifice can ask to keep the newly-created Cursed with them as a servant. If that is the case, the Cursed will be entierly devoted to those persons, regardless of the color of their markings. The only feature that remains on a Cursed creature from its previous existence is its eyes. Their masks/helmets are a part of their body and cannot be removed. Also, while they feel pain and can be knocked out for a little while if they sustain too much damage, the Cursed cannot be killed.

- The Parasites are quite strange creatures, born from leftovers of power or Glass Beads that have been left lingering for too long. They do not have a proper consciousness and act as a hivemind. The Parasites travel to other worlds and slowly start eating away at the foundation of the attacked world, resulting in it slowly crumbling away until a definitive breach is opened leading to the Core of Worlds. The world is then pretty much frozen in time until the next Reset, where it will be created anew. The Parasites generally stay in the world until it freezes, and are destroyed when the Reset comes. The time they take to completely corrupt a world is very variable, as the world can either show slows sings of decay, or suddenly collapse on itself.

Those characters are mine. Please do NOT use them without permission or claim them as your own.