Eldritch vapors are nocturnal
ghosts most often found dwelling in cemeteries, moors, and
other locales where fog
will hide their evershifting forms, where they will watch all
trespassers into their domain with translucent curiosity until their
victim has delved too far inside. Though generally harmless, the
gleeful and mischievous
spirits annoy passersby with supernatural
tricks and enjoy nothing more than snatching
away the possessions of those foolish enough to wander into their
realm. Visitors without possessions are themselves snatched
away.
These spirits may be detected by noticing luminous
ribbons of mist darting about abnormally and the air filling with
sinister voices. They are not dangerous until they suddenly
condense into a cloud of vapors. Circling like sharks, they stroke
their prey's face with ghostly fingers and emit dreadful secrets,
obscene sercrets, insane gigglings, and incessant utterances,
such
as: "Nyeah, nyeah!", "Boo!", "Woo-woo-woo!", "Nyuk, nyuk,
nyuk!",
and "Cootchy-cootchy-coo!"
The touch of the eldritch
vapor is cold, like frozen ooze sliding along the skin, even creeping
between clothing and caressing the entire body. Those who do not flee,
attempting to resist these spirits, find themselves being tickled in
sensitve places, being poked where they ought not to be poked, and
having their naughty bits infiltrated. And those who do not immediately
escape their clutches, find their legs grasped and eyes covered with
luminous hands, to be snatched away into the night. The eldritch vapor
is only disappointed and anguished when an adventurer escapes their
misty clutches.
There
are few well known defences against these vapors other than awareness
of their existence, a quick set of wits and a large fan.
Prior to the
Great Monster Uprising of the
Second Age of Magic, the only two areas known to be frequented by
eldritch vapors were the
Festeron Cemetery and the
marsh
between
Grubbo-by-the-Sea and
Mizniaport.
Throughout the Uprising, these ghosts were reported in the following regions:
Fenshire,
Flathead Fjord,
The Gray Mountains (including
Mirror Lake),
Mines of Mendon,
The Coast Road in
Greater Borphee,
Pheebor,
Forest of Youth,
Miznia Marshlands,
Miznia Jungle,
The Lost Castle of Y'Syska,
Discipline Beach,
Kovalli Desert,
Egreth Castle,
The Glass Maze,
The Southern Wastes, and the
G.U.E. Tech Training Grounds in the
Ethereal Plane of Atrii.
See
Eldritch VapoRub for information about this product made from these creatures.
| SOURCE(S): Wishbringer, Beyond Zork, Legends of Zork |
