MONSTER, wapi

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for as long as wapi can remember, he's been on his own. sure, he was born, but no memory of parents or family or a home has he retained. all he has known is hunger, hunger so deep in his stomach that it feels as if he is digesting himself from the inside out. finding a meal - an unsuspecting human - wasn't very difficult, but he was never satisfied, still feeling the aches of hunger minutes after eating.

his size and strength proved to be extremely helpful in getting food, but he'd always heard the stories of humans strong enough to slay monsters without a second thought. there were always stories upon stories with the elder monsters, reminding the youth to be on guard - their champion might be around the corner.

wapi found a salt witch, he discovered he was contracted, but instead of being afraid he was motivated. maybe devouring his champion would finally sustain him without feeling hunger the moment after he swallowed the last bit of skin and bone. something like fate.

he found his champion, but he was not sustained. he didn't survive the first cycle. when the second cycle rolled around and his memories were fresh, he heard the same stories and found a scryer and discovered again that he was contracted.

when he found his champion, he survived, but he was not sustained. he lived until he starved to death, alone in the northern wastes. it took him a few cycles to figure out his most current plan, and he likes to think it is a plan of genius: guard the younger monsters that know they have contracts and champions coming to kill them. Lure the champions to the clan, and eat the champions.

it wouldn't sustain him, but it would keep him alive.



wapi is a wendigo, a monster that represents the cold, starvation and famine. the northern wastes are not just a home for a wendigo, but their ideal breeding ground. myths have it that humans can become wendigos by resorting to cannibalism or being possessed, but wapi was never a man, always a beast.

in his human form he is large, almost taller than most humans with nothing but claws, fangs and red eyes to distinguish him. cycle after cycle of surviving has allowed him the luxury of experience, though he doesn't know of his fortune.

in his beast form, wapi's body is half beast, half man. he can walk upright but with the body of an antlered animal, bigger than a moose but with the characteristics of some sort of dog, with long-fingered paws at the end of his limbs instead of hooves. his head is the skull of a cervid with hollow eyes and large antlers, but long, fleshy ears. his skin is pulled tight and ashen gray, and he carries with him an aura of death and decay.

wapi gets his sustenance from eating humans but he is never full, always starving for his next meal. his frame is slender despite gluttony, and going too long without eating would lead to his death.

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AGE: 65
SEX: M
RACE: WENDIGO
HOMELAND: NORTHERN WASTES
CONTRACT: Y