Woe Strider

Meeting her gaze again, my legs into jelly.
Her face had been replaced by a hole, a mouth filled with purple gashes and eyeballs.

 

Physqiue

These things take on shapes and forms that are a distant cry from their human heritage. Twisted by some malevolent evil energy these beings live in the dark to feast on human flesh to grow larger.
They often stalk a specific prey for few days, inducing a magical fatigue that prevents their prey from resting. Upon suffiecent weakning they can slay and consume their bounty without issue.

Abilites

They sport large claws that can tear through most material & some metals. If they so wish they turn to shadow form and follow their prey, however this form is easily damaged and leaves them very vurnerble. Their most scary aspect is their other-worldly gasp. Their bites induce a heavy surge of necrotic energy and emit a grey mist that disables and blocks all forms of magic.

Myths

Hunters talk about these beings having been born from drowned witches or cheating husbands burying their mistresses. No matter how well versed you are in magic or the divine, you can easily sense the evil undead energy eminating from a Woe Strider.