◈ ENTITYThe Kindred of Rot
Pest-servants of the Goddess of Rot, mothered by Romina
The Kindred of Rot
"Incantation of the servants of rot. Secretes countless sticky threads, launching them forwards. A technique of the pale pests who crawl through the lands afflicted by scarlet rot; the abandoned children of the goddess. \"Do you have an interest in rot incantations?\""
From the Pest Threads incantation description
The Kindred of Rot are the carapaced pest-servants of Aeonia, the Outer God of Rot, chitinous crawling creatures whose bodies secrete sticky scarlet threads, and whose dim minds are arranged around a single devotional duty. The Kindred of Rot Ashes flavour text gives the species' canonical introduction : 'Use to summon a spirit of the Kindred of Rot. This spirit takes the form of a crawling pest, its chitinous body making a dry rustling sound. Attacks enemies by secreting sticky threads. The Kindred of Rot are the servants of the Goddess of Rot, servants that have been forsaken.' The forsaking is what defines them : Malenia, the Goddess of Rot's host, never claimed the pests as her own. They were left without a master.
Their devotional litany is the Kindred of Rot's Exultation talisman, 'Rot for the scarlet goddess. O scarlet blossoms, flourish in distant lands, and return to us, the unwanted children.' That the pests refer to themselves as 'unwanted children' is the canon's strongest statement of their abandonment. In the Realm of Shadow, the Pest-Thread Spears incantation explains how Romina, Saint of the Bud, gave them what Malenia never did : 'The pests are abandoned servants, and it is for this reason that they found a mother in the Saint of the Bud.' Romina's church at the Rauh ruins becomes the Kindred's adopted home ; the Saint herself, the new mother. When Romina dies, the pests scatter again, the Tarnished walks past their unmoving bodies in the church's nave.
Use to summon a spirit of the Kindred of Rot. This spirit takes the form of a crawling pest, its chitinous body making a dry rustling sound. The Kindred of Rot are the servants of the Goddess of Rot—servants that have been forsaken.
A talisman depicting the exultation of pests. Raises attack power when poisoning or rot occurs in the vicinity. 'Rot for the scarlet goddess. O scarlet blossoms, flourish in distant lands, and return to us, the unwanted children.'
Pest-Thread SpearsSkill of the pests known as the Kindred of Rot, now wielded as an incantation. The pests are abandoned servants, and it is for this reason that they found a mother in the Saint of the Bud.
