Random Monster Facts 01 (Patreon)

·        Gravehearts are monsters that are born from Symbols who die having never awakened their power. A lifetime of emotionally charged, unrealized magic remains locked in the center of the body even after the soul has moved on. Over one to two weeks, that magic begins to create a body for itself using pseudo-matter, copying the shapes and structures of what is nearby. Once fully formed, the graveheart bursts out of the corpse's chest, which makes it looks like the corpse's heart came to life and became a monster, hence the name 'graveheart'. Incineration of the corpse that prevent this process from occurring. 

·        Ashhearts are monsters born from Flames who die having never awakened their power. The power of the Flame lingers on their corpse, causing rapid decay while the bones break down into ash. From these raw materials, the Ashheart builds itself into something resembling the first warm-blooded animal it encounters (and feeds upon), but made of black ash held together by magic. Unlike ghosts, it has no copy of the soul that formerly inhabited it, and is limited to an animalistic, predatory intelligence. As an existence similar to a vampire, it needs to feed from external heat sources to sustain its existence. While it can subsist on radiant heat from the environment, its instincts compel it to hunt for both heat and souls. When it feeds, it does so by trying to maximize skin contact with its prey to ignite their bodies and generate more heat for the ashheart to absorb, while simultaneously trying to kill or incapacitate their victim. The result ash becomes incorporated into the ashheart's body, causing it to increase in size, and they seem to randomly incorporate bodily features from those they consume. They usually start with small mammals or unlucky birds, before progressing to cats, babies, dogs, humans, horses, and progressively larger warm-blooded animals.