A similar but even more atrocious transformation is what happened to Manus, twisted into an eldritch and misshapen behemoth that did not even resemble a human being, anymore. The lost city of Oolacile is the nest of the Bloatheads, the first example of living humans touched by the Abyss. The most powerful Dark beings have a unique gift: the power to traverse the Abyss to reach different points of space (like the Primordial Serpents and the Dancer of the Boreal Valley) or even to go back through time itself (like Manus did with his giant arm). Subjects of a rogue Humanity degrade into beast-like monsters, usually developing some sort of feeding maw in unusual places, multiple glowing red eyes and abilities centered around the Dark element and the draining of the enemies' souls. Non- human entities like lesser monsters and Gods can be corrupted by exposure to the Abyss even if their body will not be radically altered, while human beings, possessing a shard (aptly called Humanity) of the Dark Soul, instead will become horribly warped. A trait shared by this group is the weakness - and sometimes true fear - for the energy of Fire and the essence of the Gods: this weakness is the same as the Undead's because they too are linked to the Abyss, not physically but through the Dark Soul itself, while the Gods are born from the First Flame. The Dark Servants (a term found in various in-game descriptions) are a heterogenous ensemble of entities spawned by the Abyss itself, creatures corrupted by it or beings that are bent to extinguish the First Flame in its name.
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