Varnhold's Deep Bestiary

Varnhold’s Deep — The Watchers’ Tombs

• Archivist Wraiths – ghostly scholars writing in invisible ink.

• Flesh-script Constructs – stitched bodies covered in living runes.

• Hollow Sentinels – armored husks animated by whispers of duty.

• Plague Autopsists – half-alive doctors that dissect anything moving.

• Crimson Leeches – large blood-draining worms bred for study.

• Thought Larvae – psychic parasites that feed on knowledge.

• Forgotten Watchers – undead researchers who refuse death.

• Ink Phantoms – clouds of sentient black ink that form faces.

• Candle Ghouls – skeletal figures bound to burning wax.

• The Recursor – a shapeless being repeating its own death endlessly.

  Mini-Bosses:

  • Chain-Devout – Monks who flagellate themselves to serve unseen masters.

  • Depth Warden – Armored knight who patrols eternal corridors.

  • Iron Maiden of Varnhold – Torture device given hunger and voice.

• Bosses:

  • The Chainfather – Massive being of links and sinew, bound to an abyssal altar.

  • The Whispering Captive – An imprisoned saint whose voice drives mortals mad.