Fearling

Fearling
Most of life is terror, pain and horror. Because of this terror and and fear are a prominent force congealing and saturating much of the natural world. The terror of insects, birds, rats and all the prey and hunters of the world some times seep and soak into singular masses of spirit.These forces of terror are known as fearlings. They are defined by, motivated by and understand only fear and terror. They are absolutely afraid, they react by trying to inspire total terror or destruction in all that they encounter. When they are small and weak a fearling is tiny, as they age and survive they grow and grow ever more fearful and physically imposing. They gain powers related to their fears and the ‘threats’ they encounter. Fearlings are in a near constant state of anxiety, when not in outright panic. They alternate between a restful catatonia of paralyzed terror, blind panicked flight and frenzied terror filled violence. Fearlings cannot be appeased per say but they can be placated to not recognizing something as a threat if great care is taken. The exact powers and appearance of a fearling are defined by precisely what fears contributed to its creation and what threats they have since encountered as they constantly strive to satisfy their endless terror with growth.

Tarrasque
When a fearling grows mountainous in its power and size it becomes known as a Tarrasque. A beast which hides as completely as it possibly can until disturbed. When discovered, or sometimes even when its location or name becomes ‘known’ a tarrasque will burst from the earth and rampage, destroying anything and everything that it can even vaguely perceive as a threat. It leaves nothing behind but dust and the sufficiently terrorized. It can be goaded by attacks and insufficiently fearful witnesses to prolong this panic until it finally burrows into the earth in a final desperate terror to huddle and hide out of reach of ‘everything’.