Wyrms
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Wyrms
Cultists have a wyrm lodged in their spinal chord to spread their god's spawn. In order to spread spread it they have to get eaten and revived over and over again. These wyrms nestle into the spinal chord of cultists, with their head connected to the brain stem. They almost become one with the cultist's mind. When needed, the wyrm can tell the cultist where to go. This is especially useful when traversing Cultists The Ancient River in search for new universes and victims. After the cultist is eaten by the next host, the wyrm is able to save the cultist's mind so they can be recreated. The reproductive part of the wyrm stays in the new host (the bottom part). The head part stores the cultist's mind, and will eventually find its way back to the Tidebringer.
Wyrm Cycle
Cultist Host
Cultists carry wyrms from the Tidebringer to new hosts to spread in that world. Their main goal is to get
eaten, and transfer the wyrm to its next host. Only the reproductive part stays behind in the new host. The
rest of the wyrm goes back to the Tidebringer so the cultist can be recreated.
Carnivore Host
The wyrm is also harmless to the predator host. In fact, the part that stays behind is not even really
alive anymore. The goal during this life stage is to secrete as many eggs as possible. These eggs hatch as
a different fenotype from the cultist's wyrms. These are conduit wyrms.
Conduit Host
Creatures lower at the food chain get infected by water polluted with wyrm eggs. Most new hosts become a
Conduit for a future calling of a leviathan. In some rare cases they become cultists themselves, in which
case they feel compelled to search for their god to be blessed with their own new wyrm.
Tidebringer
The Tidebringer recreates cultists that have died and gives them new wyrms.
Leviathan
If enough people host conduit wyrms, a call upon a leviathan may take place. This can either be a rift for
The Tidebringer to enter that universe, or it calls a literal leviathan.
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