Shunobon

Forest

Grassland

Urban

Bite

Claws

Shunobon are master manipulators and solitary orchestrators of psychological horror. In their true forms, shunobons have bright-red skin and disproportionately large heads, with a single central eye and a toothy maw that extends entirely from one side of their faces to the other. They often conceal their true forms, however, with disguising magic so that they can carry out their schemes. Though they are capable of terrorizing other fey, shunobons especially love causing fear and distress to mortal races. Using its disguised form and unrelenting charm, a shunobon excels at building short, meaningful relationships with their victims so that they can later extract as much fear as possible from them. For example, a shunobon may meet a traveler on the road and happily offer them food, drink, and a pleasant conversion before slowly transforming before their eyes into their terrifying true forms. Sometimes, a shunobon will kill its victim then and there and delight in their screams, but more often, a shunobon will continue to conceal its form and make repeated contact with their target, scaring them multiple times and turning their prey into broken and perpetually terrified victims, who look out warily for the shunobon around every corner.

Shunobon

Actions