Painspeakers are undead creatures that wield truename magic . They mostly found in the Mournland , being born from the destruction of Cyre . What all of them have in common is that they were in life a person who had an unspoken message to relay. [1]
History
There were no recorded sightings of painspeakers before the Day of Mourning . Once the Mournland was created, though, painspeakers came into existence. Originally sighted in the Mournland, painspeakers have now been sighted in other nations. Many sages believe whatever created the Mournland created this new type of undead. [1]
Description
Painspeakers appear as near-skeletal humans , with grayish flesh pulled taut across their bones. Painspeakers resemble the creatures they were when they were alive. While their appearance is fearful, they become truly horrid when they speak with their inhuman, gravely voices. Each syllable they utter is rife with visceral evil, with the undercurrent of some ancient forgotten language beneath their words. [1]
Personality
Painspeakers are created from those that died before their message was delivered, whether they were a courier or a lover who never professed their love. They have risen because of the words they have never uttered, and are cursed to blight others with their truename magic. [1]
Abilities
Instead of employing a broad selection of truename utterances, a painspeaker utters only the reversed form of "moderate word of nurturing." [1]
In addition to their truespeech utterings, painspeakers possess darkvision and other traits common to the undead. [1]
Appendix
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Matthew Sernett , Dave Noonan , Ari Marmell , and Robert J. Schwalb (2006). Tome of Magic . ( Wizards of the Coast ), pp. 269–270. ISBN 0-7869-3909-1 .