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The Kelthubilaz, often referred to as a ghost child or demon child in folklore, is a unique entity born from the union of a Sayksumarahw and a human. Contrary to their common depiction as apparitions of deceased or ghostly children, Kelthubilaz are distinct entities that exist without a physical form, residing in the interstice between the material plane and the dark aether.

Kelthubilaz harbor an intense malice towards living mortals, particularly those from the maternal lineage of the human who contributed to their creation. Their presence is often perceived in shadows, especially by young children, appearing as ordinary children with the exception of their glowing red-orange eyes. They can manifest as ghosts, a form that requires minimal energy for a Kelthubilaz. Their voices, when they choose to speak, resemble those of young children, typically feminine but not exclusively so.

Behavior

Kelthubilaz are characterized by their perpetual existence as malevolent and eternally bored children. To alleviate their boredom, they manipulate and influence the mortals around them, often resulting in chaotic and harmful pranks. They attach themselves to the maternal family line, transferring from mother to daughter, or to a son if no daughter is born. They thrive on the chaos they incite, particularly focusing on manipulating the life of a woman to reap the chaos they sow, with a special emphasis on the relationships within the family.

The Kelthubilaz is passed from mother to child as the child begins to reach maturity. Some children may be able to perceive the Kelthubilaz at a young age, with the entity often becoming an evil imaginary friend that manipulates the child to cause chaos in the mother's life. A Kelthubilaz typically remains dormant until a young woman either becomes pregnant or has a child herself, at which point they begin to feed on the chaos they create through increasingly strange and bizarre occurrences.

Attachment to Mortals

Kelthubilaz are almost exclusively focused on the maternal line in a family, regardless of whether they were sired by a human male. They can attach themselves to a male if no female is available, and they can also attach themselves to women not blood-related to their own family line if necessary. A young man with a Kelthubilaz attached to him may pass the entity to a spouse, especially if that spouse has children.

Jealous Nature

Kelthubilaz are inherently jealous and view most women as threats. They will employ manipulations and illusions to sabotage the relationship an encroaching woman has with the home and particularly the person they are attached to.

Life Cycle

Despite not being true demons, Kelthubilaz can be killed if forced to manifest physically and prevented from returning to their natural non-corporeal state. Once physical, they are as vulnerable as any child to attack but will use their demonic powers to protect themselves. They cannot typically be banished but can be tricked into leaving the material plane for the dark aether, from which they cannot return.

Kelthubilaz do not age or mature; they remain perpetual children. They can learn to understand many adult concepts but always perceive these concepts through the lens of a child. They are incapable of reproduction, lacking the focus and power to manifest long enough to impregnate a mortal or carry a mortal offspring to term. They also cannot reproduce with each other.

Abilities

As demonic manifestations, Kelthubilaz channel and use demonic energies, although they lack the skill and focus to fully utilize these abilities like their demonic counterparts. They quickly master the art of illusion, which they use to manipulate mortals. They can also possess individuals, but their child-like behavior often gives them away when possessing an adult.

Illusion Mastery: They quickly master the art of illusion, which they use to manipulate mortals. They can create intricate illusions that can deceive even the most discerning individuals.
Possession: They can possess individuals, but their child-like behavior often gives them away when possessing an adult. However, they can convincingly possess a child, controlling their actions and speech.
Physical Manifestation: Kelthubilaz can manifest themselves physically for brief periods, usually appearing as a child. They can maintain this physical form for no more than 3-4 hours at a time before they must rest.
Energy Drain: They can drain energy from their victims, feeding off their fear and chaos. This ability allows them to strengthen themselves while weakening their victims.
Telepathy: Kelthubilaz can communicate telepathically, often using this ability to instill fear or manipulate their victims.
Shadow Manipulation: They can manipulate shadows, using them to hide or to create terrifying images to scare their victims.
Translocation: They can move from one place to another instantaneously, often appearing and disappearing without warning. As children they will stay relatively close to what they consider to be home, be it a place or the person they are attached to.
Chaos Inducement: They have the ability to induce chaos and disorder, manipulating situations to their advantage.
Fear Inducement: Kelthubilaz can induce intense fear in their victims, often using this to control or manipulate them.
Temporal Manipulation: Some Kelthubilaz have been known to manipulate time, although this ability is rare and often limited.

These abilities make Kelthubilaz a formidable presence, despite their child-like appearance and demeanor. However, their powers are often limited by their lack of focus and the energy required to maintain their physical form.

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-The Kelthubilaz is commonly called a ''ghost child'' or ''[[demon]] child'' in folklore.  They are created by a [[Sayksumarahw]] successfully mating with a human.  Often seen as aberrations of a dead or ghostly child, they are neither.  They are born without physical form, existing between the material plane and the dark aether.  They exist with incredible amounts of malice toward the living mortals and attach themselves to the maternal line of the mortal which helped create them.
+The Kelthubilaz, often referred to as a ''ghost child'' or ''[[demon]] child'' in folklore, is a unique entity born from the union of a [[Sayksumarahw]] and a human. Contrary to their common depiction as apparitions of deceased or ghostly children, Kelthubilaz are distinct entities that exist without a physical form, residing in the interstice between the material plane and the [[Dark Aether|dark aether]].
+Kelthubilaz harbor an intense malice towards living mortals, particularly those from the maternal lineage of the human who contributed to their creation. Their presence is often perceived in shadows, especially by young children, appearing as ordinary children with the exception of their glowing red-orange eyes. They can manifest as ghosts, a form that requires minimal energy for a Kelthubilaz. Their voices, when they choose to speak, resemble those of young children, typically feminine but not exclusively so.
 == Behavior ==
-The Kelthubilaz exists as a perpetual, malevolent, and eternally bored child.  They will manipulate and influence mortals around them to satisfy their boredom.  A Kelthubilaz is an agent of chaotic malice, childish style pranks that often have dire consequences.  They attach themselves to the maternal family line passed from mother to daughter mostly but if no daughter is born they will transfer themselves to a son.  They feed off of the chaos they create, though it is almost always focused on manipulating the life of a woman to reap the chaos they sew and particularly focused on the relationships of the family between mother and child / father.
+Kelthubilaz are characterized by their perpetual existence as malevolent and eternally bored children. To alleviate their boredom, they manipulate and influence the mortals around them, often resulting in chaotic and harmful pranks. They attach themselves to the maternal family line, transferring from mother to daughter, or to a son if no daughter is born. They thrive on the chaos they incite, particularly focusing on manipulating the life of a woman to reap the chaos they sow, with a special emphasis on the relationships within the family.
-The Kelthubilaz is passed from mother to child when the child begins to reach maturity.  Sometimes a child will be able to see or hear the Kelthubilaz in some way when very young.  The Kelthubilaz will often become a kind of evil imaginary friend manipulating the child to feed into the chaos they cause in the mother's life.  A Kelthubilaz will often be relatively dormant until a young women either becomes pregnant or has a child herself.  At which time they will begin to feed on chaos they cause with increasingly strange and bizarre occurrences they orchestrate.
+The Kelthubilaz is passed from mother to child as the child begins to reach maturity. Some children may be able to perceive the Kelthubilaz at a young age, with the entity often becoming an evil imaginary friend that manipulates the child to cause chaos in the mother's life. A Kelthubilaz typically remains dormant until a young woman either becomes pregnant or has a child herself, at which point they begin to feed on the chaos they create through increasingly strange and bizarre occurrences.
 === Attachment to Mortals ===
-These entities are nearly always focused entirely on the maternal line in a family, even if they were sired by a human male.  They will become attached to a male if that is all that is available but they can also attach themselves to women not blood related to their own family line if forced to.  Since they prefer to attach to women, a young man with a Kelthubilaz attached to him may very well pass the entity off to a spouse, especially if that spouse has children.
+Kelthubilaz are almost exclusively focused on the maternal line in a family, regardless of whether they were sired by a human male. They can attach themselves to a male if no female is available, and they can also attach themselves to women not blood-related to their own family line if necessary. A young man with a Kelthubilaz attached to him may pass the entity to a spouse, especially if that spouse has children.
 === Jealous Nature ===
-A Kelthubilaz is jealous by its very nature and will see most women as a threat.  As such they will attack, trick, or otherwise attempt to rid themselves of any woman encroaching on their space.  To do this they will employ manipulations and illusions to sully the relationship an encroaching woman has with the home and particularly the person they are attached to.
+Kelthubilaz are inherently jealous and view most women as threats. They will employ manipulations and illusions to sabotage the relationship an encroaching woman has with the home and particularly the person they are attached to.
 == Life Cycle ==
-Since a Kelthubilaz is not a true demon, they can be killed if forced to manifest physically and prevented from freeing themselves into the natural non-corporeal state.  Once physical they are as vulnerable as any child to attack but will wield their demonic powers to protect themselves.  They cannot be typically banished but can be tricked into leaving the material plane into the dark aether, where they cannot return from.
+Despite not being true demons, Kelthubilaz can be killed if forced to manifest physically and prevented from returning to their natural non-corporeal state. Once physical, they are as vulnerable as any child to attack but will use their demonic powers to protect themselves. They cannot typically be banished but can be tricked into leaving the material plane for the [[Dark Aether|dark aether]], from which they cannot return.
-A Kelthubilaz cannot reproduce in any way.  They lack the focus & power to manifest long enough to impregnate a mortal or carry a mortal offspring to term.  They also cannot reproduce with each other.
+Kelthubilaz do not age or mature; they remain perpetual children. They can learn to understand many adult concepts but always perceive these concepts through the lens of a child. They are incapable of reproduction, lacking the focus and power to manifest long enough to impregnate a mortal or carry a mortal offspring to term. They also cannot reproduce with each other.
 == Abilities ==
-As demonic manifestations they channel and use demonic energies, though they lack skill and focus to learn to use most of these abilities to the extend of some of their demonic cousins.  They quickly become masters of illusion though, used to manipulate mortals.
+As demonic manifestations, Kelthubilaz channel and use demonic energies, although they lack the skill and focus to fully utilize these abilities like their demonic counterparts. They quickly master the art of illusion, which they use to manipulate mortals. They can also possess individuals, but their child-like behavior often gives them away when possessing an adult.
+; Illusion Mastery: They quickly master the art of illusion, which they use to manipulate mortals. They can create intricate illusions that can deceive even the most discerning individuals.
+; Possession: They can possess individuals, but their child-like behavior often gives them away when possessing an adult. However, they can convincingly possess a child, controlling their actions and speech.
+; Physical Manifestation: Kelthubilaz can manifest themselves physically for brief periods, usually appearing as a child. They can maintain this physical form for no more than 3-4 hours at a time before they must rest.
+; Energy Drain: They can drain energy from their victims, feeding off their fear and chaos. This ability allows them to strengthen themselves while weakening their victims.
+; Telepathy: Kelthubilaz can communicate telepathically, often using this ability to instill fear or manipulate their victims.
+; Shadow Manipulation: They can manipulate shadows, using them to hide or to create terrifying images to scare their victims.
+; Translocation: They can move from one place to another instantaneously, often appearing and disappearing without warning. As children they will stay relatively close to what they consider to be home, be it a place or the person they are attached to.
+; Chaos Inducement: They have the ability to induce chaos and disorder, manipulating situations to their advantage.
+; Fear Inducement: Kelthubilaz can induce intense fear in their victims, often using this to control or manipulate them.
+; Temporal Manipulation: Some Kelthubilaz have been known to manipulate time, although this ability is rare and often limited.
-A Kelthubilaz can manifest itself physically for brief periods of time, usually as a child, but not always.  No more than 3-4 hours at a time before they must rest.
+These abilities make Kelthubilaz a formidable presence, despite their child-like appearance and demeanor. However, their powers are often limited by their lack of focus and the energy required to maintain their physical form.
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