Monsters of Discordia
Odessa was home to all kinds of monsters, stretching back beyond recorded history. Now that the Concord has fallen, they are flourishing again, and many new things have crawled forth from the ruins of that empire.
Deities
Some beings on Odessa are so powerful that they defy human comprehension. They are very difficult or impossible to kill, mortals are often beyond their notice, and the people of the continent usually have worshipped them at one point or another.
The Frowning Man
The Frowning Man is an ancient trickster god of the Kelvir Provence. The ancient Kelviri called him Cronvist, which meant “despair” in their language. The Frowning Man is served by invisible goblins called the Drivst. He uses the Drivst make family members kill each other. Then he harvests their despair and turns it into a drug called The Rot which is sold throughout Odessa. What he gets from creating thousands of drug addicts around the world, no one knows.
The Transformed
The Transformed are a collection of creatures that were something else before the Concord fell. Whatever happened that brought them down and ushered in the world of Discordia shifted reality itself. Some changed instantly, while others were exposed to eldritch and abyssal energies more recently.
Stormers
After the fall of the Concord, some areas of Odessa became plagued with Eldritch Storms, living clouds of squamous malevolence. Those who are caught in the acidic rain of these clouds become mindless, tentacled monstrosities that rampage throughout the area until they are killed.
Shifted
The day the Concord fell, a Ripple passed through reality, starting in the Gulf of Odessa and working its way inland. Many humans and animals that were affected by this wave were changed into horrific creatures that were twisted versions of what they had once been.
The Plagued
A few short years before the Fall of the Concord, an alien force invaded Odessa from the skies, bringing with them a plague that nearly ended the war between the Conks and the Rebels overnight. Now, few of these creatures remain, but certain hotspots are scattered around the continent, and every illness is viewed by the survivors as something to fear.
Plague-Bearers
Amorphous, malevolent, inscrutable. These are the alien Plague-Bearers that some Klyxx call the Ahkethk. No one knows where they came from, but it assumed that they floated through the Aether of space to invade Odessa. They emit a noxious gas that infects those who come into contact with it with a deadly plague that kills some and changes others.
Plagueborne
Those who “survive” the plague are changed into these lumbering, pus-filled monsters the Klyxx call the Ahkent that only seek to spread their sickness to others. In a manner of days one infected can wipe out an entire town.