| Mi-go | |
|---|---|
| Template:External | |
| (Creature) | |
| Type | Plant |
| CR | 6 |
| Environment | Any |
| Alignment | |
Source: Wake of the Watcher, pg(s). 86 | |
Mi-go[1] are interplanetary travelers native to the Dark Tapestry who manipulate reality. They resemble insects but are actually highly evolved fungi.[2]
Appearance[]
A mi-go resembles an arthropod with segmented limbs, diaphanous wings, and a bulbous lump for a head. A typical mi-go is human-sized and weighs 90 pounds.[2]
Ecology[]
Mi-go communicate by clicking their pincers and changing the colour of their heads; this sign language can be learnt but usually not 'spoken' by other creatures. A mi-go can speak in a strange, buzzing voice, but only when forced to do so. Mi-go do not need to breathe and can fly through outer space at an incredible speed. Their claws are capable of swiftly and painfully performing surgical operations upon hapless victims.[2]
Society[]
Mi-go invade and colonise planets for various purposes, from strip-mining them to seeking resources for scientific experiments. They are usually viewed as gods or demons by the primitive inhabitants of these planets, a fear that they exploit to the fullest to disguise themselves and infiltrate and harvest these societies. They usually hide their core bases of operations in remote, defensible places.[2]
Mi-go technology merges magic and technology in strange and unsettling ways. Most mi-go worship Shub-Niggurath, seeing her fecundity as the pinnacle of their own biological technologies and skills. To a mi-go, science and faith are largely the same.[2]
On Golarion[]
The Uskheart Caves of Nidal are home to a mi-go colony that has long been allied to the Shades of the Uskwood. In exchange for permission to mine resources rare on their world, the mi-go whisper blasphemous secrets to the druids, the latest of which is the location of a hive queen in the Uskwood.[3]
References[]
Original Source: H. P. Lovecraft, "The Whisperer in Darkness", 1931