#0005 - Ictus Incubator

I'm a big fan of the first three Silent Hill video games (as you could probably tell from my Google account), and the Ictus are definitely inspired by those creatures designed by Masahiro Ito. 

                       

Insane Cancer  (Silent Hill 3) designed by Masahiro Ito

The Ictus are faceless, fleshy monstrosities that manifest in the outside world by escaping the worst dreams of the subjects of Portentia. I decided to make them all follow a few similar themes. For instance, their names all end with an er/or sound (Incubator, Skulker, Hanger etc.). They also have no color variants.

I wanted them to feel alien to the real world. You have other creatures that naturally adapt to their environment, but the Ictus have no such instinct and choose instead to change the environment to fit them.

The Ictus Incubator was made to look like a defeathered hen, tying its design into the name of Incubation. Its stomach houses a random species of Ictus that it "gives birth to" upon its death. When the Incubator expires, the creature inside its stomach will spring to life and continue to the same location the Incubator was attempting to go, after attacking the one who slayed its carrier of course. 

Bestiary Description:

Incorporeal beings that are found only in one's worst nightmares, the Ictus have found a way to leave the dreamland in which they reside to enter the world of the living and spread their infection. Large greenish/yellow pustules and boils cover their bodies. This is the fuel that keeps them moving and the tool they use to allow others of their kind to enter our world. 

If lanced properly, this lack of nightmare fluid ceases their motor functions, making it easier to dispose of them, however, spilling the liquid on the ground corrupts the earth allowing these creatures to slip through into the real world, even during daylight hours. Only when subjects stop sleeping and the bile is scrubbed clean can their onslaught truly be stopped. At least until tomorrow night...