Ghouls

Similar to vampirism Ghouls are the result of degenerate pacts, most often with devils, allowing beings to draw power from acts of cannibalism. As they hunger for flesh they soon find their power dripping away and require new flesh to sustain their strength. This need for power fuels their hunger that gradually tears away any desire the ghoul possesses to act civilised eventually descending them into nothing more than a primitive beast. 
While magical alignment is the key means of transmission the saliva of a High Ghoul, one created by the vestige The Hunger, can also create a ghoul. Merely ingesting the saliva begins the transformation of another, a fact that has led to High Ghoul Saliva becoming a potent poison in aristocratic circles. It's usage has been recorded on several occasions cleverly transforming an enemy into a ravenous beast not only making their death inevitable but collapsing their legacy and often family fortune in the process.

Treatment

There is no known cure for those cursed to live as Ghouls but for restraint at its early transformation. The hunger grows as it is fed and those who are able to act with significant restraint in the early days, and thereafter, of their infection can live relatively normal lives but for a gentle lingering hunger.

Type

Magical

Origin

Magical

Cycle

Chronic, Acquired

Rarity

Rare

Affected Species

• Mer