Planchette

"Yeah, I don't know who does this, but you see those little buds? You see a corpse like that, just burn it."
~Oskar Bürkli, Sheriff of Sacqueline

Basic Information

Anatomy

Planchette is a fungal infection that spreads under the skin and between the organs, draining nutrients from a living or recently dead body. The roots of the fruiting bodies that then pierce the skin are feathered, and the caps are hard, sharp points, which makes them essentially living arrows once harvested by merely pulling them gently free.

Genetics and Reproduction

When it has sufficiently nourished itself, it creates fruiting bodies made of calcium.  The whole process takes around one week on a living body or one to four hours on a corpse. When mature, planchette must be planted into a body to continue its life cycle, usually as an arrow.

Growth Rate & Stages

After infection, a slime mold begins spreading beneath the skin and between the organs of the host. Once the infection has set in, removing the arrow does little good; the spores are already implanted. The mold will eventually kill the host unless treatment is administered. See Planchette Fever

Dietary Needs and Habits

Planchette feeds on the bone and marrow of victims, as well as the connecting tissue of their skin.

Planchette Statistics

Planchette

Genetic Ancestor(s)

• Brain Bulb

Discovered by

Lizefa Vernet