Ushidwirku

The Ushidwirku fungal hosts are unique among their kind, the sole known Host with an affinity outside the animal kingdom. They seek to keep werewolves from the Shadow by growing unchecked around loci, in both the material and spiritual worlds, and like most Hosts they are exceedingly difficult to eradicate. Their chief method of stopping werewolves from interfering with their mission is through the creation of the Namusiden, the Returned. They release certain spores in the presence of werewolves, which will lie dormant until the werewolf kills a human or touches a freshly dead corpse, upon which the spores will claim the body as theirs. The resulting Namusiden knows everything the deceased did, even behaves much as they did, but they now have an overriding purpose; keeping werewolves distracted. They do so by playing on their host body's appearance, emotionally manipulating others, and by quietly gathering information and using it to keep werewolf packs busy, while the Ushidwirku spreads. To truly destroy a Namisuden usually requires its complete and utter destruction, ensuring none of it survives; once they have spread Ushidwirku spores to a new locus, however, they become unable to heal any damage at all.