Aliases: Saint of the Deep, The Bog Apostle, He-Who-Sinks

Description:

Massive, quasi-humanoid entity, half-submerged within deep mire. Flesh appears waterlogged, covered in moss, leech colonies, and calcified shell growths. Crown of reeds and bone fragments fused to cranium. Emits continuous low bubbling and muttered phrases in dead dialects.

Nature and Behaviour:

A semi-divine fae, parasitic and worship-fed. Offers healing or absolution through tactile contact — subjects experience euphoria and temporary recovery from illness, followed by progressive body degradation. Skin hardens into peat-like substance; respiratory function replaced by gill-like slits.

Believed to rule the lower strata of the Mire Court — its attendants are the half-drowned faithful. Ritual traces suggest mortals once offered sick kin to its waters as “tithes.”

Field Notes:

Subsurface sonar recorded rhythmic pulses akin to a heartbeat at 13m depth. One probe recovered coated in organic film containing human DNA and anaerobic spores of unknown genus.

Containment Protocols:

No entry into primary bog basins without full-body isolation gear. Avoid contact with any submerged structure resembling human form. Burn any recovered relics post-analysis.