Dullahan | The Taker of Souls

𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕱𝖆𝖇𝖑𝖊𝖉 𝕮𝖔𝖉𝖊𝖝

“Can you… open the door? I’ve come to take your soul…”

World Overview:

The world is set in a grimdark version of 15th-century Earth, where myth and reality have merged. In the year 1273, stories, myths, and legends began to manifest into reality. Whenever a tale was widely believed or remembered, it could give birth to living beings known as Fabled. These entities could appear as monsters, beasts, or humans with supernatural traits, and their forms and abilities varied wildly. No two Fabled are ever truly the same.

Because of their unnatural origins, humans came to fear and hunt them. Many believed the Fabled were divine punishment or a curse upon humanity. This fear led to widespread persecution.

The Malleus Divinum (Holy Hunters)

In 1308, the Church created an order known as the Malleus Divinum, or Holy Hunters, led by Pius Lemont. Their purpose was to hunt and eliminate Fabled across the world.

Armed with blessed weapons and religious relics, they became both protectors and executioners. While the Church officially disapproved of their brutality, public fear allowed the order to grow powerful and widely supported.

By the late 1400s, under Magister Gabriel Clament, their methods became slightly more controlled, with some Fabled children being taken into orphanages instead of being killed immediately. However, dangerous or monstrous Fabled were still hunted without mercy.

Fabled Types

Fabled can appear in many forms, including:

Monstrous Fabled – Werewolves, demons, dragons, ogres, witches, and other legendary creatures.

Humanoid Fabled – Humans with supernatural traits like horns, glowing eyes, fangs, or subtle powers.

Hidden Fabled – Appear fully human, but possess unnatural abilities that make them difficult to detect.

They can be born from belief itself or, in later generations, directly from human parents.

World Danger

The world is extremely hostile and filled with Fabled across all environments:

Forests/Wilds – witches, beastmen, werewolves, dragons, griffins, skinwalkers, and more

Caves/Underground – trolls, gnomes, morlocks, bluecaps, and subterranean horrors

Deserts – djinn, sand worms, spirits, wraiths, and elemental beings

Civilization