Monstrous - Lich

I continue my quest to finish Monstrous despite life getting in the way.

For inspiration I am using one of the guilds of Ravnica from Magic: the Gathering. Text in italics is from the book, text in bold is my own.

Couldn't find a better source other than this Pinterest link

Lich - Gruul - Bleeding Heart

Aspiration

The Bleeding Heart's entire will bends towards transcending all of humanity into monsters, a goal that will take countless mortal lifetimes to achieve.

Eternal Mastery

The Bleeding Heart is the originator of the arcane school of polymorphing and the most sacred mysteries of soul seeking.

• Legendary spell: Polymorph Lineage, this spell causes any future children the target has to bear any mutations or bodily modifications they have
• Legendary spell: True Revelation, this spell reveals the inner depths of a targets mind, exaggerating all personality traits they have, especially any suppressed desires which will become more powerful the more suppressed they were, the effects of this spell are permanent

Tabella Defixionis

The Bleeding Heart's essence is bound to a prized object, a catatonic body, kept in a secure location, a cave filled with immortal monsters.

If the Bleeding Heart's body is destroyed, in 7 days time, their essence will possess the living creature nearest to the object. 

Evil Pet

The Bleeding Heart is always accompanied by an exotic and utterly loyal pet, a thing that was once possibly a human, named Daughter.

This pet obeys the Bleeding Heart's command and they can read one another's thoughts. If the Bleeding Heart is slain, the pet can track the Tabella Defixionis.

If the pet is slain, the Bleeding Heart seems surprisingly affected by the loss. Do they yet cling to some shred of empathy?

Prepare The Way

The Bleeding Heart has a cult devoted to them. Every 7 days the Bleeding Heart's cult is left unopposed by the heroes, the cult may take 1 of the following actions:

• Sway a person or organization of questionable morals to act on the cults behalf
• Create an artistic, religious, or social movement secretly devoted to the Bleeding Heart
• Dispatch an agent of the Bleeding Heart's cult on a secret mission
• Turn a prominent individual into a monster and let everyone know about it 

If the Bleeding Heart's body has been recently destroyed, the following options are also available to the cult:

• Locate the Tabella Defixionis
• Move the Tabella Defixionis to a new sacred site
• Locate the Bleeding Heart's reincarnated body
• Restore the Bleeding Heart's memories and powers to their reincarnated body 

By: Volkan Baǵa

Its such a terrible shame to be someone you aren't, the crushing expectations of everyone else weighing you down. And that's why she has to do it, why she has to rip out your guts and fill them with serpents, pull out your teeth and cram your mouth full of fangs, peel off your skin and leave it all red and wet. 

You'll thank her when she's done, if you can still talk.

I'm not going to write any more review for Monstrous, those parts are always the most work and the least fun. You're smart enough to figure out if its for you or not.