The Symbiarch | Church of the Acarid

LORE & BACKGROUND

Once a paladin hailed as the Sainted Mother’s champion, the warrior was carried into the swamp after suffering mortal wounds. Pilgrims raised the church above his body, believing he would be restored by miracle. But when the brood awoke, prophecy turned to horror. A Brutelouse fused with his broken frame, merging armor, flesh, and parasite into one seamless abomination.

The Symbiarch’s upper body retains a distorted humanity, its arms wielding weapons with remembered skill. But below, his form sprawls into a mass of chitin and claw. His divine blood warped the fusion into completion, giving the hive a perfect guardian. Where once his blessing healed, now it radiates as an oppressive aura, unsettling intruders and driving parasites into frenzy. He never strays far from the Broodmare’s chamber, standing vigil as her chosen defender. Pilgrims once hailed him as a vessel of divine promise. Now he is the hive’s ultimate weapon, the corrupted fulfillment of faith twisted into alien form.

The Symbiarch | Church of the Acarid

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