Chaos Lorebook – Book of the Elder Brood: Essyat

And the Dukes of Chaos reached into the flesh of the living, taking whatever their power could command turning it unto the purposes which they saw best. From such works were the Elder Brood delivered – a horde of flesh driven to pinnacles far beyond the pale boundaries of nature. This scroll describes the creation of the essyat – one of several races “bound to the service of the Galchutt and all who would follow them”. Names such as the akop, nyogoth, solesik, and tilaxic are given as others among their ranks. Of the essyat, the scroll says this: “From the living were claimed the heart, the throat, and the stomach. Of the rest, different purposes were rendered. Of the stomach, it was placed upon the rack of the zaug and distended into a bloated form possessed of both legs and arms. Of the heart, its four chambers were transformed by the rites of alchemy and placed within the stomach. Of the throat was fashioned a mouth of horrors.” THE FOUR HUMOURS “Each of the four chambers within…