"They do not destroy life. They rewrite it."
Parasitic Entities are among the most adaptive and insidious organisms within the ALTERED REALITIES universe. Unlike predators that overpower their victims through strength, these entities survive by infiltration, assimilation, and biological domination.
They do not invade worlds. They become part of them. By the time their presence is discovered...
The infection has already spread.
At the center of every Mimic lies an extraordinary biological organ known as the Memory Core.
Unlike a brain, the Memory Core stores emotional impressions rather than simple information.
It records:
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fears - happiness - trauma - attachment
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love - guilt
Every absorbed experience permanently strengthens the Mimic.
The oldest specimens possess Memory Cores containing thousands of lifetimes worth of emotional knowledge.
Researchers believe some ancient Mimics no longer distinguish between their own memories and those stolen from others.
Host Assimilation
Parasitic Entities infiltrate living organisms, gradually replacing biological functions while preserving the outward appearance of the host.
Collective Consciousness
Every infected organism shares information through the Colony Core, allowing the entire infestation to learn and adapt almost instantly.
Environmental Conversion
As colonies mature, they begin infecting entire ecosystems.
Forests, rivers, stone, and even structures slowly transform into living biological extensions of the colony.
The true origin of the Parasitic Entities remains one of the greatest mysteries recorded within the Dimensional Archives.
Some researchers believe they evolved deep beneath the Hollow Depths.
Others insist they were an unintended consequence of early Obsidian experiments.
The oldest surviving records propose a far more disturbing theory.
Before the First Fracture, microscopic dimensional organisms drifted unnoticed between realities.
They possessed no purpose.
No intelligence.
No hosts.
When the barriers between realms collapsed, these organisms encountered biological life for the very first time.
They adapted instantly.
Every host became another evolutionary step.
Every civilization became another opportunity.
Thus, the first Parasitic Entities were born.
Unlike every other Entity Class, Parasitic Entities rarely possess a permanent body.
Their true form exists as a living colony of microscopic dimensional organisms capable of restructuring virtually any biological system they encounter.
Once a host is infected, the colony gradually rewrites:
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Cellular structure
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Nervous system
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Musculature
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Sensory organs
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Genetic code
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Consciousness
The host remains physically recognizable.
Internally...
It no longer belongs to itself.
Advanced colonies are capable of infecting entire ecosystems rather than individual organisms.
To the parasite...
Everything is a potential host.
Unlike the Obsidian, they do not seek conquest.
Unlike the Mimics, they do not imitate.
Unlike the Abyssals, they do not hunt.
Their purpose is expansion through assimilation.
Every organism represents new genetic information.
Every ecosystem represents another opportunity to evolve.
Parasitic Entities do not erase individuality out of cruelty.
They erase it because unity is evolution.
Researchers believe every colony is attempting to become part of one immense living superorganism spanning every realm.
Spores
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Microscopic dimensional organisms are responsible for initiating new infestations.
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usually undtetected until infection begins.
infectors
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mobile parasites capable of rapidly spreading infestation.
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entire populitaions have fallen within days.
hive carrier
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advanced hosts are responsible for expanding colny networks.
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tjeu fimtopm as living incubation chambers.
hive master
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central organism coordinating thousands of infected hosts simultaneously.
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destrying one rearely stops the colony.
colony overmind
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Huge intelligences connecting multiple hive masters into a single consciousness
The Master Parasite
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the original organism from which every know infestaion dcended.
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its true location has never been confirmed
Young infestations remain vulnerable before establishing a fully developed Colony Core.
Rapid containment and complete isolation can sometimes prevent widespread assimilation.
Once a mature Colony Core forms, however, conventional eradication becomes almost impossible.
Destroying infected organisms often accelerates the colony's evolution rather than weakening it.