The Grundel

One of the darkest ectoplasmic creatures to ever walk our world, the Grundel is demonic parasite that feeds on the souls and minds of children. The Grundel is a singular entity with a male personality, that often appears in an ankle length jet black trench coat with a tall black fedora hat and sandals. He has large grasping fingers tipped with deadly razor sharp talons and his face is long and distended with a gaping maw and blood red eyes that pierce the beholder. It is unknown what class the Grundel is, though it is most likely a Class 7 due to its intellect and powers though this is never explicitly stated.

With the ability to fire plasma balls from his bare hands and the unnerving talent of melting into the darkest shadows, the Grundel is often accompanied by fierce lightning storms, manifesting when lightning strikes. Slinking into the shadows, the Grundel selects his victims, unsuspecting children, often with a penchant for mischief and appears to them at night, outside their windows, knocking, asking to be let in.

If the child falls for the Grundel's deception, the child becomes psychically attached to the Grundel and over time, the Grundel's influence rapidly grows, as he goads the child into committing crimes and acts of terror, from arson to theft. Once the child has fallen under the influence of the Grundel enough, the child will transform into a Grundel slowly, bit by bit until the change is complete with the child's soul corrupted, utterly transforming the victim into a monster, into a Grundel. With each child taken, the Grundel grows in power. The only way to break the Grundel's hold upon it's victim is for the victim to reject the Grundel's lure of fun and games, turning their back on the infection of evil that has taken such a deep root.

In the final stages of the transformation, the Grundel and his victim are so closely bound, that the Grundel himself cannot be injured or harmed without doing the same harm to the victim. This, coupled with the Grundel's naturally high intellect, cold calculating cunning, sharp mind and agility, make the Grundel a deadly spirit that must be trapped quickly before children are lost forever to its polluting influence.

Interestingly, when the Grundel is trapped, the effects on his victims seem to abate, breaking, returning the child to normal.