Broodmother

Broodmothers are unique demons created from women within the Shadow Cult of Elune. As much as a title of status and supremacy as it is a species, these bloated creatures are similar in function to Imp Mothers, save for the type of offspring they produce. The main source of demons born into the cult are produced from these creatures.

There are currently three broodmothers active within the Shadow Cult. The first and greatest of which is Greatmother Lucaerna, who alone holds power over all others. Others who become broodmothers do so by having all of the gifts and curses taken into their bodies at once for the process to begin. At this point the women who survive are given a mate which triggers the process. As this happens they gradually develop urges of extreme hunger and heavily mutate, eventually becoming fully-fledged broodmothers after devouring massive amounts of flesh, even from their kin or cultsworn demons and grow to a fantastic size, often developing extra breasts, hooves, claws, or other demonic features.

Broodmothers give birth to a large litter at once, between twenty and fifty newborn at a time, and are tended to by Handmaidens. These young emerge from the wombs of their mothers as toddlers, often already able to walk, and grow rapidly in their first days and weeks of life. A broodmother will birth thousands of demonic young in her lifetime, and will produce in a perpetual cycle until they either deplete themselves by failing to take in sufficient nourishment or are slain.

Broodmothers are tied in exceptionally closely to the The Presence of the Greatmother such that their will is not truly their own, and each one of them has a significant portion of the Greatmothers power invested into them. Through this link, all demons born to them are bound to the power and intellectus of the Greatmother as if she had given birth to them herself, and cannot disobey. In addition, the Greatmother may fill them with power and energy such that their wombs overflow, and they birth all of their young they possibly can, the new offspring already grown.

Within the Shadow Cult of Elune, the greatmother is known as the 'Broodmother', the inferior two are known as the 'Broodmares'.

Known Broodmothers

 * Greatmother Lucaerna
 * Lady Ereirah
 * Dryne