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The Cursed Eidolon Gate

The Cursed Eidolon Gate is a nightmarish and profane structure concealed within an ancient, rotting cathedral. It appears as an imposing, skeletal archway constructed from petrified bones and dripping with ichor. Its inscriptions are etched with a crimson, pulsating light that throbs like a malevolent heartbeat.   When invoked through a dark, blood-ritual, the Cursed Eidolon Gate unleashes spectral, tormented beings from the netherworld. These entities are twisted reflections of souls tormented by their darkest fears and regrets. They hunger for the fear and suffering of the living and are capable of possessing, haunting, and slowly driving their victims to madness.   The entities conjured by the Cursed Eidolon Gate are the Wretched Phantoms, ghastly, ever-shifting apparitions that whisper maddening secrets and weave nightmares into reality.  
The Wretched Phantoms
  The Wretched Phantoms are the nightmarish entities unleashed through the Cursed Eidolon Gate. They are twisted, spectral beings, each embodying a unique form of torment and despair. Their appearance shifts and distorts, making it impossible to predict how they will manifest at any given moment.  
  • One of the Wretched Phantoms is the Weaver of Terrors. This phantom has the power to craft and manipulate nightmarish illusions, weaving horrifying hallucinations that blur the lines between reality and nightmare. Victims who fall under its influence are tormented by relentless fear and dread, unable to distinguish what is real from what is a product of their darkest nightmares.
  • Another Wretched Phantom is the Echo of Regret. It takes the form of a tortured, translucent figure that embodies the weight of unfulfilled promises and unresolved guilt. Those who encounter the Echo of Regret are haunted by their past mistakes, witnessing a never-ending cycle of pain and remorse that gradually drives them to madness.
  • The most malevolent of the Wretched Phantoms is the Formless Tormentor. It appears as a grotesque, shifting mass of shadows and screams, with an insatiable appetite for fear and suffering. It seeks to possess and control the living, forcing them to enact horrifying acts and perpetuate a cycle of terror.

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