Hollow One

Medium aberration, neutral evil

A hollow one is what remains when the Void empties a person. The process is poorly understood --- some scholars believe it occurs near active fractures, where the Void's entropic influence is strong enough to simply *erase* the soul from a living body while leaving the flesh intact. Others believe hollow ones are created deliberately by Void entities as scouts or infiltrators. The result is the same: a human body that walks, speaks, and mimics normal behaviour, but with nothing behind the eyes. Hollow ones are disturbingly convincing --- they can maintain a facade of normalcy for days or weeks, parroting phrases, performing routines, even holding basic conversations. But under pressure, the mask slips. Their speech becomes looping and repetitive. Their facial expressions fall out of sync with their words. And when they finally drop the pretense, the emptiness inside becomes a weapon.