Puppeteers

Puppeteers are very small floating mollusc creatures that are not particularly strong, but have powerful psionic abilites. They are famous for their most commonly used trick, hiding among a group of people and causing them to kill each other by subtly influencing their minds, then picking off whoever remains and feeding on the bodies.

Appearance
Puppeteers are small floating brain-like things with tentacles coming from the bottom. They have six beady black eyes grouped at the front of their body. They are a pink flesh-like colour.

Puppeteers use telekinesis to slowly float around.

Behaviour
Puppeteers are carnivorous, but they also require intelligent minds to feed on. This is why humans are their favorite food. They have many tricks that they can use in order to acquire this food. Humans on their own are easily defeated by their powerful psionic influence, they can focus all their effort on one being and easily drive them to submission. They have more difficulty with large groups, which is why they stay hidden and slowly and subtly break down each of the humans. They often force humans to fight each other, then pick off what's left. Puppeteers are the cause of many wars of the past, and they benefit most from mass killings.

Fortunately puppeteers are quite rare. They do not reproduce normally, rather they are created from the overuse of psychic power. This means it is difficult for them to form large groups, but when they do it can be catastrophic.

Puppeteers can be found anywhere psychic power is utilised. Their are none in Tyrrus, but Hirokir and Izir boast a relatively large population of them.

The intelligence of a puppeteer is unknown, all we understand is that they are incapable of communicating with humans, even attempts to communicate telepathically have been met with psychic backlash. They are clearly lead by insatiable hunger, and all puppeteers ever found have been hostile.

Gameplay
Puppeteers are level 10 due to their powerful psychic magic, but they are physically weak and vulnerable and can be easily overpowered by multiple people if they are detected. Puppeteers have unlimited mana and mostly focus on Mind Reading and Suggestion, but also have a little telekinesis.