Lemure Horror (Basic Lore)

Lemure Horror (Killer; CR 6)
Lawful Evil - Medium - Outsider (Devil)
This creature possesses the Killer role, and therefore counts as 2 monsters for purposes of encounter size, XP award, and treasure. This monster frequently has the Killer role, but may be set to different roles if desired. When a spirit arrives in the Hells, the first thing that happens to it is savagery. The devils rend and tear, subjecting the luckless thing to the most horrible of torments, tearing away scraps of its essence for...uses. The Devils break and flay and tear away everything from the luckless soul, until they have distilled it down to only two urges: The Will to Evil, and The Urge to Obey. These mutilated things manifest upon the Prime as masses of skinless almost-flesh, so flimsy they can tear out their own bones for use as weapon, yet weirdly hard to hurt, they are so vague. Deprived of so much of their form that they cannot even make legs, they simply ooze and drag themselves around like huge, horrible, snails. They can drag themselves aloft with horrid ease, and can be found throwing themselves in disciplined waves at foes, their horrendous groans haunting their foes. They are called Lemures, for the hopeless lost that they are. But Lemures have a path to advance. They are not hopeless. If they commit enough chilling, horrific, Evil, and work well with their fellow seekers of Evil, a Lemure can work its way up from its miserable state. The first step of that Journey of Evil, the first thing a Lemure can do to improve its lot in life, is to work well with a band of its fellow beasts, and over time, they slowly merge their skills, pool their strengths, and then share their dark bounty around to each other until they gain enough skill and strength to evolve their pitiful bodies into a more functional state. Lemures of this ability are not true Devils, not by a long shot, but they are well on their way. Lemure Horrors are more solid, actually have complete forms, with legs, and have honed their miserable abilities. Lemure Horrors are far tougher and much more dangerous than Lemures, can see in the dark, and are generally much nastier foes. They are Devils in training, and they act the part.