Karcinite

A mortal species native to the vast underground caverns and passages found in Solthris, the Karcinites have increasingly begun moving up through tunnels to assault regions of the surface over the past few years.

Physiology
Most Karcinites are roughly 5.5ft tall, they are eyeless and hairless, they have no neck. Their skulls have visible clusters of colored veins that are typically pale blue or purple, it is believed this is what allows them to 'see' despite the lack of traditional ocular organs. Their skin ranges from pale grey, and fleshy pink, to sickly green. Their bodies are often pockmarked and covered with oozing sores and scabs, or bulging with boils, tumors, and pustules overflowing with puss, disease and parasitic organisms that they weaponize against others.

Most karcinites have two primary arms and legs, a single mouth, a set of slits in the middle of the face that serve as their nose, and two depressions on either side of their heads that serve as sound sensitive organs. However Karcinites have a high rate of mutation among their species, leading many to additional deformed, vestigial limbs or sensory organs, or other unnatural developments.

Rarely, some karcinites will develop thick, chitinous plating on their bodies and grow to more than twice the size of traditional members of their species. Even more rarely a Karcinite will be born with a bulbous, raised 'lobe' in their skull granting them more complex magical aptitude. These individuals typically become leaders of Karcinite groups.