The back story of Slithgarn

I wanted to create a character that celebrated my love of “the man in the rubber monster suit”. I grew up watching Creature Double Feature, and my favorite monster movies are the TOHO Godzilla series. So first and foremost, Slithgarn is a guy in a monster suit… but who is the guy?

The guy is an Oracle Prophet. He is a wise man who has many answers to the mysteries of life. In order to gain his psychic powers, he lives in a symbiotic relationship with the Slithgarn, which among many other things gives the Oracle Prophet the ability to have mind control over the Gompers as his own monster army. The Slithgarn accepts the symbiotic relationship because its brain power increases while it has a human host. The Slithgarn gets all nutrition from what the host eats, and will protect the host at all costs. The host is trapped, as the Slithgarn will not release its host willingly, so it is a pact for life they have entered into. Because Slithgarns seek out human hosts, some hosts are victims, while others are willing, such as those who seek out the Slithgarn to get the psychic power.

To gain audience with an Oracle Prophet, one must first find a way to subdue the Slithgarn, either by force or by cunning. Once the Slithgarn is cuffed in chains, or at ease with your presence, one can speak with the Oracle Prophet on matters of the past, present, and future.

Kings and men of great power have been known to keep a Slithgarn and its host trapped in their dungeon to have access to an Oracle Prophet’s wisdom. This is not an ideal situation for the Slithgarn, who prefers to run free in warm, moist climates such as the tropics, or a rain forest.