Creature · ICARUS 3.0.26 · Week 248
Wraiths represent extreme human biological degradation resulting from uncontrolled exotic exposure interacting with engineered mutagens. Retaining a vaguely hominid bipedal structure, their physiology is severely warped; muscle tissue has undergone rapid, erratic changes while the epidermis presents as necrotic, translucent, or heavily calloused by subcutaneous exotic crystallization. They display complete indifference to pain, and profound neurological degradation, rendering them hyper-aggressive and incapable of higher communication.
Wraiths are the result of classified G15 experimentation in the Elysium sector. The intersection of an uncontained mutagenic virus and unstable exotic isotopes caused a catastrophic genetic cascade, completely compromising the test subjects' neural and cellular stability.
"People, man, these used to be PEOPLE. Of all the crap I've seen on Icarus, this shit is what scares me the most."
This creature is not listed in any spawn zone in the shipped tables — it is placed by a mission, a boss encounter or a tame, rather than by the world spawner. Its biome and maps above come from the bestiary itself.