Someone You Can Build a Nest In

Shesheshen is a shapeshifting monster referred to by humans as a “wyrm.” She is hibernating in her lair, which is located in an unincorporated barony claimed by the Wulfyre family. The closest town is named Underlook, which is why humans refer to Shesheshen as the Wyrm of Underlook. She lacks a fixed form or natural skeleton, and she builds temporary bodies for herself using the bones of her prey and scavenged objects. Her species reproduces by laying eggs inside another living being, which then serves as a nest to be consumed by the young upon hatching.

As Shesheshen hibernates, she dreams of her childhood. She remembers little about her mother, recalling only that her mother wore artificial steel fangs when she hunted since their kind has few solid body parts. Shesheshen and her siblings fed on their father’s body as they grew, and this is her earliest and fondest memory. With time, her siblings tried to eat Shesheshen as well, but she triumphed over them and consumed them all—she considers this the event that marked the end of her childhood. It is not in her nature to become emotionally attached to her prey, so she doesn’t mourn their deaths.