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Habitat
Viands can exist anywhere in the Hellscape. They are quick to adapt to different climates, as their nature and creation gave them the ability to survive as armies of Grief. They aren’t born, but are created within dark rituals by the Fiends that make them and release them.

Physiology
These creatures carry the blood of the Fiends that created them and are considered Fiendish in nature. They appear with dark horns of various sizes, and can optionally have tails and wings as large as themselves. They come in various sizes from stunted and small to as large as Earthspawn. Some have broad shoulders, some are scrawny, and others appear abstract or lopsided, carrying some mutation. For example- one creature could have four eyes, while another has protruded tusks. The colors of their leathery skin come in various shades of the Fiends: whites, black, blue, yellows or red. Infernal tattoos can be seen sprawled around their bodies. 

Behavior
They are obedient creatures, listening to their initial orders when they first come into the world. But, when not under immediate supervision by their overlords, Viands are chaotic and aggressive creatures that take joy in destruction. If there’s an opportunity to do harm, ruin something, they’ll take it. In some cases, they may even resort to turning against each other if it seems like it would be fun.

These creatures are on a large spectrum of intelligence. Some are clever and quick to understand strategies and predicaments. While others are primal and animalistic.