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The Shambleau Project

I asked her where she came from. She said "From far away, and a long time ago" or something like that.

factual data about Shambleau  are scarce and patchy at best, as those that encountered them are not willing to elaborate on their experiences. The best documented case is in connection with a shambleau operating on Old Mars. A vampiric entity of sorts, the Shambleau generally appears as a roughly human female, with tan skin covered with fine hairs and a mane of wormlike tentacles (normally hidden under some kind of head gear). Fingers terminate in curved corneal talons and the eye are of a deep brilliant green, with slitted pupils. It has been theorized by some that the human form of the Shambleau could well be a complex illusion weaved by the creature for feeding purposes.

The exact origin of the creature is unknown. Some sources postulate a yet to be discovered planet in the Solar System, others point to Venus, othersyet place the Shambleau origin on a world long dead and destroyed. All concord in affirming that the Shambleau is an extremely ancient race, probably predating human history. The Shambleaus could, according to some, be at the origin of the many legends about the Medusa, or Gorgon, and other such myths. The creature's life cycle is a complete mystery. Shambleau seem to be a solitary predator, as never has more than one specimen been sighted at once. The Shambleau stalking and feeding process is inextricably connected with the strong sexual urge that the sight of the creature seems to awaken in the humans. The origin of the urge can be traced, according to different sources, to a mesmeric power of sort, to the strong emission of pheromones, to other, less clearly pigeonholed causes.

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Having connected with its target and seduced him, the Shambleau apparently feeds off the victim's "vital energy". The trance-like sexual obsession that the Shambleau produces in the victim is apparently a mechanism aimed at increasing the concentration of said life force. These details have led different researchers to classify the Shambleau as a variant Oriental vampire feeding off the yang energy of the victim, or as a casebook example of psychic vampire.

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