Void Creatures

Born in the empty space between dimensions known as The Void, the similarly named creatures come in a wide variety of forms, the only real commonality between them all being their skin, so black it absorbs light and forms a hazy halo of shadow around each of them. Some manifest as many-legged insectoid creatures, all claws and pincers and horns; while other display as octopus-like, with a multitude of writhing appendages that yearn to reach out and grab.

Along with their colouration, the Void are united by a single hive mind which allows each of them to see through an infinite number of eyes, and feel with an infinite number of appendages. They are so closely connected that if one of them feels pain, it reverberates through the entire species regardless of how far apart they are. These feelings of pain echo around the shared brain for a long time, and grow into rage and fury against those who cause the Void pain, amplifying and increasing with each connection.

Beyond the hive mind, the main thing that connects each individual member of the Void is their hunger. Being born in a realm consisting of precisely nothing, they are born hungry and only grow more ravenous as time ticks on. As soon as they are introduced to matter which they can consume, they will devour it like other-dimensional piranhas and share the energy received between them.

The one being they were unable to consume is a man who appeared in their world out of nowhere, many years ago. His name was Doctor Jonathan Drazen, formerly a member of the inter-dimensional crew that would become the heroic group known as The Futurists. Lost in the Void, Drazen’s fury at his crewmates for failing to rescue him was palpable even to the blind hunger of the Void, and they hesitated when he arrived in their realm. This hesitation was enough for Drazen to access their hive mind and take control of the swarm he now knew as the Void.

Years later he would unleash the Void on Earth, where there was much to devour, but his attempted invasion was repelled by the combined might of the Earth’s greatest heroes and he was driven back into the Void with his army. This time, however, the Futurists came with him and he was compelled to begin a hunt across the Void for his greatest enemies, with his army of hungry creatures in tow.