First appearance: S4E14, Vythorn’s Return Part 1 · watch it on YouTube
The inkslime creature was the living, black-and-gold substance that filled a swamp river in the in-between. It was full of faces and eyes, it fed on magic, and it took a cruel delight in reminding Vythorn, the Arbiter exactly how stuck he was. It spoke as “we,” and it never quite said what “we” meant. That made it one of the eeriest things Vythorn faced on his way back.
Story
The creature appeared in S4E14, Vythorn’s Return Part 1 (Vythorn alone in the in-between; the God of Fate), when Vythorn found himself alone in the in-between. The swamp river around him turned out not to be water at all. It was a dark mass of black and gold, with faces and eyes inside it. For a master of chaos magic, it was about the worst possible company: the stuff ate magic. It also ate his boots.
It mocked him as it went, sneering that “they didn’t give you permission,” without saying who “they” were. It made clear that he was in the same predicament it was: “We are trapped, and now you are trapped.” It spoke always in the plural and taunted him to “ask who we are.” The episode was also the one in which Vythorn met the God of Fate, but whether the creature had anything to do with that god was left unsaid.
Vythorn’s way out came from elsewhere. A light led him from the place, telling him, “It’s time. Wake up.” Even then the in-between did not let go gracefully. A head in the lake invited him back “if they don’t like you.” Afterward, the creature and its kin were explained as beings stuck in the in-between.
Personality and Abilities
The creature was more presence than body: a black-and-gold substance with faces and eyes inside it, filling the river like ink. It was spiteful and smug, and it liked to rub in the hopelessness of its surroundings. It spoke as a collective “we,” which gave everything it said a crowded, choral menace.
Its most dangerous trait was its hunger for magic. That made it a particularly nasty obstacle for Vythorn, who normally solves his problems with chaos. It also had an appetite for more ordinary things, as his boots discovered.
Relationships
- The Arbiter: Its unwilling guest in the in-between. It ate magic and his boots, mocked him, and told him he was now as trapped as it was.
Memorable Quotes
- “They didn’t give you permission.” (Vythorn’s Return Part 1)
- “We are trapped, and now you are trapped.” (Vythorn’s Return Part 1)