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Revision as of 18:22, 1 August 2022
"Some splinter faction of Hell has taken an interest. Everywhere you go, the Goat-Demon is ahead of you, menacing witnesses, stepping on leads."[1]
Goat-demons are sapient goats with infernal appearences.
Bleating
"He's back from whatever sulphurous hole he crawled into. Keeping a lower profile, but still dogging your footsteps."[2]
Goat-demons are creatures that are native to Hell, and predate even the Devils' arrival.[3] They're typically encountered as staff of the Brass Embassy in London,[4] and they're employed as enforcers for various infernal factions.[1] Goat-demons have hooves and fierce-looking talons that are nonetheless capable of precise work,[5][4] and despite their bestial appearance, they're sapient and are capable of speech.[6] In fact, they may even dress up for formal occasions.[7] Goat-demons typically graze on the bones that litter the grounds of the the Hurlers,[8] but they'll gladly eat entire animals, such as horses, should the opportunity present itself.[9]
All Fear the Overgoat!
"They turn their eyes from you when you speak its name. "I hear the bleating in the night," one says. "Five churns of wolf-milk soured. My daughter woke with a cast in her good eye. May its shadow pass from us!""[10]
The Overgoat is an extremely powerful goat-demon, or something else entirely, that is spoken of only in whispers across Fallen London. It possesses the ability to [REDACTED BY THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC DECENCY],[11] and when met with another Overgoat, they may [REDACTED BY THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC DECENCY] goat of which Goethe wrote.[12]
And when seven [REDACTED BY THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC DECENCY] the ultimate Caprine Authority 🐐.[13]
