Cannibal

Of all the creatures on the islands, none unnerve me more than the locally dubbed “Cannibals”. Standing a good foot at minimum taller than the tallest human, the cannibals, with their near digitigrade legs and eyeless skulls are truly a fearsome sight. I’m thankful to only have encountered these creatures once - when it was captured by a tribe and paraded - dead, through the streets. Even dead, the creature utterly terrified me.

There is no doubt in my mind that these creatures have, or perhaps will become, humanity. The similarities are simply too uncanny to dismiss. As fossil records from my time do not show anything even remotely resembling these creatures, I am forced to acknowledge the terrible truth that humans will one day evolve into the creatures.

These creatures (I’m reluctant to call them humans) live exclusively in caves, only coming out at night to raid and pillage. The few people that I’ve spoken to about these creatures haven’t seen them use tools, or wear clothing. The lack of eyes combined with the nocturnal nature suggests that these creatures come from a place without a lot of sunlight. What happened to their ancestors?

Despite the somewhat misleading name, the Cannibals do not exclusively eat humans. Any other meat - predator or otherwise is on their menu.