Corruption
The Corruption is a mysterious supernatural force/plague that has overtaken a Louisiana bayou outside New Orleans and later a Colorado mining town. It twists living creatures and humans into monstrous, often mindless and cannibalistic beings. Its spread is what creates the Targets and lesser monsters that Hunters are paid to destroy.
Corruption is the engine of the game's horror: it warps flesh and mind, producing everything from infected grunts to powerful bosses. Cultists and Pacts willingly embrace it, seeing transformation as a form of devotion (becoming 'the Sculpted'). Its origin is tied to forces like the Sculptor and to gateways to the Land of the Dead. The Corruption's expansion from the bayou to Colorado mirrors the geographic progression of the game's maps and story.
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