The chest obviously contained a lot of documents, most of which have crumbled away to nothing. Only the following sections survives

….never seem to use magic and do not generally build weapons preferring to modify a race or borrow features from another race to make it in to a weapon. Most of their race are either created from other races, genetically modified to suit their needs or other races assimilated in to the T’cra….

…to say they do not use magic is not strictly correct, I mean they do not use magic in a form we know. They seem to have a unique form of magic available only to themselves, less to do with learnt knowledge, more to do with what they are. In truth to call it magic even is not strictly correct, un-magic would be a better description. It seems to be the opposite of magic as we know it and it seems to be impossible for us to unravel its secrets….

…have said the T’cra have assimilated many Mendac races into their own, either by borrowing traits from them or by wholesale assimilation. In order to control races they assimilate they use parasite creatures they have developed. There are many strains of the parasites and in the creatures of the Mendac they all have the same effect. Any true-blood T’cra can give a parasited creature an order and the creature must obey. Any True-Blood T’cra can also cause intense pain in parasited creatures, seemingly at will. In creatures not of the Mendac the parasites have the same effect but they also gain some curious side effects. The following are a number of the most common parasite strains.

Petrosis Strain
Seems to turn the skin of the host to stone when the host is exposed to extreme stress. The stone skin seems to prevent the host from moving but offers no protection. It can be removed, freeing the host from his stone prison but causes great pain to the host.

Bentlam Strain
If the host experiences feelings of sustained happiness and enjoyment then they also find their body takes on both a softer nature (the bones weaken and soften) allowing them to pass through small gaps, but also they are more susceptible to suggestions. For example they will not refuse any dares that involve possible enjoyment, such as eating contests, drinking contests, and seducing the lords daughter in her own room. However if this state is maintained for too long the host can devolve into a fluidic puddle of boneless plasma, and then will attack the nearest potential host.

Berzark Strain
When subject to any fright or other effect that would sway the host from a dedicated course of action they feel strongly about, the host becomes berserk, attacking the source of his fury, then going on to attack it’s compatriots. However if this state is kept up for too long then the host suffers damage as the parasite literally burns him from the inside, and also he is reduced to a mindless rage filled killing machine that attacks ANY moving thing in its path. Normally this results in the death of the host, but also in the parasite finding a new host.

Kedren Strain
The strain confers at firs a very helpful benefit to the host, it allows them to regenerate hits quickly, and even heal damage such as severed limbs. HOWEVER, it also induces in the host a terrible thirst for meat, ANY meat. Seriously injured, they must eat any and all meat they can find until the location has risen to above two, this includes living animals, people and dead flesh. They will try to obtain it from the nearest and easiest source. So they will go for carrion, animals, the young or elderly, then healthy people, then intimidating ones, In that order.
They retain enough sense to TRY to lure their prey to one side if they can, as they become aware of this terrible need very quickly. Healing the wounds on the host by other means reduces or removes the hosts need for meat.

Strains can propagate once a month. As the parasite stimulates blood production and can spread by Intimate contact, or by once a month expelling enough blood (vomiting, period or rectal bleeding) to form a small dog sized golem (indeed it moves on all fours) that seeks out a weak host and assaults them.

The T’cra retain the knowledge of how to remove the parasite, the only process we have found to be effective is to drain the hosts body of blood and heal them moment before they die, even this is not one hundred percent effective….