Pain Elemental

Pain Elementals are a species of floating demons with many similarities to Cacodemons, serving as living forges for Lost Souls, which damns them to an existence of constant pain.

Biology
Pain Elementals bear great resemblance to Cacodemons, who they are possibly related to. Like Cacodemons, they bear sphere-like bodies with a single eye, but unlike Cacodemons, Pain Elementals are brown-skinned, with an orange eye bearing a black pupil, two large, curving, black horns, sharp teeth, and two arms. What appears to be a more evolved breed of Pain Elementals has an armored backside, an overall slimmer frame, longer, larger arms with large claws, longer horns, an entirely orange eye, and several mandibles around their mouths. Pain Elementals serve as living "forges" for Lost Souls, taking the incorporeal essence of souls broken by intense slave labor into their bodies and turning the souls into physical manifestations of madness. The process is incredibly excruciating for the Pain Elementals, and repeats indefinitely throughout their lifespans, which are possibly finite. While their level of sapience is unknown, Pain Elementals are known to actively seek out targets to expel Lost Souls at to alleviate some pain from their bodies, and take great sadistic pleasure in the suffering of their victims. While all Pain Elemental breeds are capable of producing Lost Souls, the evolved breed appears to actually have some control over them, able to have them hover around them like a barrier. Unlike the original breed, which fires Lost Souls like a projectile, the evolved breed manually throws them at a target. Like Cacodemons, it is possible that they fly through a form of hot gas, evidenced by their literal flaming gut, as they explode if their eyes are ripped out or severely damaged. Unlike Cacodemons, Pain Elementals have red blood. The original breed of Pain Elementals appeared even more volatile than the evolved breed, and would leave behind some Lost Souls after exploding.