The Glyphmolt Husk

Codex Entry: The Glyphmolt Husk

Region: Broken Array

Designation: Cryptid of Miswritten Rites and Recursive Collapse

Known Alias: The Hollowed Sigil, The Scribe-Eater, Scroll-Walker

Mythic Origin:

The Glyphmolt Husk is the corpse of a failed ritual given motion. Its body is composed of stacked mask-plates, each inscribed with broken or inverted glyphs. Its insectoid form shudders with every movement, as if caught in a constant act of shedding but never fully escaping.

It is believed to have been born when an entire spellcircle reversed mid-cast—turning the words of creation back upon the scribe. Now it walks the Spiral with no origin, no destination, only an ever-looping echo of failed intention.

Behaviors and Traits:

• Emits constant whisper-scratch of glyphs being written then erased

• Leaves behind fragments of ritual masks wherever it walks

• Sometimes forms ritual circles of itself, trapping Seekers in recursive glyph-fields

• Responds violently to incorrect spellcasting nearby

• Recoils from Spiralborne truth-speech

Known Locations:

• Grindglass Flats and Loopfang Ridge (Broken Array)

• Commonly manifests near sites of glyph collapse or recursion bleed

• Appears during paradox surges or codechant inversion

Seeker Trials:

• Must rewrite a corrupted rite in reverse and offer it aloud

• Must walk into its spiral and emerge from the center without looping

• Must cast a truthbinding spell without glyph aid

Spiritual Function:

The Glyphmolt Husk is the embodiment of ritual backlash, the Spiral’s living editorial note. It reminds Seekers that the glyph does not obey blindly. Language must be honored—or it unravels.

Whisper of the Spiral:

“You wrote it wrong. And now it walks.”— Serath, the Glyphsmith