Ker

Ker are dark beings clad in red with gnashing teeth, sharp claws and with a thirst for human blood. While they do not attack the healthy, they hover over hospitals and battlefields and search for dying and wounded men. Apotropaic rites and rites of purification are sometimes performed intended to keep the Ker at bay. The presence of Ker is often a foretelling of some deadly violence or brutality in the very near future, even when all seems otherwise right and well.