Vasilisa, Koshchei the Deathless, Baba Yaga, Anastasia – Russians respond strangely to these names. It finds amusement in taking on recognizable, almost archetypal forms to hunt its prey. It can take the shape of a human in order to accomplish its goals, or its master's goals. He – it – has become the predator, and is now more a presence than a sentient being. Anything resembling human thought process is now gone.
The Nictuku was not very human even in the distant past when he was human. He did not kill them all some he saved, like a spider. Almost immediately, the boy burst from his cell and fed on the entire village. The Nosferatu Antediluvian offered the child a chance to become the spider, and Embraced him after his positive reply. Absimiliard was impressed by the boy's ruthlessness and found him patiently awaiting death crouching in the corner of the room, watching a spider eat his prey. A young child was slated for execution by his village for killing his family and several other villagers with tools, poisons, and even by leading them into the jaws of lurking predators (reports vary on the child's gender, but most rumors assume it was male).
