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Old February 19th, 2012, 02:41 AM

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Default Re: Original source of Doom Horrors?

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Originally Posted by Torin View Post
Google images for "scabiei"
It very like Scabiel, the maker of ruins
Those are parasitic scabies mites. I hadn't thought of them as an inspiration but scabiel does look sort of like a mite, albeit larger than most. The Abomination of Desolation's appearance is based on deep sea fish faces and its name is a phrase from the bible, though the phrase doen't refer to an entity but an event.
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