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'''The Carrion''', ~~formerly called "~~'''''The Tomato Sauce Monster'''''" or "'''''The Teratoma Terror'''''," is a sentient mass of red flesh that appears at ~~spawn~~ from time to time. It ~~sported a hostile disposition on its first appearances, but grew friendlier over time~~.

'''The Carrion''', also stylized as '''CARRION'''<ref>The creature was initially dubbed "'''The Tomato Sauce Monster'''" or "'''The Teratoma Terror'''" by [[FP]]. OWOTers began referring to it as "The Carrion" in February of 2025, though there was an isolated instance of [[Rscr]] calling it by that name in late November 2024.</ref>, is a sentient mass of red flesh that appears at [[Spawn]] from time to time. It is created from unicode and [[Symbols for Legacy Computing]].

~~Such creatures~~ are created ~~using~~ [[/~~slc|SLC]~~] ~~and unicode blocks by an anonymous artist~~.

Most instances of The Carrion are drawn by a single artist, though other users have created recolored variants of it. In addition to these clones, The Carrion would also appear alongside The Sludge and The Void, two creations of [[Crazy Cat Lady]].

An on-site archive of Carrion art can be found at [https://ourworldoftext.com/ArtArchive#x:31,y:10 /ArtArchive#x:31,y:10].

== Gallery ==

~~<blockquote>"''[[Sdklfjdsflsd.jflsdklf.lsdj,fskljsdldskj|IT SPREADS, MY SPAWN OF TISSUE AND BLOOD]]''"~~

"''[[Sdkfldsflksdjfsjkdslfjdslfdsjlkdsjfkldsjfldsfjdskl|STAGE 3: CYSTS DEVELOP, BURSTING INTO NEW GORE TO SPREAD MY INFECTION. IT IS BEAUTIFUL, IS IT NOT?]]''" </blockquote>[[File:Carrion november 11 2024.jpg|center|thumb|621x621px|November 11th, 2024]]<blockquote>"''[[Sdfdsfdsfdfssdf|BLOOD SPILLS FROM THEIR WOUNDS, IT FEEDS THE MASS; GROWING LARGER, MORE BEAUTIFUL.]]''"

=== November 2024 ===

<blockquote>''[[Sdklfjdsflsd.jflsdklf.lsdj,fskljsdldskj|IT SPREADS]]''

''[[Sdklfjdsflsd.jflsdklf.lsdj,fskljsdldskj|MY SPAWN OF TISSUE AND BLOOD]]''

''[[Sdkfldsflksdjfsjkdslfjdslfdsjlkdsjfkldsjfldsfjdskl|STAGE 3: CYSTS DEVELOP]]''

''[[Sdkfldsflksdjfsjkdslfjdslfdsjlkdsjfkldsjfldsfjdskl|BURSTING INTO NEW GORE TO SPREAD MY INFECTION]]''

''[[Sdkfldsflksdjfsjkdslfjdslfdsjlkdsjfkldsjfldsfjdskl|IT IS BEAUTIFUL, IS IT NOT?]]'' </blockquote>[[File:Carrion november 11 2024.jpg|center|thumb|621x621px|First recorded instance of The Carrion on November 11th, 2024. This prototype was covered with yellow warts and had eyes made from block characters. It did not contain any [[Symbols for Legacy Computing]], nor did it make use of the ability to customize cell background colors, since that feature wouldn't be enabled at spawn until much later.]]<blockquote>''[[Sdfdsfdsfdfssdf|BLOOD SPILLS FROM THEIR WOUNDS, IT FEEDS THE MASS; GROWING LARGER, MORE BEAUTIFUL.]]''

"''[[Dsfsdfdssfdsds|THE TENDONS, GIVING THEM THE GIFT OF THE INFECTION, MAKING THEM BEAUTIFUL AGAIN.]]''"

''[[Dsfsdfdssfdsds|THE TENDONS, GIVING THEM THE GIFT OF THE INFECTION, MAKING THEM BEAUTIFUL AGAIN.]]''

[[File:Carrion november 22 2024.jpg|center|thumb|490x490px|November 22nd, 2024]]

[[File:Carrion november 22 2024.jpg|center|thumb|490x490px|A new design which utilizes customizable cell background colors for the creatures' myriad mouths(''November 22nd, 2024'')]]

[[File:Carrion november 23 2024.jpg|center|thumb|November 23rd, 2024]]

[[File:~~Teratoma terror~~.png|center|thumb|~~532x532px~~|December 20th, 2024]]

=== December 2024 ===

[[File:Carrion december 20 2024.png|center|thumb|407x407px|First recorded instance of the current Carrion design, which uses SLC for the creature's eyes(''December 20th, 2024'')]]

=== January 2025 ===

[[File:2025 of publicity.png|center|thumb|632x632px|January 1st, 2025]]

[[File:Coalition against the flesh superorganism.png|center|thumb|511x511px|"Coalition Against the Flesh Eating Super-organism"(''January 17th, 2025'')]]

[[File:Carrion march 13 2025.png|center|thumb|485x485px|March 13th, 2025]]

=== February 2025 ===

=== March 2025 ===

<blockquote>[[Fsdfdsfdsf|WE SEE NOW]]

[[Fsdfdsfdsf|ARE YOU BEAUTIFUL]]

[[Fsdfdsfdsf|ARE YOU LIKE US?]]

'''''Ýœů'''''

[[Sdffsfsfsdfds|HOW BEAUTIFUL]]

'''''Ï'm plèsëd, knœŵįñg øþęrs exïš'''''</blockquote>[[File:Carrion march 13 2025.png|center|thumb|485x485px|The Carrion meeting The Sludge, a creature by [[Crazy Cat Lady]](''March 13th, 2025'')]]

[[File:Carrion march 13 2025 2.png|center|thumb|402x402px|March 13th, 2025]]

[[File:Carrion pi.png|center|thumb|March 14th, 2025]]

=== April 2025 ===

File:Carrion easter 1.jpg

File:Carrion easter 2.png

</gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="250" caption="Carrion vs. Void(''April 12th, 2025'')">

File:Carrion vs void.jpg

File:Carrion vs void 2.jpg

File:Carrion vs void 3.png

File:Carrion vs void full.png

</gallery>

[[File:Carrion newspaper.png|center|thumb|The Carrion as featured in the ~~April 13th issue of~~ [https://ourworldoftext.com/yournewspaperoftext Your Newspaper of Text]]]

[[File:Carrion newspaper.png|center|thumb|The Carrion as featured in the [https://ourworldoftext.com/yournewspaperoftext April 13th issue] of [[Your Newspaper of Text]]]]

~~<gallery mode=~~"~~packed~~" ~~heights~~=~~"200" caption~~=~~"Easter~~ 2025">

[[File:Blue carrion.png|center|thumb|378x378px|"Friendly Carrion"(''April 14th, 2025'')]]

~~File:Carrion easter 1.jpg~~

~~File:Carrion easter 2.png~~

=== May 2025 ===

~~</gallery>~~[[File:Carrion mouth.png|center|thumb|724x724px|May 1st, 2025]]

[[File:Carrion mouth.png|center|thumb|724x724px|May 1st, 2025]]

[[File:Carrion may 5 2025 1.png|center|thumb|581x581px|May 5th, 2025]]

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[[File:Carrion door.png|center|thumb|May 13th, 2025|394x394px]]

=== June 2025 ===

[[File:Carrion headphones.png|center|thumb|360x360px|June 3rd, 2025]]<blockquote></blockquote>

[[File:Carrion june 22 2025.png|center|thumb|June 23rd, 2025]]

[[File:Carrion june 23 2025.png|center|thumb|406x406px|June 23rd, 2025]]

=== July 2025 ===

[[File:Carrion homer.png|center|thumb|July 11th, 2025]]

[[File:Carrion july 12 2025.png|center|thumb|369x369px|July 12th, 2025]]

[[File:Carrion july 17 2025.png|center|thumb|First appearance of the large Carrion eye(''July 17th, 2025'')|340x340px]]

[[File:Carrion beautiful.png|center|thumb|568x568px|~July 23rd, 2025]]

[[File:The father.png|center|thumb|''C-carrion???''(''July 25th, 2025'')]]

=== August 2025 ===

[[File:Carrion in me.png|center|thumb|382x382px|August 2nd, 2025]]

[[File:Carrion august 17 2025.png|center|thumb|August 17th, 2025]]

[[File:Carrion owot at a glance.png|center|thumb|600x600px|The Carrion reacting to its appearance in [[JRT]]'s "''OWOT at a Glance''"(''August 17th, 2025'')]]

=== September 2025 ===

File:Carrion september 6 2025 2.png

File:Carrion september 6 2025 1.png

File:Carrion september 6 2025 3.png

File:Carrion september 6 2025 4.png

</gallery>

[[File:Carrion september 8th, 2025.png|center|thumb|September 8th, 2025]]

[[File:Carrion september 18 2025.png|center|thumb|497x497px|September 18th, 2025]]

=== October 2025 ===

<blockquote>"''[[Sdklfjdsflsd.jflsdklf.lsdj,fskljsdldskj|YOU CANNOT DEFEAT US]]''

''[[Sdklfjdsflsd.jflsdklf.lsdj,fskljsdldskj|WE ARE BEYOND DEATH]]''

''[[Sdklfjdsflsd.jflsdklf.lsdj,fskljsdldskj|IT BEATS WITH FURY]]''

[[File:Carrion ~~headphones~~.png|center|thumb|~~360x360px~~|~~June 3rd~~, 2025]]

''[[Sdklfjdsflsd.jflsdklf.lsdj,fskljsdldskj|SPREADING OURSELVES]]''

[[File:Carrion ~~june 23~~ 2025.png|center|thumb|~~406x406px~~|~~June 23rd~~, 2025]]

''[[Sdklfjdsflsd.jflsdklf.lsdj,fskljsdldskj|MAKING ALL BEAUTIFUL]]''</blockquote>[[File:Carrion october 4 2025 2.png|center|thumb|October 4th, 2025]]

[[File:Carrion october 12 2025.png|center|thumb|October 12th, 2025]]

''[[Sdklfjdsflsd.jflsdklf.lsdj,fskljsdldskj|THE BIOMASS GROWS]]''

''[[Sdklfjdsflsd.jflsdklf.lsdj,fskljsdldskj|THEY WILL NOT PREVAIL]]''

''[[Sdklfjdsflsd.jflsdklf.lsdj,fskljsdldskj|FOR WE ARE BEYOND DEATH]]''

''[[Sdklfjdsflsd.jflsdklf.lsdj,fskljsdldskj|WE ARE BEAUTIFUL]]''</blockquote>

[[File:Carrion october 20 2025.png|center|thumb|October 20th, 2025]]<gallery mode="packed" heights="250" caption="October 25th, 2025">

File:Piss carrion.png|Birth of a new organism

File:Mustard carrion october 25 2025.png|"Mustard" by another user using Carrion assets

File:Carrion october 25 2025 2.png|Carrion vs Mustard

File:Mustard victory.png|Absolute Mustard Domination

File:Carrion october 25 2025 3.png|Round 2

File:Carrion october 25 2025 1.png|Miscellaneous Carrion from that day

</gallery>

[[File:Carrion october 26 2025.png|center|thumb|568x568px|October 26th, 2025]]<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="October 26th, 2025">

File:Carrion october 26 2025 4.png|Carrion vs Relish

File:Carrion october 26 2025 2.png|Calling for The Sludge, likely since [[Crazy Cat Lady]] returned to OWOT on this day

File:Carrion october 26 2025 3.png|Rare instance of The Carrion appearing in [[Chat]]

</gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="250" caption="October 27th, 2025">

File:Mustard october 27 2025.png|Mustard vs [[NextOS]]' Carrion

File:Keep on and carrion.png|"KEEP CALM AND CARRION"

File:Carrion vs mustard october 27 2025 1.png|Carrion vs Mustard round 3

File:Carrion vs mustard october 27 2025 2.png|Carrion triumphing over Mustard

</gallery><gallery mode="packed" heights="250" caption="October 29th, 2025">

File:Carrion october 29 2025.png

File:Mustard october 29 2025.png

</gallery>

[[File:Robotic carrion.png|center|thumb|428x428px|Another Carrion-inspired character named "Robotic"(''October 30th, 2025'')]]

[[File:Robotic carrion october 31 2025.png|center|thumb|555x555px|October 31st, 2025]]<blockquote>Referring to the robotic carrion:

''[[Fsfsfsfds|INFERIORS!]]''

''[[Fsfsfsfds|THEY MUST BE DEALT WITH]]''

''[[Fsfsfsfds|NONE SHALL REMAIN BUT US]]''</blockquote><blockquote>''[[Dsfsdfsfdf|WE GROW ENDLESSLY]]''

''[[Dsfsdfsfdf|THE BIOMASS PULSES WITH FURY]]''

''[[Dsfsdfsfdf|WE MUST SPREAD]]''

''[[Dsfsdfsfdf|WE MUST MAKE ALL BEAUTIFUL]]''</blockquote>

[[File:Carrion october 31 2025.png|center|thumb|637x637px|October 31st, 2025]]

[[File:Carrion october 31 2025 2.png|center|thumb|October 31st, 2025]]

=== November 2025 ===

File:Carrion november 5 2025.png

File:Carrion november 5 2025 2.png|:"Bloodarrion"

</gallery>

[[File:Carrion november 7 2025.png|center|thumb|419x419px|November 7th, 2025]]

[[File:Carrion november 7 2025 2.png|center|thumb|466x466px|November 7th, 2025]]

File:Carrion november 8 2025 2.png

File:Carrion november 8 2025.png

File:Carrion november 8 2025 3.png

File:Carrion november 8 2025 5.png

File:Carrion november 8 2025 4.jpg

File:Carrion complaint.png|Complaint about too many Carrion clones

</gallery>

[[File:Carrion november 10 2025.png|center|thumb|Rainbow Carrion(''November 10th, 2025'')]]

[[File:Carrion november 22 2025.png|center|thumb|616x616px|November 22nd, 2025]]

[[File:Carrion november 24 2025.png|center|thumb|459x459px|November 24th, 2025]]

[[File:Carrion chat november 24 2025.png|center|thumb|November 24th, 2025]]<gallery mode="packed" heights="250" caption="Carrion occupying the free ads sections of [[Jamel]]'s world(''November 24th, 2025'')">

File:Carrion jmbg.png|[https://ourworldoftext.com/JmBg/IM_JANGBACK /JmBg/IM_JANGBACK]

File:Carrion jmbg 2.png|[https://ourworldoftext.com/JmBg/animations /JmBg/animations]

</gallery>

== How to Make a Carrion ==

The color of The Carrion's flesh is {{Main color|#d00000}}. Most of its body is composed of the full block character "█"(U+219).

As an amorphous creature, the Carrion's body can be whatever shape the artist desires. It is covered by multiple eyes and mouths, which can be arranged in any order.

The Carrion's eyes and mouths make use of several triangle symbols:

* Sides of the Irises: ◄, ►

* Corners of the Eyes ◤, ◥, ◣, ◢

* Teeth: ▼, ▲

* Corners of the Mouth: 🭡, 🭖, 🭐, 🭅 (''Can't be rendered on the wiki due to them being [[Symbols for Legacy Computing]]'')

The first three sets of symbols must be typed with the '''bold''' text decoration in order for them to appear at the correct angles. You can enable text decorations using the command <code>ctrl/alt+q</code>.

Characters inside The Carrion's mouths can also have {{Main color|#9f3737}} as their cell background color, though there are some iterations of the creature where the interiors of the mouths are simply white.

'''<big>Structure of The Carrion's Larger Eyes(''*Not actually formatted for pasting, unfortunately, but you can copy all the assets from [https://ourworldoftext.com/ArtArchive#x:31,y:10 /ArtArchive#x:31,y:10]'')</big>'''

'''Without Colors/Text Decorations:'''

◤ ◥

██

◄██►

██

◣ ◢

'''With Colors/Text Decorations:'''

�Fd00000◤⃸ ◥⃸

�x█⃸█⃸�Fd00000

�x◄⃸█⃸█⃸►⃸�Fd00000

�x█⃸█⃸ �Fd00000

◣⃸ ◢⃸

[...]

'''<big>Structure of The Carrion's Smaller Eyes</big>'''

'''Without Colors/Text Decorations:'''

◤ ◥

██

◣ ◢

'''With Colors/Text Decorations:'''

�Fd00000◤⃸�x �Fd00000◥⃸

�x██

�Fd00000◣⃸�x �Fd00000 �x �Fd00000◢⃸

[...]

'''<big>Structure of The Carrion's Biggest Eyes</big>'''

'''Without Colors/Text Decorations:'''

████🭞🭜🭘 🭣🭧🭓████

██🭝🭚 🭥🭒██

█🭠🭗 🭋████🭀 🭢🭕█

🭡 🭅████🭐 🭖

🭛 ██████ 🭦

██████

🭀 ██████ 🭋

🭐 🭖████🭡 🭅

█🭏🬼 🭦████🭛 🭇🭄█

██🭌🬿 🭊🭁██

████🭍🭑🬽 🭈🭆🭂████

'''With Colors/Text Decorations:'''

�bffffff�Fd00000████🭞🭜🭘 🭣🭧🭓████

██🭝🭚 🭥🭒██

█🭠🭗 �x�bffffff🭋████🭀�Fd00000 🭢🭕█

🭡 �x�bffffff🭅████🭐�Fd00000 🭖

🭛 �x�bffffff██████�Fd00000 🭦

�x�bffffff██████�Fd00000

🭀 �x�bffffff██████�Fd00000 🭋

🭐 �x�bffffff🭖████🭡�Fd00000 🭅

█🭏🬼 �x�bffffff🭦████🭛�Fd00000 🭇🭄█

██🭌🬿 �x�bffffff �Fd00000 🭊🭁██

████🭍🭑🬽 🭈🭆🭂████

[...]

'''<big>Structure of The Carrion's Mouths</big>'''

'''Without Colors/Text Decorations:'''

🭡▼ ▼ ▼🭖

🭐 ▲ ▲ 🭅

'''With Colors/Text Decorations:'''

�Fd00000🭡⃸�x▼⃸ ▼⃸ ▼⃸�Fd00000🭖⃸

🭐⃸ �x▲⃸�Fd00000 �x▲⃸ �Fd00000🭅⃸

[...]

'''''*Note: These are only the most common designs for The Carrion's orifices. Other variations exist, as seen in the gallery. You can also create your own designs.'''''

== Automated Carrion generator ==

Created by [[e_g.]] in October 2025. Currently not available to the public.

[[File:Egg carrion generator.png|center|thumb]]

== Carrion fanart ==

{{main|OWOT Fanart}}<gallery mode="packed" heights="300">

File:Jamel carrion.png|Carrion fanart by [[JamelBurger|Jamel]](''October 7th, 2025'')

File:Jamel carrion timelapse.gif|Timelapse

</gallery>

[[File:Owot department of carrion biology.png|center|thumb|509x509px|OWOT Department of Carrion Biology by [[Lemuria]](''October 28th, 2025'')]]

== Trivia ==

* The anonymous creator of The Carrion is friends with [[CCL]].

* The anonymous creator of The Carrion is friends with [[CCL]], who joined OWOT at around the same time as the flesh mass' first sightings.

* The Carrion is inspired by the [[wikipedia:Carrion_(video_game)|2020 video game]] of the same name.

== Notes ==

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