The Carrion
The Carrion, also stylized as CARRION[1], is a sentient mass of red flesh that appears at spawn from time to time. It is created from unicodes and Symbols for Legacy Computing.
It is unclear whether there is a single creator behind The Carrion, or if it's a shared idea between many different users.
Historically, The Carrion has interacted with several other amorphous text creatures, most of which were created by different users. These include The Sludge and The Void, two black unicode blobs by Crazy Cat Lady, and Mustard, a yellow version of The Carrion.
An on-site archive of Carrion art can be found at /ArtArchive#x:31,y:10.
Gallery
November 2024
BLOOD SPILLS FROM THEIR WOUNDS, IT FEEDS THE MASS; GROWING LARGER, MORE BEAUTIFUL.
THE TENDONS, GIVING THEM THE GIFT OF THE INFECTION, MAKING THEM BEAUTIFUL AGAIN.
THE MARROW PRODUCES MORE FLESH; IT IS BEAUTIFUL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT UNDERGOING.
December 2024
January 2025
February 2025
March 2025
Ýœů
Ï'm plèsëd, knœŵįñg øþęrs exïš
April 2025
- Easter 2025
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- Carrion vs. Void(April 12th, 2025)
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May 2025
June 2025
July 2025
August 2025
September 2025
- September 6th, 2025
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October 2025
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Carrion fanart by Jamel(October 7th, 2025) -
Timelapse
- October 25th, 2025
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Birth of a new organism -
"Mustard" by another user using Carrion assets -
Carrion vs Mustard -
Absolute Mustard Domination -
Round 2 -
Miscellaneous Carrion from that day
- October 26th, 2025
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Carrion vs Relish -
Calling for The Sludge, likely since Crazy Cat Lady returned to OWOT on this day -
Rare instance of The Carrion appearing in Chat
How to Make a Carrion
The color of The Carrion's flesh is #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 ctrl/alt+q.
Characters inside The Carrion's mouths can also have #9f3737
as their cell background color, though there are some iterations of the creature where the interiors of the mouths are simply white. Structure of The Carrion's Larger Eyes(*Not actually formatted for pasting, unfortunately, but you can copy all the assets from /ArtArchive#x:31,y:10) Without Colors/Text Decorations: ◤ ◥ ██ ◄██► ██ ◣ ◢ With Colors/Text Decorations: �Fd00000◤ ◥ �x██�Fd00000 �x◄██►�Fd00000 �x██ �Fd00000 ◣ ◢
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Structure of The Carrion's Smaller Eyes Without Colors/Text Decorations: ◤ ◥ ██ ◣ ◢ With Colors/Text Decorations: �Fd00000◤�x �Fd00000◥ �x██ �Fd00000◣�x �Fd00000 �x �Fd00000◢
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Structure of The Carrion's Biggest Eyes
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 🭊🭁██
████🭍🭑🬽 🭈🭆🭂████
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Structure of The Carrion's Mouths Without Colors/Text Decorations: 🭡▼ ▼ ▼🭖 🭐 ▲ ▲ 🭅 With Colors/Text Decorations: �Fd00000🭡�x▼ ▼ ▼�Fd00000🭖 🭐 �x▲�Fd00000 �x▲ �Fd00000🭅
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*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.
Trivia
- The anonymous creator(s) of The Carrion is friends with CCL, who joined OWOT at around the same time as the flesh mass' first sightings.