Nothic

Overview
A nothic is a monstrous creature with terrible talons and a single great eye. When backed into a corner or otherwise driven to violence, it uses its horrific gaze to rot the flesh from its enemies’ bones. Nothics possess a strange magical insight that allows them to extract knowledge from other creatures. This grants them unique understanding of secret and forbidden lore, which they share for a price. A nothic covets magic items, greedily accepting such gifts from creatures that seek out its knowledge.

Nothics, like many other aberrations are not native to the material realm, instead originating from the Far Realm alongside the elders. Even thought nothics are nearly harmless until provoked they lurk in the shadows of cities stealing food like urchins under fear that they could be killed if discovered.