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Walking Wasteland: Journeys of the Catechist briefly features the living essence of Corruption. One character hits Corruption in the neck with his sword, which promptly rusts and rots away in seconds. A similar being, called the Drounge, is encountered in the third book. Descriptions of its travels before encountering the heroes tell of mysterious plagues, [...]