Shocking news on this first day of the AMA: we had confirmation that The Rot's Minibosses were lambs all along! However, The Rot and its desire to be something new mutated them so much that they became unrecognizable, even resembling other species, as in the case of Asbeel.

Poyel Ophans

5'5 7ft

Asbeel Eleleth

5'11 6'8

Witness Mammon

Does the fact that the Rot solely affects creatures the sheep hate not imply that it is sapient?

Yngya tells Lamb that they are immune to the Rot (implied when she tells them not to fear it).

Hagar is only Rotten during her boss fight, it powers her, but she is freed once she's defeated. The Woolhaven flock despising Hagar doesn't negate the fact she dedicated her remaining life to tending to the sheep graves, punishing herself, and later serving Lamb. The Woolhaven flock do not speak for all sheep and their opinions of Hagar.

Fox can eat Rotten followers without getting sick. Helob says the Rot followers aren't good for eating which implies that he too has tried one before.

Gofernon doesn't get sick despite frequenting Ewefall AND the Rot via tunneling.

But Thoas and Gorgo stay Rotted as followers and aren't eligible to be cured? The wolfdog brothers immediately swear themselves to Lamb and are completely unRotten after indoctrination.

Yet, Thistle is diseased and murdered. Marchosias is diseased, alongside the majority of her Pack. I don't know what animal Thistle is, but if it's true that despite looking like dogs all the minibosses are wolves? That means the Rot especially targets wolves and fucking kills them. How can you explain away the inconsistencies of this disease? It spreads through bodily fluids (confirmed through the mating tent aspect of one Rotten follower and one normal follower resulting in two Rotten followers and a Rotten egg). So?

Also applies to Ophans and Eleleth, two sheep. Eleleth maintains a red/Rotten face even after being cured. Ophans has a red/Rotten body with matching wool. In the Rot, Eleleth is characterized as wearing a two-faced sheep mask, hiding their body with a cloak, and carries a knife behind their back. Their corresponding Flockade piece is named Lornlileth, Rotten Sword, and they're heralded as the one who murdered Tooth and Claw.

In the Rot, Ophans has a chained face, an Old Faith robe, a Crown of Thorns like headpiece, and wears a cage full of Rotten creatures on his back. Ophans's design implies that while alive, she was a follower of the Bishops who most likely aided them in capturing and killing other sheep. The minor enemies that resemble him use the same chained scythe weapon, except theirs has a Rotten sheep attached. Ophans's corresponding Flockade piece is named Antons, Rotten Scribe, and is said to have been a decipherer of ancient scrolls and tombs.

These two (alongside Poyel but I am still working on a theory for their betrayal and demise) are visually marked by the signs of a traitor. Two-faced, dagger, cage of fellow sheep, and the garb of those who ordered the genocide of all sheep to begin with are all indications for what their roles are meant to be.

My main thought when making this was that everyone has their own version of these characters, I wonder what their relationships are with each other like in them all. Plus, I think the mini bosses deserve more love! (I'm also sorry if some of them are bigger than the others, I tried my best...)

I suspect Poyel and Asbeel would have different reactions than Ophans and Eleleth because the former two are so much more heavily mutated compared to the latter two post-cure.

Poyel and Asbeel actually don't know they used to be lambs at first, so wearing woolly clothes is comfortable and calming for no reason they know of. After learning the truth, Poyel's stance doesn't change other than she openly prefers woolly clothes over silk or cotton and has an explanation for that.

Asbeel has it worse, ve refuses to wear any woolly clothes and considers vemself not worthy of them. If Asbeel figures out ves clothes are made of wool, ve will actually undress, even during a blizzard, and head home completely naked to change.

Ophans and Eleleth are still sheep, even if mutated, so while they enjoy wearing woolly clothes, they still have their own wool to feel and keep them warm. They themselves don't care much, but they do their best to help Asbeel and Poyel feel better, sometimes going as far as shearing their own wool – either to make clothes out of it, or out of solidarity. Ophans is especially hard at work to help Asbeel with ves issues.

Yngya from Cult of the Lamb is a genderfluid agenderfae woman

Aniel is a nonbinary woman

Asbeel is voidgender

Baraq is libramasculine

Chazaq is a trans man

Eleleth is voidgender

Erlim is an agender man

Aza is an agender demiboy

Keru is an agender demiboy

These are small concept images I made of what the lambs from The Rot would look like before the mutations.

Eleleth, I had thoughts that they might be some kind of relative of Keru, and that's why she inherited that color and those eyebrows.