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This subject contains information from the Expanded Cthulhu Mythos, and not based on H.P. Lovecraft's works directly. The Travelers are a fictional species expanded upon by Chaosium in 1994 for the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game, which were based on Michael Shea's "The Autopsy".

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Travelers are a spacefaring race whom travel across space using translucent ships the size of basketballs. When approaching a planet they use meteor showers as cover. If detected, the ship auto-destructs, creating an explosion large enough to take out a city block. The Travelers remain hidden until they can invade a suitable host. The alien parasites are a sadistic race which enjoy the pain and horror their host experiences, as the trapped consciousness is taunted and tortured.

A traveler's life cycle goes through four stages, of which only the earliest stage, the larval form, is mobile. Its adult form is a brain-like entity which controls a network of whip-like filaments which it uses to control the host. They are also used as weapons, projecting from an orifice a paralyzing tendril and another one that extends to the victim's ear to feed on its blood. The filaments can also be used to animate the dead.

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