Zixor's entry

[Zixor]

Description
An iron maiden uses its claws and spiked torso in deadly combination; Its claws dig into the enemy's flesh and pull him into its spiked torso where he is repeatedly thrust onto the metal spikes. Adventurers attempting to escape the cruel embrace of an iron maiden as it pulls them toward the spikes will often leave the battle either seriously maimed or bleeding as the flesh of the adventurer is torn as he breaks from the grip of the maiden's claws.

History
Iron maidens were originally great shamen before they were reduced to rotting heaps of flesh. Residing in the city Minuc these shaman were a village's main source of defense, assisting the armies or militia in the city from disease that would wipe neighboring civilizations whose doctors were far less advanced. However the honored status of the shaman was stripped away when Theodore III ascended the throne. A practitioner of Rancorism, the dominant religion of the city, Theodore III cited the texts of their god Rancor when pointing to the shamen as a force of evil. As famine set in and barbarian invaders launched several attacks on the city of Minuc the population became desperate and finally gave into Theodore III's hatred of the shamen, who he blamed for the city's recent misfortunes.

In the following weeks shamen were arrested, brought to prisons in which they were tortured, forced to submit to the Lord Rancor, and then killed immediately. With the majority of the shamen dead, the city began to fall to disease, leaving it vulnerable to the barbarian hordes who soon captured the city. Meanwhile the corpses of the shamen became animated through the traces of magic that remained on their bodies, turning them to bitter creatures whose minds were so consumed by vengeance and hatred for humanity that they wander the chambers waiting for strike at any unlucky adventurer who crosses his path.

notes
-I hope you can see my pic clearly. My monitor is stupid and I can only see it clearly when I look at it from an angle.
-I know, the spikes didn't turn out so well. Imagine them being more abundant on his torso, looking sharper and more dangerous.
-The deadline kind of snuck up on me so the creature isn't quite as detailed as I wanted it to be

[Lachrymose]

major points for naming your creature after the greatest heavy metal band of all time. now, if you could just up the contrast on the pic a little.. i can see the face ok, but the rest of it is nearly impossible to see.

[catmorbid]

Yeah, you managed to include A heavy metal band AND some star wars stuff in. Good one! You should either re-scan or do some contrast work on the image, i can't see squat right now.