flayers
Those who strip
Flayers are those who flay—who strip skin from bodies, whether literally or figuratively.
The literal sense belongs to butchery and torture; the figurative to harsh criticism.
The book's flayers in the press showed no mercy.
In fantasy gaming, mind flayers are tentacled creatures that consume brains.
Hide-treating artisans
- hideConceal or pelt
- peltFur-bearing animal skin
- dermisLiving tissue under epidermis
- strippingRemoving outer layers
excoriation · butchers · carcass · leather · abattoir · flensing · epidermis · taxidermists
Those who inflict suffering
- executionersThose who kill legally
- inquisitorsThose who investigate beliefs
- persecutorsThose who cruelly harass
- tormentorsThose who cause anguish
agony · punishment · cruelty · medieval · dungeon · rack · pain · suffering
Malevolent supernatural being
- monsterFrightening imaginary creature
- undeadDeceased yet animate
- necromancerSummoner of the deceased
- aberrationDeviation from the norm
psionic · tentacle · eldritch · fiend · creature · boss · dungeon · Baldur's Gate
Those who evaluate work
- detractorsPeople who criticize
- attackersThose launching offensive action
- evisceratorsThose who remove entrails
- excoriatorsSevere verbal attackers
reviewers · censurers · denouncers · roasters · lambasters · scathing · harsh · brutal
tanners
Hide-treating artisans
stripping · excoriation · butchers · carcass · leather · abattoir · flensing · epidermis · taxidermists · slaughterers
torturers
Those who inflict suffering
- executionersThose who kill legally
- inquisitorsThose who investigate beliefs
- persecutorsThose who cruelly harass
tormentors · agony · punishment · cruelty · medieval · dungeon · rack · pain · suffering · interrogation
demon
Malevolent supernatural being
- monsterFrightening imaginary creature
- undeadDeceased yet animate
- necromancerSummoner of the deceased
aberration · psionic · tentacle · eldritch · fiend · creature · boss · dungeon · Baldur's Gate · lore
critics
Those who evaluate work
- detractorsPeople who criticize
- attackersThose launching offensive action
- evisceratorsThose who remove entrails
excoriators · reviewers · censurers · denouncers · roasters · lambasters · scathing · harsh · brutal · merciless
flayershealers
Those who treat ailments
menders · coverers · protectors · grafters · restorers
flayerscomforters
Padded bed coverings
soothers · healers · protectors · nurturers · defenders
flayershealers
Those who treat ailments
protectors · nurturers · caregivers · saviors · rescuers