While much about these highly toxic amorphous beings remains veiled in mystery, naturalists have determined that slimes are most likely formed when humours, recently voided from a corpse, are left to fester on the soil where they draw upon ambient earth aether. This gathered energy clams the congealing humours as a vessel, and accesses minute traces of aether left by the deceased to serve as a means of basic control over that vessel. This lack of inherent intelligence makes the ashkin exceedingly susceptible to control via arcane charming magicks.[1]