Tainted Beasts has a fanfic with the story that is still currently a work in progress. If you wanna give it a read you can find it at the bottom of the post
(Sprite edits in the picture below were made by me)
All seven of the Tainteds are affected by the curse at night, but the curse also affects them during the daytime! Whether is behavior changes, different habits, or their appearance becoming slightly animalistic, the curse doesn’t totally rest during the daytime.
When a person is cursed, they go through different stages before the first transformation happens (omg mlp infected au 😨) and the five stages are below!!
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
“Even those who are brave should not lurk in the dark for too long. They might not like what they see when their eyes adjust to the shadows.”
(CH1 SPOILERS AHEAD)
Tainted Beasts is an AU that takes place in chapter 2 after the trial of Wolfgang’s murder. A new motive is announced just the next day in which all the ultimates have to do is avoid little exotic animals that Tozu “lost” after they “broke out of their cage”. The day goes by with Damon being all moody over the trial, and Ulysses and Toshiko end up getting small wounds from Tozu’s pets, Ulysses being scratched on the cheek and Toshiko being bit on her wrist. At first it’s no big deal, but that night Damon and Kai both wake up to loud hooting and screeching and find Ulysses has become a wereowl…or a mutant owl. Whatever you want, either way he became an owl hybrid and runs off. Toshiko turned too, now a red panda mutant/hybrid, and Tozu explains the full motive.
Their true motive is to avoid being bit or scratched by his animals since their fangs and claws are coated in a venom that spreads through the bloodstream of a human. Once an infected person is exposed to a rare chemical in the air that Tozu releases at dawn, said infected person transforms into an animal hybrid until the chemicals stop spreading through the air, which Tozu releases a purifier that shocks the chemicals and transforms the hybrids back at sunrise. How is this a motive? Well in order to get the antidote that reverses the changes, someone must kill, whether it’s a friend of an infected who can’t bear to see them in pain or an animalistic state at night, or an infected who wants nothing more than to be fully human again.
Over the next days in the killing game, more and more people get infected, becoming “Tainted” (As in tainted by the curse of the night and tainted by the venom in their bloodstream). Seven people eventually become Tainted, leaving the other seven to figure out how to deal with them at night and not have to kill to stop the nightly changes
I’m really excited to share more about this AU with you guys it’s one of my new favorites
I found your werewolf au recently. With everything that’s been happening (rightfully so! faza, tak0, and sozzay can go screw themselves and I’m happy this came to light), it was nice to read. Probably because I love werewolf aus so I’m biased. Really liked your cassidy characterization. Thank you.
Thank you so much! I love Tainted Beasts and I’m glad you do too! I might actually finish it because Tainted Beasts helped me become close with some people who are now some of my closest friends by reading some chapters in a voice call. Finishing it will probably be like a final goodbye and thank you for what this fandom has done for me over the span of a year. I’m very glad the situation came to light as well and I’m praying those three can’t ever harm anyone ever again like they already have with the situation.
Anyway thank you again for your kind words! Don’t forget to share and sign the petition
Hi! I found your au while going through the pjeg tags and thought it was really cool! I know she hasn’t appeared yet butttt since your Bat Diana is such a cutie (and she’s my favorite character) I wanted to draw her! I’m looking forward to seeing where the story goes next!! (Making that white boy suffer and all.)
https://www.pasteboard.co/fQ56rwJYP4Aj.png ^-^
GUHHHH THIS IS SO CUTE!! Thank you so much for the fanart!!
Just so yall know, whenever I receive fanart I always put it in my Tainted Beasts fanart folder! Here’s some of the awesome pieces I received from friends and people who like the series :))
(First image in the folder by @bunquest from July 2025! Second image by @kitcats-1-braincell also from July 2025! All the rest besides the Diana bat one are from friends on discord :))
And since this is PJEG related, don’t forget to sign the petition below.
