Demented

Summary
The Demented are a supernatural enemy type in Leaden Sky and the third enemy type to be fought overall, first encountered in Kyle's nightmare sequence and later found in the basements of warehouses and some underground sections in the outskirts of the city.

Demented are gruesomely twisted abominations of previously human hosts, similar to Wicked but less extreme in results, they retain enough of their previous knowledge and intelligence to be able to utilize weapons unlike their blade-armed counterparts. Despite their capability to still use firearms they are not as skilled as they once used to be, having fairly poor aim and reaction time compared to even the average human bandit, caused by their minds being heavily eroded by their affliction.

They are hostile to any humans they meet and are completely mentally deranged, the only humanity they still showcase being purely superficial and vestigial in nature with whatever attire they were wearing essentially becoming part of their bodies and their weapon skills remaining vaguely in tact.

Upon death, they will summon Apparitions from their body much akin to how the Skulls primarily attack the player, making them a threat even upon death that the player should be cautious when dealing with.

It is as of yet unknown how or why people turn into any form of paranormal creature, however it is known that these paranormal manifestations did not begin occurring until structures such as The Tower were erected in Mercenary controlled regions.

Appearance
Demented are far closer to humans visually than Wicked are, however this is largely due to them merely looking skinned with a bloodied red skull and partially skeletal hands still covered in what appears to be muscle tissue as opposed to the more blatantly altered physiology and anatomy of a Wicked. Beyond this, they are similarly inhuman, as their bodies have become hardened into physically resilient semi-armored husks which makes defeating them a more difficult task than killing a human opponent such as a bandit, though this feature of their bodies is not immediately visible.

So far they all appear to be former police officers as they all have police uniforms, ballistic vests, police-issue firearms and green high-visibility bands on each of their upper arms.