Fetish

"Lousy fetishes...Every damn creature on this island ought to be exterminated, if you ask me."

- Talva Silvertongue

The Fetish are a group of demons found primarily in the jungles around Kurast.

Lore
The Fetish were created centuries ago at the hands of an unknown demon or Sorcerer. Attacking with enormous, vicious knives or at range with deadly blow darts, the Fetish are native inhabitants to the jungles that surround Kurast. Known cannibals, they are small, intelligent beings in league with the forces of Hell, though will often serve evil Witch Doctors and tribal Sorcerers. They stalk their prey, rushing to the attack from hiding and slashing with jagged hunting knives. Individually, Fetishes are weak and easy to kill. However, they are much more formidable when attacking en masse; if one Fetish is slain, the rest dash to cover at high speed to attack with their blow guns and then hide. Once hidden, they stop and begin to stalk their foes again.

When accompanied by a Shaman, they are doubly dangerous, as their Shaman possess the ability to revive their fallen kin.

Fetishes are also found on Bilefen. By 1270, the Fetishes had become increasingly bold, directly attacking Bilefen's human settlements.

Types
Fetish can be organized into the following sub-types:


 * Rat Men: They have all the 'qualities' that their namesake suggests. They inhabit the other's dwellings and hunt in packs.
 * Flayers: Rip their victims to shreds, even after they're dead.
 * Soul Killers: More cunning than lesser Fetishes, they attack with strategy and guile.
 * Stygian Dolls: These Fetishes serve powerful demons, as well as shamans, Witch Doctors, and Sorcerers. They are rumored to be millions of them assembled in Hell. A Stygian Doll can revive fellow Fetishes.

Diablo II



 * Fetish (Diablo II)
 * Fetish Blowdart (Diablo II)

Diablo Immortal
Fetish are encountered as enemies on Bilefen in Diablo Immortal. They are encountered in the Kikuras Rapids dungeon, attacking from both range and in melee.

Diablo III
Fetish appear in Diablo III via the Witch Doctor's Fetish Army skill.

Trivia

 * The Stygian Doll was added in the final release version of Diablo II, as the replacement of the Jungle Urchin.


 * The appearance of the Fetish was possibly based on the Zuni Fetish Doll from the third segment ("Amelia") of the 1975 anthology horror film, Trilogy of Terror. The doll was inhabited by a spirit of a Zuni hunter named "He Who Kills".
 * They are very similar to the Pygmies from the Mummy Returns