C U R I O U S
- Intent: To create a new vehicle for the Cat’s Paw, the Greystone Mercantile and Masque.
- Image Source: Mindstealer Sphiranx
- Canon Link: N/A
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- Primary Source: Two Little Shadows | Tnirmia Sergeti | The Winged Guardians | Force Alchemy
- Manufacturer: The Cat’s Paw
- Affiliation: The Cat’s Paw | Greystone Mercantile | Valkyrja | The Ineditorum | Selected customers
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Karza’Dis-series Mount
- Modularity: High.
- Thanks to the living clay, any looking/colour mount can be created.
- Thanks to its design, the Artificial Soul can be transferred to another body at any time as long as the crystal is not damaged.
- Production: Limited
- Material: Living Clay | Artificial Soul
- Classification: Personal Walker | War Mount
- Role: Personal Transport | War Mount
- Size: Average
- Weight: Average
- Armaments: Average
- Hardened Living Clay Horns
- Sharpened Living Clay Claws.
- Living Clay Teeth.
- Defences: High
- Manoeuvrability Rating: High
- Speed Rating: High
- Propulsion: Quadrupedal
- Minimum Crew: Single driver
- Optimal Crew: Single driver
- Passenger Capacity: 1
- Cargo Capacity: Small
- Intelligent: Thanks to Soulshard, the vehicle / mount is intelligent, which probably helps a lot in controlling. Last but not least, the passenger can talk to him.
- Like a Living: It does not qualify as a living being because it is only an artificial soul in a construct made of living clay, but nonetheless it looks as a living animal and it could feel to it as well if someone touch it, even though it is just a statue (walker) with an artificial soul in it.
- Control: It can be controlled in several ways, with words, telepathic instructions, and the way a mount is used, with a bridle or foot movements.
- Versatile: It is typically used only for taxi and passenger transport in the cities of Valkyrja and Shadow (Masque), but is also perfect for a combat mount even in battle.
- High Speed: Thanks to its feline appearance and greater physical strength, it is able to move fairly quickly. Much faster than a live big cat.
- Good Manoeuvrability: Also, thanks to its cat-like design, its maneuverability is outstandingly good. Not to mention that even the vehicle itself can react if a driver is supposed to react slowly.
- Defences: The high protection is due to the living clay. It may not look durable on the outside due to its flexibility and elasticity, but it is extremely rugged and durable.
- Force-nullification: Not everything has an explicit effect on the body itself, the more so on the Artificial soul's crystal. It does not work in such conditions, which is why the construct does not. If such an effect is placed on the vehicle, it stops and does not react to anything; becomes completely inactive.
- Mental attack: Because they are not specifically living beings, but the Artificial soul gives their personality, their character, because of this, they have the disadvantage of the crystal, i.e. their mental defences are weak and they are much more strongly affected by such attacks.
- Weird feeling: In the Force the Force Users can immediately feel that something is wrong with these souls, that they are freaks, abominations. A Force User can immediately tell that they are not real souls and creatures. A Darksider might find it wonderful, but for a Lightsider, it certainly seems like a horrible truncation and a mockery of life.
- Destroying: If the crystal is damaged or destroyed, the soul within it will also be destroyed. Since these are not real souls, they do not even end up in the Netherworld, i.e. if one is destroyed, it is final. It cannot be repaired or resurrected. Without the crystal, the construct will also be inoperable.
Somehow have to travel in Netherworld too, because that can’t always be solved with demons. Plus, the spaceships of the material world (Realspace) do not necessarily fit into the skyline of the cities and settlements in the Nether. That’s why Dis, the Shadowcat thought of a vehicle that fits better into this environment.
Fortunately, there were ideas, and the idea of the Winged Guardians was used and further developed. Now he didn’t want to make a combat construct, but a creature with a cat-like look that was more like a vehicle and could be used for transportation.
It was from this idea that the Karza’Dis-series Mount was realized. It was given much more speed, great controllability, the soul was made to fit a mount “life”, obedient and considered its task the most important. In addition, it was given adequate protection to protect its passenger.
The Artificial Soul is placed in its chest and its back can be opened (under the saddle) so that even a small piece of equipment can be packed into the cargo formed inside. Thanks to the living clay, their appearance can be varied, they don’t have to look the same.
In the end, thanks to Dis and their company, a great yet special vehicle has been created that can be used in both Realspace and Netherworld. Although due to extreme implementation, it is likely to be very striking in the material world, while less so in the Nether.
