Bryce Bantam
Just a dude
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: Flesh out a canon, parent race of the outback. To be used in dom, faction and private threads to add antagonist or allies to characters to play off of.
Image Credit: https://abstract.desktopnexus.com/wallpaper/1019076/
Canon: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kathol_(species)
Links: List in thread below.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Name: Kathol
Designation: Sentient
Homeworld: Kathol
Language: Telepathic
Average Lifespan: unknown, all are thousands of years old
Estimated Population: Rare (A few groups, population in the hundreds
Description: An ancient race that was once flesh and blood but lost its corporeal form and now exists only as energy. Caught between the physical universe and the force they exist to either try to preserve the memory of their people and child races they created, or to take their vengeance out on all human force users they blame for their unusual existence.
PHYSICAL INFORMATION
Breathes: NA
Average height of adults: N/A
Skin color: No skin but will glow silver or fiery red.
Hair color: NA
Distinctions: As all are beings of energy their appearance will change depending on what form they choose to take. Male and female characteristics have no bearing so when they do appear many tend to have an androgynous look or slightly female look. Those of "the court" will usually appear to have wings and other angelic traits. Those called "the fiery ones" will appear as ghosts of glowing fire.
Races: NA
Strengths:
Astro Navigation similar to ability of the star dragons
Telepathic
Immune to all physical attacks
Ta-Ree energy**
Unable to leave the Kathol region, doing so will cause them to disperse
Ion & energy weapons can cause them to disperse
No physical form, unable to interact directly with the physical universe. (Think a ghost or poltergeist)
Dying race unable to reproduce, only a few hundred left.
Diet: NA, they do not eat
Communication: Kathol written language and telepathy limited to the Kathol region.
Technology level: Very advanced. Able to create new form of sentient life and other biological machines up to and including star ships.
Religion/Beliefs: Common belief the old ones are the great creators of everything. Hold to belief they are the highest power in the galaxy.
General behavior: When interacting with any race especially humans, they are aloof almost to the point of arrogance. Hold that all other forms of life are lower than them however still need to be respected on some level. Very rarely do they show their true form in public, they prefer to work in the shadows through their followers.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The Kathol, who are also known as the Precursors, Life givers, or Cthol, were an ancient race who once lived on the lost planet of Kathol. They believed to be descendants of the Old Ones, the original inhabitants of the Kathol sector lost to time. Kathol and the Aing-tii are believed to the only two elder races created by the Old Ones left in the galaxy. Both possesses organic technology and are highly advanced civilizations. Thousands of years before the Battle of Yavin, several Dark Jedi attempted to conquer the Kathol and were almost succeeded. After losing a series of battles the Kathol race were on the verge of defeat and were almost wiped out.
Seeking to preserve their lives and their race most of the remaining Kathol were able to store themselves in the Lifewell, a creation of their design that was guarded by a creature of their creation named the DarkStryder. Unfortunately, DarkStryder refused to release the Kathol after the danger had passed, and the Kathol were trapped in a form of limbo, their life force becaming the mystical Ta-Ree energy which he used to his own selfish purposes for millennia.
Only after DarkStryder was destroyed by the crew of the FarStar were the Kathol freed. However, they were unable to reclaim corporeal form, and instead chose to dissipate themselves. A few hundred decided to live, but were constantly at odds with each other.
This divide continued to manifest itself for over the next few centuries. Soon the Kathol began to divide into two sects. The first being a group calling themselves “the court”. Obsessed with order and preserving as much of their past as they can this group used their advanced technology of growing advanced biological machines and other sentient species to influence the “younger races” in the kathol.
http://www.playbuzz.com/gwendolynm11/what-kind-of-angel-are-you
Member of the “Fiery ones”
The other sect of the Kathol are an unorganised group of being calling themselves the “fiery ones”. They are the embodiment of creative but chaotic ways of the Kathol. Believing the force and the young race known as Humans is responsible for their downfall they are determined to bring ruin and destruction to all who they feel have wrong the Kathol race. Working in the shadows they try to convince whoever they can through bribery, temptation or flat out intimidation to obey them and carry out their destructive wishes.
http://the-legendary-moonlight-sculptor.wikia.com/wiki/Fire_Spirit
Followers -
Without Physical forms the Kathol are reliant on other corporeal races to carry out their whims. These followers are often granted many gifts such as training in the Kathol’s organic technology, wisdom and history passed down from millennia, and maybe their most powerful gift, access to Ta-Ree energy. This gift is the most highly sought after as it can infer force like powers to any follower who may not have been gifted with the use of the force.**
** Ta-Ree energy is in fact the Kathol’s manifestation of the force. No longer free to anyone who controls the Lifewell,Those who are gifted it will have access to force powers similar in strength to a padawan or sith apprentice. This gift comes with a sever limitation that over use of it will result in ever increasing psychological issues, including but not limited to paranoia, schizophrenia and narcisim to name a few. Another limitation is this power is only usable within the Kathol, once leaving it will dissipate.
Some of Ta-ree's more unusual powers were the Pyrospray and the Shadowstrike.
As both sects have very different agenda the Kathol ages ago came to the great accord to prevent a civil war from breaking out amongst those who remain. It states that no Kathol can ever raise arms against another. No Kathol can make a being act against their will save if a being swears to be a follower. Then they are free to treat their followers as they wish up to and including killing them. Followers may also combat one another and in this way “the court” and the “fiery ones” have fought proxy wars for centuries. The most recent one ending between the Qektoth Confederation and Uukaablians in 848
Mark of the follower
All who chose to follow one of the sects will be marked so all other Kathol will know their status and act accordingly. Those in service to “the court” will have their agreement written in ancient Kathol upon their flesh, usually on the forearm of their right arm, in silver. Those in league with the “firey ones" will have great black burns, runes written in Kathol, upon their backs.
As of writing this report there is only one known person who has markings of both on them, Marshal Bryce Bantam. Due to his contract between him and the Kathol the meaning of this is unknown due to the nature of his contracts forbidding him to explain them.
Child races the Kathol are believed to have created or helped create
Charr Ontee / Charon
Maoi
DarkStryder
The Darkstryder in turn crafted for itself a few servants which included the:
Krakai
Segmi
Yapi
Yimi
Zizimaak
