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Mage's Laboratory - Codex Workshop I

Major Faction

Mellifluous Magenta

Well-Known Member
Mellifluous Magenta
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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
GENERAL INFORMATION
  • Organization Name: Angels of the Faceless
  • Classification: Dark Side Cult
  • Affiliation:The Angels of the Faceless have a direct affiliation with the Cult of the Brain Demon and House Io. However, their first loyalty is to the Cult, with the House being second.
  • Organization Symbol: See: Symbol Above
  • Description: The Angels of the Faceless are a dark side sacrifice cult that is subordinate to the Cult of the Brain Demon. In this, the Angels are the armed, “mortal” wing of the Cult, serving their parent organization in the capacity of foot soldiers, social media influencers, dancers, priestesses, assassins, operatives, and gladiators. Like the Cult, the Angels practice sentient sacrifice, with a particular emphasis on flaying their victims alive, blood ritual, and torture. Such practices are believed to strengthen the Angels’ connection to the dark side and empower the Brain Demon.
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
  • Headquarters: The largest and most influential convent of the Angels of the Faceless (The Dancers of the Demon) is based on the Avatar of Suffering—a Tython Class Leviathan. As such, this vessel is considered to be the Angels' primary headquarters.
  • Domain:Most convents of the Angels are nomadic or semi-nomadic, traveling the galaxy via their temple ships to ply their services as mercenaries, gladiators, and dancers. Through the ritualized arts of bloodshed, flaying, dance, and sacrifice, the Angels believe that they worship the Brain Demon and proliferate the purifying energies of the dark side through the galaxy.
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SOCIAL INFORMATION
  • Hierarchy:
    • Low Angels - “Excoriatarii”, “Flayer Divas”, and “Cheerflayers”
      • Initiate(s)
      • Excoriatrix Maiden(s)
      • Excoriatrix Sister(s)
      • Excoriatrix Concubine(s)
      • Excoriatrix Bride(s)
      • Excoriatrix Queen(s)
    • High Angels - “Excoriatarii Prima” and “Flayer Priestesses”
      • Avatar(s) of the Faceless
      • High Angel(s) of the Faceless OR High Oracle(s) of the Faceless
      • First Angel of the Choir
  • Membership: The Cult typically prefers to fill the ranks of the Angels with normal people. While Nuetralizers, strand-casts, and other synthetic beings (who make up a large percentage of House Io's population) can be accepted into the ranks, there is a particular emphasis on bringing perfectly normal, ordinary people in and training them how to perform the rituals and atrocities of unholy worship. This ties into the Cult’s beliefs of teaching otherwise normal people with no real connection to the Force how think and behave with the dark side in mind. As such, prospective members can literally walk in to a given temple and ask to be trained. Alternatively, the Brain Demon or a particular Brain Demon cultist could visit some troubled soul in their dreams, offering them belonging and a chance for retribution on a seemingly cruel galaxy. In general, the initiation process heavily favors women over men, but there is no explicit policy that bars men from joining. Prior to becoming a full member of the Angels, Initiates are conditioned, trained, and brainwashed, with this period generally lasting a year. In order to become an Excoriatrix, an Initiate must be able to cleanly flay the skin from a sacrifice’s face, recite the prayers, songs, and catechisms of the Brain Demon Cult from memory, capture and cleanly flay their own sacrifice victim, swear an oath of loyalty to the Brain Demon Cult, and last a minute in single combat against a Model 1 Nuetralizer (or defeat the Nuetralizer outright). Consequences for failures past a certain threshold may range the gamut from non-fatal flaying (with the failed Initiate kept alive via technology or the Force and later healed) to mind wiping (making the Initiate forget that they ever attempted to join the Angels) to evisceration and outright sacrifice.
  • Climate: Bloodthirsty cheerleaders. The Angels of the Faceless are notoriously vain, backstabbing, fickle, and dramatic. While alliances (often in the form of cliques), friendships, and romantic relationships do exist, most of the Angels' temples are characterized by everpresent intrigue, which can turn lethal in some cases as cliques and rivals vie for favor. Considerations such as perceived beauty, martial skill and strength, skill at the art of flaying, skill at the art of agonizing (torture), skill at dancing, the quality of sacrifice victims, and a host of other factors play a role in determining a given individual’s status. In this, the climate somewhat mirrors that of the Cult of the Brain Demon. However, outright murder of rivals is generally frowned upon. In the majority of cases, rivals are simply disgraced or disenfranchised.
  • Reputation: The Angels of the Faceless have a mixed reputation within House Io. They are known for hosting drug-fueled dance and rave parties that are open to all citizens of the House, which often last entire days. In this, dance—even of the non-lethal variety—is considered to be an act of worship by the Angels, in mimicry of the dancing avatars of the Brain Demon. The longer said dance parties last and the more feverish and passionate the dancing, the better. The Angels are also known for their ritualized displays of combat, which are essentially public war dances and gladiatorial events dedicated to the Brain Demon. Like their parent cult, the Angels host public sentient sacrifice and flaying rituals of prisoners of war and civilians not affiliated with House Io. These events are almost always accompanied by controversy, protest, curiosity, and frenzied episodes of vivacious dancing which are often performed while wearing the skin of their sacrifice victims.

    Unlike the Cult of the Brain Demon, the Angels of the Faceless are largely unknown outside of House Io, due to the organization’s youth. However, the Angels' status as an arm of the Cult naturally assigns them a similar reputation to their parent organization.

    As the Angels frequently ply their services as mercenaries, they have developed a minor reputation as reliable, yet gruesome allies, should they be hired. In this, their rates are considered to be quite cheap, as the Angels rarely negotiate for outright profit and instead seek the right to ritually sacrifice enemy combatants and the coverage of their operating expenses. For many cash-strapped warlords and crime lords, it is quite easy to tolerate the disturbing sacrifice rituals of their retainers when their services are offered at such a bargain compared to other mercenaries.
  • Curios: Every Excoriatrix has the symbol of the Brain Demon tattooed on their body, the location of which is chosen by the individual. In addition, each member also possesses up to two ritual knives, which are most often used for the flaying and mutilation of their victims. These are always carried on their person. Finally, many members have a personal, individualized weapon of some kind, though the Angels generally spurn long gun-style weapons in favor of energy bows, monomolecular-edged blades, vibroblades, energy blades, and more rarely, lightsabers, should they be able to get their hands on them.

    One of the Angels' calling cards, any non-flayed bodies or survivors left in the wake of a raid may have the symbol of the Brain Demon carved into their flesh.

    The Angels believe that skins are sacred. As such, during sacrifice rituals, they will flay their victims alive, offering the victim’s life, skin, and suffering in oblation to the Brain Demon. In particular, the Angels believe that the most sacred part of the skin is the skin of the face. In this, the Angels will flay the skin of the victim’s face while they are still alive, believing that the agony and humiliation of being physically defaced are among the most potent sacrifices that one can offer to the Brain Demon.
  • Rules: The Angels of the Faceless are bound by their oaths and therefore, follow the rules of the Cult. Nevertheless, they maintain a very high level of autonomy as an organization, far more than that which might be enjoyed by Sith troopers under the control of a Sith Lord. Nevertheless, within the organization itself, the Angels maintain a strict hierarchy where those on the lower rungs follow the orders of their designated superiors. Insubordination that can not be justified by right of superior strength or cunning will generally be punished with extreme prejudice.
  • Goals: The Angels of the Faceless support and pursue the goals of the Cult, especially as they relate to the proliferation of the dark side. In this, they play a vital role as the equivalent of the Cult’s foot soldiers. As pertaining to their rituals, the Angels commit ritualized blood and sentient sacrifice in order to fulfill a rite that they believe will give life energy to the Brain Demon.
MEMBERS
  • Alevia Io - First Angel of the Choir. A Chaplain Nuetralizer, Alevia Io was one of the Cult’s earliest advocates to House Io’s population. Since her ordeal after the Battle of Tython (where it was rumored that she struck a particularly demanding bargain with the Brain Demon), Alevia has taken this to greater extremes, to the point where she began to engage in the Cult’s sentient and blood sacrifice rituals, while devising many rituals of her own (of which include long dance parties and ritualized displays of combat). However, due to the increasing dissatisfaction within House Io regarding the presence of the Cult, the Cult’s leadership realized that they needed an army of dedicated loyalists that were loyal to them first and House Io second. Given Alevia’s history of advocacy and support for the Cult, she was the natural option for overseeing the effort. In this, Alevia was tasked with establishing the first convent of the Angels (The Dancers of the Demon), an assignment that she quickly succeeded in. As of the present, she is the undisputed leader of the Angels.

HISTORICAL INFORMATION
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Major Faction

Mellifluous Magenta

Well-Known Member
Mellifluous Magenta
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  • Tradition Name: Informally known as the Eclipse Adepts. The institution is known as the Eclipse Sect.
  • Tradition Type: Formal Order
  • Tradition Focus:
    • Physical
    • Intellectual
    • Sensory
  • Influence: Interplanetary
  • Orientation: Dark-leaning
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  • Description: The Eclipse Adepts are a formal order of dark side adepts and Dark Jedi associated with the Kainate and more loosely, the wider Sith Order. While they are explicitly distinct from Sith, they are more or less considered to be subordinate to the Kainate Sith Kabal (and to a lesser extent the Sith Order), with corresponding limitations placed on their practice of the dark side. In this regard, such limitations are viewed as necessary to curb the perceived anarchistic tendencies of non-Sith dark siders and those who are judged as too weak to be worthy of Sith instruction. These overarching perceptions are the primary driver behind the Sect, which ultimately functions as an institution of control intended to direct the practice of non-Sith dark siders within Kainate territory (with some exceptions) so that they might better serve the Sith Kabal and the Sith’ari—Darth Carnifex. While high-ranking Adepts are generally left to manage the day-to-day affairs, the entire organization is overseen by the Grand Lord of the Sith Kabal, with Sith Knights and Sith Lords having special dispensation to deploy members of the Sect as they see fit.
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  • Membership: Waste in the form of sentient lives is considered to be a hallmark of traditional Sith training. The cruel, brutal nature of Sith indoctrination frequently veers towards the excess, moving past the point of culling and embracing the pointless destruction of sentient resources as a mark of strength. While Kainite Sith Kabal academies are still extremely demanding, the senseless disposal of Force-sensitives who fail to meet the high standards of their overseers is rarely tolerated. Instead, these individuals—washouts—are typically relegated into the Eclipse Sect where they restart their training as Eclipse Novitiates. They will never be Sith, but they will still serve.

    However, Sith academy washouts—of which there are many—are but one stream of recruitment for the Eclipse Sect. Another avenue of admission are those individuals who do not meet the minimum midi-chlorian count to qualify for Sith training, but are still Force-sensitive or Force-attuned. Recruits are also drawn from newly-fallen Jedi (or fallen from any other light side groups) who are judged as lacking the necessary control, malleability, or strength to become Sith. In much the same manner, recruits may also be taken from the lower ranks of unsanctioned dark side groups. It is not uncommon for acolytes from the remnants of a rogue Sith Order to be relegated to the Eclipse Sect upon arrival, due to being perceived as irreparably corrupted by heretical teachings.

    Upon recruitment, new members start at the rank of Eclipse Novitiate, being analogous to a Sith Acolyte. Those at this rank do not have dedicated masters and are instead taught by overseers, typically in group settings. The next rank in the hierarchy is Eclipse Pursuivant, which is comparable to a Sith apprentice. Pursuivants commonly have dedicated masters and are often engaged in missions. However, in order to advance to the next rank, Pursuivants must complete (or otherwise be exempted from) the Imperial Eclipse Examinations which are detailed as follows:
    • Examination of Precision - A battery of assessments which are designed to test skill and competency in combat. The Sect does not mandate competency in any one weapon or art, but the most commonly taught arts (and therefore measured) are of the lightsaber or vibroblade. These tests are judged based on an objective standard, with an emphasis on proficiency in single combat and Force power execution. A composite score is given at the end to determine whether a candidate passes or fails.
    • Examination of Awareness - A series of assessments that grades the ability of the candidate to see through illusions. The exam also includes tests that force candidates to face and overcome their fears, which are elucidated via a precise, droid brain-calculated analysis where an examinee's vital signs and biosigns are measured in response to various stimuli. Much like the Examination of Precision, a composite score determines whether the candidate passes or fails.
    • Examination of Form - A regimen of tests designed to assess the constitution of the candidate's body. Pain tolerance, physical strength, responses to trauma, and other physical skills are tested and scored in a composite. In addition, all tests have a Force-active and Force-suppressed component. For example, pain tolerance is measured and scored in both contexts, wherein the Force-suppressed test the candidate is exposed to synthetic Void Stone or injected with a Force-suppressing drug.
    • Examination of Discipline - The Examination of Discipline is a regimen of tests designed to assess the candidate's willpower. In one of the tests, a mentalist will impose suggestions in the candidate's mind, who is scored on their ability to resist or defeat them. Other tests assess their ability to overcome the perceived weaknesses of morality. As with the other exams, a composite score is given at the end.

    After passing (or being exempted from) these exams, they may advance to the rank of Eclipse Adept, by which point their training is considered to be complete, being roughly equivalent (but in no way equal to) to Sith Knights. Finally, the next two ranks, Eclipse Ascendant and High Ascendant are master ranks, with High Ascendants occupying nine seats on the Ascendant Council. The tenth seat is designated for the leader of the Eclipse Sect—the Eclipse Derriphan.
  • Motives: The ultimate, yet hidden function of the Eclipse Sect is the control and direction of dark side Force-users by de-emphasizing the primacy of the individual and fostering unconditional loyalty to the Sith'ari and the agents of His will. While individual members of the Sect may still be motivated by the desire for power, the institution is structured in such a way that any such pursuits do not encroach on the power enjoyed by the Kainate Sith. However, even with these restrictions and concealed curtailing mechanisms, individual Adepts can still become powerful in their own right, but they will likely never be afforded unique privileges granted to ranking Sith.
  • Rules and Teachings: In addition to following the dogma of Eternal Rule, members of the Eclipse Sect must adhere to the following rules in all of their engagements:
    • Surrender to the Kainate Sith Kabal.
    • Eclipse the light.
    • Order governs passion, body governs individual, and power governs strength.
  • Reputation: As the Eclipse Adepts are a relatively new organization, it has yet to establish a full reputation. However, Sith tend to view members of the Sect as subpar at best and outright disposable at worst. By comparison, outsiders often mistake them for Sith, though it is a perception that is frequently corrected by Sith and members of the Sect, with the latter being obligated to do so.
  • Openness: Members are generally open about their identities and affiliations when among allies. Moreover, in many contexts, they are obligated to clarify that they are not Sith and to correct any who might mistake them as such. Failing to do so (and passively allowing ignorant outsiders or other individuals to refer to them as Sith) is grounds for extreme sanction. Finally, their teachings are only rarely shared with outsiders.
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  • Characteristic Equipment: Lightsabers with synthetic crystals and vibroblades are the most common weapons among the Eclipse Adepts. However, exotic weapon types, including discblades, polearms, energy bows, and yet more, are not uncommon. In terms of clothing, individuals often wear outfits or armor emblazoned with the symbol of the Sect to positively distinguish themselves as a member of the Eclipse Sect and to prevent outsiders from misidentifying them as Sith.
  • Notable Force Skills: The Eclipse Adepts place a heavy emphasis on the physical and objective study of the dark side. As such, abilities such as telekinesis, Alter Environment, Force lightning, Pyrokinesis, Cryokinesis, Art of the Small, Force cloak, and various physical enhancement powers are common. Mentalists are less common, but not to the point of rarity. Finally, Force healers and other non-combat specialists are rare, but not unheard of.
  • Notable Force Limitations: Members of the Eclipse Sect are forbidden from practicing all forms of Sith magic, Sith alchemy, Sithspawn creation, and Sith rituals. However, it is not uncommon for members of the Sect to be used as living focuses or attendants in Sith rituals. They are also barred from speaking or reading ur-Kittât, High Sith, or any other Sith ritual languages, save for common Sith phrases or parlances (i.e. an Eclipse Adept may refer to herself as Jen’jidai without punishment). Finally, while Eclipse adherents are allowed to practice mechu-deru, they are not permitted to create techno-beasts.

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  • Abrax Iosi - A hulking Mandallian Giant, Abrax Iosi is the first and present Derriphan of the Eclipse Sect. He was once a member of the seven Xendori Elite before the organization was disbanded in the wake of the Third Imperial Civil War. However, he was allowed to continue serving the Kainate via the Grand Army, a period in which he developed a fearsome reputation as a battlefield juggernaut while also displaying a talent for leadership that resulted in his quick ascension to the rank of Colonel. With the reclaiming of the Sith holy worlds, an influx of recruits into the Kainate Sith Kabal (and the perceived low quality of many), led to higher fail rates in the Sith academies and thus, increased waste and inefficiency. Thus, Abrax was recalled from his service in the Grand Army to oversee the founding of the Eclipse Sect, eventually leading to him being named as the Derriphan—the leader of the Eclipse Adepts.

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A successor organization of the now-defunct Xendori Guard and Xendori Elite, the Eclipse Adepts were formed soon after the retaking of the Sith holy worlds. With the influx of new students in the Sith academies, the Kainate Sith Kabal oversaw an initiative to curtail sentient waste during Sith indoctrination. The Eclipse Adepts were a major component of this effort, allowing the Sith academies to maintain their high standards through less wasteful methods by funneling washouts and other failed students into the Sect. This would not only limit waste, but it would also cement the elite status of the Sith Kabal and give the Kainate a surge of manpower in the form of an army of dark siders who could augment military formations, hunt down Jedi, and ultimately, serve at the behest of the Sith Dyarchy.

To lead the Sect, Abrax Iosi, who previously served as an Xendori Elite during the Third Imperial Civil War, was christened as the first Derriphan. He, under advisement by the Grand Lord of the Sith Kabal, assembled the first Ascendant Council and built out the structure of the organization. The first temple—the Temple of the Eclipse Adepts—was constructed on Malsheem, with a number of semi-mobile satellite academies and temples established in orbit of Dromund Kaas and Ziost as the Sect expanded during its early stages. It was during this period that the secret mechanisms designed to keep overly ambitious Jen’jidai in check were refined and perfected. In effect, any such Adepts would soon find themselves in constant competition with others seeking the same power, thus keeping them dependent on the Sith.

Finally, the Eclipse Adepts would come to represent a manifestation of the unceasing industrial power, brutal efficiency, and dark side autocracy of the Eternal Rule doctrine. The crude ambition, avarice, and anarchism often manifested by non-Sith dark siders would have their inherent contradictions leveled against them, so that they would ultimately come to serve the Sith Dyarchy.
 
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Major Faction

Mellifluous Magenta

Well-Known Member
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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
GENERAL INFORMATION
  • Name: Elryssiane (pronounced el-REE-see-ah-nay)
    • Singular and Plural Forms
      • Singular: Elryssia
      • Plural: Elryssiane
    • Adjectival Forms
      • General Adjective: Elryssian
      • Belonging: Elryssiate
      • Poetic / Formal: Elryssien
  • Designation: Sentient
  • Origins: Malsheem
  • Average Lifespan: ~1000 GSY
  • Estimated Population: Semi-Unique - ~400
  • Description: The Elryssiane are a sapient humanoid species, notably distinct for their two long, prehensile facial tentacles that descend from the sides of their skull and the thick, muscular, prehensile tail which is nearly as long as their legs that extends from the small of the back. They have the ability to generate powerful neurochemical and neuroelectric emissions, allowing them to read minds and manipulate memories through non-Force-based telepathy. Of particular note, the Elryssiane are an all-female species.
PHYSICAL INFORMATION
  • Breathes: Type I
  • Average Height of Adults: 165 cm
  • Average Length of Adults: N/A
  • Skin Color:
    • Pink
    • Blue
    • Red
    • White
    • Green
    • Purple
    • In addition to various shades and hues inbetween or mixing the above colors.
  • Hair Color: N/A
  • Distinctions: On average, Elryssiane present with a typical humanoid female height (~165 cm). However, there is significantly more variance between the heights of very tall and very short individuals. Healthy individuals typically possess athletic, yet supple builds, though builds range all the way from skinny to plump. Two long, prehensile cranial tentacles (lekku) descend from the sides of the head, framing the face in graceful arcs. Posteriorly, a thick, fatty, and muscular tail extends from the small of the back, most often used for balance, communication, and signalling.
    • Morphological and Physical Traits
      • Four Digits on Hands and Feet
      • Three Eyes
      • Magenta Blood
      • No Body Hair, Head Hair, or Vellus Hair
      • Prehensile Tail
      • Two Prehensile Cranial Lekku
      • Long Forked Tongue
      • ~40% of individuals have no visible nose.
    • Neural and Sensory Architecture
      • Triple Brain Neural Architecture
        • Primary Brain
          • Governs standard bodily and conscious cognitive functions, handling voluntary muscle movement, speech, and main sensory integration. It operates like a “central supervisor,” ensuring that outputs from the other two brains do not conflict with immediate physical needs.
        • Emotive-Limbic Brain
          • The emotive-limbic brain is specialized for emotional memory, social bonding, empathy, and dream-phase processing. In this, it is responsible for affective imprinting, attachment, and emotional “coloring” of memories.
        • Mnemosyne Core
          • Dedicated to memory processing, storage, and manipulation, forming the biological basis for non-Force-based telepathic powers.
      • Neural Lattice
        • High-speed processing center / connective structure for rapid decision-making, pattern recognition, predictive modeling, and parallel multitasking. It enables advanced problem-solving and rapid reaction time.
        • Owing to the neural lattice’s function as a high-speed cognitive system, Elryssiane reaction times are dramatically faster than that of baseline humanoids. For simple stimuli, they can respond to visual stimuli in ~10-15 ms, auditory stimuli in ~5 ms, and tactile stimuli in ~1 ms. In addition, the parallel predictive modeling capabilities afforded by the neural lattice allows them to anticipate outcomes before they occur. As a result, reaction time may be partly “preloaded”, further accelerating reaction speed from baseline simple reaction time values.
      • Trisophic Recall
        • Each of the three brains has semi-specialized functions. Elryssiane neurology distributes memories across all three, allowing them to store far more associations than a baseline humanoid. Instead of eidetic recall, they have structured redundancy: if one brain misses a detail, the others can cross-reference context to reconstruct it. In particular, Elryssiane can recall conversations, sensory details, or emotional states with ~90–95% fidelity decades later. They retain not only the event, but also its texture (tone of voice, peripheral movement, lighting). In addition, their associative memory makes them excellent at pattern recognition because their minds link memories in parallel lattices, allowing them to recall webs of related impressions, instead of just isolated facts. For example, meeting someone once lets them recall that person’s smell, micro-expressions, and emotional state, allowing recognition even decades later. Finally, their working memory allows them to juggle far more information at once than a baseline humanoid, making them incredible multitaskers.
      • Tri-Phasic Sleep Cycle
        • Each of the three brains requires different types of rest. The cognitive cortex needs deep slow-wave cycles, for information consolidation and neural “detox”. The emotive-limbic brain drives REM-like dream stages, for emotional processing and social memory refinement. The mnemosyne Core requires ultra-low-frequency “suspension states”, stabilizing deep memories and imprints.
        • During general sleep, brain activity rotates in staggered phases, so that one brain is always semi-alert. Due to this rotation, an Elryssiane is never completely unconscious during general sleep. One of the brains maintains low-level sensory watch, allowing them to wake almost instantly to danger.
        • Elryssiane generally need ~6-8 hours of general sleep per 24 hours, which is taken in two ~3-4 hour sleep cycles.
        • Trine Cessation State
          • Alternatively, Elryssiane can enter a deliberate, controlled suspension state where they fully power down all three brains simultaneously, bypassing the staggered rotation. This produces an ultra-efficient restorative cycle that compresses the equivalent of ~6–8 hours of staggered general sleep into ~2–3 hours of “hyperdeep sleep”. Inducing this requires a conscious initiation through a neuroelectric self-signal, at which point the neural lattice synchronizes all three brains’ rhythms, forcing them into coordinated shutdown. This “hyperdeep sleep” confers time efficiency, deep restoration, memory stabilization, and lucid dreaming. However, in this state the Elryssiane is extremely vulnerable as all sensory watch systems are shut down. They cannot wake instantly to danger unless jolted externally. In addition, emerging from hyperdeep generally requires a ~30-60 second “boot-up” phase to resynchronize the neural lattice.
      • Parallel Multitasking Capability
        • The Elryssiane’s three-brain neural architecture not only boosts raw mental power—it also allows them to process multiple streams of information and action simultaneously with minimal interference between tasks. Where most humanoid brains must switch focus between activities, the Elryssiane can maintain several independent lines of thought at once, each with its own priority, sensory feed, and motor output.
      • Electroreceptive Perception
        • Electromagnetically sensitive organs embedded in the dermal pits of the lekku are capable of detecting electromagnetic fields. These organs can be utilized to pick up the electromagnetic fields of a heartbeat, detect droids, pick up electromagnetic shifts from muscle contractions, and yet more capabilities.
        • Electroreceptive nerve clusters connect directly into the inferior midbrain and parietal sensory cortex equivalent, allowing Elryssiane to integrate electroreception input with visual and auditory maps in real time. In essence, this is an intuitive ghostly overlay of electromagnetic activity, even in pitch darkness or heavy smoke. As this signal is processed in parallel with the primary senses, there is no perceptual lag.
    • Neuropsychic and Psychosensory Abilities
      • Neuropsychic Manipulation
        • Elryssiane are capable of mind reading, memory erasure, memory alteration, and memory weaving through neuropsychic manipulation.
        • Elryssiane neuropsychic powers are biological, not mystical, and work through specialized neurochemical emissions, micro-electric fields, and tactile neural induction. Through these emissions, they are able to manipulate bioelectric fields, produce various sensory and cognitive effects, somatic and nervous system effects, and engage various other advanced neuropsychic applications in targeted beings. This ability can also be weaponized, allowing for the forced overload, disruption, or re-patterning of other beings’ neural systems.
        • In general, the potency, precision, and efficacy of these neuropsychic effects depends on the skill, training, talent, conditioning, and focus of the Elryssiane enacting them.
      • Optical Lattice Complex
        • Optic Pulse Biolumescence
          • Elryssiane irises contain specialized photophores —light-producing cells—that can emit in a wavelength range that most humanoid eyes can detect but subconsciously process as “calming” or “entrancing”. The light pulses in patterns that mimic the brain’s theta wave frequency, a rhythm associated with deep relaxation, daydreaming, and hypnosis in many species. In effect, Elryssiane can mimic the function of a hypnogazer with their eyes, allowing them to place targets in a deep state of hypnosis and suggestibility.
        • Hyperprismatic Membrane
          • Elryssiane irises also contain a neurophotic lattice: a crystalline microstructure within the iris and retina that refracts and re-emits light in non-linear ways. These lattices extend slightly into psionic sub-dimensions—a bioengineered echo of the planar networks present inside hypergems. When an Elryssiane activates this ability, their irises shift and scintillate like a higher-dimensional crystal folding and unfolding in real time. The emitted light contains layered interference patterns, some visible in 3D space, others encoded in subtle neuroelectric “textures”. As a result, Elryssiane can replicate the multidimensional brain-overloading / entrancing effects of a hypergem.
      • Polysymphonic Hypnosis Tract - Aerovocalics
        • Elryssiane have unusually flexible vocal membranes and resonant cavities within their thorax and sinus channels, giving them a wider pitch range and the ability to layer multiple tones at once. When harmonized, their voices can produce beat frequencies that directly entrain to neural oscillations of nearby beings. This resonance can amplify or dampen theta and gamma brainwave states.
        • By tuning specific auditory frequencies, Elryssiane can produce a wide range of hypnotic effects. In mild terms, they can use their voices calm, soothe, and create states of open suggestibility. Moderate effects encompass the inducement of altered states of consciousness, including dreamlike visuals, time distortion, and emotional flooding. These may be experienced as overwhelming beauty or disorientation. Finally, the most severe and dangerous effects may come through the targeting of specific cortical rhythms, allowing a skilled Elryssiane to instill compulsion, paralysis, or confusion in even the strongest-willed sentients.
    • Reproductive Biology
      • Hybrid Reproductive Capability
        • Adult Genesis
          • Elryssiane are “birthed” through parthenogenetic budding in nutrient-rich bio-pools, emerging fully formed with a baseline of racial memories and skills imprinted. This process encompasses five primary stages, beginning with budding initiation. In this, a specialized organ cluster—the Genetic Inductor Sac—begins synthesizing a fully structured genome from the parent’s DNA. The second stage is gestation, which begins when the budding organism is transferred into a nutrient-rich bio-pool, an artificially maintained basin containing mineral suspension fluids and tailored bacterial symbionts. The bio-pool environment drives cellular growth, supported by continuous hormonal and protein secretions from the parent into the fluid. From here, accelerated morphogenesis initiates, which sees the new Elryssiane develop directly into adult proportions, guided by pre-coded morphogen gradients in the genome. The three brains form in parallel during this stage, with early neural imprinting occurring as well. The next stage sees the most intensive neural imprinting, where the parent transfers baseline racial memories and skills through neuroelectric induction—a direct brain-to-brain imprint made possible by the Mnemosyne Core. Finally, within ~3–4 weeks of budding initiation, the new Elryssiane emerges from the bio-pool as a fully functional adult.
          • Reproduction encompasses true automixis with genomic repair & reshuffling. Mechanisms to avoid inbreeding stagnation include gene conversion and template-guided recombination to refresh old alleles, polyploid switching for purging defects, and benign, symbiotic viromes which allow for horizontal gene exchange within bio-pools.
        • Sexual Fertilization
          • While adult genesis is the default reproductive mode, Elryssiane also retain the ability for sexual reproduction—a biologically redundant, yet fully functional capability. Sexual reproduction occurs via standard humanoid intercourse, with ovum fertilization from a compatible species’ sperm. Of particular note, the Elryssiane ovum exhibits xenogenetic receptivity—it can bind with sperm from a wide range of humanoid and near-humanoid species (though genetic compatibility varies greatly). Fertilized embryos develop internally over a standard 8–9 month period and are birthed as infant Elryssiane—the only time they experience a childhood stage.
            • The Mnemosyne Core and the ovum’s Genetic Inductor Sac function as gatekeepers. They analyze the alien DNA, strip away incompatible chromosomal structures, and map minor surface alleles (like pigmentation, bone density subtleties, or vocal timbre), before rebuilding the genome on a baseline Elryssiane template. Thus, in the case of an alien father, the daughter is 100% Elryssiane in physiology, neurology, and reproductive biology, but might still inherit minor traits (such as eye and skin tone variation, craniofacial angles, minor metabolic quirks, etc.) from the father.
  • Races: N/A
  • Force Sensitivity: High
    • Roughly 50% have greater than 8,000 midi-chlorians per cell.
Strengths:
  • Mesmer: The Elryssiane are engineered explicitly for telepathic and hypnotic efficacy. Their eyes, voices, and minds are designed for this specific purpose, allowing them to manifest powerful neuro-electric emissions, mind-altering neurochemicals, brainwave-altering frequencies, and hypnotic light wavelengths that allow a skilled Elryssiane to just as easily induce mesmerizing calm in a target as she can overload their neural systems or induce insanity.
  • Reflex: With the neural lattice functioning as a high-speed cognitive core, Elryssiane reaction times are orders of magnitude faster than baseline humanoids. As a result, Elryssiane may view most other species as slow-minded or sluggish. In social engagements with non-Elryssiane, they may deliberately slow down their responses to avoid alienating individuals from other species.
  • Parallel Multitasking: Unlike most baseline humanoids who must switch focus between activities, Elryssiane are capable of parallel multitasking. They can engage several independent tasks simultaneously without loss of efficiency owing
  • Triocular Visual Field: Elryssiane have three eyes, which functions as a triocular system that confers several advantages. First, the placement of the third eye on the forehead extends the vertical field. Thus, they have better visual coverage above and below, reducing blind spots that humanoids have in the forehead–brow zone. This means that Elryssiane are more aware of aerial threats and high-ground angles. The third eye also gives significantly improved depth perception, especially in the vertical dimension. This allows them to judge motion-in-depth (e.g., something flying directly toward their face) more precisely than humans. It improves range-finding, making them excellent at throwing, targeting, and precision strikes. Finally, the third eye also augments environmental awareness, primarily through enhanced motion detection as three offset perspectives feed more data into the visual cortex. Combined with their neural lattice, they can integrate multiple visual streams seamlessly, allowing them to process subtle discrepancies (like camouflage or cloaking fields) far better than most species.
  • Electroreceptive Perception: The Elryssiane have specialized organ structures which are capable of registering electromagnetic fields. It allows them to detect heartbeats, droids, muscle micro-signals, and other electromagnetic signals, giving them powerful perceptive capabilities even in darkness, smoke, or visual occlusion.
  • Prehensile Appendages: Tail and cranial tentacles provide extra manipulation ability, grappling utility, and tactile sensitivity.
Weaknesses:
  • Line-of-Sight Dependancy: The hypnogazer-like optic effects and hyperoptic mimicry require visible eye contact; droids and blindfighting techniques may negate these capabilities.
  • Silent Symphony: Polysymphonic hypnosis requires vocalization within audible range; sonic dampeners or vacuum conditions make this ability useless.
  • Skill Check: The Elryssiane are biologically gifted with powerful capabilities for hypnosis, mentalism, and telepathy. However, their abilities are not always “point and shoot”. They demand fine-tuned knowledge, training, and situational awareness to achieve consistent results. In particular, in order to enact optical entrancement via hypnogazer mimicry, an Elryssiane must know how different species’ retinas, cortical visual processing, and neural oscillation patterns respond to light wavelengths. A color/pulse pattern that induces calm in a human might trigger aggression in a Rodian, or nausea in a Mon Calamari. Effective use of these powers requires formal xenoneuropsychology training in order to understand how a given target’s nervous system interprets light, sound, and electrical patterns. Even among the Elryssiane, only a fraction master the encyclopedic recall necessary to manipulate dozens of different alien species effectively.
  • Electroreception Sensitivity: While excellent for detecting life signs, Elryssian electroreception can be overwhelmed by powerful EM surges, droid discharges, or ion weapons, leading to sensory blindness or painful overload.
  • Third Eye Vulnerability: The forehead eye, being exposed and central, is more vulnerable to direct injury than the lateral eyes. Damage to any one of the three eyes may cause disorientation due to the brain miscalculating distances.
  • Brainpower Drain: The neural lattice consumes a high amount of metabolic resources. As a result, extended exertion (combat, manipulation, rapid multitasking) can drain stamina quickly without adequate nutrition or rest.
CULTURE
  • Diet: Omnivore
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  • Religion/Beliefs: Fully incorporated into the Kainate, virtually all Elryssiane adhere to the Eclipsing Faith—an eschatological and theocratic belief system centered on the divinity of the Dark Dyad of Darth Carnifex (the Eternal Father) and Darth Prazutis (the Shadow Hand). Whether they are cast from a Genesis Cradle, birthed from a bio-pool, or even born as infants, Elryssiane born in the Kainate are immersed in the Faith from the moment that their three brains come into structure. However, Elryssiane worship takes on a distinct texture compared to other species in the Kainate, often referred to as communal neuroelectric liturgies. In these rites, Elryssiane gather in concentric pools or low-lit sanctums, forming a shared neuroelectric field amplified by resonance organs (their aerovocalics and Mnemosyne Cores). During religious chants, Elryssiane layer harmonic frequencies into the ritual, producing beat-frequency entrainment that deepens the group-mind effect central to ceremonies in the Eclipsing Faith. This allows them to enter partial dream-sharing states even while awake, binding them together in worship.

    Elryssiane also worship in deliberate dream-states, wherein they collectively immerse into a shared symbolic vision of the Dark Dyad. These dreams are ritually cultivated by rhythmic chanting, controlled photophore emissions, and neuroelectric harmonization. When performed communally, Elryssiane emerge from the ritual with identical symbolic memories, manifesting a powerful form of doctrinal imprinting.

    On feast days, Elryssiane may congregate together in hyperdeep sleep, guided by seers from the Avulsuna. In this state, all three brains shut down, and their dreams synchronize into a singular shared vision, producing a doctrinal group-mind experience. These “Trine Eclipses” are considered the most sacred form of worship, where individuality is briefly dissolved into the cosmic unity of the Dark Dyad.

    However, as the Elryssiane population within the Kainate is low, they are rarely able to gather in large Elryssian-exclusive congregations. As a result, Elryssiane assigned to a single station, planet, starship, or outposts typically worship together in small groups (often numbering no more than 5 Elryssiane), while also inviting non-Elryssia of the Eclipsing Faith (often trusted friends, confidants, and peers) to share in the ritual experience.
  • General Behavior: Due to adult genesis in parthenogenetic bio-pools, Elryssiane do not have families in the baseline humanoid sense. Instead, they recognize lineage-pools and clan matrices (groups who share genetic-exchange virome pools) as their kin. Individuals who emerge from the same communal reproductive pool at a given time consider themselves to be “pool-sisters”, a sacred bond akin to both family and battlemate.

    In general, Elryssiane in the Kainate live in accordance with the demands of their roles, often serving as seers, infiltrators, hypnotists, neurological healers, diplomats, and interrogators.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
One of the few non-Sithspawn or non-Dark Side-enhanced species created by the Alchemarch, the Elryssiane were first conceptualized after raids by the Slavemaster General of the Kainate, yielded a fresh stock of Mairan and Maelibus genetic material. Although efforts were made to directly tame the captured Mairan and Maelibus subjects for service in the Kainate, these were ultimately abandoned after Vestara VII Vestara VII successfully managed to stabilize and isolate their genome. In doing so, she molded their genetics into workable clay and soon initiated a bioengineering project of her own, with the ultimate goal of creating a new telepathic breed through a fusion of Twi’lek, Mairan, and Maelibus genetics.

The first successful, stable subjects of this project were yielded only a month after its initiation. Christened as the Elryssiane, the genome was soon enhanced, refined, and stabilized over the course of several more months. Upon the completion of the project, production of the Elryssiane began on a limited trial basis.

With the success of the project, the Elryssiane were quickly integrated into Kainate service, their powerful telepathic abilities making them ideal for service within the Saaraishash, the Medicae Directorate, the Immortal Legions, and other Kainate organizations as hypnotists, interrogators, mentalists, infiltrators, diplomats, and other specialized roles.

The Elryssiane came to represent a rare aspect of Kainate genetic mastery: not merely weaponized organisms, but living instruments of the Dark Dyad’s eschatology. Not intended for mass-production like strand-cast soldiers or Sithspawn beasts, their numbers remain deliberately limited, with breeding and synthesis tightly controlled through a mix of parthenogenetic genesis and selective pairings. Each Elryssiane is a rarity, a prized resource to be deployed by the Dark Dyad where their powerful telepathic talents could be wielded to devastating effect.
 
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Mellifluous Magenta

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  • Unit Name: Shatter Vector Cohorts
  • Affiliation:
  • Classification: Special Forces Reconnaissance-Execution Infantry
    • Pursuit-Interception Specialists
      • Secondary classification as pursuit-interception specialists. Shatter Vectors are designed to hunt, intercept, and neutralize high-value targets with extreme speed.
    • Shatter Vectors fall under the special forces umbrella, as they primarily operate outside conventional battle lines, deployed as precision pursuit and termination assets.
  • Description: The Shatter Vectors are an elite pursuit-interception unit under the Special Forces Command of the Kainate Immortal Legions. Specializing in high-velocity combat, the Vectors are conditioned for unmatched speed and precision, engaging targets with such blinding speed that they often have no ability to respond before being neutralized. Covering their appearance, each Shatter Vector wears a form-fitting, black combat bodysuit with subtle crimson highlights and a crimson-hued visor.

    In terms of mind set, Shatter Vectors are predators, not soldiers. They do not fight prolonged battles or hold territory. Instead, they pursue, isolate, and neutralize their targets. In this, combat is viewed as a flow. They do not stop to fight, to the point that their training emphasizes that killing blows must almost always lead to another step forward. Thus, to their enemies, they are terrifying blurs of motion that cannot be outrun or outmaneuvered. In this, they represent the endless chase of the Eclipsing Mission, ensuring that those who seek to flee from the might of the Sith Dyarchy will never find relief.
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  • Dread: Shatter Vectors are a devastating overmatch against conventional and even elite unaugmented infantry formations, since their ability to maneuver, acquire, and engage targets comes faster than most unaugmented beings can form reactions. In this, they can inspire a notable dread shock, potentially stunning the enemy with inhuman speed and precision.
  • Velocity Superiority: Capable of sprinting at speeds in excess of 80 mph, Shatter Vectors are more often than not the fastest non-powered units in most battlespaces. They can outrun, outmaneuver, and overtake infantry almost with impunity. Even compared to vehicles or mechanized units, Shatter Vectors can accelerate and close distances at blinding speeds, especially in urban or obstructed terrain.
  • Multi-Vector Engagement: Unlike a traditional squad that generally fights in a forward-facing arc, a Shatter Vector team attacks from multiple simultaneous angles. Thus, they can quickly overwhelm enemies by engaging from multiple interlocking kill vectors, simultaneously cutting off escape routes, flanking, and attacking from above.
  • Terrain Fluidity: Shatter Vectors can turn complex terrain into a 3D hunting ground, leveraging wall-runs, chain-leaps, and rebound vaults to engage enemies from unexpected vectors. Thus, enemies may or suffer a degraded positional advantage because no surface is truly “safe” from them.
  • Precision Kill: Shatter Vectors are built for efficiency, being the ultralight, hyperfast scalpel to the hammer of the standard Legion trooper. Small teams can disrupt entire formations by strategically neutralizing key points in the structure, whether it be high-value targets, logistics, or something else entirely.
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  • Heavy Fire: Shatter Vectors rely on speed, agility, and terrain flow—they are not designed to stand in an open field under suppressive fire. Thus, high-volume blasters, rotary cannons, or artillery that saturate the area remove the lanes they need to maneuver, potentially forcing them into a static posture that might leave them vulnerable.
  • Chokepoint Control: Shatter Vectors are at their best in free-flowing, complex environments. However, if forced into a funnel with limited exit vectors, their mobility advantage might be neutralized. In such a case, well-prepared defenders with mines, barricades, or sealed corridors can pin or force them to slow down, breaking momentum.
  • Heavy Weapon Capability: Shatter Vectors carry light, precise weapons to optimize their mobility, ensuring that they remain a high-velocity threat. These weapons are excellent for fast kills on infantry targets, but they struggle against fortifications or vehicles. Thus, Shatter Vectors can not deal with armored threats without outside support.
  • Stand and Fight: Shatter Vectors are ill-suited to static or semi-static extended attrition missions which may require holding ground, escorting supplies, or defending fixed positions. Due to their fragility and speed-oriented doctrine, their advantages here are neutralized.
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After a number of successful raids to acquire Terrelian genetic material, the natural athleticism of the Jango Jumpers became a topic of fascination and study to the Sith alchemists of the Alchemarch, which began to experiment with it in an effort to adapt Terrelian athleticism to serve the Kainate. Their efforts culminated in the Pursuit Zero biotype—an augmentation and strand-cast biotype which utilizes Terrelian DNA as a baseline, augmenting their speed, athleticism, reflexes, endurance, and yet more physical traits to a seemingly preternatural degree. With the Pursuit Zero concept perfected, efforts came underway to create a military formation exclusive to them, which soon coalesced into the Shatter Vectors.

Placed under the Special Force Command subdivision of the Immortal Legions, the Shatter Vectors were never intended to function as a conventional military force. They are rarely deployed for attritional warfare or static defense. Instead, they are reserved for operations requiring precision containment, pursuit, extermination, and similarly advanced mission profiles suited to their capabilities. Such deployments are designed to be swift, devastating, and final, leaving the enemy no time to adapt, retreat, or regroup.
Operating in squadrons of three to ten, Shatter Vectors excel in high-speed interception, rapid infiltration, and target elimination within environments where traditional forces would be slowed or compromised. Their doctrine prioritizes relentless momentum and terrain dominance, transforming dense urban sprawls, ship interiors, and complex vertical spaces into lethal hunting grounds. Where conventional infantry require heavy support, the Shatter Vectors rely solely on unmatched acceleration, reflex-driven coordination, and extreme mobility to dismantle enemy positions from within.

Ultimately, the Shatter Vectors embody kinetic lethality made flesh. Their presence on the battlefield is blindingly fast, unnervingly quiet, and utterly shocking—marked only by the aftermath of scattered bodies, collapsed chains of command, and fleeing survivors too stunned to comprehend what transpired. To the enemies of the Kainate, the Shatter Vectors represent the inescapable verdict of the Sith Dyarchy’s judgment.

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Mellifluous Magenta

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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
GENERAL INFORMATION
  • Name: Arkanian Offshoot 202
  • Designation: Sentient
  • Origins: Arkania
  • Average Lifespan: 500 GSY
  • Estimated Population: Rare - ~5,000
  • Description: Luxury products of Arkanian genetic engineering, Arkanian Offshoot 202s are eerie, unnerving, yet delicate creatures of precision and inhuman grace. Possessing wide cheekbones, long, slender necks, and deeply hollow cheeks, their appearance is that of feline grace, gaunt elegance, and serpentine inhumanity. They excel in roles where precision, aesthetics, emotional sensitivity, and intellect are paramount, making them nigh-indispensable within Arkanian high society.
PHYSICAL INFORMATION
  • Breathes: Type I
  • Average Height of Adults: 1.4-1.9 meters
  • Average Length of Adults: N/A
  • Skin Color:
    • Alabaster
    • Pale
    • Tan
    • Brown
  • Hair Color:
    • Alabaster
    • Blonde
    • Black
    • Brown
    • Red
  • Distinctions:
    • Four Digits on Hands and Feet
      • Retractable Micro-Serrated Pads
        • Each finger / toe has retractable micro-serrated pads that emerge from nanostructured apertures. These pads function to enhance sheer-force adhesion, allowing for the scaling of smooth surfaces and the execution of ultra-precise tool adjustments.
    • Elongated Cervical Vertebrae
      • Although not present in all Offshoot 202s, a number of individuals have a subtly extended neck, lending their appearance a serpentine aspect.
    • Hybrid Muscle Fiber Composition
      • Superfine Myofibrils
        • Ultra-dense, slow-twitch fibers with 0.000001mm contraction precision, allowing for the adjustment of force in nanogram increments. These also function to suppress micro-tremors, even after long periods without rest.
      • Elastomeric Biopolymers
        • Artificial protein strands woven into muscle tissue, acting as self-tightening "living cables" that automatically adjust tension and recoil while stretching. Notably, these biopolymers serve an additional purpose in preventing muscle fatigue.
      • Neural-Filament Bundles
        • Dedicated nerve clusters in each muscle fiber bundle, allowing for direct synaptic muscle control and instantaneous correction without conscious thought.
    • Enhanced Visual Perception
      • Dynamic Iris Aperture
        • Their pupils can dilate / contract instantly, optimizing light intake.
      • Enhanced Flicker Fusion Threshold
        • Owing to their high-speed optic neurons, they can process visual data at ~1000+ frames per second.
      • Tetrachromatic Cone Cells
        • Allows for a wider range of color perception, including ultraviolet light. Their color vision extends beyond the standard visual spectrum.
      • Thermochromatic Rods
        • Rods are laced with thermoreceptive proteins, allowing for infrared and temperature-sensitive vision.
      • Adaptive Pupillary Shutters
        • Semi-translucent membranes in the eyes slide horizontally to block excess IR / UV in bright environments or to dilate in darkness. The latter function notably creates a reflective glare.
      • Optic Neural Processing
        • Their lateral geniculate nucleus has dedicated channels for processing IR / UV stimuli, preventing sensory overload. Specialized neurotransmitters also sharpen wavelength discrimination, allowing them to distinguish a 0.1 nm color difference.
    • Enhanced Reaction Time
      • Myelinated Quantum-Nodes
        • Nerve fibers are coated in bio-engineered superconductive proteins, enabling near-lightspeed signal transmission.
      • Spinal Reflex Bypass
        • Certain physiological reactions responses may skip brain processing, routing instead through dedicated ganglia clusters in their spine for instant counteractions.
    • Iridescent Blue-Green Blood
    • Eidetic Memory
    • Dark Sclera
    • Subvocal Humming
      • Not known to serve a specific purpose, a faint, ultrasonic resonance carries when they speak, generally detectable only subconsciously. As such, their voices can be eerie and unnerving, without listeners knowing why.
    • Hibernation Trance
      • Can enter a low-metabolism trance state which dramatically reduces energy and nutrient demands.
    • Wide and Angular Cheekbones
    • Deeply Hollow Cheeks
    • Hyper-Precise Proprioception
      • Offshoot 202s have a strikingly accurate sense of their own body's position and movement in space. Densified neuromuscular sensors and engineered joint neuroclusters constantly map joint angles, muscle tension, and torque at the micron level. This data feeds into specialized cortical processors, allowing them to predict and adjust motions before strain occurs. As a result, they never overextend accidentally; their proprioception is so refined they can contort into impossible positions with perfect control. If desired, they can deliberately override built-in neuromuscular safety limits to dislocate a joint or compress their body through tight spaces. This precision also grants them fluid, inertia-free motion that seems calculated to the smallest degree, allowing them to move more like a marionette under perfect control than a natural humanoid.
      • Auto-Stabilizing Musculature
        • Proprioceptive network constantly fine-tunes muscle tension to maintain perfect balance and alignment. Even in rapid or extreme motion, micro-adjustments prevent wobbling, stumbling, or unintended overextension. Every step, twist, and contortion is automatically stabilized, making movements appear unnervingly precise and deliberate.
    • Composite Bone Structure
      • Offshoot 202 skeletal structure is fully organic yet engineered to behave like a living composite. At its core, Collagen‑X nanofibrils weave into a crystalline lattice, providing tensile strength far beyond baseline humanoids. Laminated layers of bio‑ceramide harden the outer bone, while a flexible proteoglycan gel mesh absorbs torque and impact. Embedded within are elastin‑like microfilaments that stretch and rebound under rotational stress, preventing microfractures. This architecture grants their bones surprising resilience: strong yet slightly flexible, light yet durable, with self-healing osteocytes that repair strain before it accumulates. When touched, their bones feel firm but subtly spring-loaded—a reminder that their bodies are deliberately designed, not randomly evolved like normal humanoids.
    • Hyperfluid Joints
      • Multi-Axial Ball Sockets
        • Gives joints markedly enhanced rotational capability, allowing movement to rotational degrees that would see typical baseline humanoid joints dislocated.
          • The fingers, toes, and wrist joints are fully multi-axial and can rotate a full 360°
          • Hips joints are fully multi-axial, permitting up to 300° rotation.
          • The elbow and knee joints are semi-multi-axial, allowing for 270° rotation.
          • The spine has partially multi-axial vertebrae, allowing for 270° neck and 150° torso rotation.
        • Ball sockets are reinforced with a nanopolymer cartilage lattice, ensuring that they do not shear under unusual torque.
        • Integrated neuromuscular safety limits ensure that the joints never overextend accidentally.
      • Elastic Tendons and Connective Tissues
        • Tendons and connective tissues are elastic, able to stretch and retract in the manner of biopolymer springs, allowing for instant recoil without strain.
      • Liquid-Cartilage Lubrication
        • Self-replenishing synovial fluid infused with engineered cells reduces wear and tear to almost zero. Stiffness, friction, and fatigue are effectively eliminated.
    • Porcelain Skin
      • Skin is smooth, poreless, and slightly reflective.
    • Elastic Dermal Matrix
      • Though porcelain-smooth and seemingly delicate, the dermis is supported by a hyper-elastic nanofibril matrix. This hidden layer allows the skin to stretch far beyond normal limits without tearing or wrinkling. In addition, the skin is anchored to the muscle beneath via elastic dermal tendrils, allowing it to glide and shift seamlessly over underlying structures. Finally, self-lubricating lipids and self-repairing fibroblasts maintain flawless skin even after extreme contortion, ensuring that the skin remains unmarred.
    • No Body or Vellus Hair
    • Negligible Body Heat
      • Negligible body heat due to ultra-efficient energy conversion and metabolism. However, faint warmth may register when under extreme exertion.
    • Odorless Physiology
      • Sterile Sweat Glands
        • Sweat is composed of 99% water + electrolytes, with no lipids or proteins for bacteria to break down.
      • Self-Sterilizing Dermis
        • Skin secretes lysozyme peptides that instantly kill odor-causing microbes on contact.
      • Engineered Scrubber Cells
        • Engineered cells neutralize volatile organic compounds before they can evaporate. These cells also scrub VOCs from the bloodstream before they reach the lungs, preventing halitosis.
      • Digestive Byproduct Neutralization
        • Intestines contain probiotics that convert sulfurous waste into odorless inert salts. A hyper-optimized liver breaks down remaining volatile organic compounds 100x faster than that of baseline Arkanians.
  • Races: N/A
  • Force Sensitivity: High
    • Roughly 75% have greater than 8,000 midi-chlorians per cell.
Strengths:
  • Machine Muscle: Offshoot 202s have muscles that are engineered for nano-scale precision. Unlike normal humanoids, their muscles do not utilize graded muscle activation. Instead, their musculature activates only the exact fibers necessary, eliminating wasted motion. So precise are their muscle fibers that they can write several pages worth of text on a single grain of rice, provided that magnification is available and the tip of the writing implement is fine enough.
  • Snapshot Replication: Synergizing with their eidetic memory, Offshoot 202s have adoptive muscle memory. They can replicate another individual's movements after witnessing them performed only once, as muscle memory is encoded within the fibers.
  • Contortionist: Offshoot 202s possess hyperfluid joints, giving them the ability to move in smooth, eerie fashion. Of particular note, some have learned the ability to dislocate their joints at will, allowing for extreme flexibility rivaling (and at times exceeding) that of the Vahla.
  • Marionette: Their frictionless, hyperfluid joints and inertialess, ultra-precise muscles allow for zero-lag neuromechancial feedback and instantaneous motion response. In effect, they can change direction mid-movement without deceleration, lending them an eerie, marionette-like grace intended for prolonged posing, dancing, and delicate precision work.
  • Emotional Mirror: Offshoot 202s are nigh-perfect mimics, lie detectors, and emotion readers. Their facial muscles (zygomaticus, corrugator, mentalis, etc.) have elastic, ultra-responsive fibers, allowing for twitch-level precision in replicating facial expressions. Neurologically, their brains are optimized for emotional perception and mimicry. Their premotor cortex and inferior parietal lobule contain clustered, redundant neural pathways that fire both when they observe an emotion and when they "replay" it. When mimicking or mirroring emotions, their brain releases specialized "emotion sampling" neurotransmitters, creating a brief, synthetic version of the emotion they are copying. Finally, sensory inputs from a humanoid target (e.g., seeing a smile), can trigger an instant, autonomic facial response wherein they mirror the emotion.
  • Unliving Signature: Given their odorless physiology, Offshoot 202s leave no scent trail for animals, scent trackers, or chemical trackers. In addition, their lack of body heat while at rest renders them hard to pick out via infrared or thermal sensors.
  • Synaptic Overdrive: Offshoot 202s have parallel-processing neural architecture, allowing them to perceive, analyze, and react to stimuli with nigh-zero latency. In practice, the average reaction time can be measured in microseconds.
Weaknesses:
  • Frozen Stiff: In extreme cold environments (often below freezing temperatures), the lubricating fluid within their joints can thicken, causing stiffness. As a result, extreme cold reduces joint articulation, limiting range of motion until warmed. However, it should be noted that this does not effect their elastomeric muscle fibers, as these maintain elasticity even in cold conditions. To mitigate this, many Offshoot 202s wear discreet heat packs around their joints in cold environments, in order to maintain full joint articulation.
  • Flash Strike: Sudden high-intensity IR sources from flash grenades, strobe lights, and other high-light sources can cause retinal bleaching (temporary loss in IR / heat vision) and painful pupil spasms. In addition, they generally need to wear eye protection on planets with hot, blue suns.
  • Emotional Backwash: The ability of Offshoot 202s to mimic emotions can be weaponized against them, especially if they lack strong emotional regulation. In theory, a target could fake pain or agony and in turn make an Offshoot 202 feel real pain as specialized "emotion sampling" neurotransmitters generate a synthetic version of pain. In addition, the use of multiple contradicting emotional stimuli (e.g., laughing while grimacing) can desynchronize their emotional mirroring capabilities.
  • Social Dysfunction: The ability of Offshoot 202s to constantly detect lies can result in eroded trust. Some see deception everywhere, becoming paranoid and manipulative as a result. In addition, some struggle with sarcasm or idioms, as their brains are engineered to prioritize facial expressions or micro-expressions above all else.
  • Uncanny Valley: Especially perceptive individuals may sense that Offshoot 202s' emotions are fake and scripted, due to the precision, perfection, and uncanny mimicry of their emotional responses. In addition, although they look humanoid, Offshoot 202s move in ways that seem to violate natural laws of motion. Their joints pivot in subtly impossible ways, shoulders over-rotate, and spines bend in sudden, serpentine arcs. Their movement lacks the micro-tremors and hesitation of normal humanoids, as they can shift poses with zero inertia in the manner of a marionette manipulated by unseen strings. When they twist, their waist can rotate almost halfway around, and their neck can turn nearly a full circle. In all, these are motions that are serpentine and predatory in aura, giving them a presence that is equal parts uncanny and often times, terrifying.
  • Glucose Dependency: Offshoot 202s' ultra-precise biomechanics rely on a steady supply of simple sugars to maintain optimal neuromuscular coordination and sensory precision. Although they are not inherently hypermetabolic, prolonged fasting can cause minor tremors and degraded fine-motor control. To avoid this, they maintain diets rich in nutrient-dense, easily metabolized sugars.
CULTURE
  • Diet: Omnivore
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  • Religion/Beliefs: As religion is not a prominent part of Arkanian society, Offshoot 202s reflect this. Thus, they are generally not religious and do not hold superstitions. However, it should be noted that those 202s who are incorporated within the Kainate are known to worship Darth Carnifex Darth Carnifex and Darth Prazutis Darth Prazutis .
  • General Behavior: Designed for high-status service roles, Offshoot 202s typically work in roles where aesthetics, intellect, and precision are paramount. In Arkanian society (and often beyond), they may serve as interrogators, surgeons, diplomatic attendants, and spies. However, even in these fields they are extremely rare. It is Arkanian high society where their numbers are more concentrated. In Arkanian courts they are commonly displayed as "living art". In this capacity they may recite poetry, play music, dance, or pose motionless for hours as "living statues". Arkanian nobles may also take them on as genetically tailored companions and confidants.

    In terms of their specific shared culture, 202s almost universally value strong emotional discipline and regulation, due to the mechanisms behind their mimicry and mirroring abilities. Children and newly created individuals (since many are made, not born) are trained to regulate their emotions as soon as possible, a practice which continues throughout the lifespan.

    Although capable of having children, many 202s are manufactured specifically for their roles, often being grown directly as adults and thus bypassing childhood. Those who were created as part of the same batch may perceive each other as siblings, especially if they were created from the same genetic material. However, it should be noted that manufactured 202s are not clones. Their genetics are effectively randomized to ensure that each individual is different.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Conceived within various Arkanian genetic engineering laboratories, the very first Arkanian Offshoot 202s were created during the final decade of the eighth century after the Battle of Yavin. Originally the product of a number of the Arkanian geneticist Suni Nes, after a long string of failed subjects the Sith Healer Vestara VII oversaw the refinement and stabilization of their genome. Her services came with the condition of the Kainate being granted license to produce Offshoot 202s, in addition to research data for a number of other Offshoot and "pure" Arkanian variants.

With full stabilization of their genome, it did not take long for Offshoot 202s to become an uncommon fixture within Arkanian high society. Unlike many Offshoots variants which were bred for industrial work, 202s saw use in high-status service roles. More darkly, their ability to pick out micro-expressions made them ideal for roles as spies, interrogators, and mentalists. A small number of 202s were also produced within the Kainate, albeit only on an experimental basis.

However, given their exclusive, luxurious status and the extreme difficulty of their creation, Offshoot 202s are rare, even on Arkania. They are essentially nonexistent within the greater galaxy and their numbers in the Kainate are within the tens. Nevertheless, representing the pinnacle of Sith and Arkanian genetic engineering, Offshoot 202s are poised to become an eerie symbol of the relentless pursuit of genetic perfection.
 
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