Darth Keres
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To give dark side users a place to study both necromancy and the occult
- Image Credit: AI generated
- Canon: Academy is not, planet is
- Permissions: N/A
- Links: Adeline , "The promising architect." , Yalara
- Nexus Name: Heart of darkness
- Nexus Alignment: Dark
- Location: Deep under the temple itself
- Affiliation: Adeline Noctua (Darth Keres)
- Size: Large
- Strength: Strong
- Accessibility: Hard to reach, guarded by legions of undead (Some roam the surface, most dwell within the building.) and many eldritch phenomena (Be it illusions, beasts, mind breaking. All of this is found deep in the underground labyrinth.)
- Description: On the outside lies the massive academy, ripe with undeath the area is not for the feint of heart. Within this place of occult learning many of the rooms have a prestigious and powerful architecture, invoking some sense of grandeur. The deeper you go within this temple the darker it gets, light sources become a rarity up until they simply do not exist within the architecture. Miles upon miles of pitch black tunnels serve as both a labyrinth for the untested, and a massive crypt for the undisturbed dead. If someone were to either find themselves at the center of it all, be it by luck or by Adeline guiding them. They would see a horrid sight, a heart made of the flesh and blood gathered mostly during "The great hunt." , once living people now stitched and coiled into a beating undead mass.
Upon the surface one can see that the very land itself is dry, no plants or wildlife exist. Any effort to grow crops sees them wither and die, the children of livestock dead upon birth. The very land is cursed, for at its rotting core.. It is undead and tainted. The living anywhere upon the world have their very soul and body caught within a net, death isn't the end for anyone or anything here. Once your soul gets dragged in by the heart, your corpse will rise and defend the planet. For those not connected to the force, they cannot feel this net even though they walk within it, all the same their death isn't the end.
The surface is just the first layer, exploring further into this body will have both kinds of force user feel more sickly, some even report odd creatures of hallucinations deeper into the blackened tunnels. It is believed that those who manage to find the heart will feel an unrelenting sickness, with each beat echoing deep within their mind they can suffer an untold number of side effects ranging from violent vomiting to rare occurrences of total brain failure.
This twisted and foul nexus, this creature. It shares a connection to Adeline, its own hunger stemming from her feeding off it over time.
Healing of planet can happen if nexus is destroyed
POINTS OF INTEREST
- The academy (Built in the style of many Sith temples or places of learning that came before it, the building itself serves as both a bulwark to defend the heart, but also a hub for any avid occultist or eager necromancer.)
- The dark below (The dead need not rest, and thus these caverns seem to go on forever. Akin to some sort of limbo for lost souls, they serve as miles of crypt for the galaxy's endless dead, and a place for testing the strength of people. Some alone or sent in groups with minimal supply to see what happens to their minds when locked within endless darkness, only the strong pass the test while the others fall prey to cannibalism or whatever else lurks down there. People report that they swear they can sometimes hear heavy breathes, or that the walls leak some substance similar to mucus. Perhaps these stories have validity, for the planet is a beast in a way.)
- The heart (The nexus of this place, it is both a defense system and feeding pool for its maker. Drinking from the suffering of others can have lasting affects, be they negative or boons of power.)
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Built upon the once abandoned planet of Yalara, this academy has been a passion project of its maker for many years. As the power and influence of Darth Keres grew, it made it easier and easier to secure the resources needed to build such a place. The planet wasn't originally a nexus of dark force power... It wasn't a nexus at all. Yet as time went on, Keres- Or Adeline if you so prefer, has dug her claws deeply into this planet. Over time killing it and eating it, the place now has her mark of undeath and heresy. Twisted and cursed, this place has no light, only the chaotic dark.
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