Fiction:Cult of the Eclipse

"Legionem amentia itineribus. (The legion of madness marches.)"

The Lympharian Collective is a group of hiveminded crystal golems serving under the Sanity Colossus and a sub-group of the.

Archaic History
The first Lympharians were golems created during the ancient eras of, before the imprisonment of Vargash and over 220,000 years ago. The Lympharians were used by Vargash as a mean of turning more races into its thralls and as a way of combating the Old Colossi and any mortal who attempted to join forces with them. However, Vargash was eventually defeated and cast down to the depths of the land, and the Lympharians were destroyed in the process. However, the shattered remains of the Lympharians scattered across the planet, becoming artifacts of great power. As time passed, however, new species were born and came into contact with the crystalized remains of the Lympharians. These shards took over the bodies of their victims, turning them into a new generation of crystal golems.

Modern Wars
Lympharians have been sighted several times through the ages. A large number of Lympharians appeared at the Frontier Land during the War of the Axe and the Sword, when Hetman Alexis the Twisted of the awakened them from a prison created by the Sea Giants during a bloody war against the Lesha Orcs. This resulted in a great portion of the human forces at the Frontier Land being converted into slaves, Hetman Alexis included, until humankind agreed to join forces with the Orcs to fight them. The combined human-Orc alliance defeated the Lympharians, bringing peace to the Land, though following this incident, Unseelies began infesting the region.

The Lympharians are also responsable for the near completely destruction of the, destroying and converting them into more of themselves until only the Lagosi territory of the Kame Isles remained. The Lagosi successfuly warded the Lympharians away by imprisoning the Crystal Manifest known as Sovereign, at the cost of the Kame Isles being cursed with a never-ending winter. During the, the Lympharians were first seen working alongside the and since then, they have been considered members of the Legion.

Appearence
Lympharians appear as large golems made out of a combination of strange crystals and obsidian formed in a draconian and centaur-like shape. Their bodies are almost completely blue and back with very few traces of other colours. They rarely move by walking, instead flying with the wings located behind their legs. All Lympharians are equipped with a staff which they use to channel their powers. This staff is made of the same material as the Lympharians themselves.

Personality
Lympharians are hiveminded, emotionless creatures who blindly serve Vargash's commands. They have little sense of self-preservation, but are not suicidal. Their voices echo and pierce the minds of those who listen to them.

Abilities
Lympharians possess very powerful Source abilities, which channeled through their staves allow them to unleash destructive blasts of power at their enemies. Lympharians can also suck the sanity out of their victims by temporarely trapping them in pocket dimensions (said to be the insides of Vargash's own mind), and can unleash their full power by causing a mass explosion of energy which burns through the skin and bones of their enemies in the affected area. Lympharians are extremely powerful mages but have no means of melee combat with the exception of their staves. However, touching a Lympharian's body, even a dead one, causes the enemy to turn into crystal. Also because of their rock-like structure, powder-based weapons like bullets deal little damage to them.

Individuals
The Harbinger= "Worse things than me wait in the wings."


 * Name - Praenuntius
 * Role - Crystal Manifest
 * Status - Active

Praenuntius, the Harbinger is the most powerful of all Lympharians and is said to be an extension of Vargash itself. Harbinger dates from the times before 120,000 years ago, being one of the first Lympharians and the most powerful of them all during the original war between Vargash and the Old Colossi. It's not known which species Harbinger belonged to before he became a Lympharian, or if he even has an original species at all. Like the rest of his race, Harbinger was shattered into crystal pieces when Vargash was defeated by the Colossi. However, when the Lympharians were accidentaly brought back to existence by the younger races many years later, Harbinger was the first of all to be revived.

He was given this name for being the first Lympharian to appear before a large invasion takes place. When Harbinger shows up, a wave of destruction is sure to follow.

The Sovereign= "Those who oppose Furor will become one with the land."


 * Name - Princeps
 * Role - Crystal Manifest
 * Status - Imprisoned

Princeps, the Sovereign, also known as Tuurngait, is the second in power of the Lympharian Collective. Being roughly as old as Harbinger himself, Sovereign made himself notable for his unusually bloodthirsty personality which made him stand from other Lympharians. Like the rest of his race, he was destroyed by the Old Colossi until he eventually returned to activity. After his revival, he notably launched large-scale attacks on the which brought them to the blink of extinction. However, Sovereign was eventually imprisoned at the Kame Islands, but not before casting a curse on it which caused it to be locked in an eternal winter. And even after being imprisoned, Sovereign is still active thanks to his unique body-surfing powers.

Sovereign was given this name for acting as a "political" commander for the Collective's forces, as opposed to Harbinger who acts as a general instead.

The Enslaver= "Become one with Furor like I did."


 * Name - Subjugator Alexis
 * Role - Crystal Manifest
 * Status - Unknown

Subjugator, the Enslaver, most known as Alexis, is tied with the Destroyer as the third-in-power of the Lympharians. The youngest of the Crystal Manifests, he was notably not a Lympharian from the beginning but instead the Frontier Hetman known as Alexis the Twisted, a former leader of the human forces of the Frontier Land. Falling to Vargash's temptationsm, he unleashed a horde of imprisoned Lympharians and was rewarded into becoming a champion of the Colossus of Sanity. While Alexis was defeated by the united forces of the Frontier Land humans and Lesha Orcs, it is believed he's still alive and serving the Collective.

Alexis was given the name of Subjugator and Enslaver for being the Crystal Manifest responsable for gathering more followers and slaves to the Collective, in reference to his own convertion once he fell to Vargash's voice.

The Destroyer= "All things break, except Furor."


 * Name - Confectrix
 * Role - Crystal Manifest
 * Status - Unknown

Confectrix, the Destroyer is tied with the Enslaver as the third-in-power of the Lympharians and is overall the least known of the four Crystal Manifests. What is known about him is that he is as old as Harbinger and Sovereign, and led many campaigns against the Old Colossi during the war between them and the forces of Caligaduro Provectus. It is known if Destroyer was revived alongside the rest of his race recently, but it is highly likely.

Destroyer was given this name for being responsable for the complete eradication of enemies who somehow couldn't be converted into more Lympharians for the Collective.

The Lost= "Hehehehe..."


 * Name - Unknown
 * Role - Leader of the
 * Status - Unknown

The Lost is the name given to the entity who is believed to be the leader of the Dark Caxildiz and by extension, the master of the Fog Forest of the Tropical Lands. Reports of him describe him as being a male Caxildiz with his skin tinted blue and with the right side of his body being turned into crystal in a seemingly painful way. Reports of him are rare, but they all describe him as being a maniacal entity who stalks people in the dark, often displaying a fang-filled grin while watching them from a distance, in complete silence.

Attempts to communicate or confront the Lost in a battle have been so far futile, as he is said to be extremely agile and a master of teleportation. He is claimed to stalk people at seemingly random, the time of stalking ranging from a single sighting to several years. However, all victims claim stop sighting him once they venture away from the Fog Forest and don't return for an extended period of time, implying he may not be able of leaving the Forest itself.



Allies
"..."


 * - The masters accept your existence.
 * - Frail but efficient.

Neutral
"Accept our dominion."


 * - More to follow.

Enemies
"Your dreams of conquest will be shattered by the winds of our beating wings."


 * Colossi - The abyss calls your names!
 * - Your death is weak.
 * - Your Count is weak.
 * - Your flesh is weak.
 * - Your gems are weak.
 * - Your slaves are weak.
 * - Your crafts are weak.
 * - Your gunpowder is weak.
 * - Your honour is weak.

Quotes
"...Death."

- The Outworld's Voice

"Praetende insaniam, et ergone disperdes! (Extend madness, and then destroy! )"

- Caligaduro Provectus

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Trivia

 * The Lympharians are the Fantasyverse's answer to the.