Fiction:Obvia'Atra/Original

"We are Universal Light, we are Eternal Life. We are pure of heart, and clear of mind, for there is not other True way to be. We are the Ravenrii."

- Excerpt from the Book of the Aeons

The Ravenrii are an immortal race of pure beings that exist to Create the Universe each time the Xhodocto destroy it and destroy any Empires that are violent and that "endanger" the re-birth of the Universe every time it is destroyed. They are the alleged creation of Kkia'Sihm, the counterpart of Kamik-Shi, created to counteract the Xhodocto and other Empire's actions in the mortal realm, which they do with their own Empire, the Core Federation.

The Ravenrii are completely pure beings and the supposed physical incarnation of Light-because of this, neither they nor their opposites,the Xhodocto, can ever be destroyed. A saying commonly found in the Ravenrii's texts is "Omnimodus Lux lucis, eternus vita"-"Universal Light, eternal life".

Overview
Because the Ravenrii are the physical manifestation of Light itself and their connection to the rebirth of world is permanent, they are theoretically impossible to destroy-in most texts that refer to this, it is mostly said that "The Beings of Light [the Ravenrii] are impossible to touch by the hand of destruction". Despite the fact that they must possess enormous power to Create the Universe repeatedly, shows of their strength are involuntary and they usually pretend to be mortal race. A fact that supports their alleged True Nature is that they are immortal.

Their roles in the existence of the Universe and Life, between their Creation and destruction, are to Enlighten a single Empire and to weed out  evil and violent Empires, because they "endanger" the re-creatuion of Life after its destruction, though what this means has never been clear.

Ancient History

 * Although the oldest history of the Ravenrii and their origins remains unpublished, it is known that it is closely tied to two prophetic scripts; The Book of the Eons, a sacred tome that they keep only at their homeworld, and the Necroveast, three horrific ones believed to have been written by Kamik-Shi himself that spawned the Xhodocto


 * The recorded history of the Ravenrii in dates to over 14 billion years ago, when they were pure beings in harmony with all of life and Essence. The Ravenrii then lived in their original homeworld, Alva-Es'riia, also called The Place of Light.The calm beings lived in peace, until records dating to 13.6 billion years ago tell of a great cataclysm that shattered the harmony that the universe was in at the time. The Book of the Eons speaks of the unleashing of an infinitely malevolent being, Kamik-Shi, the identically powerful opposite of Kkia'Sihm, upon the universe. Before the eve of 13.8 billion years ago, Kamik-Shi, in the form of a multi-potent dark creature that engulfed worlds known as the Darkness, destroyed the Ravenrii's original homeworld and then the rest of reality. The Ravenrii were spared by Kkia'Sihm, and Created Life after the event with powers that have lain dormant up to now. The Darkness's spawns are now known to be the Xhodocto. The years of fighting against the Darkness before it consumed Alva-es'riia are known as the Great War of Light. Excerpt for the Book of the Eons;

"He had come as the End, we knew, had come as the End of Life and the End of Reality. His bloody darkness filled the skies, flesh turned to rock and water to blood. And so at last he engulfed our world-but before he destroyed reality itself forever, we burst in Light as we never had before, and this last Light, we knew, would allow us to reconstruct Life once again."


 * Afterwards, records speak only of the Ravenrii's regaining of counsciousness in a new planet, after they had Created Life after Kamik-Shi destroyed it. However, it was the species's best kept secret and was unpublished until now. Consequently, the Ravenrii that awakended in the planet, now known as Centrus are the Ravenrii of today. They began the period of Modern History, and pretended to be a mortal race while they took control of the entire galaxy for the next 5 billion years.

Modern History
The modern-day Ravenrii awoke ovafter an unknown time after the Great War of Light, in what today is the capital of the Federation, planet Centrus. However, they quickly dispersed into seven smaller Empires called the Minor Empires around the Caeus Cluster, the cluster of stars around Centrus. The Empires constantly collided over trade and wealth, until in the year 43M, F.A., they united to create the Raev Federation, which was simply a non-binding federation amongst the seven Empires that encouraged trade and diplomatic relations.

After over a hundred million years of existence, though, the monarchy that had been so vehemently supported fell into decadence. The rapid expansion of the Empire meant that the capital was strained, and soon there were violent riots in the central systems of the Empire. The riots' casualties grew and eventually reached Centrus: the inhabitants of the Federation desired a more business-oriented government, as the monarchy's politics were corrupt and ineffective. Eventually, circa 92M, S.A. a great upraising called the Royal Revolution ensued, as the Queen's advisors threatened the royalty with a coup and betrayed the Queen, at that time the monarch Ayra the Innocent. The civil war was serious, and most worlds were devastated before Her Highness was impeached and exiled for eternity. A massive civil war came next, which lasted for over five-hundred million years. Over 60 factions tried to take control, but finally at the end of the war then-High Viceroy Carcus Airdone took control of the central systems and rearranged the Federation with the Uryean Reformation, installing the High Court of the Core as the legislature and judiciary and the High Viceroy as leader of the Federation. Then, a very rare phenomenon occurred; the entire species' minds were fused into a single, vast thought-pool, a happening that Airdone is usually deemed the cause of.

The Unification further welded the Ravenrii together, who grew peaceful and concentrated on relations with the first Galactic Empire that they met; the Solarian Empire, which was situated lower down the Haethus Arm, next to Prathus. The Federation grew fierce once again, acquiring most worlds around the Core Worlds Section of the galaxy ruthlessly.

The following year, the Core Federation rejected an alliance of several galactic empires, called the Interstellar Alliance of Independent Empires, and invaded and captured the organization's delegates in the neutral planet of Sulcan where they were meeting, which sparked the eight-hundred million year Great War of Xanthrus. During this conflict, the Federation took control of the entire Grox Worlds, a total of 5,700 systems and around 15,000 planets that swelled the Empire to an enormous size. Though supposedly peace-like, the Ravenrii were ruthless when acquiring the Core Worlds and invaded constantly with vast fleets. The Federation proceeded to ruthlessly invade all remaining worlds around the Core World Sector, and finalized a trade monopoly around the Grox Systems. The aquisition of these sytems angered the other Empires of the galaxy, and the Core Federation declared war circa 1M, T.A. The Solarian monarch, Solya Athera, reportedly had a vision of what the Federation would look like once it completed galactic dominion and abdicated, claiming that it was useless to fight against Kkia'Sihm's servants. The Empire, which had been a close rival of the CorFed for billions of years, collapsed and the latter gained even more systems in the Prathus Arm. The destruction of the Grox and Solarian's Empires ended the War after it had occupied most of the Third Age, earning it the name of "The Age of Wars".

After the Great War was finalized with the destruction of The Grox Empire, the rejected empires; the Arenesque, Mushrum, and Creancer Empires continued to lead the IAIE with subtle anti-federation actions until the organization was dissolved following the Federation's complete annexation of every inhabitable planet in Xanthrus.

Trade and its new land wealth brought varied riches and influence to the federation, which became a prominent member of the galaxy and one of the most powerful. Circa 50M, FO.A., the Core Federation celebrated over two billion years of governmental stability and reinstated the royalty with the Royal Reinstitution, though in a much less powerful state.

Gender and Reproduction
The Ravenrii's method of reproduction is a self-sacrifing and deathly one; female Ravenrii implde into pure "light", which then takes the form of mutiple Ravenrii, depending on the strength of this Light, The offspring are born with every piece of knowledge that the mother knew, and thus it is considred athat the mother did not actually die, because her knowledge and memories live on in her offspring. The gender of Ravenrii is believed to be decided reandomly, as the light that will become the offspring seems to have no apparent reason for being transformed into a particular sex.

The gender differences between female and male Ravenrii is very pronounced-male Ravenrii have a wiry, muscular build, while Ravenrii women are delicate, graceful anf light. The differences also include different shades of skin colour; males usually have stronger shades of blue, while females are light blue, cyan or turqoise. The race's color is also important in determinig each particluar Ravenrii's ancestors. The most uncommon Ravenrii, with turqoise skin, are usually attributed to the royalty, for example.

However, both genders hare the same smooth skin and diet, only able to feen on rays of Carrona energy, usually found in sunlight.Both also share a similar skeletal structure and are filled with light.

Internal Biology
The Ravenrii have a flexible membrane (or skin) enveloping their inner biology, which permits them to feed off light, additionally to normal food. They have, howeverm no internal organs and no blood. Their bodies possess six different brain-like appendages that emit the Ravenrii's Essence, a clear yet bluish light. Instead of internal organs or even biological appendages (other than the "brains"), their bodies are filed with hard, yet flexible fibers that intertwine and are attached to their membrane (skin), which is blue, and has an elastic texture. It has been proposed that the Ravenrii were underwater creatures in ancient time periods, but their oldest records describe an on-land civilization. The theory originated from the fact that the Ravenrii are reminiscent of terrestial water mammals and possess a variety of fins and muscles inside their skin, which give them a humanoid appearance. Male Ravenrii bodies tend to show said muscles more and have larger and more elaborate fins. Females, meanwhile, are more slender, though they both have the same inner biology.

Lifestyle and Culture
"The Ravenrii may be beautiful, but they cannot see in the dark."

- Anonymous Xhodocto

Most Ravenrii, all citizens of the Federation of the Core Worlds, lead a relaxed and leisurely lifestyle. Unlike the lives of the Queen, High Viceroy and other Ravenrii, who interact with other Empires and manage the federation's business and other affairs, the lives of common Ravenrii citizens are almost always dedicated to whatever talents or occupations they choose to persue-artists and designers, for example, work in their specific occupation because they find it entertaining and suitable to their talents. In the species's culture, each being chooses what he or she wants to do with his/her immortal life, and can change from any work sector into another at whatever time they choose. Most Ravenrii reside in bright, green worlds with turquoise oceans and a never-ending period of day, as the species hate darkness and have developed massive orbital mirrors that make day perpetual, though some Raven worlds are so close to dense star clusters that there are enough stars to illuminate their planets without need of the mirrors. Games like Urbacc are a great part of society, and it is common for most citizens to spend their time exercising their minds with games or other activities.

The citizens of the Federation do, however, have an immense sense of patriotism, as they believe that helping the Federation's goals shall aide the Ravenrii themselves' goal-to Enlighten an Empire every time Life is recreated and to destroy violent and weak nations. Because they are immortal, Ravenrii tend to like long-lasting beauty, and most live in peaceful worlds of their choosing. The majority have no specific pasttimes and have proven to be extremely intellectual and well-spoken, which incites the large political systems that they house. Most dedicate their lives to research, architecture, or other forms of art when not occupied with the affairs of their Federation.

Politics also play an important part of Ravenrii society, with a great bureaucracy tying up their Federation's political systems. Politics are one of the few topics that Ravenrii dislike, however, as only a select few prefer the immensely busy life of a bureaucrat or politician. Many of those who do, however, give it tremendous importance, making the political scene a tough sector to work in.

The species has a strong love for society and civilization as a whole, and a normally underlying benevolent nature that tis sometimes completely hidden, as they tend to be proud and believe theirselves superior to most other species. Despite their relaxed society, Ravenrii have been known to be very cold and manipulative, since the possibility of having strong feelings was destroyed with the entire population's mind pooling, the Unification, in 154M, S.A. Individual Ravenrii throughout history have also been known to be ruthless, arrogant and, during their darkest times, even violent, though they usually remain polite to outsiders. When under extreme conditions, however, Ravenrii may enter a rage and are very dangerous if inflamed so, as they will normally stop at nothing to exact their revenge if they feel they have been wronged or hoodwinked, and when they retribute it is with brutal ferocity. Ravens have a reputation for being clever yet proud, and in the past have been known to play devilishly difficult "riddle" games with other species, basing their adversaries' survival on their answer. However, Ravenrii usually display a neutral, if strong, personality, and are normally cautious when meeting other races, keeping their pride and thoughts beneath a mask of politeness.

Government and Monarchy
The Ravenrii own a massive federation that is supposed to carry out the orders of Kkia'Sihm, the Ravenrii's only known master and the Creator of the Universe. The Federation, known widely as the Federation of the Core Worlds, has a political system based on their federated monarchy- the Queen of the Federation, Queen Regnant of the CorFed, is chosen by the Federation's twenty-five Viceroys, each of which rules over one of the Federation's 25 States. The Viceroy themselves, which rule over their viceroyalties, are commanded by the High Viceroy, the political leader of the federatiom. The High Viceroy, who rules over the federation's capital realm (the High Viceroyalty), shares power with the monarch, who has a slightly less powerful and more symbolic role. The Monarchy, meanwhile, is composed of Five Royal Houses that reside in planet Certion in the Ghelia System, neighboring the capital system of the CorFed.

The Ravenrii choose all of their leaders, except for the Queen, who inhis chosen by the Viceroys. They have a large political system: their government, the Silver Ministry, is divided into the High and General Ministries. The High Ministry includes all of the Federation's highest powers, including its leaders, and teh general ministry is divided into 9 sub-ministries. (i.e. the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Ingress, etc.)