Creature:Ophiarath

"The darkness bears host to a great cruelty; our expeditionary bodies come back catatonic and despairing of what they saw. Our scanners have recorded...horrendous information. Scientists and guardsmen alike killed, mutilated and displayed in macabre fashion - all in apparent reverence of a deity of whose name inexplicably instils fear into me - 'Theruskrayathos'. Nearby sources believe these fanatical entities have existed in this space for far longer than we originally anticipated. I dread to think what stranglehold they have here."

- Shka'Tun Scientist, 499 million years ago

The Ophiarath are a precursor culture originating from the. Several sources, historical and modern, surmise that the Ophiarath are the oldest culture within the Tuuros Galaxy and likely the First Gigaquadrant to practice the religion of. Whilst historical attributions to the Ophiarath are sparing in recent Gigaquadrantic history, several cultures within the Schism believe that the Ophiarath are still existent within its deeper recesses, haunting the galaxy with its ancient and frightening presence.