Fiction:Xhodocto

"Our deliverance is death."

- The Xhodocto

The Xhodocto, otherwise known as the Ayrai'Shikua and the Ouroboros are enigmatic, immense entities that exist among this universe.


 * A brief description of the Xhodocto can be found here.
 * A description of the Xhodocto as beings can be found here.

History
Truthfully, any origin claimed for the Xhodocto is theoretical at best. The Xhodocto are known to have predated nearly all forms of existence including Ultraterrestrials and Essentials, and have been considered to have been an analogue for the very consciousness of Chaos itself - the Xhodocto known for their affinity and inexhaustible knowledge of the enigma that is the formlessness that shapes reality; universes, dimensions, mathematical logic and all that exist under those under it. The Xhodocto came to be realised that they reject all forms of paradigms that the universe would set upon others, and, much rather impose such rejections upon existence. Some claim that the Xhodocto were in fact a thoughtform - or, at least, Chaos itself manifested from negative projections from the Essentials: everything that they would come to oppose to further produce the continuance of existence was made incarnate in the form of the Xhodocto, and Chaos seeks to return back to nothingness, using this 'Xhodocto' manifestation as a means to do so.

Their forever omnipresent nature has led to the belief that all existence has only ever been a 'cosmic dream' of Chaos, and the Xhodocto are its agents within its own dream. It does, however become incredibly difficult to place there and then, whether the Xhodocto are responsible for all creation or that all creation is responsible for the Xhodocto, and what predates whom.

Even upon the first moment that existence was aware of the Xhodocto, their appearance became synonymous to the apocalypse - dread, genocide and nearly every form of destruction possible. The Essentials and Ultraterrestrials took it upon themselves, as a necessary duty to stay the hand of the Xhodocto wherever they roamed. As the Xhodocto took on virtually tangible forms, this was possible through the means of their efforts. It was little known of the Xhodocto's true capabilities, and, through the numerous realities that the Xhodocto have traversed, their existence became increasingly enigmatic and unknown to those who fought them, even from the very beginning.

Numerous false stories arose to give the Xhodocto identity - specific individuals who would, by Chaos' whim, become formed, giving the Xhodocto themselves identity and persona, theories of their religion and, notably Kamik'Shi, which was the first attempt to understand the true nature of Chaos, before Chaos itself gave Kamik'Shi form, and existed as something beyond the Xhodocto themselves, as their god and creator. Knowledge of outer realms, namely Inferno, became buried under constructed myths of their kind, the most known being that they were one of twenty-one supernaturals created by Kamik'Shi - in truth, the Xhodocto constructed Inferno and these same demons for the very same reason that these myths came about to be constructed past billions of years.

It eventually rose to the point, where, with all these theoretical constructions became set in stone were the Xhodocto eventually removed of their mystery, and became tangible demons with a simple task - to destroy all reality and reshape it in their own image, yet all origins of their Xhodocto, existing as a chaotic form of nature remained. From this, wars that spanned universes arose, mostly between the Xhodocto and the Essentials. The Xhodocto eventually faced a defeat at the hands of the Vyro'Narza and the Vi'Navitum around two billion years ago, and their physicality was sealed with the Vi'Navitum realm. However, the lie of their physical form proved to fool even the Essentials, and, in truth, Chaos' decision for their agents was to slumber - the universe would become highly ignorant of the Xhodocto as they faded out of the minds of early universe life. Nearly two billion years would pass that the Xhodocto remained quiet, with very little intervention, until humans on planet Earth would awaken the Xhodocto twenty one thousand years ago. The Xhodocto awakened again, appearing in weakened physical forms, in a quick and catastrophic evolution to destroy this universe once more.

The Congregation, the first of the 'modern' religious societies that followed the Xhodocto formed at a similar time that the Xhodocto awakened. After over twenty thousand years of growth, did the Xhodocto return to reveal themselves in the mid 2750's. During the time of the Congregation's growth, numerous empires, one being the Draconid Imperium fought the Congregation in the Andromeda Galaxy with seemingly no knowledge of the Xhodocto themselves. When the Xhodocto arose, the Seven Starr Alliance answered, and the War of Ages began. The Xhodocto were initially successful in the destruction of a vast majority of the universe, and numerous wars were played out. The Xhodocto chose to eventually ally with the Seven Starr Alliance for a short period, but broke the alliance in favour for sending the Seven Starr Alliance fleet into Inferno itself. By this time, the war had transpired for twelve years, and trillions of lives were lost in the crusades conducted by the Xhodocto. It was there, that the Xhodocto's power quickly increased, and the myths constructed to conceal their true nature was being undone.

Kroc, a Civatron Hierarch, was famously known for carrying the blood of Vi'Naherza, the god of the Vi'Navitum. He was, by destiny's chance, the mortal enemy of Draguros, the proclaimed ruler of the Xhodocto and Kamik'Shi in Xhodocto form. It was at the very end of this war did Kroc defeat Kamik'Shi in a battle, and once again locked away the Xhodocto in Inferno.

Another twelve years passed, and, whilst the Xhodocto were seemingly defeated, the universe was rebuilding amidst many wars that happened at once. The Xhodocto chose to slowly reform itself, their powers elevated once more, virtually above the Essentials again. The daunting realisation of those powers caused numerous empires, both mortal and supernatural to fall under the Xhodocto's power, forming the Legion of the Deathmarch. In the form of the Legion's most prominent faction, the Cult of the Deathmarch, lead by a Mahanayan known as Hez'Kalka, reclaimed the very blade that Kamik'Shi was trapped in, stored on the planet Mirenton. Hez'Kalka released Kamik'Shi from his prison, and the Xhodocto revealed their resurrection, plunging the universe into disarray once more.

At a near simultaneous occasion did the Corruptus reawaken. The Corruptus additionally sought an alliance with the Xhodocto, which has since continued to remain strong. The war eventually resulted in Shu'rimrodir's defeat, put was resurrected into an empowered physical being with the assistance of Angazhar. This event sparked the decision to annihilate vast amounts of the reality of the universe, with minimal survivors. Though it seemed that a majority of the universe had survived the onslaught, did all life surrounding them was eviscerated. It was there, that the Xhodocto appeared to have faded away again, and did the Xhodocto elevate in power again.

Whilst the Xhodocto had numerous minor interventions in wars past, it was not for another seven years did the Xhodocto once more appear. The Legion of the Deathmarch quickly fell into disarray, with the Cult of the Deathmarch falling into anarchy with Hez'Kalka's lack of control. It was by the Xhodocto's craft that, since the early 2760's did they slowly form the Dominion of the Xhodocto - the former Legion of the Deathmarch was therefore absorbed into the control of the Tandava Xhodocto - the Xhodocto under new physical forms.

It is apparent that the consistent reappearance of the Xhodocto has removed them of their former intimidation. It is becoming more prevalent, however, that the Xhodocto's decision to destroy this universe has instead transformed into a decision to perpetually torture the integrity of this universe with vicious interventions, successful or not.

Physiology

 * Features

The physical characteristics of the Xhodocto have changed massively throughout their history. The true nature of their being is simply incomprehensible for mortal thought.
 * Evolution



Under their physical form of being, it was believed that the Xhodocto chose to evolve their state of being through the means of increasing physical stature and ability to control essence. The Xhodocto often took the form of a greatly humanoid reptilian-like alien, standing nearly eight-metres in height. Their bodies were often pulsing violent black energies. Through their evolutions did their appearance appear less 'mortal-like'.

In truth, the Xhodocto have no shape. As a supremely mental construction, the Xhodocto often exist invisibly to the rest of the universe. When they choose to appear in any form, it is often in the form of immense black clouds in a similar manner to their physical aura - however, particular shapes have proven too many to count. The Xhodocto, therefore, are able to assume any probable or even improbable form if they so desire.

Abilities
The Xhodocto's means of interacting with the universe is through the universal phenomenon of Chaos Energy. Chaos Energy is simply described as the ability to manipulate, and defy, all forms of mathematical construction of reality. In the hands of the Xhodocto, Chaos Energy is notoriously the most destructive of essences, and the most destructive form of weapon in the universe. Lesser beings have been able to access this similar power, but none have wielded it as a native power aside from the Xhodocto themselves.

Society
Societally, what is known of the Xhodocto is a mere construction by followers. Demonic cultures, those who were created by the Xhodocto and those who follow the Xhodocto as the conventional, so named 'mortal' forces such as the Dominion or the Legion, have conjoined mythologies that describe a godly society that were the Xhodocto.

Demonic Histories


According to the histories of demonology within Inferno, the Xhodocto are the twenty-first of twenty-one races formed from the ashes of Inferno by Kamik'Shi. The Xhodocto were given superior attributes, and therefore, dominion over Inferno and the knowledge of Chaos. The three rulers of the Xhodocto, known as Angazhar, Santorakh and Krathazhrukhal were given three sections of Inferno to be ruled by Draguros, the fourth ruler and a reincarnation of Kamik'Shi. For what has been described as thirty-thousand years of their supervision did they construct Inferno in their view - using the demons, and another kind of demon, known as the Proto-Xhodocto as their slaves. The Proto-Xhodocto were viewed as lesser demons and eventually cast out of Inferno to die in the universes that lay above them.

Due to their standing as another demon race, a religion formed in aspect of the 'Xhodocto Gods' or 'Descendant Gods' who had further dominion over Inferno. Such entities were to conceal hidden truths of what the Xhodocto truly were, as their actual identity began to fade into obscurity and therefore exist as superior demonic entities.

Truthfully, whilst there were, in fact, twenty-one races with demonic characteristics, Kamik'Shi did not form them from nothingness, much rather the Xhodocto themselves. The Proto-Xhodocto, originally named the Ayrai'Shikua, were given superior traits and sought to conspire against their creators in supreme hubris. The Xhodocto cast them down, creating Inferno as a prison for them as other demons began to take residence within Inferno. As a final punishment, the Xhodocto possessed the bodies of the Ayrai'Shikua, thus giving them their iconic form. Those who escaped their wrath were expelled from Inferno and left to exist outside of the Xhodocto's favour. No demon, aside from the Proto-Xhodocto themselves remember of this event. At this point, the constructed demonological mythology of the Xhodocto begin to blur into reality.

Universal Histories
Following from the myths of the demons, history from the universe began to construct the society of the Xhodocto. Initially, what the Essentials began to believe about the Xhodocto, was that they were a race similar to themselves who existed in an ecumene like themselves; to mortal races of the universe, this was somewhat incomprehensible. The Xhodocto began to act upon the mortal world as the Legion of the Deathmarch was formed; the Xhodocto were viewed as divine entities in a physical form - tugging the very strings that governed such forces. However, all forces that existed under them were eventually destroyed by them out of loss of favour, and those who were continuously compelled to serve them would eventually meet the same fate. Because of this, the Xhodocto began to be viewed as malevolent, anarchic and sought to break down the order of the universe, and those who followed those views began to coexist with them.

The Xhodocto became fabled with a phenomenon conducted by them; the Scourge - an event in which all life, or a vast majority of it, is extinguished. In recent times, two scourges have occurred - one in the late 2750 ADs, and one in the mid 2780 ADs.


 * Language

Linguistically, the equivalent of the Xhodocto's own form of communication is known simply as Chaos Tongue - whilst the nomenclature bears itself as a language, nothing is truly known of its vocabulary nor its purpose for the Xhodocto. Some believe this exists as an analogy for their form of communication while metaphysically, this is believed to be the very form of their defiance to all forms of metaphysics in the form of a 'code', and therefore, the speech or the manifestation of Chaos Energy in its most pure form.

Dark Tongue is a name given to the language that is spoken by the lesser demonic entities within Inferno and is an archaic language to those who followed the Xhodocto in this universe. The language, mainly comprised of fusing numerous morphemes together is somewhat difficult to make sense of. The Xhodocto were believed to have formulated this language as a way of lesser communication to lesser demons and mortal forces. The language has been deciphered, and is now a subject of study by numerous scholars across the Gigaquadrant. Acheron Tongue, the language of the demons of Inferno, was constructed by the Xhodocto for 'higher-speech' for their mortal followers and the higher demonic entities that exist within Inferno. Extensively, this language is also spoken by the sentient Chaos Monsters that exist in different planes of Chaos. This language has also been decoded by scholars among the Gigaquadrant and has been studied for millennia - in less detail than Dark Tongue, however.

Vehicles
Whilst under their mortal forms, the Xhodocto presented their militia in virtually impossible architectural design; the Xhodocto often had ships that spanned numerous kilometres in size; their largest construct, the enigmatic Exodus spanned over fifty thousand astronomical units in size. Methods of controlling their ships, however was known to nearly every entity who sat at their controls - quite possibly a metaphysical adaptation to the Xhodocto's nature.

Technology
Technologically, the Xhodocto were capable of advancements and weapons that, at the very least, was possible to cause annihilation on any degree - technology capable to destroy planets, galaxies or even the very universe itself. Such technologies however have rarely been captured by allied forces, and are often out of grasp due to the Xhodocto's control over them. Some knowledge has leaked that technological storage known as the Vaults exist - the Xhodocto stored multitudes of their technology in large rooms in unknown locations which can contain the most powerful conventional weapons the Xhodocto possess. Some of the most powerful instances of the Xhodocto's technology are the Eyes - sentinels designed by them to further accelerate the process of the Scourge. These entities are independent of the Xhodocto's control.

Notable figures
Draguros=

The spiritual leader and the incarnate form of Kamik'Shi, Draguros is the supreme leader of the Ayrai'Shikua and sometimes known as the Kamik'Khazurhal (although now the title is redundant in Xhodocto culture). Draguros has had small apperances in the last 20 years, however it is known that most of the Xhodocto's actions were made by Draguros. Draguros' Onuris Tag is 3546.

Angazhar=

Khazurhal Angazhar is the current representative of the Ayrai'Shikua and the apparent leader of them. He, in the Xhodocto culture is considered to be the 'Fist of Destruction' as he is the Horseman of War. Angazhar has been highly prolific in the past 20 years for coordinating all the Xhodocto-based attacks in the Gigaquadrant. Angazhar's tag is 5750.

Krathazhrukhal=

The Horseman of Conquest, Krathazhrukhal is the third in command of the Ayrai'Shikua and a behind-the-scenes supreme figure of the Corruptus. According to Onuris archives, Krathazhrukhal awakened over 20,000 years after other Xhodocto at the start of the Tigris War. To now, Krathazhrukhal has been quiet outside of the Ayrai'Shikua's affairs. His tag is 7411.

Santorakh=

The Horseman of Famine, Santorakh is the fourth in command of the Ayrai'Shikua and is highly unknown in the Onuris records aside from an assault he carried out in May 2781. According to other records Santorakh is considered to be the Xhodocto to be least avoided with due to the apparent psychopath personality that he has. His tag is 5917.

Dhazhrak=

Called The Tormentor in the Onuris records, Dhazhrak has been the highest profile Xhodocto in recent history. He is often related to Rambo Nation and invading numerous planets in their control. Recently Dhazhrak had posed as Empress Ramashe and almost caused the infrastructure of the empire to collapse. Currently, Dhazhrak's whereabouts are unknown. His tag is 1192.

Xhell=

'Xhell' (real name unknown, believed to be called Khinazam) is a commander in the post-Congregation forces between 2757 - 2759. Whilst Xhell was posted, Master Hasporan had defeated him in battle and escaped with a then-valuable artefact. Since 2759, Xhell has made no contact with Hasporan or any of the Onuris, labelling him as dead. His tag is 2238.

Relations
The reception of the Xhodocto upon the universe was, initially considered a universal threat. Their reputation has somewhat dwindled in recent years, however, no one is truly aware of what the Xhodocto have wrought upon the universe. The Xhodocto are known across the entire omniverse as the same being, as they are responsible for their destruction. All have the same relations to the Xhodocto, but some universes are more powerful than this and some are weaker, such as Universe 66501 is slightly behind this one. Either way, the entire omniverse is aware of the Xhodocto. The Xhodocto wars wage over many dimensions; 2D, 3D (this dimension), 4D, 5D and all up to 11D.

Friendly
"Blind to the powers above."


 * Traffphyd Imperium - ''"Serving."'
 * The Rethex'Kalik - ''"Return."'
 * The Zanu'Paxka - ''"Return."'
 * Cult of the Deathmarch - ''"Expendable."'
 * The Corruptus - ''"Useful."'
 * Apocalypta - ''"Manipulation. Key."'
 * Vartekian Empire - ''"Expendable."'

Neutral
''"Misaligned."'


 * None

Enemies
''"Impertinent."'


 * Krassio Host - ''"Powerless."'
 * Seven Starr Alliance - ''"Detained."'
 * Rambo Nation - ''"Tormented."'
 * DCP - ''"Arrogant."'
 * The Core Federation - ''"Deceased."'
 * Defensive System's Bloc - ''"Irrelevant."'
 * United Republic of Cyrannus - ''"Defunct."'
 * - ''"Frail."'
 * - ''"Blind."'
 * - ''"Impostors."'
 * The Grox Empire - ''"Eradicated."'
 * - ''"Dead."'
 * Indoctrinate Collective - ''"Realise us."'
 * - ''"Malignant."'

From Others
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

"We are allies... Your power brings war... We shall serve FOR NOW..."

"YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY!"

"We will not break. We will survive."

"The Ayrai'Shikua are both fundamentals of all reality and destroyers of it. That is what makes them deadly, and why they must be contained. We cannot halt them, but we can try keeping them from damaging the spacetime continuum."

- writing

"Ah...the Ayrai'Shikua. If you can't beat them, join them. I'll assure them they have more use for me than they think...they've had quite a lot of use for me in the past."

- Emperor Zargoth of the

"Ayrai'Shikua. They destroyers of everything...but what people not know is that they part of everything. We exist because they allow it. We die because they demand it. Reality follows this law."

"There is no opponent more deadly...and more worthy of a good fight."

"In all my time I have never seen the Ayrai'Shikua truly defeated...This is something that, I am afraid, cannot be changed."

"Their servants can be dealt with. Though they are one of the few things I genuinely fear..."

"trus me yoo dunt wanna mess wiv dese doods deyz tuffa dean dey look. trus me i fought dem"

"They are the ultimate..."beings" of everything. They determine who wins in this struggle of life. We have no choice but to serve them"

"I don't know what to say. These are people who I certainly don't EVER want to mess with."

"WAT A BUNCH OF LONAS MAN NO ONE LIEKS DEM DEY GO AROUND GOIN "HUR I JUDGE REALITY ITS ALL MIEN YOO IS ALL LOSAS GO KISS MA FEET" IM LIEK "SHUT DA FUK UP MAN I BATTERED YOO IN WAR OF AGES" AN DEY GO "I IS MOAR POWAFUL NAO" IM LIEK "DATS WAT DEY ALL SAY AN YOO SED DAT LAST TIEM AN I STILL VBATTERED YOO" MAN IF DEY COM BAK IMMA HURT DEM SO BAD DERE GRANDCHILDRENZ GONNA FEEL IT"

"meh to dem. i battered dem in war of ages i can batter dem agen. but it ent wise ta fink yoos anyfin near as tuff as dem."

"IM DA ONE WHO JUDGES WHETHA YOO PEEPZ LIV OR NOT"

"The mastery of existence is OUR destiny...when we achieve perfection, your suppression will be legend!"

"Only a fool would go against the masters of everything."

"For the love of my ancestors, how I HATE you lot."

"I have misjudged them in the past. They are something beyold anything I can compreend. As long as I live, I'll serve them."

"I've seen all possible timelines for this universe. All of them ends in Chaos..."

"I shall serve the allied gods for everything they desire."

"Stay...away...stay...away..."

"Your time will come. We don't know how or when, but it will. Nothing in existence is eternal, not even you."

"They are Chaos itself. We Bipodus worship them. Like Fire, they can keep you warm and safe, or it can burn you to death."

"We have re-defined our positional view on the Xhodocto since our Quest for Cosmospawn. We now believe the Xhodocto are the Cosmospawn! Instead of the universe being an ordered deposit of low entropy, it was a chaotic system of quantum superpositions, until life observed more complex organisations of the universal wavefunction.  I think the reason the Xhodocto periodically "cull" the universe in each cosmological era is to keep its chaos in balance with order, creating complexity.  In pure chaos no structures can exist, yet no structures can exist in pure nothingness either. The challenge with this theory is that we Cephalodians would only experience a "Cephalodian universe" with each alien existing in a different one.  However, our mission to the early universe suggests all life emerged from the same inititial selection pattern, the multi-dimensional Xhodocto maintaining only one patch of consensus order can exist. Like it or not, they are an integrel part of nature, and as we respect nature, we understand nature has no sense of morality of being in itself. Should the Xhodocto extinct the Cephalodians, so be it."

- philosopher.

Trivia

 * 'Xhodocto' is a Solurscuris word, meaning 'Destroyer'. The word was overheard by other races, and the term 'Xhodocto' is now a general definition for them.
 * This page is their creature information page, however, the Xhodocto can't be considered normal creatures- the page is used for their stats and taxonomy.
 * The Xhodocto are the first and primary antagonist of the SporeWiki Fiction Universe until they were pulled out for becoming too powerful to be integrated, however they still play a massive part of fiction.
 * See here for the nomenclature of the Xhodocto.