Fiction:Essence/Aberric Energy

Aberric Energy is a chaotic Essence pertaining to the unknowable and the eldritch, with its natural dominion being over that of “flesh” - Aberric Energy is capable and known for its manipulations of organic matter and its negative effects on life that wields the energy. Aberric Energy is a malevolent energy native to the Ozax, and more specifically, the Essentials that spawned the Ozax, known as the Heirax. Aberric Energy is capable of immense destruction and can elevate its users to be capable of manipulating reality and themselves at the cost 9f their sanity and rationality - Aberric Energy often leads its users to destroy themselves, either on accident or on purpose to escape the maddening nature of the Essence. Aberric Energy is the source of the Valkar energy known as Psià, created from a “purification” of Aberric Energy that cleanses the Energy of its power and maddening qualities to ensure a safe source of Essence power. Though Aberric Energy has rarely appeared in the First Gigaquadrant, it is extremely prevalent in the Eupherion Galaxy, whichhas been constantly plagued by the Ozax for bilions of years.

Origin
The origins of Aberric Energy is entirely unknown, though it is speculated that Santorakh had a hand in its creation. Aberric Energy originates from Pseran - the Chaos Realm constructed entirely from the Energy - and is believed to have been spawned alongside the Hierax simultaneously in the formation of Pseran. Aberric Energy was noted to be extremely rare anywhere but the realm of Pseran - the Heirax sat in Pseran rather contentedly, rarely interacting with other races and thus Aberric Energy had no chances to spread outwards. The first known appearance of Aberric Energy in the First Gigaquadrant occured during the Valkar breach into Pseran in their desire to great a multiversal empire - causing extremely copious amounts of Aberric Energy to leak into Eupherion and the Hierax to destroy the Valkar entirely. Following the creation of the Ozax and the destruction of the Valkar, Aberric Energy remained in the Eupherion galaxy ever since, steadily poisoning the galaxy’s life and resulting in the Ozax “marking” the galaxy, returning every so often to devour all space-faring life and then returning to Pseran. Since the Valkar, the usage of Aberric Energy has been documented with frequency. Cultists often utilize Aberric Energy, and oftentimes have forces united under Aberric and Psiá Energies fought each other in galaxy-shredding wars.

Qualities
Aberric Energy is infamous for the damage it does to the physiology of any being that wields it. Aberric Energy users often, in the short term, begin to mutate and grow to become rather grotesque. Eyes with slit pupils often grow in copious amounts across the body, and tentacles will sprout from the body - flesh grows sticky, brown, and users often begin to exhibit a smell not unlike someone that would be “sick”. Aberric Energy users have a worse effect on their psychology, however. Even those that use a small amount of Aberric Energy will have an omnipresent whisper in their heads telling them to destroy for years on end upon the first usage of Aberric Energy. Aberric Energy users also have their brains equally as damaged as their body, leading to Alzheimer’s-like symptoms, with the longer users being driven entirely mad and extremely aggressive towards others - especially those that do not use Aberric Energy themselves. However, the most powerful users of Aberric Energy wield enough power over their own flesh and body that the physical mutations, such as the eyes and smell, are entirely banished though their mind will always suffer under the energy. Such beings, such as the Xrykorian warrior Fiction:Klakreir are capable of keeping their body perfectly normal while still being capable of unleashing Aberric power, though their sanity will always be eroded away.

Users of Aberric Energy are also capable of gifting madness to other beings. As demonstrated with certain members of the Krynthong, the Ozax are capable of driving others to madness and loyalty, and warping their very being. Aberric Energy users that decide to allow the Essence to fill their bodies and dominate their minds gain the ability to alter their state at will. By accepting the Essence and allowing it to take control, users can access a state of being characterized by an extreme increase in mutations, size, and sheer power. This form has many names among its users, though it’s often called the “Demon Form” by extragalactics, and by natives as the “Abomination”. Users that can become Abominations can become powerful enough to raze planets and crush starfleets, and even the weakest Abomination is more than a match for any other warrior that would fell the user.

Notable Users

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