Creature:Vanara

Succession Era
The Vanara developed on an icy, dark, forested planet with a thin atmosphere constantly bombarded by cosmic rays, and with a boron and ammonia based ecosystem during a period similar to the middle ages of earth. The planet was dominated by a divided Therapsid species called Promen who for the most part lived as scattered tribes and kingdoms that minded their own boarders with only the occasional territorial squabble. That all changed when one tribe began to develop industrial era technology. A religion grew in this people that worshiped machine spirits and gathered a highly zealous fallowing who set out to force all others to submit to their religion and ways. They crushed tribe after tribe, kingdom after kingdom until there was only one. They sent a secret order of knights to subjugate these people. While successful the shamans of this tribes religion had planned a trap for them. For these shaman had master control over their planets natural forces and thus used it to convert themselves into a sexual transmitted virus that infected the knights mutated they're children into mutants with frightening abilities. The first wave of these mutants were exterminated, but as the Promen continued to progress the virus continued to mutate causing more and more powerful mutants to emerge every century or so. Eventually a vaccine was developed against the virus thus ending the threat of the mutants spreading and they were all gunned down. However as the last of these mutants was about to be killed she mysteriously vanished. The mutant had been abducted by three members of a dying race called. They wished to preserver their species by merging the mutant with one of their own to create a living terraforming device that would create a new species to preserve their legacy, the mutant agreed and a merged with a Persacron to create the living terraforming device called. Ava returned to the planet where a massive nuclear war had broken out. Ava released a much stronger variation of the virus strengthened by Persacron DNA. The Promen soon found themselves fighting an enemy within as well as without and were eventually driven to extinction and the Vanara rose to dominance.

Domination Era
The Vanara initial started out as a divided race with littlie to no organization amongst themselves. That all changed when a race called the Zangreal transplanted a biomechanical being called Mana with the ability to psychically influence the Vanara uniting them. However this all changed when a asteroid carrying a mutagen fell to the planet infesting food and water supplies. The mutagen increased the Vanara's natural aggression and forming a hive mind that referred to itself as Tachi and rose up and attacked Mana. Mana in response unleashed a psionic pulse that deactivated it and fractured the Vanara into several warring hive minds called Qual, Warjeth, Ouni, Viz, Giri, Ur-Yi, Kari, Jura, and Githra. The Hive Mind of Githra was so powerful that the Hive Minds of Qual and Warjeth joined forces against and all three were destroy. The Hive Minds of Qual and Viz destroyed each other fighting one another, and the Jura Hive Minds destroyed the Giri, Ur-Yi, and Kari leaving it as the only Hive Mind left. At this pint Mana unleashed another psionic pulse that severed the Hive Mind into a Group Mind at the cost of Mana's own life. The result was chaos until a female named Empress Raack untied them,

Expansion Era
The expansion era began when the Vanara dicovered the ability to access Closed Space as a means of interstellar travel. During the coarse of this they discovered several other races who while they had the capabilities for interstellar travel of their own they were limited by the energy requirements such systems needed. The key was that they were still using fission as an energy source while the Vanara had figured out cold fusion a long time ago. The Vanara rather naively gave this technology to the other races thus kicking off a massive space race that the Vanara were completely unprepared for. The Vanara however proved to not only be highly adaptable, but also extremely ruthless quickly coming out on top and either destroying or enslaving the other races. However one Vanara colony at the edge of their territory developed without slaves developing values of independence, hard work, and general distaste for the use of slaves. This colony was contacted by a mysterious being called Reith. Reith warned them of a coming threat and instructed them to begin building something beneath the crust of their planet.

Imperial Era
The Vanara for three millennium ruled over their interstellar empire until tragedy struck. The Vanara worlds began to go dark, all communication being lost and any investigation force sent never returning. As the number of worlds growing dark began to increases ever faster the Vanara realize the absolutely terrifying unkown force they were up against and sent their entire navy to deal with the threat, none ever returned. Eventually the Vanara home world itself went dark. For the colony the time had come, under Reith's instructions they activated what they had been building beneath the planets crust. Three massive Worldships each containing a separate ecosystem ripped their way out with the Vanara colonists on board before fleeing Vanara territory. At this point Reith vanished.

Biochemistry
Vanara are boron based lifeforms, how this came to be is unknown as most Vanara history is lost and all they have is legends. Vanara probably evolved on a planet with a low atmosphere, low temperature, and bombarded by cosmic rays. Vanara also utilize ammonia in their biochemistry in place of water.

Radioactivity
Vanara naturally produce levels of radiation lethal to most forms of life and need to absorb a certain amount of radiation to survive. They can stave off this need by consuming food and via versa.

Circulatory, Respiratory, Endocrine, and Lymphatic
Vanara have a circulatory and respiratory system like most creatures though there are a few specialized adaptations. For one Vanara have one primary heart as well as a smaller secondary heart that kicks in should the first one be taken out. Vanra lungs are quiet large and very effective, able to filter out most particulates and poisonous gas allowing Vanara breath as long as some oxygen is present. Vanara blood contains a potent necrotoxin and is bluish grey color. Vanara have rather high amounts of adrenalin pumping through system making them seam rather high strung to others. They also have incredibly effective immune systems and suffer from very few diseases.

Integumentary, Skeletal, Muscular, and Nervous
Vanara skin is very effective insulator allowing them to maintain a constant inner body temperature in conditions well below freezing and in equally intense heat. Their skeletons are collapsible allowing them to fit into extremely tight spaces, but are fragile and can be broken significant force. Vanara also have a very high am mount of fast twitch nerve fibers making them incredibly agile. Vanara claws are sharp and hard enough to scratch diamond if enough pressure is applied. Vanara have a bite force that can exceed a thousand pounds and is full of deadly radioactive bacteria.

Digestive and Urinary
Vanara are omnivores eating both plants and meat, though they can also process minerals especially radioactive ones. Vanara digestive system is very effective absorbing most of the nutrients and moisture from what they consume. Vanara urine is extremely concentrated and Vanara can go without eating for a month.

Sensory
Vanara have very effective eye sight able to see effectively in extremely low light as well as one the infrared and ultraviolet light spectrum. They can also hear a wide rang of ultra and subsonic sounds as well as feel their very vibrations, this does make them vulnerable to extremely high pitched noises. Their sense of smell is also very potent able to track most targets for miles.

Stages
Advent Stage= The first stage is a cat like stage. All Vanara are born this way and most stay so through the rest of their lives.

Kaiser Stage= This is the second stage in the Vanara life cycle. Though once very few, more and more are starting to appear. It is not exactly known what causes a Vanara to develop into this stage, but it is believed that finding oneself in a life and death situation may have something to do with it, which would explain the rising number of this stage as the Vanara find themselves dragged into more and more conflict.

Third Stage= There are only six third stage Vanara out there simply referred to as the Six. The resemble humans, but with elongated faces, pointed ears, large cat like eyes, fangs, and retractable claws. Due too the Six having become third stage Vanara because of interference from a being called the Moderator it is believed that the metamorphosis can only be caused by a being of extreme power.

Reproduction
Vanara reproduce sexually between a male and female. When they begin the two individuals begin to strangle each other, the two must fully love and trust each other or else they will both die. If successful their minds merge for a period of about three seconds gaining a more complex understanding of each other. Mating females produce a certain pheromone that gives the pair a certain smell, that while smells pleasant to them smells repugnant to others telling them hands off. Even none Vanara species can find the pheromone repulsive if smelling it while its fresh.

Viral Symbiosis and Hybridization
Having a boron based biochemistry it should be impossible for Vanara to reproduce with other species, however this not the case. This is due to a latent sexually transmitted virus that lives inside a Vanara. The virus is not harmful and for the most part remains inactive only becoming active when the host is engaged in sexual activity and transmitted to the offspring created. If reproduction is done with another species the virus actually analyses the genetic and biochemical information and can then generate biopolymers that bridge the biochemical and genetic gap between the two species creating viable offspring. The virus itself actually contains Vanara genetic code and infects the non-Vanara partner, it however does them no harm or alter them in anyway, instead if said individual from another species produces offspring with another those offspring will have Vanarine DNA. Hybrids will for the most part resemble the species of the non-Vanara parent, but will stand more erect(if having a more hunched over posture), retractable claws on the hands and feet, cat like ears, and have two curving, devil-like horns. The radioactivity is also present though not in as strong a dosage. Hybrids also seem to have split personalities, one more Vanarine, the other more in keeping with the species it hybridized with.

Growth and Development
Vanara are born live, when they first come out they are leathery, long limbed, large eyed versions of the first stage Vanara. During the coarse of about a mouth they develop fur, become more equally portioned, and are slowly weened off their mothers milk. During the next two months of development the Vanara learns how to effectively walked and communicate. The final months leading up to the Vanara turning a year old are filled with rapid growth, most young become exceedingly grouchy as they are experiencing growing pains from the rapid development. After this growth slows down with a few minor growth spurt around the age of five and the final growth spurt at the age of twelve, with the Vanara finally reaching sexual maturity by about fourteen.

Subspecies
Vanaris Hecate= A sub species native to Worldship Leviathan, they live in packs near the shore were they scavenge on washed up corpses. They are the most primitive sub species. They are sometimes kept as pets.

Vanaris Helios= Native to Worldship Ziz, they live in small clans on the slopes of the plateau were they feed on small rodents and birds. They are also sometimes kept as pets.

Vanara Atlas= As sub species native to Worldship Behemoth, they live in caves in small family units throughout the great dessert. They are the most intelligent, but not full sapient.

Personality
Though all Vanara have unique personalities there are several things they all share in common. All Vanara have a sadistic side to them and drive a certain amount of pleasure from pain, suffering, and death especially that of their enemies. Vanara as a general rule have a rather amoral view of the universe and care very little for the lives of other species they don't have an emotional bond with or have some use for. They also tend to view the lives of their enemies as totally worthless, however they are fiercely loyal to their allies and friends. Vanara also suffer from a naturally occurring self-loathing and a need to distance themselves from others. In order to counter this the Vanara Empire has developed multiple educational programs to help individuals over come this. Vanara tend to be rather aggressive, though females tend to be more aggressive then males. Females also tend to be dominated over males and during a certain stage in their life show high aggression towards other females as they attempt to establish a pecking order. While Vanara are very cunning they tend not to very deceitful, most being almost brutally honest. Many demonstrate high levels of creativity and tend to be very artistic, but also very practically minded and most will create things based on practical value than any visual one. Vanara are also very emotional and tend to react and act based on their emotions. As stated above will Vanara are fiercely loyal to the people and causes they care about and will lash out with their full fury at anything that threatens these, willing putting their lives on the line to protect what matters most to them. Another interesting note is that they cannot stand to be caged, imprisoned Vanara will become extremely restless and agitated, eventually snapping and will throw themselves against containment with little to no regard for their own well being until they escape or are killed unless they are kept sedated. This makes Vanara unsatisfactory slaves as they will eventually revolt and try to kill their enslavers no matter what is done to keep them under control.

Group Mind
All Vanara minds are linked via a group mind. The group mind however does not act as a means of communication, rather it is more like a collective secondary subconscious that helps organize and manipulate the Vanara in subtle not very obvious ways.

Sadistic Side
As above mentioned all Vanara have a sadistic side to them. This incarnates itself in their mind as a voice that constantly tells them to kill and cause as much pain as they can to those around them, the more emotionally unstable the Vanara becomes the louder, more insistent, and persuasive the voice becomes. Under normal circumstances the voice can only give advice, however if the Vanara gives in to it the voice can and will take control.

Vanara who spend more than a year under the Sadistic Side's control will under go a shocking transformation. First their body will begin to melt and then grow and reform itself into a massive black and green monstrous slug-like creature with black stinger-like spikes painfully rupturing from it's back, masses of useless insectoid limbs, sickly yellowish green blood, and a body covered in red eyes and mouths filled with massive teeth and toothed tongues.

This is rare and the only recorded incidents are Vanara of the Olympians Malicious Olympian Chapter These beats are called Drastrigoi The Chapter actually ravers the Drastrigoi seeing them as the optimum form for destruction and their own sadism incarnate, the leader of the Olympians Malicious himself is one who has managed to maintain his consciousness.

Psychokinetics
See here

Vanara Empire
The main faction of Vanara, while isolationist and militaristic they are generally peaceful. They are members of the Unified Alliance of Enlightenment.

Vanara Singularity
A splinter faction from the Vanara Empire the Singularity are xenophobic and hostile. They believe that all inferior life must be destroyed, but do believe some life is superior which they ally themselves to.

Relationships
Imperial Vanara=
 * NOTE: These are for inter-species relationships for political see the main factions page.

[[File:Green face.png]] Other Imperial Species
Our blades are yours and so is our blood.
 * - Fellow warriors of the empire, our bonds are strong.
 * - Essence brothers and sisters.
 * Vanara Empire Aligned - Once we were enemies, now are bonds have strengthened us tenfold.
 * - Same with the Verasien, they are powerful.

[[File:Blue face.png]] Allies and Friends
We are with you through peace and through war.
 * Ugandalorian - Brothers in the Mendel, fellow servants of Horangiir. To the death we fight with you.
 * - Such amazing adaptability and without the use of genetic or cybernetic augmentation.
 * Raptorian - Loyal and trustworthy, with good evolutionary capacities.
 * Raptoranean - Genetic descendants of the Raptorians, we find their pheromones and over happiness... off putting at times.
 * Volver - An honorable and proud race of warriors.

[[File:Yellow face.png]] Neutral
We think little of you.

[[File:Orange face.png]] Disliked
Don't bother us and you can keep your head.

[[File:Red face.png]] Enemies
We will spray your blood miles across the battle field.

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Allies

 * Ugandalorians - Initially interactions between Imperial Vanara and Ugandalorians were tense to openly hostile. The Ugandals seeing the Vanara as sadistic savages, and the Vanara seeing the Mendel as prejudice idealists. However during the many wars the Vanara and Ugandals fought along side in many battles against common enemies they both began to see each other for what they really were, honorable warriors who fought for what they believed in and cared about in an incredibility hostile universe. The turning point is believed to be an incident when a Ugandal warrior was caught in a fire fight with Zarbanians and left crippled, a lone Vanara was the only one to hear is cry for help and fought his way through with nothing more then a light fragmentation rifle and progressive knife to reach his fallen ally. The Ugandals version of this story has the Ugandal fighting his way through to reach a fallen Vanara and the two like to have friendly debates about which is the right one. The Vanara have taken a strong liking to the Ugandal god Hoorangiir, with the Cult of Hoorangiir having a strong presence in the Empire.


 * Raptoranean - While the Waptoria Alliance of Species (who the Raptoraneans are part of) were the first to ally the Vanara Empire, inter species relationships between the two species are mixed. The Vanara find the Raptoraneans pheromones to smell absolutely reached and are weary of the Raptoraneans hedonism. The Raptoraneans understand though that the Vanara need to keep a clamp on their emotions due to the Sadistic Side, and the Vanara appreciate this. However, the overbearing and cold and disdainful attitude of many Vanara can be a turn off for them. Due to the Raptoraneans ability to sense and even smell the emotions of others, most Raptoraneans realize that there is a wall around the hearts of the Vanara and they have no desire for just anyone to see behind this veil, respecting this.

Enemies
Singularity Vanara=

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Terminology

 * Young Vanara - A Kit
 * Female Vanara - A Queen
 * Male Vanara - A Bull
 * Collective Noun - A Glaring
 * Collateral adjective - Vanarine

Quotes from others

 * add your own

"When I first encountered the Vanara, I thought them savage and destructive. But now, having fought alongside them, and seen their culture, I see they are a group worthy of respect and honor, more so then most others."

Trivia

 * Vanara are mostly based off Diclonius from Elfen Lied, Godzilla himself, Vasari from Sins of a Solar Empire, and Gorzill's own ideas.
 * The Revilers are based off the Drassil from Brynhildr in the Darkness


 * Special thanks goes to Wormulon for advice on improving and taxonomy of my creature.