Fiction:Grand Empire of the Elder Abyss

History
In the darkness of The Elder Abyss, the Uvhashites, Firstborn of the Abyss were created. The abyss gave them shape, it gave them purpose, it gave them knowledge, and it gave them a portion of its own infinite power to wield. There task was a simple one. Spread the Abyss's influence to the other realms of reality, so that disparity would be vanquished and only dark would remain.

And for countless ages they had countless victories. Upon victory, the abyss would turn the most powerful race in the realm into twisted agents to serve him. But the Uvhashites were the strongest, and they moved from realm to realm, their numbers spreading and swelling throughout reality.

But their streak of victories turned sour when they invaded Koldenwelt. They arrived on the sea floor in ages long since past and began to spread. But at some point, an unknown calamity struck their civilization, forcing them into hibernation for the next several eons.

Though their powers were intially weakend by the prescence of The Source, they have managed to regain their power, and are spreading the Abyss once more.

Biology of the Uvhashites
The Uvhashites are very large bipedal arthropods with a mound of tentacles for mouths. Their hardened shells provide protection agansit all but the most extreme enviromental conditions. The shells also protect them from the crushing pressure that is common at the depths of the ocean. They are also able to breathe air as well as water. Like most arthropods, they can also lift things up to ten times their own weight.

Color wise, they are a dark, obsidian black. All Uvhashites wield some form of abyssal magic, but the strongest can do far more than simply sending bolts and beams of energy at their enemies. The strongest magic wielders can create matter, conjure up massive storms, create energy shields strong enough to protect a city, and much more.

Culture of the Uvhashites
The Uvhashites worship the Elder Abyss and seek to spread its influence all across the various realms of exsistence. Uvhashites communicate in a deep, mournful, singing like dialect, which is broken up with sharp clicks and pops. All Uvhashites that interact with other civilizations are required to learn common, which they speak in a dark, deep voice.

Archietecturally wise, there buildings are tall spires and large ziggurats constructed from a strange pale stone. Glyphs of the Uvhashites written language spiral across their buildings in apparently no pattern. Luminous green and black lights cast ghastly shadows across the buildings. Strange, other planar sounds resonate through out the cities. The buildings have twisting shapes and spikes that are thought to be geometrically impossible. Non Uvhashites exposed to this barrage of the senses are often driven mad.

Great murals and mosiacs often times exsist within buildings, depicting scenes incomphrenhisble to most species.

Millitary
Uvhashites use their immense strength to their advantage and wield weapons and armor that other races could not wield at all. Their armor is a dark black metal with strange glyphs running across it like their buildings. They wield repeating crossbows, as well as their heavy black weapons. They can also use their abyssal magic in combat by casting bolts and beams of energy at their opponets.

They use a large variety of siege weapons, but prefer to use their abyssal magic to tear down the walls of opponets strongholds.

In the ocean, they use submersible vessels capable of traversing all depths. They are powered by an abyssal energy generator that funnels energy to both the engines and the spine mounted cannon. It also comes equipped with heavy repeating ballistas and sea mine despensers. The larger the ship, the more weapons it has.