“... They came out of the darkness swallowing up our former enemies and allies alike. The Xeranbha showed no mercy or weakness...”
- - Unknown Imperial Historian, circa 1250 NE (5296 CE Terran Calendar)
The Xeranbha (also commonly known as the Catharsis) are an ancient alien menace that span space, time and realities. Often equated to an "unrelenting storm", the Xeranbha are controlled by the mysterious black "Purity", a sentient, incurable viral lifeform that directs the unrelenting alien onslaught.Though they have yet to directly influence events in the First Gigaquadrant of modern times, small strains of the Purity virus have mysteriously influenced events across the universe such as the Trucinex War and during the Great Cyrannus War.
The Xeranbha's full onslaught has yet to reach the modern universe, though the unrelenting catharsis has conquered many other of the infinite timelines that make up reality. One of these realities was encountered by a time-travelling group led by Helo Roslia, who arrived in a Gigaquadrant dominated by the Xeranbha. When Roslia and his crew returned to the presence, they informed the modern age of the possible threat ever looming on the horizon.
History
Early History
It is unknown where, how and when the Xeranbha came into being. However, it seems likely based on current evidence that Purity was the original component of the interuniversal flood. Speculation leads some to theorise that the virus took form in the aggressive "purity aliens", feral and deadly beings that gestate from selected infected hosts of the virus. These "purity aliens" eventually morph into the final stage of evolution, the Xeranbha themselves. These Xeranbha are of a biological and technological state similar in levels to Ultraterrestrials and in the timeless years after their origins, have spread to conquer universe after universe and timeline after timeline.
Hidden Influence
The Cognatus accidentally arrive in Xeranbha space at the end of the Intergalactic War.
Though the Xeranbha remained outside this universe, small strains of the Purity Virus managed to spread its way into the Cyrannus Galaxy. The first recorded incident occured during the Trucinex War, when a strain of the sentient virus entered the water supply on Nex, infecting thousands of Trucinex civilians. Though this virus was contained, it later resurfaced during the Great Cyrannus War, when a Nosiso Queen managed to infect her drones with the virus, though she was also ultimately defeated.
A far more direct Xeranbha-manipulated event occured in the closing stages of the Intergalactic War, when the bulk of the Cognatus Battlefleet attacking Caprica entered an Oikoumene wormhole in the hopes of entering the land of the gods. Mysteriously however, the wormhole redirected the fleet to a Xeranbha controlled timeline, where it was completely assimilated into the growing Catharsis. A similar incident occured many years later when an experimental ship developed by the Andromedan Galactic Commonwealth travelled to a Xeranbha-controlled universe, where it was also destroyed.
Conquerors and Purification
A Xeranbha attack on the Empire and the New Republic.
“By the time the storm reached Cyrannus, the Republic joined our Imperial allies in a final, desperate last defense. Our soldiers fought with bravery and valour. But there was to be no stopping the Xeranbha. Within a few weeks, Orbispira was consumed by the black flood, as was at least half of the Empire's planets and at least three quarters of ours. Quadrillions were consumed into the menace. All hope was lost in the eyes of the citizens.”
- - President R'ianna le Rambo of the future Cyrandia Republic, describing the Xeranbha invasion of the Gigaquadrant.
In a future timeline, the Xeranbha invaded the entire Gigaquadrant in the year 1100 NE, completely overwhelming it within the space of a decade. Most of the known universe was swallowed up by Purity, leaving only particular areas of the Cyrannus Galaxy, the Quadrant Galaxies and possibly other areas of space unharmed. Mysteriously however, the Xeranbha's "Storm" stopped abruptly soon after hitting Orbispira, resulting in a long reprieve of tense standoff. In 1250 NE of this timeline, Helo Roslia and the crew of the Avenger travelled forward in time to this era and aided the Cyrandian Republic against the threat. When Helo proved to be the only known survivor of the virus, the Xeranbha stalled their advance once more, ominously telling Helo that they would see him again. Captain Roslia and his crew later returned to the present to recount their story.
Government and Politics
“I am Xeranbha. Catharsis will be achieved.”
- - A "Purity Being" to Helo Roslia.
Society and Culture
Species
Individuals
Astrography
Military
Relations
Indifferent
Watched
Purified
Quotes
Gallery
Trivia
- The Catharsis were introduced to the wiki in December 2010 as a successor to The Cognatus and were famously inactive for most of their time on the wiki. In 2012, Cyrannian decided to introduce them to fiction with the Catharsis Invasion, which has since been deemed non-canon and pending retcon. In their current form, the Catharsis were reintroduced in the 2013 story "Future's Beginning, gaining a new name, the "Xeranbha".
- However, the name "Xeranbha" actually originated in a January 2010 edit of the Libertus page, in which they are described as an "extragalactic terror" that destroyed most of the galaxy. While exploring the page's history in 2013, Cyrannian decided to adopt the name for the Catharsis.
