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Galaxiki Community BlogSubscribe via RSS The Origin of the ImmortalsJune 30, 2008by danansan Back in the mists of time, a great war was fought. It saw the forces of Arr^yak fight against the Rakkashat of Akklomaon. The war was fought over the star cluster of Allboa Dervin and the Six Lands of aRandwe. Also fighting were the Infinites (on the side of those of Arr^yak), and the Starburners of Kluan (who fought along side the Rakkashat). Such was the technology of the races that entire star systems were destroyed in the fighting. First there was the star of Yahhada, which was turned supernova by the Starburners as the retreated from the forces Arr^yak. Next came Akklomaon of the Rakkashat, which was destroyed by the Infinites during the battle of the Arweran Gate. Incensed with rage the Rakkashat turned their entire forces on great Arr^yak itself which was destroyed after a century of fighting. This led to a counter attack by the navy of Arr^yak against the surviving worlds of the Rakkashat, which were all destroyed. But those Arr^yak did not realise that they had left their own worlds open to attack - the Starburners broke through the Infinites and slaughtered every last of Arr^yak they found. Upon this, the two opposing armies prepared for the final battles. But little did any of the races realise that the last great power of the Galaxiki, the Dark of Catharlon, the ancient enemies of the Infinites, were manipulating them. They had tricked the four others into fighting, in an attempt to take control of the Galaxiki themselves. And so they pushed the final pieces, as their armies prepared to fight the other, weaker races of Mahkyat and Hollbron. The war ended in three final battles, the battle of Kluan, the first battle of Endings and the battle of the Six Lands. The Six Lands saw the victory of the Arr^yak over the Rakkashat, who were made extinct upon their defeat. Without their allies, the Starburners withdrew to their homeland to try and defend. And thus the great battle of Kluan began. After 20 years of battle the Arr^yak and Infinites seemed on the verge of victory, but then the Starburners released the Thunder Child. This was a doom entity created from the joining of advanced biological engineering, an entity of enormous power from a different dimension, and the ruined remains of their homeworld. With this at the head of their forces, the Starburners pushed their enemies right out of Kluan, and chased them all the way to Eternia, the Infinites's capital. There the Thunder Child consumed the planet, and the Starburners had victory in their grasp. But they were undone by the Arr^yak. As the Thunder Child approached the Endings Fort, the last stronghold of the Infinites, the last of the Arr^yak warships dived into the gaping maw of the monster, and realised their power. The Thunder Child was destroyed, but at the cost of the last of the Arr^yak race. The remaining Starburners were overcome with anger at the destruction of their greatest weapon, and attacked the remaining Infinites with all their might. But it was all for nought. The Starburners were defeated, and the few survivors fled away into the outer expanses of the galaxy. The end of the war, the extinction of the Arr^yak and Rakkashat, as well as the virtual annihilation of the Starburners and Infinites, left a massive power gap in the Galaxiki, that both the Mahkyat and Hollbron tried to fill. But the events of the last war led to them doing this in peace, something that was intolerable to the Dark of Catharlon. Thus the Dark finally made their move. Their attack on the Mahkyat and Hollbron was devastating. Both the races homeworlds were destroyed in the first decades of the war, and defeat seemed close the two races when their last inhabited planets fell. The Infinites, shocked by the re-emergence of their old enemies, attacked the Darks, and pushed them back, saving the few remaining Mahkyat and Hollbron from extinction. They gathered up the survivors of the two races, and took them to Endings, where they prepared to make a stand. The Second Battle of Endings was one of the bloodiest. The entire armies of the Dark attacked the small fortress. Despite the heroics of the defenders, the Dark eventually began to win through. Their great war-leader Skatharog was able to destroy the Dome of Endings, which had stood since the beginning of the Infinites. At the end, it seemed the Infinites and their allies were about to be defeated, with only a few hundred warriors left. But suddenly, the Starburners came unlooked for. Their surprise attack broke the Dark, and bought the Infinites a little time to put their last resort plan into action. The plan was thus: a few individuals would be charged with a huge amount of the inter-dimensional power that gave the Infinites their special powers. These individuals would be so powerful they could crush the Dark, and save the Galaxiki. It was decided to imbue 4 individuals from each of the races that fought the Dark. As the power built and the 16 were charged, the Dark attacked again. The surviving Infinites and their allies made the Dark pay for every step with the blood of a thousand of their warriors, buying time for the power to charge. Eventually, however, the last Infinite fell, and the way to the 16 was open. But it was too late for the dark. Even as Skatharog was climbing up to the first of the 16, the Mahkyat became fully charged, and stuck the Dark warrior down. The 16 led the charge against the Dark, and after a thousand years of war, imprisoned the last of them in the great black hole at the centre of the Galaxiki. At this point, the 12 (for 4 had been slain by the Dark) considered what to do. The majority of their powers had receded, but they were still phenomenally powerful. They decided to live on (as it seemed that they had been granted with eternal life) and observe the other races of the Galaxiki as they grew, and to play about a bit, if the fancy took them. These 12 became the Immortals. They watched the rise of the 89643, and their eventual defeat by the People from Beyond. They watched the fall of the Line people. They watched as the Arrow People fought with the Minispecs. They watched as a bloody genocide was committed over the very black hole in which they had imprisoned the Dark. They watched as a desire for vengeance ripped the Galaxiki apart again. They watched as Thant brought tales of doom and plague. They watched, and laughed, and sometimes interfered. Powers of the Immortals: The Immortals are all extremely powerful Telepaths and Telekinetics. They can also create and manipulate fire and water. They can be killed by weapons (as seen in the only Immortal death since the end of the war with the Dark), but are a good deal more resilient than an ordinary being. They will not die of old age. They can survive in space, and travel at speeds of FTL 5 without a space craft. They also have a large store of electrical power inside of them, which they can realise at any time. They can gain energy from sunlight, and can also shape shift into the form of any race. They also have the ability to create force-fields similar to those on a space craft. The 11 surviving Immortals, grouped by race: Mahkyat: Saffron, Pewter, Indigo and Grey Infinites: Violet, Rainbow and Marine Hollbron: Sapphire Starburners: Bronze, Fuchsia and Vermillion Want to create your own solar system in our online galaxy?
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