Darkin

Pre Darkin

Old Darkin

The Black Garden War

New Darkin

• Pride In The Darkin Marks: The Darkin adore the marks they receive at birth as it shows the pride they have in their dark heartland and people.
• Order & Power Dynamic: In Darkin society the people follow a strict heirachy each has a role either one in power or under them. This order is expected to be followed for the good of the whole and to deviate from that puts the society at risk.
• Pressure Makes Diamonds: The Darkin believe that a harsh dark environment makes them hardened, resourceful, strong, & resilient. To grow up in a nicer place would render them soft and weak.
• Contribution: Every Darkin has a role to play, a purpose, & role that they must do for the good of their people.
• Adoration For Necromancy: The Darkin have adoration for Necromancy as the magic is heavily versatile and allows their fallen brethren to continue contribution to the Darkin as Zombies & Wights.
• No Honor In Combat: The Darkin have always had to be adaptable and use whatever they may have to win & survive even if it means playing dirty. The Darkin have no qualms with dishonorable and unconventional combat and battle tactics.

• Crimson Rings: Rings worn by every darkin officer the gem made from the crystalized eyes of the eidolon race. The rings give a pulse to the crystal eye emitting a crimson light that controls the Souless. Through these rings the millions of Souless where used for many purposes labor, defense, traversal, ect.
• Crimson Beacons: Large towers made with the same technology as the crimson rings. A 500ft. tall tower with a large crimson gem at the top as energy flows through it it produces crimson light in a 1,000ft. radius controlling all souless in range.
• Souless Silo: A technology once built by the eidolons to control the ichor that existed all around umbronis and the Dark Lands. These silos where destroyed during the Venom Rebellion but where reconstructed by Morigan to make the underground suitable for mortals again.
• Umbrite Towers: Surveillance technology made by Morigan through his souless manipulation combining the jellyfish souless into a large tower with more range of sight.

Darkin Weapons & Armor

Darkin Armor

• Darkin Leatherbane: The standard light armor for Darkin light weight soldiers & mages made in the image of the souless race jet black leather armor lined with crimson markings.
• Darkin Protector Armor: The standard armor for darkin soldiers iron half-plate armor bearing a crimson markings.
• Darkin Ultra-Protector Armor: The highest tier armor for darkin soldiers adamantium plate armor painted black trimmed with crimson markings. The Darkin that used this armor where highly regarded as skilled and ruthless warriors.

Darkin Weapons

• Darkin Sabers: A weapon used by darkin soldiers of high rank made of adamantium & forged by the dark dwarves. Darkin Sabers have holes in them giving them the peirced property giving them extra cutting power.
• Darkin Claymore: A heavy one-handed sword used by high ranking darkin soldiers coated in adamantium and bearing a symbol of the Darkin nation on the hilt.
• Darkin Punisher: A weapon not used by darkin soldiers but rather by darkin officers and ovalite preistesses. Punishers are 3 headed whips, 8ft. long, with the whips themselves being laced with sharp serrated iron shards used as a disciplinary tool on other darkin and captives usually in both public & private. Punishers have been abandoned and outlawed by Morigan the clanging and grinding sound of this tool brought fear into the darkin's hearts.
• Darkin Revolvers: The standard weapons of darkin soldiers traditional to darkin design these where jet black revolvers lined with tribal crimson markings. These revolvers where built with a separate small canister on the gun to coat ammunition with poison.
• Ovalite Crossbows: One of the secondary weapons of darkin soldiers of Ovalin built to be wrist mounted crossbows adorned in traditional ovalin design jet black with tribal violet markings. The bolts these crossbows used where adamantium as well as expanding making attacks with their other arms more painful. The bolts would also be tipped with the venom of the black widow spider causing cellular decay upon being shot.
• Darkin Destroyers: A Heavy crossbow used by darkin soldiers and officers adorned in traditional darkin design. These crossbows had scopes for increased precision and typically would explode sending shrapnel in a 20ft. radius of a target.
• Darkin Bows: Longbows used by darkn archers bearing the traditional darkin design all enchanted with ovalin flare bearing elven runes that translate to "From my bow, I fire death". These bows had a scope which would aid in accuracy & the bowstrings where enchanted to imbue the arrows in deadly neurotoxin putting others to sleep.
• Ovalite Rapiers: A common weapon amoung ovalite soldiers taking advantage of their natural affinity for rapiers. Aside from bearing the traditional ovalin design they where tinkered with to inject poison into the target as well as be a makeshift revolver from the hilt of the weapon.
• Darkin Rifles: A common weapon amoung darkin assassins and soldiers adorned in the traditional darkin design. These rifles had two modes their automatic fire and long range fire making those who weild it excellent snipers.
• Darkin Blunderbuss: An advanced firearm used by darkin soldiers to send forth a short range blast of shrapnel at their foes.

Darkin Artillery

• Void Railguns: Powerful railguns perched on the coastal walls of the Dark Lands bearing voidstone in them to fire a powerful, focused and explosive beam to utterly destroy anything that came too close. These guns where destroyed during the Battle Of Black Fronts and any attempts to remake them have been deemed illegal.
• Darkin Sorrow Turrets: Sentry turrets perched on the walls of every darkin city typically manned by darkin soldiers and fires heavy armor peircing adamantium bolts called "Dark Spears"

Darkin Experimental Weapons

• Yor Deathbringers: An experimental weapon made by Erebus to use voidstone and swarm sorcery to produce a powerful & destructive launcher made with an alloy of braecium and swarm chitin. A destructive rocket launcher that fired an explosive orb of negative energy which further detonated into more orbs. This weapon no longer in Darkin possession but the current whereabouts of the one Deathbringer is unknown.
• Yor Scatter Guns: Experimental scatterguns made with voidstone and braecium being able to fire many tiny voidstone shards on the ground. These weapons stopped development once the new age of dark came.
• Yor Annihilators: Experimental laser weapons made with braecium bearing a voidstone crystal inside capable of firing focused energy beams at a target melting through objects, spirit, & flesh. These weapons where made illegal by Morigan and development stopped.

Darkin Energy

• Spiritfire Refinery: The Darkin's original source of energy for their civilization. A large structure that houses the souls of those who perish in the Dark Lands grinding them down into spiritfire housed in crystals.
• Black Core Power Plant: The newest method of energy for the Darkin through the ember core the Darkin could use the energy of 1,000 stars to fuel their civilizations.

Darkin Forces

Undead

Derfaldir Animunculi

• Derfaldir Scorpions: The lowest and most plentiful mech in the Darkin military. Black & red autonomous scorpions that fire metal bolts from their tail.
• Derfaldir Orbs: Autonomous orbs that fire metal spikes in all directions.
• Derfaldir Corkscrews: The largest and strongest autonomotron in the Darkin military. 12ft. tall black & red mechs weilding twin drills for hands they rush towards their targets attempting to drill through the armor & flesh of their targets. The corkscrews are difficult to deal with despite their lack of ranged capabilities.

• Mithryl Spiders: Large spider shaped autonomotrons of Silican make. Mithryl Spiders are large crystalline mechs that fire electrified webs in a large area, their mithryl body makes them hard to hurt, & strike with mighty force to their targets body.

Art

Architecture

Food & Cuisine

• Umbral Potatoes: One of the main foods the darkin ate in the dark lands easy to grow but tasted bad and had the toxic essence of darkness in it.
• Umbral Bread: Black wheat stalks used to make bread due to the heat needed to make it a large portion of the darkness is purged from it.
• Sornstag: Some of the pure food Erebus made with his divine magic. Venison made with seasoning and blackspice.
• Sporebread: One of the old foods common darkin ate before the flood. This bread was made from the grain-like spores of the Darkstalk fungi.
• Acean Burgers: Burgers made from the bodies of the Acean cattle. A common food that the darkin ate before the food often seasoned in spores.
• Acean Steak: A popular steak made from the silican cattle often eaten by high ranking members of silican society.

• Silica's Kiss: An old alcoholic beverage made from the venom of spiders. The wine was known to paralyze those who drink it.
• Umbral Brew: A drink made from fermented umbral potatoes. This drink has a sour taste and is quite common among the darkin
• Pathic Ale: A popular drink made with jovian brine. The drink can give visions and emotions at random with each drink.

• Warrior Acknowledgement: A tradition amoung Darkin warriors where both plant their weapons in the dirt directly facing each other.
• Hazing: New Darkin recruites are put in pits of Nox who would project many illusions to rattle the Darkin, until their superiors are satisfied.
• Sign Of Friendship: Darkin as a sign of friendship cut the palm of their hands and shake to solidify their bond through blood.
• Reuse Of The Fallen: Darkin place their fallen in the pools of Souless Ichor if they are of high renown the rest of the Darkin become undead. This is done to put their people to work even after death to have more auxillary units in their society.
• Mutilate Markings: A a sign of humiliation to Darkin their markings are mutilated through a heated dagger making it hard for the skin & markings to grow back.
• Darkin Burial Prayers: The Darkin had a variety of prayers that where recited when they reused their fallen different ones depending on if they where going into a pool of Souless Ichor or become Undead.
• Undead Prayer: "The power to return after death is a forbidden magic, something even our mother won't allow. As envoys of chaos we will be the ones to allow such power, your soul is lost to us forever, but your lifeless, worthless remains will be granted a spark of life. As your corpse rises, your flesh rots, your breathing shallow and haggard, your remains once the void of meaning return to your brethren as the others have and will, now rise Darkin and aid your people."
• Grimm Prayer: "A Darkin of high renown has fallen for our mother but for their efforts and work they will return to us. Return to the womb of our mother and rise anointed as one of her countless children. Shed this mortal frame and ascend to one of her demonic offspring."

• Demon Ascension: A rite for Darkin warriors when they are considered to be full fledged warrior, they consume the blood of Demons to gain power.
• Shade Bath: Darkin Monks in training usually children spend time in stone chambers with no light. They maybe a bit frightened at the start but they won't be let out until they become complacent in the dark.
• Umbranite Lining: Something for Darkin who are of incredible renown when Umbranite is crushed into powder and graphed onto the crimson trim of the Darkin Marks. Those who go through this process are tasked with hunting those with Holy Eyes & lead packs of Souless.
• Grimm Calm: Darkin once recognized as devote followers of Salem must walk through a valley of Grimm remaining calm to be undetectable. Once they go through it's assumed that Salem accepts you.
• Dark Ether: Darkin warriors will have to consume a vial of Dark Ether, this is a painful process but Those who go through with it gain more power and a promise to rise after death.

• Cowardice: Being afflicted with fear and retreat is not only frowned upon but repulsive to Darkin.
• Mercy: To show mercy to the an enemy is frowned upon to Darkin, they are supposed to show no mercy to the opposing force. To spare them is to not only show weakness but to also leave the Darkin with no resources.
• Return With No Corpses: To return from missions without the corpses of their victims is to return with no resources for the Darkin.
• Aquatic Missions: After the Battle Of Hollow Nest the Darkin have had Hydrophobia ever since, making the idea of going underwater is sheer madness.
• Use Of Water Magic: Darkin have Hydrophobia so the use of water magic is shunned in Darkin society. Hydromancers would get persecuted and executed for using this magic.
• Use Of Light Magic: The light is representative of the enemies of Darkin kind, it's what harms their forces and blinds them to strength. People who use light magic are executed for using the heretical magic.
• Use Of Nature Magic: Druidic magic is taboo to the Darkin due to their main enemies the Gardenians praising it, it's role in the Hollow War, & it being the representation of what they want to destroy.
• Affection & Love: Love & Affection was taboo to the Darkin due being seen as weakness. Affection was repulsive to them not to be shown to allies, pets, or partners. Love was the idea of getting to close or too comfortable with another losing sight of making the Darkin thrive.
• Infertility & Having No Children: Darkin who are unable or unwilling to produce offspring are unable to contribute to the regrowth of their society. Those who can't or won't bear offspring are exiled.
• Having 1 Child: The Darkin population is small enough as it is they need to have more than one child to continue regrowth. Darkin who choose to have only one or unwilling to have more than one are dealt with and the child adopted by another Darkin.
• Interacting With Gardenians: Gardenians are the enemy of Darkin and not to be interacted with on the grounds of genuine bonds. Those guilty of it are dealt with by Darkin leaders. This taboo has gotten much weaker since the New Darkin Age.
• Caring For The Weak: Darkin are supposed to embrace the Law Of The Blade embracing the dogma of strength of a single blade, life against life to deviate from this is hinders the strength of the Darkin society and is grounds for execution.

Legend Of The Souless Lord

• Legend says that an individual adept in the use of dark forces will lead the Darkin to glory & prosperity

Children Of Salem

• It's believed that the Souless & Eidolons are the children of Salem worthy of reverie and status, by that logic the pools of Souless Ichor is Salem's womb. Those who enter and return changed are considered to be adopted into Salem's family and granted the same boons as Souless & Eidolons. To harm a Souless brings bad luck to the Darkin.

Darkness Brings Us Higher

• It's believed that places that lack light allow the Darkin to connect to Salem and divinity, as many prayers take place in darkness without light.

Salvation In Undeath

• The Darkin believe that having their remains turned into Undead will make their souls cloaked in Shadows and wanted by only Salem.

Old Darkin

Erebus Yor, The Pale King

• The one who lifted up the Darkin after the Hollow War with his show of power of Undead, Souless, & Swarm. He was seen as an unstoppable General of the dark forces, beinig respected and cherished by most Darkin.
• Erebus was a Death Elemite, Death Cleric of Salem who through ambition went above and beyond in Necromancy learning how to simultaneously control legions of undead and even turn angels into Undead. Erebus was a brilliant tactician always being able to anticipate his opponents next move and planned accordingly to keep them on their toes. He has always had a charismatic Aura to him & always craved perfection from those under him regardless of the danger.
• He was known for having many lovers in the past who perished carrying his children & giving birth to them. He had many children some died after birth and those who lived where sent to Nether to grow in skill and power although the only ones to survive where Dregen & Maya.

Nyx Yor, The Oracle Queen

• The wife of Erebus Yor and Queen of the Darkin. She is a Shadow Elemite, Sorceress of Shadows who came from the Shadow Realm, becoming Erebus's wife after a long search for a mate who was determined, gorgeous, had unique genes, & high constitution.
• She was an Oracle who had 3 Oracle powers before the Black Garden War having Leech, Warp, & Lock. Nyx never could have enough and hunted the other Oracles to take their power gaining Armory from Vines, Coordinate from Rezdrica, & Override from Garuda the only one she never gained was Zen. She used her anniversary gift the Oracle Tower to augment her powers immensely & have extended range of her powers.
• She is a caring Queen and mother not agreeing with the severing of her conjoined twins & the condemning of her spawn to the Nether but her pride in her children grew with each survival and her faith in her husband grew as well. She taught Dregen Shadow Bending to Dregen since he lost his arm, teaching him how to make a shadow arm, shadow wings, and turn into darkness.
• She was also know to use trickery that could cause immense heartache to her enemies, she leeched Sorrath to death taking her blue flames, she anointed many Asterian fauna to hurt the Sagittarius Familia, anointed the family of Scream to enslaved the Echo Wyvern's family, she tricked the children of the Scaled Shepard into blowing up the Scaled Chasm killing everyone inside including their mother. Nyx was regarded as a powerful and cruel mistress of pain to the Darkin as she caused misery to the rest of the world.

Dregen Yor, The Shadow Prince

• The son of Erebus and the Salem Ascendant. He was born conjoined with his sister Maya being severed from her by his father Erebus having his power split between him and his sister. He was subjected to the Nether like his many, many late half siblings before him with Maya being left in a realm full of bloodthirsty demons. Fueled by the need to protect his sister the two braved the realm, initially having no luck against the force but through the twisting nature of the realm and the consumption of demon blood her grew in power exponentially.
• Once he became 20 he and his sister left the Nether and being able to stop the Venom Rebellion and gaining the affection of Silica, the goddess of the rebellion forming an alliance between House Yor and Silica. Through the Black Garden War Dregen used his power & charisma to gain the allegiance of the people of the Caduceus Slums forming the Black Fang.
• He eventually fathered triplets with Silica, Vahuren, Vandria, & Elistree being a loving parent something uncommon for Darkin but perished by Grima's hands when he was about to divulge secret information however his death was pinned on the Gardenians leading to the Battle Of Pale Fleet & then the Dread Wave.

Maya Yor, The Shadow Princess

• The twin sister of Dregen Yor & the host of the Darkness. She like her Brother was subjected to the Nether and became a remorseless killer during her time drinking Demon Blood, developing Decay to destroy all in her path. During her time in the Nether she became in item with a Cambion named Straga thought to perish to the hands of the Virgo Ascendant.
• Once she returned to the Dark Lands she was able to remove the Souless Silo's with her Miracle Decay to flood the underground with Souless Ichor and ending the forces turning them into her undead force. During the Black Garden War she had a supporting role to her brother Dregen the two where effective together covering their bases with their own power. She however perished during the Battle Of Valhalla alongside Sunam, Father Of The Abyss. She mothered one child with Straga a son named Tomura.

Silica, The Spider Queen

• Silica is the Goddess Of the Drow Pantheon and the lover of Dregen Yor. She was initially at odds with House Yor but after the "Venom Rebellion" Silica saw potential in Dregen and gave him the title of Spider King. Her influence gave them an edge in the Darkin War having access to the forbidden arts of the Spider.

Straga, The Demon King

• Straga was a lone Cambion in the Abyss who met and befriended Dregen & Maya becoming in item with Maya Yor. He was believed to have been killed by the Virgo Ascendant Hos, but rather suffered grueling experimentation in Onyxia being Imbued with a potent virus that could give the host immense Organic manipulation. He lead a Rebellion throughout Onyxia and met up with Dregen Maya joining forces and being one of the strongest factions the Darkin had.

Lord Sornatar Ovalin, The Soulfire Knight

• The Drow leader of the city Ovalin. He with his wife Lady Ovalin lead a path of destruction during the Ovalin Raids & the Hollow War. He with a battalion of Drow & his House Captain Mordibus lead a devastating attack on the Primeval called the Primeval Fall, making a large wildfire from Soulfire, crippling Ivy through slicing her eye, and slaying many Forest Elves alongside his forces. He lead the city of Ovalin specifically running the many Drow Raids across the world, stealing resources from Delta and others. These raids also abducted children to become Little Sisters at the hands of Thorolgi. He sadly perished like the rest of House Ovalin during the "Ovalin Rupture"

Lady Yasrena Ovalin, The Temptress

• The wife of Lord Ovalin & the matron mother of House Ovalin. She kept the city of Ovalin in control with her daughter's using the Divine power of Silica. Lady Ovalin is known for having many offspring a small percentage of them not sired by Lord Ovalin, although the sons where not cared for except for one who would help her get rid of her husband and be in Erebus's graces. She ordered the death of Akanis, upon hearing about the existence of Malos & had him sent to the Black Citadel for torture & eventual execution. She somewhat cared for her son Naldar during preparation for the portal but perished with the rest of House Ovalin during the "Ovalin Rupture"

Riveria, The Trench Tyrant

• Riveria was known in Oceanus for amassing a cult against Posiden after the Blood Rejection to usurp power from the Sea King. She made an alliance with Erebus Yor that would be mutually beneficial to both parties & even entered a short lived relationship with Chione during her time with the Darkin. She perished at the hands of Gardenians in the Darkin War, when she fought against Posiden in Oceanus, but her cult was assimilated into the Darkin. Most of them where converted to Grimm or Undead while others became other experiments.

Mordibus Ovalin, The Thane Of Ovalin

• Mordibus Ovalin was a lone Drow who like Lord Ovalin was one of the male Drow to match the females in height and strength, this lead to him being adopted into House Ovalin being trained as a House Captain. He planned many raids for House Ovalin, and had a great role in the Primeval Fall during the Hollow War. He had Lord Ovalin's armaments Neos Helios, bequeath to him out of sheer pride from his adopted father & in order to blend into other lands high magic was used to convert him into a High Elf. Mordibus became disgraced when he betrayed House Ovalin having his sight removed and being stuck as a High Elf.

Thorolgi, The Supreme Brain

• Thorolgi is an Elder Brain who controlls the Eldritch Colony, Thorolgi. He controlled the Eldritch to perform various experiments on the captives brought in by House Ovalin & Grim Harvest. The experiments involved the surgical alteration of little girls into Gatherers and adults into Protectors, & making various mutagens and Technology.

Lord Grandath Derfaldir, The Mad Smith

• Lord Derfaldir was a Duergar King of the Dark Dwarves in Gale's Underdark being responsible for the construction of the armaments their forces used in the Hollow War. After relocating to the Dark Lands he forged many other machinations for the Darkin. He and his people made the various cities & Strongholds in the Dark Lands, and most notable the mega prison called the Black Citadel where the prisoners where kept there for long grueling torture. He also built the Oracle Tower & Oridite Amplifier for the Queen of the Dark Lands Nyx to focus and augment her powers.

Salem, Goddess Of Chaos

• Salem is the patron goddess of the Darkin, after her Clergy was reborn by Erebus Yor, the Darkin began to worship her as their diety believing that the Souless existed by her will to work under the Darkin. Through her influence and Imprisonment it gave the Darkin motivation to release her so she could destroy the other gods.

Mephelies, The Fell Dragon

• Mephelies is the son of Salem and through that he was able to gain the trust of the Darkin. He lead the Darkin in many battles and used his power to Augment the Darkin in their efforts. Once he was exposed for the monster he is and how he used his mother to his own benifet, he was a symbol of hate for the Darkin, an example of what happens when you trust the Gods too much.

Nurvareem, The Fell Queen

• A Shadow Red Dragon who was the "beloved" of Mephelies, she controlled Grimmolhiem in Grima's sted while he was working. She wasn't liked by the Darkin only respected because she was with Grima, she used the Souless to acquire Drow, saying they where chosen for ascension but was rather eaten by Nurvareem. During the "Black Roit" she was heavily beaten and brutalized by the Darkin nearly dying in the process and is just as hated as Mephelies.

• An Ancient Red Dragon under the service of Mephelies, & famous for his reputation before his death during the Age of Dragons. He was one of the few to be able to harm the Cold Hearted Harlot with his Nuclear Flames and his immensely powerful Miracle Burn. He was the most aggressive Dragon working with the Darkin attacking Thundahiem Island, and various other lands.

Verdania, The Queen Of Venom

• One of the Dragons under Mephelies's service during the Darkin War, famous for her crusade against Forest Elves. She used her intelligence to fool Gardenians many times in the Darkin War, using Hypnosis to control Panacea members to use the Tome Of Knowledge. She was promoted to the rank of Sloth after the demise of the first Sloth. She perished at the hands of Sol & Amnemis her flesh now preserved for it's properties.

Asher, The Miasmic

• Asher was one of the Asterian Elder Dragons tired of his position in nature and joined the Darkin in the Darkin War. He became one of the Black Marauders with the Phoenix & Ice Queen using Seidr Undead to destroy various settlements. He perished at the hands of Gardenians, his soul used to make the Galgalim.

Chione, The Ice Queen

• Chione was a lone Cryomancer looking for power, joining the Darkin as one of their Enforcers in the Darkin War. She was a cruel, sadistic, & relentless brute who enjoyed using her power to torment others, being seen as a perfect ally for the Darkin. She casted the forbidden spell Hel Winter on Gardenia to snuff out the enemy forces but was fell in battle. She lost contact with the Darkin after her last battle believed to be dead but her memories where wiped and she joined the Gardenians.

Sobek, The Perfect Raider

• Sobek was an Argonian who's tribe was on the cusp of extinction but saved by House Yor. He became the leader of his tribe after the death of the former leader and devoted himself and by extension his tribe to the Darkin. He was heavily spliced to increase his odds of victory in his raids which usually resulted in mass death. He was a ruthless hunter who killed one of the Scaled Shepherd's pets keeping it's soul in his hammer.

Lyon, The White Phoenix

• The strongest of the Darkin's enforcers kept in his position through the abduction of his sister keeping her in the Black Citadel to keep him in line. Once free he took part in the destruction of the coastal walls incinerating any Darkin he found, out of revenge. Once Plegia had the corpse of Gaia, he alone burnt the city to the ground not letting a single Darkin live, being branded as a symbol of fear to the Darkin.

Absalon, The Black Knight

• Absalon was a disgraced Paladin of Libra after becoming spliced with Souless Blood and after his wife rejected him for his transition he became the leader of the Templar Order of Salem. He was a magnificent warrior and leader to the Darkin forces using the Souless, Undead, & Swarm to lay waste to the world famous for the murder of his ex-wife Nevena the previous Winter Sage.

Dalia, The Shade Maiden

• Dalia was a Darkin Monk training her people off the coast of the Dark Lands. She became the 2nd. wife of Absalon bearing twins Emerald & Mercury and being given a Souless arm after she lost her other one. Her people kept watch of the world as spies and eventually Dalia was chose to be the next Winter Sage but she never attained such power. She perished when a vengeful Astrea Olgrim attacked the Monastery, her Souless arm taking full control of her corpse.

Anderzel Ovalin, The Heretic

• One of the Lady Ovalin's sons but never cared for the ways of his family, often remaining under their radar. He was one of the first to accept Sai Amikiir as the new God of his race happily being converted into a Light Elf and gaining the power to anoint others who see the light. He was branded a heretic & zealot to the other Dark Elves but he eventually gained other followers as well slowly but surely.

New Darkin

Morigan Aldian, The Gentle Shade

• Once a failed experiment wasting away in the Black Citadel. Morigan was branded a mistake, a waste of a Philosopher Stone, and a traitor once he defected to the Gardenia. He later was the one to open the Darkin's eyes to the deception and brutality Mephelies was putting them over, growing throughout the Darkin War becoming a powerful leader the Darkin respect.

Mordrid Aldian, The Grimm Princess

• The daughter of Morigan and Liliana Lovenote born in the Grimmolhiem at the cost of her Mother's life and raise solely by her father. Darkin often wonder if she has the same power and resolve to keep peace between Gardenians & Darkin going, although she seems to bear some power her father has.

Old Darkin

House Yor

• The leading family to the Darkin ever since they arrived in the Dark Lands gaining influence after the Hollow War. House Yor organized the Darkin as well as the other factions of the Dark Lands to build prosperity for them. The family was a symbol of stability and order amounts the Darkin for years.

House Ovalin

• The most popular Drow House in the Dark Lands since before they migrated to the Dark Lands. They where lead by Lord & Lady Ovalin who spread their reach all around the Dark Lands having more children then they can keep track of though the females where always kept around and raised well. Their leaders where known to have a string of lovers and concubines some never seen again like the mother of Malos. The Drow House where highly revered amoung other Darkin and typically lead other raids around the world. They also had an obsession with reclaiming one of Erebus's lost power the Negative Energy Plane although pursuing this lead to the death of the Noble House.

The Black Fang

• The Black Fang is an extremist group of the oppressed people of Caduseus, once victims of the Church Of Virgo's oppression now due to Dregen Yor's charisma and words of love and embrace via the darkness took up arms against their oppressors. The Black Fang's missions where a wide array of activities from mass theft, invasions, seiges, Assassinations, & extermination. They had stolen various resources like ADAM from Rapture, & Dust from Valhalla.

Grimm Harvest

• Grimm Harvest was a group of Argonians Assimilated into the ranks of the Darkin. These people never took place in the Hollow War but became subservient after being saved from extinction. Their leader Sobek lead many raids in zealous devotion to Salem ending many lives with his axe. The group disbanded after Sobek's death and the Argonians became the minions of Amnemis Cainhurst.

• Also called the "Order Of The Grimm Goddess" a sect acting as a Templar Order & military of the Darkin lead by Absalon a fallen hero who has sided with evil after a painful betrayal. The Order Of Chaos under Absalon's leadership where made up of mortals, Swarm, Undead, & Souless and carved a path of destruction around Gale. The faction was dissolved sometime after Absalon perished and the mortal portion was liquidated by Grima.

Blood Of Erebus

• A Swarm Brood under leadership of Erebus, they keep their worms satisfied with routine sacrifices of the outside populace. The Blood Of Erebus was made during Erebus's time outside the solar system forged from him embracing the Law Of The Blade growing a group of Swarm, left in the solar system once Erebus got back to Zodia. They where originally confined to the outer solar system but where able to rejoin Erebus once Astrea Olgrim became the vessel of Salem using that power to make a hole in the barrier around the solar system. Once reunited with Erebus they followed his command in the Black Garden War razing Celestials down with Soulfire, feeding killing power to their worms. The Swarm Brood was assimilated into the ranks of the Pale Witch after the death of Erebus now being under the command of the Pale Witch.

• The Undead of Erebus's service, they act as guard, labor, & military made before Erebus was lost in space. They where made from the corpses of Olympians during Erebus's crusade on Zodia reaching an army of 100,000 undead pawns. They where put to rest after Erebus's defeat but once he returned he easily made back the numbers with his necromancy. Their numbers grew from the constant raiding of settlements & the silencing of rouge Darkin the Pale Vanguard was full of up to 800,000 undead. In the ranks of the Pale Vanguard where sentient undead like Dixir, Fegami, Elegrid, & Eris. Erebus used these undead in place of his Swarm Brood who couldn't be with him at the time. They where absorbed in the ranks of the Pale Witch after Erebus's death.

The Dark Drinkers

• An undead Army made of all of Maya Yor's victims up to 60,000 Undead they patrol the Dark Lands and bring back other victims for the Blood Of Erebus. They were made after Maya and her brother emerged from the Nether to deal with the Venom Rebellion, through the use of Decay the Souless Silo's where broken and the rebellion drowned in Souless Ichor. The people all became her demonic undead puppets working for Maya Yor, always at her becon call. They unlike the Pale Vanguard who had to remain in the Dark Lands for support the Dark Drinkers got to go on raids outside the Dark Lands to add extra support. They used their numbers and unique abilities to their advantage even using the aid of Maya's Darklings. The Dark Drinkers upon the demise of Maya Yor had 50% of them wiped out and the rest absorbed into the Pale Witch's ranks.

The Queen's Pets

• The various creatures anointed by Nyx being used as shock troops and entertainment in the Dark Lands. They where from Asteria being already powerful before being augmented by the Oracle Queen. Due to their immense power no one dared Attack the Dark Lands for fear of death but the anointed pawns also where sent outside of the land to wreak havoc and weaken their opponents forces. They where brought back to their original form by the Pale Witch after the death of Nyx.

The Pale Demons

• An Army of Souless under the power of Erebus Yor, built during the 4 years after the Hollow War. Many of these Demons would work across the Dark Lands being scouts and muscle at the Pale King's command. Many of these Demons would be subjected to experimentation used to make stronger Souless in shorter spans of time. They Souless where expunged by Morigan after he rose to power.

House Of Skulls

• An Arachnus House Under the leadership of Dregen Yor, gained after Dregen finally attained the power of the Spider kin. The House of Skulls where the personal paramilitary for Dregen working at his becon call during the battle of Thebes against the last user of the Salem Ascendant power Zora Olgrim. Upon the death of Dregen Yor they scattered and 50% of them where absorbed into the House Of Angels.

The Ovalin Templars

• The military forces of House Ovalin originally lead by Lord Ovalin now lead by Mordibus Ovalin. They where a popular faction in the Dark Lands due to their involvement in the Hollow War especially in the Primeval Fall. Since the Battle Of Hollow Nest they continued to work at the command of House Ovalin see performing secret operations In other regions. They where eventually completely expunged after the Ovalin Rupture.

Cult Of The Spider Queen

• The Clergy of Silica grown after the Fall Of Sainus and forged an alliance with the Darkin in the Black Garden War after Silica developed an attraction to the Darkin prince Dregen Yor. For eons they where causing suffering to the world under Silica's order and dogma. Upon the death of Silica the Cult lost all of it's blessings and eventually broke apart.

Church Of Salem

• Also called the Salem Familia or the Children Of Chaos is the reborn Clergy worshiping the goddess of chaos Salem. Through her dogma the Darkin thrived on the Dark Lands using Grimm and undead to their benefit like the last ones to embrace the goddess. Under this goddess the Darkin accepted the control of House Yor, and the Darkin found hope and strength, they where ready to fight and die for Salem becoming part of the primordial goddess of Chaos. The Clergy was abolished when Salem sacrificed herself for the new leader of the Darkin Morigan, although monuments to Salem still exist.

The Argent Amazons

• The Argent Amazons are the result of experiments involving the use of demonic essence on women imbuing them with demonic power. They where a group of 10 women from Asphodel initially under the command of Kyrona but they became Dregens concubines after Kryona was imprisoned. They where purified of their demonic essence by the Virgo Ascendant and then able to live life again.

The Shadows Of Yor

• The Shadows Of Yor where 3 enforcers of the Darkin all gained from outside the Dark Lands, the White Phoenix, the Ice Queen, & Miasmic. The White Phoenix, also called Leon was the only unwilling enforcer needing his sister's life as a bargaining chip, forcing him to burn down enemy settlements, Strongholds, & supply lines for the Darkin. The Ice Queen, also called Chione joined willingly for power and prestige using her immense Cryokinesis to decimate for the Darkin. The Miasma, also called Vaal Hazzak was one of Asteria's Elder Dragons who broke from his part of the natural cycle for power. The Shadows Of Yor eventually fell apart when their members where dealt with by the Gardenians both the White Phoenix & Ice Queen defected and the Miasmic was used in Nio's efforts to play god.

New Darkin

House Aldian

• House Aldian is the new family that controls the Darkin, lead by Morigan Aldian. They took control since Salem exposed the treachery of her son and her sham of a Clergy. House Aldian has been a benevolent asset to the Darkin, quelling the threat of the Souless, Morigan fixing the Souless Silo's allowing underground work to resume, rebuilding settlements, and getting the Gardenians ire off of them. Morigan allows the Darkin to keep monuments of their former leaders to remind them of their golden days. They act to make the Darkin better and grant them redemption.