The Enlightened Ones (Previously known as The Zaurat)
Locations: Constructed Realm, The New Dream, The Old Dream, The Journey, Realm of Trials, Realm of Kings.
Time Period Existed: 32,155 B.R. (Bronze Age of Realms) - A.C. (Age of Convergence)
Zaurat Racial Beginnings (32,155 B.R. - 4,201 S.R.)
Originally of light greenish color and scaled snake like form, the Zaurat were a race that evolved in the outer reaches of space. They were unique in the digestion which they ate particulates of residual psychic energy via communication. As such they were a very social race among themselves and developed an agricultural society that would grow and eventually span to several worlds. Their system of governance at the time was called the "The Line of Trade" a complex system of interchange between groups called "Id Tale Groups" where philosophy was just as important as the bargains they made among each other. This lead to a race filled with pride for themselves and their superiority over others when it came to negotiations which would become the trademark of the Zaurat and subsequently the Enlightened Ones they would become.
Originally of light greenish color and scaled snake like form, the Zaurat were a race that evolved in the outer reaches of space. They were unique in the digestion which they ate particulates of residual psychic energy via communication. As such they were a very social race among themselves and developed an agricultural society that would grow and eventually span to several worlds. Their system of governance at the time was called the "The Line of Trade" a complex system of interchange between groups called "Id Tale Groups" where philosophy was just as important as the bargains they made among each other. This lead to a race filled with pride for themselves and their superiority over others when it came to negotiations which would become the trademark of the Zaurat and subsequently the Enlightened Ones they would become.
War with Crimson Empire and fall to the Taint (4,201 S.R. - 4270 S.R.)
The Zaurat race had great pride in their trade and so when confronted by the Crimson Empires Crusade was not ready for the brutality they faced. However unlike other races that fell to the Crimson Crusades the Zaurat had grown enough and had enough technology to do better then most in the defense of their people. Despite this however they would slowly fall to taint as the war ground on, their way of eating and communication being their ultimate downfall. Due to the psychic nature of their consumption as the battles continued, more and more taint was ingested by the Zaurat near continuously and led to a faster infection rate. The Zaurat would try everything to starve it off, developing specialized suits called MindTombs which helped block the infection. However even these advanced suits were no match for the nature of The Taint and only prolonged their inevitable fall. Losing world after world, and inch by inch more and more, despite holding off the Crimson Empire it seemed that nothing could save their race. Finally they had but their home planet, and they would flee to the center of their World Maze seeking something, anything to save them. It would be there that they met Yanat. |
The Rise to Enlightened Ones (4270 S.R. - 4277 S.R.)
It would be here in the Maze World that they would find a fragment of Jimsaw, long forgotten, and the voice of Yanat offered a solution to their prayers of freedom from Taint. Instructing them in whispers at first as their belief grew, Yanat showed them the secret rituals and methods to build a container in which the Zaurat could store their souls, avoiding the infection of the Taint. While the Crimson Empire scoured their lands with fire and brimstone, destroying the last of their bastions of defense, hundreds of thousands of these vessels were built and as the Crimson Empire knocked on their door, the ritual of transcendence was started. The last refugees of the Zaurat standing tall over the metallic forms of what they would become, and intoning the rites they had been taught to transfer their souls into their new forms. However the Zaurat had been partially tricked by Yanat - who had not been a deity, but the defense system built out of the female Titans in times long past to guard the Constructed Realm. As their spirits moved to their new metal forms Yanat tied all of their souls to hers, and took her toll for ascending. Half of all the Zaurat that attempted the ascended to Enlightened Ones had their souls stolen and eaten by Yanat, Serpent Shark of the Bioweb and Cyberweb, Protector of the Construction. However there were some benefits to this transaction for the new Enlightened Ones. They now could defeat the Crimson Empire, each vessel could be abandoned by the spirit when destroyed and they were now immune from Taint. Thus they ground the war down to a stalemate with the Crimson Empire. |
Post War Enlightened Ones (4278 S.R. - A.C)
With the war ground to the stalemate the Enlightened Ones all but abandoned their home world to be taken by the Crimson Empire, able to flee via their spiritual energies and build new Vessels wherever they wished to inhabit. It would be here that the Enlightened Ones would reach the New Dream and the Queens Court thanks to the abilities granted by Yanat. Here seeking protection from Yanat's grasp they would become servants to the Progenitors, become the secret agents and diplomats in the Realm of Trials, Realm of the Construct, Realm of Kings, New Dream, and Dead Dream. They would cement their place as a part of aristocracy with their ability to maneuver using their souls. In return the Queens Court would help ward the Enlightened One's souls from Yanat. However they still fear her, a fear so strong it counts as belief, and their only method of repopulation is to split their souls in two. It is when they do this that they are no longer protected by the Majkets of the Court, and fifty percent of all that attempt the Soul Split have their souls taken by Yanat as her price.
With the war ground to the stalemate the Enlightened Ones all but abandoned their home world to be taken by the Crimson Empire, able to flee via their spiritual energies and build new Vessels wherever they wished to inhabit. It would be here that the Enlightened Ones would reach the New Dream and the Queens Court thanks to the abilities granted by Yanat. Here seeking protection from Yanat's grasp they would become servants to the Progenitors, become the secret agents and diplomats in the Realm of Trials, Realm of the Construct, Realm of Kings, New Dream, and Dead Dream. They would cement their place as a part of aristocracy with their ability to maneuver using their souls. In return the Queens Court would help ward the Enlightened One's souls from Yanat. However they still fear her, a fear so strong it counts as belief, and their only method of repopulation is to split their souls in two. It is when they do this that they are no longer protected by the Majkets of the Court, and fifty percent of all that attempt the Soul Split have their souls taken by Yanat as her price.