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== Corruption of the Sebuuk == | == Corruption of the Sebuuk == | ||
The [[Sebuuk]] were once aspirants of divine favor, powerful spirits who desired to take on mortal form. Denied access to bodies by the [[First-Flames]], they were told to wait their turn in accordance with [[Divine Law]]. Resentment brewed over eons. Malis, still bound in [[Gozog’nok]], reached out to the most discontented among them. | |||
He whispered promises of freedom, purpose, and power. The Sebuuk were seduced, told they could gain bodies and liberate the mortal realm from divine tyranny. In secret, they plotted with Malis and eventually committed the unthinkable—they inverted the heart of the [[Koethar Galaxy]]’s [[Nexus Star (Lethurèa)]], transforming it into a black hole. This act marked the start of the [[First War]]. | |||
Malis told them that if they waged war and harvested enough [[Vital Essence]], he could free himself. The Sebuuk obeyed, unleashing chaos and butchery across the galaxies. In response, the [[First-Flames]] intervened, cursing the Sebuuk so they could never again pass into the [[Light of It’slémwé]]. The Sebuuk, enraged and trapped, were left tormented within Gozog’nok—tools of Malis, cast aside in failure. | |||
Their legacy became one of damnation, betrayal, and sorrow. Some Sebuuk eventually formed heretical cults, while others devolved into monstrous beings stripped of identity. Malis exploited their fall to fashion a new, more obedient army: the [[Malisik]]. | |||
== Malismorai and Prophets == | == Malismorai and Prophets == | ||
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== Vital Essence and War == | == Vital Essence and War == | ||
Malis requires [[Vital Essence]]—the life-force torn from spirits during violent death—to escape his prison. He demands war, chaos, and sacrifice to feed his prison’s seams with suffering. The [[Book of Evil]] describes this process and is feared across the [[Free Species]]. | Malis requires [[Vital Essence]]—the life-force torn from spirits during violent death—to escape his prison. He demands war, chaos, and sacrifice to feed his prison’s seams with suffering. The [[Book of Evil]] describes this process and is feared across the [[Free Species]]. | ||
=== Vital Essence === | |||
[[Vital Essence]] is the divine thread that binds spirit to matter—the spark of consciousness granted to all mortal life. In natural death, Vital Essence returns to the [[Cosmic Flow]], to be repurposed in the great cycles of creation and rebirth. | |||
However, when a being dies a violent or unnatural death, the Vital Essence is torn, ruptured, and momentarily isolated from the flow. This raw, exposed energy is what Malis craves. | |||
Vital Essence is a paradox: it cannot be stolen in peace, only seized in war. It is through the horrors of conflict, slaughter, and suffering that Vital Essence becomes harvestable. Thus, Malis drives conflict across [[Yedistren]], not to conquer—but to feed. | |||
Those attuned to dark rituals can sometimes see Vital Essence as glowing threads or embers left behind by the slain. [[Malisik Prophet|Malisik Prophets]] and agents of Malis are known to use arcane vessels to collect it. These harvested Essences are then used to create new Malisik bodies, fuel dark rituals, or—most importantly—loosen the chains of Malis's prison in [[Gozog’nok]]. | |||
Some scriptures claim that if Malis were ever to amass a “sea of Vital Essence” from across a thousand galaxies, he could rewrite the [[Divine Law]] itself and unmake the barrier between spirit and flesh. This prophecy is hotly contested, but deeply feared. | |||
== Prophecy and Judgment == | == Prophecy and Judgment == | ||
