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Being is a member of the anthegal race.
Being has a fully artificial body. Disconnected from the usual human experiences, many see major swings in personality or core beliefs that organic races find strange or even dangerous.
Being originates from the spiritual realms outside of the physical world.
Being is a member of the construct race.
Demonic sek-agkelos who serve evil spirits and seek to dominate weaker spirits, ultimately to overthrow the power of the Creator or relish their own particular evil without concern for others.
Being is a member of the dragoon race.
Literally "Voice of Dragon" - drakuncion represent the majority of dragoons and are spiritually linked with their clan's guardian dragon.
Being is fully in a state of imperfection or sin.
Being has a dominant hand that they prefer to use in most, if not all, situations.
Being is a member of the human race.
Being may be killed, but does not physically age beyond maturity and will never die of old age.
Being ages and will eventually die of natural causes.
Being originates from the physical world.
Allows access to all reachable wireless networks. Allows plugging into wired networks.
Literally "Voice of Nothing" - dragoons without a spirit link are often viewed with contempt or the absolute dregs of society.
Being is biological and is able to use magic that requires more than just mental focus.
Literally "Voice of Truth" - orthophon are dragoons that seek to halt the backwards traditions of the dragons by following the Hero of the Orthodox Church.
From an ancient word for the first tyrants that relished in their superiority over the common man, anthegals claim the title nephilim for themselves both as an boast of their special abilities, and as a reminder of the evil that would result were they to abuse that power.
Angels of chaos, sek-agkelos have freed themselves from the spiral of evil but can not regain the perfection they had as aeliokos. Doomed to wander without a master to serve, the spiritual fate of sek-agkelos kind is unclear.
Being is a member of the shapeshifter race.
Anthegals that fall to evil are overcome with the same form of the sickness that turns sek-agkelos to blighted daimonas, albeit in a milder form. This usually makes the anthegal physically weaker, but more in tune with their supernatural power. The term stained nephilim comes from the fact that the fallen anthegals often take their pure brethren's obsession with bloodlines to an even more extreme, which in turn leads to bloodshed.
You actively supported the Alia Erendu Ayin during the Agathonian civil war. Perhaps you served as an militiaman, spied on another faction, or collaborated when they occupied their hometown.
You actively supported the Crusaders of Liberty during the Agathonian civil war. Perhaps you served as an crusader, spied on another faction, or collaborated when they occupied their hometown.
You actively supported the Free Company Confederacy during the Agathonian civil war. Perhaps you served in a Free Company, spied on another faction, or collaborated when they occupied their hometown.
You actively supported the Freedom Defense Council during the Agathonian civil war. Perhaps you served in the Michael's Crusade, spied on another faction, or collaborated when they occupied their hometown.
You actively supported the Filos Provincial Assembly during the Agathonian civil war. Perhaps you served in the provincial guard, spied on another faction, or collaborated when they occupied their hometown.
You actively supported the Free Polus Union during the Agathonian civil war. Perhaps you served in the Community Defense Forces, spied on another faction, or collaborated when they occupied their hometown.
You actively supported Free Vernick during the Agathonian civil war. Perhaps you served in the army, spied on another faction, or collaborated when they occupied their hometown.
You actively supported the Filonian Reunification Front during the Agathonian civil war. Perhaps you served in the Free Company, spied on another faction, or collaborated when they occupied their hometown.
You actively supported the Phyirn Syndicate during the Agathonian civil war. Perhaps you served as an enforcer, spied on another faction, or collaborated when they occupied their hometown.
You actively supported the Republic of Vernick during the Agathonian civil war. Perhaps you served in the army, spied on another faction, or collaborated when they occupied their hometown.
You actively supported the Royal Filos Defense Force during the Agathonian civil war. Perhaps you served in the King' Army, spied on another faction, or collaborated when they occupied their hometown.
You actively supported the Senate during the Agathonian civil war. Perhaps you served in the Republic Army, spied on another faction, or collaborated when they occupied their hometown.
You were a member (citizen), or actively supported the United Security Command during the Agathonian civil war. Perhaps you served as a security member (soldier), spied on another faction, or collaborated when they occupied their hometown.
You were once a member (citizen) of the United Security Command sent to the Polus front in some capacity, but somehow defected to another nation in Agathos.
While others spend time learning practical languages, you've focused on academic or mystical languages instead.
Survivor of many battles; your scars are deep but have made your stronger.
Often lacking armor or air support, Free Companies rely on individual marksmanship and small-unit tactics.
Typically mustered from small towns or rural areas, Free Companies are used to defending wide open spaces.
Since the coup d'etat the FDC has been famous for its effectiveness in surprise attacks.
Coming from the cream of the old republic's armed forces, FDC forces are known to train harder and longer than their peers.
Recruiting heavily from the nation's universities and technical school, the FPU's networks are state of the art.
FPU politics revolves around how to ease the woes of the common worker.
Defenders of the Republic, Senate forces are skilled in fighting from barricades and other defensive structures.
Many in the business world appreciate the Senate's commitment to economic stability, as well as their deep pockets.
In the Siege of Granton, provincial guard troops fought against overwhelming numbers by using traps and other clever ruses.
With little popular support, the FPA focuses much attention to keeping good diplomatic relations with non-Filonian factions.
With low manpower compared to the RFDF, FRF squads used 4-man squads to their advantage by developing tight-knit formations and tactics.
While officially supporting the heretical Royal Church of Holies, the FRF learned from their religious purges of the early war and often sees religious matters as "live and let live".
With years of fighting invested into the Siege of Granton, royal forces are veterans of close hand-to-hand fighting.
Believers in the benefits of being ruled by the well-bred, royalists hone the skills necessary to properly show respect to their betters.
With extended medic training for all soldiers rank corporal or above - Free Vernick has the best troop survivability numbers of any faction.
Without apology Free Vernick is ruled by captains of industry, and makes it clear to all who willing to listen that Vernick is open for business.
After nationalizing all corporations related to the cybernetics industry, General-Chairman Drunist poured grant money into research hoping to yield better combat output.
General-Chairman Drunist, as father of the republic, trains his citizens in the virtues necessary to achieve victory. Chief among these (after loyalty to Drunist, of course) is discipline and mental focus.
Even before the war, the syndicate protected their communities by hook or by crook, though they did so regardless of whether their style of protection was popular or not.
The syndicate is known to have sister chapters across Agathos, and is known to associate even with criminal organizations internationally.
While the AEA is by no means a peaceful faction, it has shown remarkable discipline in avoiding civilian casualties and treating occupied territory justly.
With dueling a favorite pastime of AEA leadership, many in the militia spend hours learning ancient anthegal blade techniques.
With the primary objective to keep places of worship secure from all threats, COL soldiers often gain respect from their communities.
With a deep history of persecution by secular authorities, many orthodox disregard the UO's official condemnation of their actions and instead see them as doing God's work.
With a state built upon the consensus of networked Divine Machines, the USC spends significant resources promoting the skills necessary to build the most secure networks on the planet.
As the champion of constructionism, the USC state media is tasked with informing the world of any and all instances of anti-construct sentiment, and with the same breath announcing their liberal construct immigration policy.
Anthegal soldiers are often provided with a standard load-out of life-saving bionics.
Since the birth of the high men race, they have had the ability to peer into the hearts of lesser men and judge their worthiness.
With as culture steeped in ethics education and orthodox religion; anthegals often seek to guard reality against the dangers of magic, and are sometimes trained in anti-magi techniques.
Through a combination of innate vigor, world-class medical care, and a culture of fitness and health; anthegals often shrug off injuries in superhuman fashion.
A proud warrior race, anthegals are at the forefront of military tactics.
Many cybernetics research firms pay stipends to volunteers who beta test experimental hardware.
A favorite of front-line combat constructs, after-market chassis reinforcement acts to buttress armor.
With a subsidy provided by civilian employers, interpreter constructs often install wide-bandwidth linguistic processors.
In a world of IWAR, many constructs take great interest in self-maintenance and hardening of network interfaces.
To prevent accidental homicide, most cybernetic limbs run sophisticated limiters that lower applied kinetic force closer to human norms. Naturally, many combat constructs learn to disable these.
Dragoons are trained in the ways of the clan at an early age.
Beginning military drills that involve high-altitude runs at an early age, dragoons can achieve a level of stamina other can only dream of.
Dragoons are able to leap to superhuman heights with ease.
To retain their beloved birth swords in the modern world, some dragoons have developed superhuman reflexes to reliably use them even in gun fights.
Trained in blades from an early age, dragoons practice drawing their birth sword until it is done without thought in an instant.
Humans more than other races fight to win, regardless of fair play.
Other races envy the human ability to continue fighting even when the odds are stacked against them.
Humans are naturally industrious and have a good head for business.
Operating a truly global economy, humans are often well-connected even in foreign lands.
Humans, more than any other race, can adapt to make their surroundings into a "new normal". This includes their bodies.
Beings at home with incorporeal existence, the failings of the body often go unnoticed by the sek-agkelos.
After much time, sek-agkelos eventually gain some measure of tolerance to the physical world.
Originating from outside the natural world, sek-agkelos often feel unbound by its limitations.
While less then half the strength of an un-fallen angel, a powerful thrust of a sek-agkelos's wings is enough to put most men off their feet.
Living many lifetimes wandering the world, sek-agkelos are renowned as walking encyclopedias.
The storybook ability to mimic any face they have seen before has served as a blessing, and a curse, to the shapeshifter race.
In mimicking animals, some shapeshifters are able to mimic traits as well as form.
Fluid in spirit, shapeshifters' biology often reflects this.
Masters of subterfuge, shapeshifters are valued for defense as well as offense.
Stealth is an essential pairing to the shapeshifter's other natural abilities.