Thread: Night Bane (Supernatural, grand epic.)

The NightBane Let me tell you what I think we are, Paulus, the oldest Nightbane in the group, said. We are dreams made flesh, nightmares come to life. We are the walking embodiments of Humankind's lusts and fears. They call us inhuman, but in some ways we are more human than they are, for we wear our true nature on the outside. I respectfully disagree, said Katya, absent-mindedly flapping her gossamer wings. We are the bastard children of the Nightlands, and our power is to give shape to our souls. Our Morphus is a pure soul, in all its beauty and horror, released into the world to do God's work. Bull. I'll tell you what we are, kid, said Creepshow. He flexed his hands and six-inch razor blades sprung from his leathery fingers. We're badasses. Only a few facts are known about the Nightbane. They are shape-changers, with a human form known as the Facade, and a monstrous form called the Morphus. No two Nightbane have the same Morphus in fact, a few are beautiful in an inhuman way. All Nightbane are adopted children or orphans. Who their parents are, and where they come from, remains unknown to them. They are supematurally strong and resistant to damage, have several different supernatural powers, and have life spans measured in centuries. They are able to travel freely into the Nightlands, either by walking through mirrors or through magical gates. They can also sense the presence of others of their kind, which is good because the Nightlords' minions mercilessly hunt down the Nightbane, neither giving nor asking for any mercy. There are many theories and rumors about the Nightbane, especially among their own kind. Some say they are beings of pure energy that take human form in an instinctive effort to blend in. When a Nightbane is killed in Morphus form, his body dissolves into a pool of black light which dissipates in a manner of seconds, lending credence to that theory. When he dies in his human form, the Facade decomposes like a normal human body. Other occultists think the Nightbane have the power to manifest their soul or their personality in the Morphus. Their proof is the fact that the Morphus' shape is typically related to the fears, likes or dislikes of the Nightbane. Nobody knows whether either theory is right a few think that maybe both are right and wrong at the same time. Nightbane have existed for centuries before Dark Day. Some students of the occult believe that they were the result of accidental cross-overs. They were foundlings, children who were sometimes adopted by human families or even animals. Most Nightbane lived out their lives without suspecting their inhuman origins they lived and died as normal humans, and their Facades decomposed with the passage of time. The few who had their identities revealed gave rise to the legends of demons, werewolves, changelings, and faerie children. These Nightbane discovered they aged very slowly and learned to use their supernatural powers and monstrous visage to their benefit some for good, others for evil. In the dawn of history, some of these beings were worshipped as gods on Earth, and founded entire empires. Some of the animal-headed gods of Egypt and the mythical god-kings of Mesopotamia are believed to be Nightbane whose powers manifested themselves. Eventually, awe gave way to fear. By the Middle Ages, the Nightbane were considered to be demons and hunted down everywhere. The ones who survived persecution lived in hiding, often traveling the world never staying in one place for long, especially as the passage of years did not tarnish their physical appearance. Some Nightbane formed secret societies and established a system of mutual assistance. The rules for these organizations were usually simple Hide your Morphus from humans, do not harm humans unless absolutely necessary, and help any Nightbane you encounter. Safe houses, usually in the countryside, away from towns, were built by these refugees. Any new member of their race was approached quickly, usually as soon as hisher powers manifested and offered shelter and protection. Those who were Nightbane but whose nature had not been awakened were watched but left alone, since chances were they might never transform, especially if the change hadn't occurred Dark Day changed all of this. Before that time, there were only a few hundred manifested Nightbane worldwide. But the coming of the Dark and the mystical energies unleashed during the process caused every potential Nightbane in the world to be revealed through transformation. Thus, the number of Nightbane has increased a hundredfold. However, their awakenings did not all occur simultaneously. Throughout the Dark Day, approximately half of all the Nightbane in the world had manifested, while the rest remained unaltered. These late bloomers would awaken over the next year or so. Furthermore, since Nightbane abilities appear only after puberty, there are still thousands of unsuspecting children who will become inhuman beings over the next several years. From the beginning, the minions of the Nightlords have tried to destroy the Nightbane. Even those Nightbane who made contact and offered their services to the Ba'al are usually eliminated! Many consider this policy to be insane, since such aggression leaves the Nightbane no option but to oppose the Nightlords and their hellish minions. Perhaps the Ba'al fear the Nightbane so much that they dare not allow them to live even as slaves or loyal soldiers at their side. This has led some to believe that Earth's salvation may lie in the hands of these unwanted children of the night. in small groups, hiding from the authorities and giving little thought to anything other than their survival. Some of these independents are still out there, but they are the most vulnerable and short-lived, falling easy prey to the Nightlords and their minions. Eventually, however, the newbies or nightbabies, as they are sometimes known, run into one of the larger groups of Nightbane . These groups, commonly called the Factions, are loose organizations that operate on a regional, national, or even world-wide scale. The Factions vary widely in power, numbers, and goals. Some of them include humans, sorcerers and even vampires and other supernatural beings in addition to Nightbane.