Atrias

Atrias is a planet within the Koprulu sector. It once served as an outpost for the Tal'darim, though it was later abandoned when the planet began harsh eruptions of vespene gas. It was later claimed by the Atrias Corps, who would begin mining vespene gas and distributing it to the Alliance.
== Physical Description ==
The planet itself is very rocky and mountainous, with no indigenous plant or animal life present. Massive chasms and trenches have formed across the planet, allowing for vespene gas to escape to the surface. 
There are some Xel'Naga relics on the planet's surface, resulting in the Tal'darim setting up an outpost on this world. The vespene eruptions later made it difficult to stay, and the protoss were forced to flee. Thousands of years later, the Atrias Corps would claim the vespene gas and begin harvesting it for profit. 
== The Atrias Terrors ==
Some of the members of the Atrias Corps were lost on the surface, and were believed to have perished. Fortunately, they had survived, but now they would have been far better off dead in their new environment. The vespene gas began making its way into their bodies and bloodstreams, forcing them to enter an extremely feral state of mind. Parts of their bodies began to glow green, and their bodies began breaking down from the inside. After a few generations, the descendants of the Atrias victims were barely recognizable as sapient beings, and their bodies were hideously deformed and mutated beyond recognition. Very few were ever unlucky enough to encounter them, and even fewer survived to tell the tale. Those that did described in full detail what they had seen. These creatures became known as the Atrias Terrors, neither mob nor animal, but something even more primordial and terrifying. Many times, members of the Alliance demanded the destruction of the planet to end the lives of these monstrosities, but the Alliance Council ignored these demands, for Atrias was far too important to be destroyed. 
To make the legends of the Atrias Terrors even more horrifying than they already are, it was believed by some that the creatures were coordinated by some unknown intelligence. The identity of this dark mind is still unknown, and the Alliance still have no theories as to who or what it may be. It is clear, however, that the mind behind the Atrias Terrors is plotting something that could threaten every living thing in the galaxy.
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