The Spears

The Spears are an organisation that are generally antagonistic to Athesia. So far, three different types of Spears have been confirmed, as well as one named individual belonging to them. They claim to be representatives of the "Pinnacle Hegemony", but no information about what the latter is is known.
== Types ==
=== Common Traits ===
Spears stand around eight feet tall. They wield spears (hence the name) and can also create an aegis (a magical shield bubble) from bracers on their arm. Each normal Spear is roughly equal in power to a Vanir angel.
=== Divine ===
A group of Divine energy Spears were behind major kidnappings of Deva, having established a laboratory in the God-Curse Mountains for draining divine energy from them. Bolstered by that divine energy, said Spears had glowing skin. That group was led by Nemos, who was captured in the aftermath.
=== Arcane ===
A group of 11 Arcane energy Spears appeared at the University of Athesia when a cube of residium was suspended between two crystal batteries. They phased through the shielding of the test facility and 7 of them, led by Nemos, marched towards the Temporal Mine for reasons unknown before they were stopped. When defeated, they phased from existence; however, Nemos' body only partially phased away and parts of his corpse were left behind when he died. 
When they first appeared, they were seemingly intangible; they were more tangible in the second encounter.
=== Primal ===
The key thing I think we have to take away from the Primal encounter is the power WAS primal but it did NOT feel exactly like the primal energy of Athesia. They unleashed powerful primal-like magic that turned things to stone: It hit a tree, but we assume if it had hit a council member a similar thing would have occurred. They are currently 'building' (more like a slow growth of rock) the foundations of some sort of structure to the north of the Dark Plains - They inferred that primal council members could be useful to them if they swore their subservient loyalty to the spears, presumably in the building of whatever this is (We theorise this would be the same with any council member with potent abilities in other schools of magic). Upon capturing one of their number and questioning them, the spear in question could not answer where they came from, as if they did not know. They did talk a lot about Nemos though, and how he was more powerful than any of the other spears. 
=== Martial ===
The existence of Martial energy Spears is unconfirmed, but rather has been derived from the fact that Spears patterned along the other three types of energy have been confirmed.
== Individuals ==
=== Nemos ===
Nemos is the only known named individual of the Spears. This has not stopped him from being present in at least three different locations simultaneously, all in different energy forms. Each one carried with them an incomplete cipher. 
* As Divine, he called himself "Tribune of Hope". Is currently under arrest. 
* As Arcane, he did most of the speaking, and spoke in a language reminiscent of old Lexum. Died in combat.
** Prohibire! (presumably meaning Stop! - may have been called by someone else)
** Impeditito Stulti!
** Osidere Os!
** This land is claimed by the Pinnacle Hegemony. We are looking for the new lands of our motherland. (in Common)
* As Primal, He again referred to himself as the Tribune of Hope. He rescued a fellow spear from our capture, destroying a wall in the process. In a stroke of odd 'benevolence' he actually rebuilt the wall for us when we gave him his soldier back. From his manner, it is quite obvious that he basically sees us as ants.
== "THE ANTECIA COMES" ==
Message obtained from the wobbling star observed at the opening of the Observatorium. Meaning unknown, but seemingly related to a cipher.
== Relevant Council Members ==
* Dr Vereker (Divine, Arcane)
* Fenxi (Divine, Arcane)
* Skinne (Arcane)
* Rowena (Arcane)
* Venyrax (Arcane)
* Arianna (Primal)
* Ryan (Primal)