Kistiki

"Kistiki" is a name used in legends to describe a dangerous and powerful Nether Spirit. The word roughly translates to "Dark Vision Spirit" in a now long dead language, and has long been used as a cautionary tale against the Nether in Seryist cultures. This "Kistiki" was said to have taken the form of a Pigman, binding itself to strengthen its abilities and to appear as an unhostile and neutral entity.
Legends go on to suggest that Kistiki was a devious and powerful trickster who could use its abilities to implant visions in the minds of its victims. These visions would often depict gruesome, horrible fates for the victims loved ones, sending them into a spiral of paranoia and self destructive behavior. Some stories ended with a bleak portrayal of those who encountered Kistiki, while others used the opportunity to highlight the strength of ones own self, and their ability to overcome such deception. The only consistent plot point in the "Legend of the Dark Vision Spirit" is that Kistiki retains this ability, and others that make it far too dangerous to fight.
As is the nature with Nether Spirits, very little is truly known about Kistiki. At the end of the Nether War in 76 AE the ANRT strike team encountered multiple Nether Spirits during their final push to the Devourer. These soldiers would later go on to describe one of the spirits they fought, the information they presented eerily matching legends of Kistiki. While none suffered bleak "dark visions", they did experience sudden darkness in their vision, believed to have been mentally induced. They also claimed this Spirit possessed the ability to temporarily "lighten gravity", forcing its opponents into the air before they came crashing back down. In the end the strike team found victory over Kistiki, presumably killing it.
Experts on Nether Spirits and other-worldly history generally believe the spirit fought during the Nether War to be Kistiki, or at least similar enough to be classified as such. Kistiki's fate remains unknown, as do those of many Spirits, but it is believed that even if it had survived the battle it's Pigman host would have been destroyed, significantly weakening the spirit.
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