Korvax

The **Korvax** are a recurring race in the World of the Exceed.

## Appearance

The Korvax appear to have bodies of humans, but lacking many features, like bone, skin, blood, and organs. Instead, their bodies are covered in wiring and neurotransmitters that acts as nerves connecting throughout their bodies. They have hands like humans and appear to have metal humanoid shoes as feet. They wear protective sheet armoring at all times, but it looks more like clothing than armor. Their heads are metal frames shaped like helmets, reinforced with an unknown metal. Their "faces" are black visors across the front of their head frames, and appear in a pattern of three lights, which can be vertical or horizontal. These lights can flash any color, and each displays the emotion of the Korvax. Their "spine" is worn outside of the armor down their backs, and is surprisingly durable.

## Lifespan & Lifestyle

The Korvax lead long lives, and can technically live forever, although death is possible. They actually live within an online network within the planet's ether and magic, and use the bodies only as vessels to interact with the world. As such, they are very curious and strive to discover new things. As long as the Korvax obey the Collective, they lead happy lives for as long as they are alive.

Korvax are science-oriented, and many become scientists or explorers, although a few become merchants and traders. Even lesser become warriors, and although they aren't military oriented, the Korvax are still capable of defending themselves. Rather than building war machines, they can use psychic enhancements to mind-control any potential enemies.

If a Korvax dies, and the mind data is lost, the body is preserved. When a new Korvax is created, their consciousness is uploaded to the recently dead Korvax's body. While other races find this disturbing, the Korvax see it more of a way of recycling and continuing on the legacies of their ancestors. As such, Korvax with the bodies of legendary and ancient members of their race are honored. In the event that the body is destroyed instead, a new one will be created and the consciousness uploaded to the new unit, as if nothing happened.

## Nation

The Korvax live in the cybernetic metropolis Kierva, their ancestral home where they believe themselves to have originated from. It is a thriving city filled with futuristic technology, but has no nature. Every square inch of the territories have been converted to artificial land, and smaller sky-cities float in the clouds. Instead of plant and wildlife, Kierva is populated by life-like machines and plants almost identical to their organic counterparts. Although Kierva is a city, it stretches beyond to less populated areas, making it more of a territory. Only mechanical beings are allowed inside.

## Capability

Magical Capability- None. The Korvax do not need magic for their needs, even though they appear to use magic. Their mind-control powers and teleportation is achieved by their technology, which often resembles magical spells due to their extreme advancement. In times of great need the Korvax may use passive magic like cloaking or defensive spells, but never use magic for offense or even research, preferring technology instead.

Technological Capability- The Korvax are extremely technological capable, especially in science and exploration. They also have huge advances in other fields of research, although they lack in combat technology. They have managed to construct entire areas of artificial life within their territories, which to onlookers, is both impressive and terrifying. Despite their extreme advancement in technology however, because of their peaceful nature, aren't considered as dangerous as other mechanical races with less powerful technology but more devious intentions.

## Trivia

* Because of their name, and their abilities to change nature to machine so quickly, they are nicknamed the Korvex, with greatly disturbs them. This discrimination has made trading and mercantile efforts with the Korvax harder in recent times, even though the two races are very different in both appearance and goals.

* The Korvax use the same "server" of online consciousness as the Prugen, Ex-Machina, Sirens, and Vex. It is unknown how the Korvax, or any of the other races, are able to seperate themselves from one another along the ether lines of Adrioth.

* The Korvax actually despise the Vex in more ways than one, and prefer to trade with more benevolent races even though they have similar origins.

* The Korvax have never taken part in any wars or battles, and have not formed any alliances since their existence.