Exxian

## Lore

The Exxian are an ancient race of impossible power and knowledge. They predate The Origin War and are actually the first race in existence. They were created as Syrien's first companions. They are tall, elegant, with an almost angelic appearance. They have long, elven-like ears. Their physical bodies had a range of pure white to a light blue skin tone. They also had flawless, almost human-like faces. The immeasurably beautiful land that they had lived in was called Xia. This land is located in the only explored area ofThe Vault. The Exxian were the only known race/species to have been living in The Vault before The Collapse.

### During The Origin War

The Exxians formed an order they somewhat unoriginally dubbed, The Order of Exxia. A group six of the most powerful Exxians. (See "The First Order") Each with their own battle shaping powers. They formed this Order to fight the closing armies of all the realms. The Order they formed managed to get all of the Rulers to stop fighting for long enough to talk about peace. Since the goal of 3 of the 5 fighting forces was to enter The Vault and awake and imprision Syrien, kill The Judge, and claim themselves as Ruler of All, they all eventually came to an agreement. The Exxian would withdraw from The Origin War and close and seal themselves in The Vault. The four remaining armies would come to a draw and equally rule their own realms. This was the plan, but they were set up and betrayed. The Exxian were forced to make a sacrifice. They damaged the seals that kept The Vault from swallowing the other five realms whole. The Vault began to close in on itself and ripped The Exxian from their physical forms, sealing The Vault, but losing what they once were. This was the event known as The Collapse.

### After The Origin War

After The Collapse, the physical bodies of the Exxians were destroyed. They now reside in The Outside as spirits, drifting in nothingness, slowly dying off. The more powerful and wise Exxians are able to Bind their souls to another creature either as that soul is first born, or sometime shortly after. The Bond is instant and eternal until it's host dies off or until the Exxian wishes to let go, ending both lives. While most Exxians choose to bind to Terran's lifeforms, some have been known to bind to one of the other many races in the Omniworld and even once or twice to souls in the Under and Over worlds.

The Exxian now struggle to stay alive, binding to one soul after another. Riding on the edge of death, they are miserable and tired. No matter what they may say, they have but one goal; survive and return to physical forms.

## Bonds

While the Exxians are now technically a race of parasites of the soul, they are more of a symbiotic life form. Binding to their host, gaining their hosts life and in turn, giving their host access to the greatest of their physical powers. This process is accessed through something called The Awakening. It's an ancient technique that only The Order of Exxia knows how to perform.

While most Exxians have no name in the known spoken, written or even understandable languages, some choose to take names translated into Terran's main language, English. These Exxians are of the most powerful and wise.

While only lingering on on the edge of existence, they hang on to their hosts, never without one for long. Their end goal is to somehow find a host who knows how to restore them to physical forms, lest they be ripped back into The Vault, never to escape again.