The Flower

The Flower in orbit over Uteria, with the fish-like crater of one of Uteria's moons behind it (Credit u/tomfru1)

## Biographical Information

### Aliases

The SaviorThe Trickster

The beast

Devil

## Description

### Distinctive features

Flower-like body

The Flower is a mysterious space-faring creature that was responsible for the creation of the Fleurir and the inexplicable plague on Uteria during its first years of colonization.

## Biography

### Arrival

Nothing is known about The Flower's history. The first time it was documented interacting with mortals is when it arrived at the Vin system. The Flower, observing the Human colony on Uteria, used its abilities to kill all native life on its surface, dooming the planet and the colonists. However, The Flower also sent one of its acolytes down to Earth with a message. The Flower asked for 150 of Uteria's strongest citizens to be sent to it as sacrificial mates in exchange for the planet's restoration. After receiving the mates, The Flower restored all Uterian life and spewed out a planetary shield of energized pollen. At the same time, The Flower sent 50 pods down to the planet's surface. Within each pod were three babies, who became known as The Fleurir. They were The Flower's offspring, and for many years, they lived in luxury as children of a deity. The Flower assured the colonists that the planetary shield is for their own protection, and that they should not bother themselves with interstellar affairs. Afterwards, The Flower appears to have fallen asleep, and maintained orbit near one of Uteria's moons, which was known for having a fish-shaped crater.

### Fleurir expelled and later years

On the 120th anniversary of the colonization of Uteria, the Prime Minister, who knew that The Flower had the power to restore Uteria's native life, formed a theory that The Flower itself could have been the one who killed the native life to begin with. Research showed no other solution, as energy residues collected during the plague matched that of The Flower. With this revelation broadcasted, public opinion of The Flower and the Fleurir was flipped from heroic figures to impish tricksters and devils. Although mobs sought to lynch the Fleurir to get revenge for The Flower taking advantage of them, the Uterian government feared retaliation from The Flower. In order to quell the public and extract vengeance on the Fleurir, the Fleurir were stripped of their noble status and kicked out of the cities. They were crammed into slums and had several laws levied against them, taking away almost all their civil rights. Some time afterwards, the Uterian government attempted to launch satellites and other spacecraft in defiance of The Flower's planetside-only mandate, only to have every craft launched be destroyed or disabled by the energized pollen, as the crafts lacked shields or sufficiently advanced armor. With no way to strike back at The Flower itself, the Uterians begrudgingly went about their lives in a now-restructured society. The Flower did not impose any more plagues on Uteria. Because it had only meddled in mortal affairs once, it managed to escape Celestial authorities. The Flower remained in orbit over Uteria to the time of Government contact, remaining inactive.

### Fleurir relocation

The Flower awoke once more during the PoWER coup, where it used a concentrated beam of pollen to obliterate Glyphos and the Weedkiller tank command pod. Emma Auto, a Government diplomat, made contact with The Flower, who wished to follow The Fleurir to a new world. The transport crafts used tractor beams to tug The Flower along, where it was placed into orbit around Avrien III, the relocation world.

## Description

The Flower somewhat resembles a supermassive Hibiscus flower with longer petals. It is known that The Flower can apparently function as a space station, as holds a population of acolytes within itself.

### Personality

The Flower's motives are unknown, but appear to be in the intent of spreading its life. The Flower appeared as a savior and protective figure in its first century of orbit, but became silent before the expulsion of its offspring. The Flower showed confusion and visible motherly concern for the Fleurir upon sensing the extermination process attempted by PoWER, and the Military evacuation effort. Although much of its personality and true thoughts on mortals are unknown, it is willing to impose plagues and other threats onto planetary populations to achieve its goal.

## Powers and abilities

The Flower has displayed considerable amounts of power, able to alter the biosphere of entire planets. However, its life-ending plagues appear to be selective, as the only time it was seen in use, it only killed native life. The Flower itself also seems to use Magic or similar abilities to keep itself sustained in space, unlike mortal space-breathers. The Flower is able to travel across interstellar distances without technological propulsion systems, and can apparently maintain a terrestrial environment within its body. It can also spew large amounts of orange energized pollen, enough to form a sort of planetary shield. The Flower is able to reproduce with humans, forming human/plant hybrids that are developed enough to be considered a separate species. The Flower is also able to directly communicate through a stream of noise and images, seemingly connected to an organ resembling a smaller flower located atop its stigma.