Sterivim (General)

> "Sterivim are distortions," is something you will hear a lot in Multiverse if you hang around the [Razondev] series or delve into the Servitrak. They are beings formed when space gets rifted and compiled along with energy, generating a disorder. Most do not last long and others self-destruct, but some are very dangerous.
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## What are Sterivim?

Sterivim, by definition, are insentient energies that are capable of causing damage, originating from a rift or overlay of reality. That is a very difficult definition to swallow. Put simply, they are entities that form whenever the fabric of space and time is damaged or affected too harshly. This can be caused by dimensional travel, time travel, magic in general, or entropy- which is the measure of chaos in a system. They are formed whenever something too strenuous on the universe in a focused area occurs. There is an official way of classing and ranking them that exists because of how common they are.

Because of their nature as just being a "living" distortion, they can appear sentient, but no Sterivim is capable of free thought; even ones that speak and claim to feel emotions (Yrdiv and Harmony elements as a prime example) cannot be freed mentally. Some Sterivim are capable of mimicking real creatures or looking completely normal, but all should be handled with care. Though with the ranking, not everything that is ranked has to be a distortion. It is most famously used to class nonliving creatures in Multiverse, saving living ones for the Nine Primary Factions ranking (also called the power ranking).

## What is the Problem?

The problem with Sterivim is the fact that they are completely unpredictable when formed naturally. They can form from a variety of means and sometimes, if a living creature forms them, they can take on that being's traits, especially emotions at the time of formation (think imprinting in animals). If someone was a serial killer and a Sterivim was formed from the process of hunting people, that Sterivim might be a cunning, reasonless, violent distortion that continues the trend, only doubled now. Sterivim formed in a controlled environment are still dangerous, but they are significantly less threatening than ones in which the origin is unknown.

If a Sterivim is formed without imprinting on its creator or anything nearby, it is rouge and will usually only seek its own survival. It is possible for some to form, believing it has a goal to complete, like the Dark Time Mirror, but others just try to survive and, either intentionally or not, may form more distortions along the way.

## Are Some Places Riskier?

Most definitely. Especially in other realities, Sterivim can be a massive nuisance. Though a fun fact about them is that if one appears in one reality, it does not necessarily have to appear in another, leading to some timelines having dramatically different changes. Some speculate that Sterivim are the reason why there are multiple timelines after all, but there is no concrete evidence other than the major timeline breakages that occurred (to know more, check out Multiverse's Main Timeline).

Notably, the Null timeline (a most ironic name) has the highest percentile of distortions compared to all the other timelines. The other timelines have roughly similar numbers of distortions that manifest (at least assumed), but they are most quickly remediated in the F2-H timeline. MP1 or P-U should have the lowest number, theoretically, but quantifying this number is nearly impossible.

## Destroying Sterivim

Most Sterivim are short-lived in Multiverse, only lasting a little while before fading away or destroying itself, but other ones will stay a while. An effective means to remove a weak one is to clean or tidy the environment it is in. Since they thrive off of entropy and energy in general, cutting off their means to persist is very effective. Placing objects on the ground or organizing things into sets is good most of the time. Making a room colder and silencing all forms of movement is also great at culling lower-end Sterivim, but the real challenge is from stronger ones.

Stronger Sterivim almost always require Servitrak to be destroyed. This is because the best way to destroy a distortion is with another one. Conventional firearms or especially magic can do either little, nothing, or power up Sterivim. Servitrak are those who have embraced distortion but are still sentient and thus will fight off distortions. They use the elements that Sterivim have against them, but the fights are still not so easily won. Sometimes, great prices are paid for the destruction of strong Sterivim.

## Friendly Sterivim?

Not all Sterivim are violent, destructive entities that only seek to propagate and destroy Multiverse. Some like Hyliecx Angels are formed to serve and protect others. Servitrak, by technicality, are half Sterivim and they are very friendly. Other beings, such as Tetaski do not even appear to be a Sterivim, but are classed as such for lack of sentience. Tetaski is a genie that grants wishes how you request, so that is by no means negative!

## Notable Sterivim

The following are a list of notable Sterivim. These either appear many times thoughout Multiverse or are notable because of their influences on beings in Multiverse. They are in alphabetical order.

* Dark Time Mirror
* Ciliphtos
* Heart of Corruption (classed as a Sterivim, though Soldite organisms are categorized differently)
* Hyliecx Angels (and variations)
* Tetaski
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