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Weaponry

Weaponry in the Stormbite universe is a mixture of old traditional melee weapons to hyper advanced futuristic technology.

## Firearms

Firearms vary in their style and form. Standard weapons such as Glocks and Smith & Weston's are used however, companies such as ARCDA and Hasekura will produce their own weapons and ammunition

### Sidearms

* **Fénix** - A lightweight handgun used primarily by Avios due to it being light, easy to carry, and quick to aim and fire. Between 9 and 20 rounds in one magazine depending on the model and the size of the round.
* **Banditti** - A revolver style handgun, lightweight with 6 rounds in a chamber, similar to a Schofield revolver. Usually held by lieutenants and captains in the Elites as a sign of rank due to their aesthetic appearance and customisation.

### Rifles

* **MX-Jaeger "Juba"** - A bolt-action rifle that was designed for medium to long-range combat. Fires six rounds before needing to be reloaded.
* **LM-RS "Roza"** -
* **LM-P2 "Belova"** -

### Shotguns

* **MN-TR "Minotaur"** - A heavyweight pump action shotgun. These are short range but high power and damage, usually used by Canids and Ursa

### Bows & Crossbows

* **Freelancer Crossbow** - a gas powered crossbow that is very light and very powerful, firing bolts rather than explosive ammunition. The advantage of the crossbow over a gun is that it is much quieter and can be used for stealth.

## Melee Weapons

Melee weapons are common, used usually by Synths with aversions to loud noises, poor aim, or a mean-streak that draws them into one-on-one combat.

* **Knives & Daggers**
* **Swords**
* **Spears**
* **Axes**
* **Trident**

## Miscellaneous Weapons

### Cannons

* **Net Cannon**
* **Mortar**

### Heavy Weapons

* **HK-Minimi TR - The**

### EMI Weapons

* **Hasekuran Heavy**
* **Fénix** X4-2 - An EMI developed Fénix sidearm. The number of rounds is smaller at only 7, due to each bullet being an EMI Bullet that discharges an electric shock on contact.
Core (Faction)

**Core** is the the second largest faction of ARCDA and is primarily military and defence focused. It is called Core, as it is one of the most integral and core parts to ARCDA as a whole.

The colours they use for their insignia and personel uniform are red and bronze.

## History

Core developed into its own faction almost as soon as mass production began for Synths and various technologies. Whilst Delta took control of the technological side of production for the most part before it split off, Core had to find a way to educate and train the ever growing number of Synths that were being added to ARCDA.

### Faction Lead

The long time head of Core is Gaius Daniels.

## Purpose

Core's primary purpose is to educate and train Synths, forming the core of ARCDA as almost every synth has to pass through this faction at one point or another in their lives. This comes in the form of the Elites training, taking on Synths just out of nursery and nurturing their abilities and minds until they can fulfil a job role somewhere in ARCDA.

They rarely grow their own Synths from scratch unless it is a very small or remote bunker which may have a specific project running or a goal focused reason for being isolated.

## Products & Projects

**Products**

* Synths
* Elites
* Transporters
* Weaponry
* Architecture

#### **Projects**

Core has many projects across a variety of different types from Synth production to much larger scale Martian colonisation projects.

* The Elites
* Project Hectate
* Project Astra
* Project Sirocco

## People from Core

#### **Doctors & Human Personnel**

* Gaius Daniels
* Major Bell

#### **Elites**

* Wilny
* Griffin (Trained in Core, Produced by Aura and Risio)
* Nico
* Faraday (Trained in Core, produced by Risio)
* King
* Cinta
* Westwind
* Lieutenant Mykonos
* Roanoke
* Reykjavik

## See Also

* Atlas
* Risio
* Delta
* Aura

## Trivia

* Core is one of the factions that has had the fewest revisions to its purpose, name, and methods.
* They are the main bulk of what forms ARCDA, and the C in ARCDA stands for Core as well as being in the middle of its acronym.
Pteros

Pteros

**Pteros** are membranous-winged Sapiential-Synths capable of flight. They are considered to be a sub-species of Chiro however they look substantially different to Chiros.

## History and Purpose

#### **Concept and Creation**

It is not yet known why or how Pteros were created, however they have been mentioned several times and are not very well known.

Because of their similarity to Chiros they are considered a sub-species however they are likely their own species entirely.

## Biology

Pteros have a much different body design to Avios or Chiros, appearing more critter like and behaving with less sapientially compared to Avios and Chiros.

Pteros have long bodies covered in short fur, with short forearms and long wings that have a single finger which is elongated and so a membrane stretches from it to mid-way down their tails. Their tails are long, prehensile with a tuft at the end.

They move about on all-fours, using their wings for movement rather than their forearms, and their hind legs are slightly scaled like a bird or reptile likely implying that they have long toes and fewer digits than other Synths, as their hands have three long fingers and one short thumb. Their ears are described as rabbit-like as are their noses, and short pronged antlers above their eyebrows. Like most synths, Pteros have sharp canine teeth which are seen as being "Fox-Like".

It is not known if they are possibly a tribrid species or extreme development of new traits.

#### **Behaviour**

Pteros walk on their wings and hind legs in a four-legged amble. Their level of intelligence is unknown, however as with many critter species, they do show a high level of cognition. When interacting with Storm in Silverbird, the Pteros, Petrie, seems interested in what she is doing and goes as far as to "smile" at her when she inspects it. It also understands that the door can be opened.

## Known Pteros Characters

* Petrie: First shown in Silverbird being held in Hrimfald

## See More

* Synths
* ARCDA
* Avios
* Chiros

## Trivia

* Their wing design is there to reflect the Pterosauria wings, whilst Avios have bird wings and Chiros have bat wings. However rather than making them appear to be based on the ancient flying reptiles they are more mammalian like.

## References

1. ↑ *Sapiential-Synth:* "A Synth that bares resemblance to a human in that they can talk, think, create, and understand complex things."
2. ↑ Silverbird: Chapter 27

## Site Navigation

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Mykonos

> *"If you can make it work then get it done." - Mykonos*
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**Lieutenant Mykonos** is a Canid synth who is a high ranking official in ARCDA, working as a handler for the Diamond Elites.

## Appearance

Mykonos is described as being close onto seven feet tall, with blue eyes.

#### **Synth Features**

He is described as being Anubis-Headed meaning that his head appears to be more canine-like than the usual Canids that usually retain predominantly human-like appearances. Because of this, he has thick black fur and whiskers, as well as all usual canid features such as claws and long fangs.

## Personality

Mykonos is highly reserved and responsible, apprehensive about making decisions that he doesn't agree with but trying his best to be democratic. Unlike other canids, he is not outwardly aggressive and does not resort to violence when angered.

## History

It is not known what Mykonos was before he became a lieutenant, but it is alluded to that he used to train Amethysts or Sapphires since has has known Griffin for a long time.

## Abilities

**Hearing**

He has sensitive enough hearing to hear things up to a kilometer away.

## Relationships

Griffin

Mykonos has worked with Griffin since she was an Amethyst. He looks out for her, with The Major believing that he is far too lenient with Griffin in what she does.

Nico

The Major

Mykonos does not agree with the Major's methods, but being lower ranking than her, he does not outwardly contest her untill he has been given evidence and support.

## Trivia

* Mykonos was a latecomer to the script, and didn't exist canonically until a month before publishing when it was just the Major who was managing Griffin.
* His name comes from the greek island of Mykonos, nicknamed as the Island of Winds.
* Due to his sensible voice, Griffin imagines him speaking to her to set her mind right.

## References

1. ↑ Island of Mykonos

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Loch Mullardoch

**Loch Mullardoch** was once the primary Prototype Research facility for ARCDA, built in Mullardoch, Scotland, where all of the prototypes for new various Synths were created before they would go into full production. However after Rex Brisbane rebelled against ARCDA, Mullardoch was completely destroyed.

## Facilities

* Laboratories
* Nursery and School
* Cafeteria
* Store
* Playground.
* Housing
* Security
* Power
* Maintenance

## History

### Founding

Needing a large open space in the wilderness is a key theme of ARCDA, and for the newly founded Aura faction, they required somewhere with a lot of space but somewhere where they could burrow down beneath without causing too much attention or notice.

## Location Information

Mullardoch was a large facility build partially underground within an old quarry, alowing for extensive access into the mountain side which provided it with a lot of protection. As well as the main campus, there was a village built for ARCDA's workers and doctors, making it a more communal facility than most Core bunkers, which included shops, a small school for both the human children of doctors and workers and any Synth prototypes could attend.

Being in the Scottish highlands, the facility sits within the mountains beside a major reservoir where a hydroelectric dam still exists which provided power to the entire facility as well as into the national grid. From video footage Storm watched, there are pine tree forests near by where many red deer live, as well as snow capped mountains all around.

## See Also

* ARCDA
* Storm Fraser-Swann
* Rex Brisbane
* Broken Arrow

## Trivia

* Mullardoch is the first location the reader is introduced to in Stormbite.

## Site Navigation

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Gregale (Compass Project Series)

***Gregale*** is the 2nd book of the **Compass Projects series****,** written by T. Hearts and is published through Amazon, following the events of Sirocco.

As with the title, it is about the **Gregale Project.**

The wings on the cover belong to Faraday and King, two characters who are both Elites who have lost part of their wings.

## *Synopsis*

> *“This isn’t a project that is just for show. I really can help you fly again. I’m the only one who can give you your wings back.”*
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> In the light of the rediscovery of the Sirocco Project, Griffin has been doing all she can to stop Core from taking the Sirocco sisters back, and has drawn attention to herself from their original creator, Professor Eve Mira. Now considered to be a flight risk by Core and with the Major not wanting her back, Griffin is ordered into Eve Mira’s latest project, Gregale, where she promises she’ll be rewarded for her service and to be compensated for all that has happened to her by being given new wings.
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> However what she did not anticipate was to be made the Handler to the Gregale Project’s group of damaged Avios and keep them safe as they await their new wings, at the same time as trying to manage her own resurfacing trauma.
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## Plot

This page contains information that may spoil unread content.

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 Characters

### Main Characters

* Griffin
* King
* Immortal
* Faraday
* Westwind
* Dr Aryan Kane

#### Secondary and Minor Characters

* IO
* San
* Mykonos
* Xavier
* Nico
* Sweet
* Esha
* Farid Ceylan
* Ian
* Aaliyah
* Jason

### Synth Types Seen

* **Avios**; Type-4.5, Type-4, Type-5Unknown Type.
* **Canid**
* **Raptor**; Sirri Island Raptor
* **Langurs**
* **Artydactylian**
* **Ursa**

## Conception and Creation Process

* It was written at the same time as Sirocco, as a continuation on from where it was left off in Sirocco, with more of a focus on how Delta faction works, or at least projects under Delta functions.

## Concept Art

First draft drawings of the girls.first draft concept arts of the boysCintaFaradayKingImmortalSweetWestwind
## See Also

* Sirocco
* The Compass Projects
	+ Project Gregale
	+ Project Sirocco
	+ Project Libeccio
	+ Project Mistral

 Trivia

* Gregale is the name of the North-East wind, and so the wings on the cover point North-East from the compass.
* T.Hearts refers to this book as Greg, and had a lot of fun writing lines for Faraday and Immortal.
* The way that Immortal's signing is written utilises :: :: instead of apostrophes or quotation marks, to make it easier to differentiate from when musing and thoughts are written, and when words are verbal. A lot of Immortal's signing is a mixture of different sign languages from around the world including, American, French, British, Makaton, and Australian, to form an international sign language.
* Gregale is 460 pages long, making it twice as thick as Sirocco
Llameadora

* Nivel I
* Nivel II
* Nivel III

La **Llameadora** es un arma.

*Esta pistola antigua, capaz de disparar proyectiles incendiaros, fue prohibida durante las viejas guerras debido a las leyes de Derechos Humanos. CRONISTA ELI*

## Errores

* Esta arma cuenta con un *bug*, al agregar módulos de daño se pierde el efecto de balas de fuego.
Bionics

**Bionics** are mechanical, manoeuvrable prosthetics that replace limbs.

## History

Bionics were very quick to be developed and implemented as soon as Delta came along and became its own faction of ARCDA.

## Development

#### Project Gregale

Project Gregale (the first Iteration) was originally intended to create fully mechanical wings and mechanisms for flight. This idea was quickly revised after a debate between the project leader and the directors of ARCDA on their focus of Synthetic creations over mechanical, however they didn't discard the concept entirely but instead redirected its intentions.

## Characters with Bionics

* Beth Lovelace
* Faraday
* Immortal
* King
* Westwind
* Sweet
* Cinta
Bubblegum Pink

> "I love all of my rotten-ass sons equally."
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**Bubblegum Pink,** is one of the oldest reported Reptile Synths, and the second in command and technician to the Daggers. She is based upon a gecko and gained her name after she dyed her hair bubblegum pink.

## Appearance

Bubbles is short, and very alien looking with veiny cornflower blue eyes, ridged eyebrows and scales.

"her skin was finely scaled, a pale beige with mottling of darker browns and a streak of black and red that ran from her large round eyes. Though they were a bright cornflower blue, they held a very reptilian slitted pupil that sliced through the length of the blue with dark veins that looked to flow into it.”

#### **Synth Features**

Her skin is softly scaled, mottled with reds and browns. Because of the base, she has ridged eyebrows and a flat nose, with a thick prehensile grey tail that is able to curl up around things.

## Personality

Bubbles is seen as being responsible, but somewhat cheeky and proud. She keeps Crow in line when he gets angry and lashes out.

She does show that she takes offence to being called Cold-Blooded.

## Abilities

Bubbles abilities are largely unknown, but she is shown as being very technologically minded in the same was as Beth.

## Relationships

* Crow Corvus

Crow is very affectionate and loving towards Bubbles, calling her Babe and dropping whatever it is he is doing when she asks.

* Beth Lovelace

She and Beth get along very well, trading information and chatting as friends.

## Trivia

* Bubbles is one of the older Tlaloc reptiles. Unlike other Reptiles she cannot change the colour of her skin.

## References

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Ballesta

* Nivel I
* Nivel II
* Nivel III

La **Ballesta** es un arma.

*Esta confiable ballesta es silenciosa pero muy letal; su única pega es que solo puede cargar los pernos de uno en uno y recargar durante el combate es una lata. Fue confiscada a un gul lo bastante necio como para intentar colarse en el Arca. CRONISTA ELI*
Página 153 del diario de Ingmar

***Página 153 del diario de Ingmar*** es una nota.

* **Ubicación:**Campos de metal

## Transcripción

*Los sujetos jóvenes se están desarrollando más rápido de lo que habíamos imaginado; durante el viaje a las instalaciones nos topamos con un pelotón de robots ejecutores descontrolados que abrió fuego contra nosotros, y los sujetos se ocuparon de ellos con facilidad.*

*No hubiese imaginado algo así ni en sueños. Si el mando central no fuera tan corto de miras, la Tierra podría volver a ser nuestra.*

*Dr. Ingmar Edison*
Westwind

> *"We all have bad days.'**" - Westwind***
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**Westwind** is a character from the Compass Project series, first appearing in Gregale**.**

## Appearance

Westwind is very small and very slight, even for an Avio. She has fair-olive skin, with light brown hair that is the same colour as her feathers, though she also has white feathers.

Within Gregale, its revealed that she has heterochromia, with one eye (right) being dark brown, but her left which is usually hidden by her hair being a 'bright fractal topaz blue'. It is also revealed that this is because Westwind was previously a muser but it was edited out, and the colour marker left her with one odd eye.

#### **Synth Features**

From the concept art, Westwind had very broad wings. They would have been a similar colour to her wings, with pale tan brown, almost coral coloured, with white. All that remains is a pair of 6 inch stubs of her humerus and her tail feathers which are long enough that they sweep the floor.

## Personality

Westwind is the most reserved of the Gregale Team.

Deeply traumatised, she doesn't trust people not to use anything they know of her to their advantage or to hurt her with, and so she gives up very little information about herself. She is very slow to open up, however she shows that she can be sarcastic and quick witted when relaxed.

Her trauma creates a very violent and savage side to her, as shown in Gregale when she lashes out at both Sweet and Faraday, trying to hurt herself, and is highly regretful when she calms down. When actively performing tasks that she would have as a Sapphire such as being alert to situations, spying or watching or taking part in a mission, she is very calm and focused.

## History

**Pre-Gregale**

Unknown

#### **Gregale**

In Gregale, Westwind is first shown as a quiet and highly traumatised Avio.

## Abilities

#### **Flight**.

With her new bionic wings, Westwind displays a prowess with flying that the others lack, being able to move with swiftness and precision. She is capable of stooping in sharp dives, and flying for hours on end without flapping her wings.

#### **Hyper Focus**

Westwind has the best eyesight of the Gregale team, able to focus in on minute details on distant objects.

## Relationships

Griffin

* Westwind and Griffin get along very well together and although Griffin is quick to try and protect and defend Westwind, Westwind is also quick to tell Griffin when she needs help or give an alternate perspective to a theory.

Cinta

Immortal

Faraday

Sweet

King

## Quotes

* *"We all have bad days."*
* *"Breaking and entering on top of petty theft? Are you sure you're not a Sapphire?"*

## Trivia

* Westwind is a lesbian.

## References

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Iowa

> "What do we do now?" - Iowa, Broken Arrow
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**Iowa** is a VE-RA Preternatural, who is an Emerald and part of the group Taurus.

## Appearance

Iowa is a feminine-appearing Preter, with "Pale almost translucent skin, short platinum blonde hair, and intense pale blue eyes," which makes her appear to be 'washed out' next to all the other Preters in the Emerald class.

#### **Synth Features**

Iowa has no outwardly visible Synth features.

## History

**Broken Arrow**

During the events of Broken Arrow, Roanoke is working as a Sapphire Elite, in the North American Sapphire-44 team.

## Abilities

* **Telkens**

Iowa's telkens (telekenetics) are described by Roanoke as muting/muffling her thoughts, and creating a sharp knife-like edge to it. She is capable of throwing cars.

## Relationships

* **Roanoke**

Roanoke is very patient with Iowa.

## Quotes

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## References

1. ↑ Broken Arrow

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Caja fría

La **Caja fría** es un artefacto.

*Una caja fría que funciona mediante electricidad. Mantiene las cosas frías, así que parece un buen sitio para conservar las cabezas de tus víctimas. Esto... quería decir enemigos. CRONISTA HIPPOCANTUS*

## Trivia

* Selma menciona que estas cajas frías se utilizaban como refugio contra la radiación, una referencia a la película de Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones y el reino de la calavera de cristal, en la que Jones sobrevive a una explosión nuclear al meterse en un refrigerador.
Project Gregale

**Project Gregale** is a small side project that is focused upon restoring lost limbs (wings and tails) to Volant Synths, namely Avios.

#### **Project Details**

**Project Name:** Gregale

**Project Coordinators:** Dr Aryan Kane, Wilheim Mira.

**Faction:** Delta, Aura.

**Location:** Sirri Island, Persian Gulf, Iran

## Project Brief

*Utilising bionic advancements to bestow replacement limbs for Volant [Avio] participants that have lost limbs utilised in flight, and working towards restoring functional flight, and growing a greater understanding of Volant nervous and motor functions.*

## Requirements/Expectations

* *Missing whole or partial wings, tailfeathers, other limbs necessary for functional flight.*
* *Must be cooperative with and willing to be subjected to bionic limb replacements*
* *be prepared to act as a beta tester for this innovative technology and accepting of any injury that may ensue.*

## Participants

Grant given for each participant: up to 10 maximum.

1. King - Diamond
2. Cinta - Ruby
3. Westwind - Sapphire
4. Immortal - Quartz-5
5. Faraday - Ruby
6. Sweet - Quartz-2
7. Griffin - Amethyst

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## Findings

Findings of this project are mixed due to the project being cut short, however what has been found is thus:

* Avios need regular practice with the bionic wings to become accustomed to the weight and movement of them when airborne.

## See Also

* Project Sirocco
* Project Libeccio
* Project Mistral

## Trivia

* Project Gregale is named after the North-Easterly wind.
Skybourne (Storm Series)

Skybourne (Storm series) is the 3rd and final book of the Storm series, written by T. Hearts and is published through Amazon.

## Plot

This page contains information that may spoil unread content.

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 Characters

### **Main Characters**

* Storm Fraser-Swann
* Beth Lovelace
* Wilny Mira
* Katana Tsume
* Malana Été
* Amell Rakena
* Comet Sang
* Wilheim Mira
* Rex Brisbane, The Rioteers
* Eve Mira
* Sabre Merlo
* Fell Merlo

### **Secondary Characters**

* Asena Canis, Asena's Pack
* Crow Corvus, The Daggers
* Palmer Hunter
* Freeborn
* Roux Cuélebre

## Themes

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## Promotional Art

 Trivia

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Maira Foley

> *"*There is never just two sides. ARCDA isn’t pure evil and the Rioteers are not good guys."  *- Maira*
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**Maira Foley** is a member of the Varren Gang as it's medic and third in command. She is also the niece of Rioteer Leader, Rex Brisbane. In the updated version of Stormbite, it is revealed that she is like Roux in that she is a prototype Preternatural and exhibits camouflage skin.

## Appearance

Maira is described as being dark/black haired, with dark green eyes.

#### **Synth Features**

"her skin lightly flushed with iridescent green to violet stripes, the change made Amell, Lana, and Wilny all gasp. Camouflage skin. She didn’t match the appearance of any Preternatural origin bases that he knew of, at closest she may have been a GEMINI, but then if she was a prototype like Roux, then it was likely the origin base had come from her."

Maira is shown to have camouflage skin.

## Personality

Maira is a pragmatic and compassionate person.

## History

Maira's mother is apparently a doctor in Atlas, and likely helped develop Maira as a prototype Preternatural, similar to what occurred with Roux and Samodiva. In an offhanded comment, Maira states *"Sometimes I go in as me. ARCDA has a revolving door for me for the amount of times I’ve been kidnapped by the Rioteers and returned to ARCDA,”* meaning that she looks very similar to her mother, but also that ARCDA is highly eager to have her back.

#### Stormbite

In Stormbite, Maira is the third in command of the Varren gang, and is also their Medic.

## Abilities

#### Camouflage Skin

Maira's skin changes colour very quickly, with an iridescent quality to it, becoming Green-blue.

## Relationships

* Rex Brisbane

Maira has some hostilities towards her uncle, going as far as to openly admit that she thinks he's a terrorist.

* Storm Fraser-Swann

## Quotes

* “I don’t *always* pretend to be her.” Insisted Maira, settling her skin back to a neutral and fair complexion. “Sometimes I go in as *me*. ARCDA has a revolving door for me for the amount of times I’ve been kidnapped by the Rioteers and returned to ARCDA.”
* “ARCDA isn’t pure evil and the Rioteers are *not* good guys.”
* “Despite what my uncle makes them out to be, they are in fact terrorists. The Rioteers have killed more innocent people and Synths with car bombs, assassinations, kidnappings, and trigger happily tearing through bunkers than they have saved people, whilst ARCDA has helped to save so many people and even the world on multiple occasions through their exploits. If it weren’t for ARCDA we would have been wiped out years ago by natural disasters, famines, energy and water wars, even pandemics. You should *not* feel guilty or traitorous for stealing from or lying to the Rioteers in order to protect the parts of ARCDA that are helping the world, or to protect other Synths who the Rioteers forget about as soon as they rescue them.”

## Trivia

* Maira's camouflage skin quality is on a par with that of a cuttlefish.
* Maira is actually one of the oldest characters that T.Hearts has created, as she was made before Stormbite existed.

## References

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Febris Agami

The **Febris** Agami is a large Agami critter that is as large as an alligator or crocodile and possessing two-pairs of long membraneous wings.

## Classification

### Reletives

* Adno
* Ammit
* Olentya

## History

The Febris is one of the larger species of Agami, and a improved version of the original Agami critter .

### Uses

Its use is mainly as biological waste disposal; capable of eating dead synths and hunting down infected critter and synths. It is drawn to pathogens and the scent of infection, as it was designed to be able to digest infected meat in a similar way to what vultures can do, as well as possessing the capabilities of being immune to these pathogens.

## Description

In Sirocco, the Febris is described as "*A large alligator-sized synth with two pairs of membraned wings that were halfway between the wing of a pterosaur and the fin of a shark*."

It looks very lizard-like, with the name Agami being that the general shape and concepts of Agama lizards. The majority of its body is covered in fine scales that have soft hair threads along each ridge creating a velvety texture, with a mottled yellow-green to black, speckled with white. There are notches down its spine, and it has 'flat' yellow eyes.

The undersides are lightly striped. It also has an expandable dewlap which is orange and blue.

*"The fine scales of mottled yellow-green to black and speckled with white, were pock-marked by buckshot and the burns of electrified weapons. The velvety membrane of its wings and soft underbelly had been sliced and split from the rocks and trees as it had crashed landed, and now its blood weeped out across the dusty ground."*

### Senses

The Febris has a remarkable sense of smell.

## Ecological Purpose

"It was a cleaner, a scavenger that ate the dead and sick, no different to the vultures. It didn’t stalk prey or hunt for the pleasure of it, even the Raptors didn’t do that – it was made to just soar between canyons and sniffed out corpses or infectious pathogens."

## Subspecies and Variants

##### **Desert Febris**

The Desert variant of the Febris is a highly brightly coloured critter, with bright yellows blues and black scales.

##### **Steppes Febris**

The Steppes subspecies have greyer colourations and more body fat, however their wings are substantially larger.

## Trivia

* The Febris was origionally called the Watchdog in concept art, with its purpose being to hunt down runaway synths before it was altered into a more 'vulture-like' purpose.
* The name Febris means to cleanse.
Merodeador

Los **Merodeadores** son capaces de resistir la Descomposición, y tienen la inteligencia y la potencia de fuego para mantener a los Gules a raya. Los Merodeadores deben ser más que humanos. Si los Merodeadores regresan de La Zona con vida, El Arca sobrevive otro día más.

Cualquier loco puede entrar en La Zona, pero si no sabes lo que estás haciendo, pronto acabarás siendo un cadáver, unos huesos limpios roídos por las bestias del yermo. Los Merodeadores son una casta especial y solitaria que se adentró en La Zona y llegó a conocerla incluso cuando eran niños. Otros mutantes del arca los miran de reojo, temiendo que propaguen la Descomposición, o simplemente desconfían de ellos por ser diferente.

Solo los Merodeadores y otros locos se aventuran ahí fuera.

## Cualidades

* **Característica clave:** Destreza.
* **Habilidad especial:** Encontrar el Camino.

## Talentos

A continuación se detallan los principales talentos que desarrolla un Merodeador:

* Carroñero
* Cazador de monstruos
* Encontrar Descomposición
La guarida del grog

**La guarida del grog** es una ubicación de la Zona.

## Descripción

Parece que beber siempre ha sido una parte importante de la vida, también para los Ancianos. Guardaban la bebida en pequeños frascos, a veces hechos de cristal. Es posible encontrar de vez en cuando alguno sin abrir.

## Objetos

* Elysium - LR678
* Ordeñadora de grog
* Cuenta de Fishmås
Amelia Samodiva

> “Girls he says. He really should know; *La hembra de la especie es más mortal que el varón.”*
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**Amelia "Amy" Samodiva** is a self-made Transhuman Preternatural who is the head of the Atlas faction of ARCDA. She is one of the most powerful people in ARCDA and the most chaotic and unpredictable. She is responsible for the creation of many synths including the Preternaturals, some variations of Avios, and even parts of the genomes that Risio uses for their own brand of Synths.

## Appearance

Amelia Samodiva is a very beautiful woman, who despite her actual age has modified herself to appear very youthful. She has warm brown skin, brown wavy hair unlike Roux who has black hair, and golden brown eyes. She is nearly always wearing clawed rings and gold.

#### **Synth Features**

Due to her self modification, Samodiva has diamond skin which can have a golden shimmer to it, and her eyes often reflect irridecence.

## Personality

Amelia Samodiva is one of the original leaders of ARCDA and is a highly creative and intelligent woman who has a notoriously chaotic and unpredictable nature. She is highly charasmatic and confident, with an unflappable air to her.

"The truth was often overwhelmed by fiction, and they were more inclined to believe the stories of Samodiva eating the still beating hearts of men than the ones of her hand in helping to eradicate the spread of disease driven by El Niño cycles."

On a surface level, Amy appears to be shallow, fickle, and highly vain and arrogant. From video logs and anecdotes about her, she has shown to be impatient and very proud, not wanting to be out done by others, leading to her making impulsive decisions.

## Abilities

Many of Amy's abilities and traits were first tested in her daughter/clone Roux.

#### Diamond Skin

"It couldn’t be cut, couldn’t be pierced and couldn’t be burnt" - Her diamond skin abilities have not been shown the full range, however she does very easily deflect and avoid being stabbed by Eve.

## Relationships

Roux Cuélebre

Roux is a Prototype Preternatural, cloned from Amy's own genetics. She is an almost perfect image of her mother, with only minor differences and adaptations that were added on and changed throughout her childhood. Amy shows some care for Roux, and regards her as her own person capable of making her own choices, but doesnt show the same maternal love that Eve shows her sons.

#### Eve Mira

Amy considers Eve to be one of her closes friends and often flirts with her, asking her to dinner and calling her Carina, though Eve is very standoffish towards her only intrested in the science rather than socialising with her.

## Quotes

* “Ladies? There are no ladies here,” Said Samodiva coyly and snapped her fingers, causing a flame that raced across her brown skin and flashing a wave of gold across her eyes. “Only goddesses.”
* “*La hembra de la especie es más mortal que el varón.”*

## Trivia

* Like many of the other heads of ARCDA, Amy loves references though she leans more towards mythology and legends where as Gaius has a preference for literature.
* Gold is her favourite colour

## References

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Asena Canis

> "*If you think you're in control here then you are incredibly misguided.*"
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**Asena Canis** is a Canid synth and one of the very oldest living synths among the Rioteers. She acts as the governing head of all Synth groups and maintains relations with the Rioteers even though she doesn't trust them. She is the leader of Asena's Pack, and is regarded as the most senior Synth and is refered to as "The Empress"

## Appearance

> *A tall muscular woman strode across the floor with her pack of Canids in tow. Long silver-blonde hair flaring out behind her as she walked, graceful and dignified as a queen, but the ragged scars across her golden-brown skin made her the warrioress she truly was.*
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Asena is tall with golden brown skin which is mostly covered in ashy fur and silver-blonde hair to match. Her eyes are yellow with brown striations with no whites to her eyes.

#### **Canid Features**

She is covered in fur and is almost Anubis-Headed as she has fur across her face as well as thick whiskers. She also has dark thick claws and pawpads on the undersides of her palms and feet.. Like all other Canids she has large mobile ears and a tail

## Personality

Asena is diplomatic, reserved, and headstrong.

## Abilities

### **Muser**

Asena has some muser abilities, but not to the extent of Crow.

### **Canid Senses**

Asena has a very good sense of smell, able to detect scents that are old and differentiate how long ago a person passed through an area.

## Trivia

* Asena was a character imported from another story just as Crow and Rex were.
* T.Hearts is so used to calling Asena, Wolfie, that sometimes she makes mistakes in writing the scenes she's in.

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Tierras de la chatarra

**Tierras de la chatarra**es una ubicación de la Zona.

## Descripción

Cuentan los rumores que cerca del Arca hay una antigua estructura donde amontonan viejos carros de hierro, quizá para su reciclaje. Seguramente podamos encontrar allí buena chatarra. Lo malo es que donde hay buena chatarra existe el riesgo de toparse con otros que también la codicien.

## Objetos

* Tirachinas
* Herramienta fundidora
* Página 154 del diario de Ingmar
Caraway

> "If anything goes wrong, I'm blaming you." - Reykjavik, Broken Arrow
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**Caraway**, is an ex-Risio Lapin who worked at Broken Arrows's transport hangar as a technician. She is one of the main teachers on Roanoke's work experience trip.

## Appearance

Caraway is not tall but she is agile and poised. She has brown hair with a white streak in the forelocks

#### **Synth Features**

As a Lapin, Caraway is seen as being cute due to her long ears and tail. She also has short whiskers

## Personality

Caraway is a driven and focused Lapin who works hard and is smarter than most people give her credit for. She initially comes off as angry but this is more due to being interupted on whatever she is working on, and refuses to stop. As an inteligent technician she is very aware of how to manage electronics, how they work, and how to repair things, which is why she was recomended by Dollar and Dime to join the expedition.

## History

**Broken Arrow**

During the events of Broken Arrow, Caraway is working as a technician in the transport hangar on Broken Arrow's base. She regularly has to resolve technical issues such as passwords being reset. Although reluctant to leave, she joins Roanoke's team at the insistance of everyone.

## Abilities

* **Ears**

Her large ears give her enhanced hearing.

## Relationships

* Roanoke

Caraway is respected by Roanoke for her skills and inteligence. Because of this they can hold balanced and level headed discussions.

* Reykjavik

Upon seeing Caraway, Reykjavik is immediately smitten with her. She seems to be aware of this and is a little teasing and playful with him.

## Quotes

* "What the hell do you banana-brains want now?"
* "Did you just lick me?"

## Trivia

* Caraway's name comes from the spice, Caraway.

## References

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Guarida del diablo cornudo

La **Guarida del diablo cornudo** es una ubicación de la Zona.

## Descripción

El bosque es un lugar misterioso que guarda secretos aterradores. Uno es la historia del temible Diablo Cornudo, que habita entre la profunda vegetación. Se cree que merodea alrededor de los barracones de los Antiguos. Los más mayores advierten a los intrusos de que nadie está a salvo de sus oscuros dominios.

## Objetos

* Rambino
* Armadura de gul
* Cinta de Borg
* El Generator
* Manual de MIMIR Z600 - Página 319
* ¡Fines de semana de superv. extrema!
* Botiquín
* Molotov
Featherhead

> "Blue. What did you do?.
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**Featherhead** is a wolf-based Canid who was formerly a member of Team RUBY-1 with Bluebird before he was killed during a training run to become Diamonds.

## Appearance

Featherhead is a very large canid with black hair and fur, but pale skin. He also has scarlet red eyes according to Bluebird.

#### **Synth Features**

Featherhead has the classic traits of a Canid. Thick claws, excessive hair growth with the thickness of fur, a tail which apparently has a gold streak along the underside of the fur.

## Personality

Not much is known about Featherhead's personality other than that he was quiet.

## History

Featherhead earnt his name from the first night that Bluebird knew him when he ripped open a pillow and woke up covered in feathers. As Quartz soldiers had no bearing on what a name was, the name remained such.

Beyond this, and up to the point of his death, little is known about him.

## Relationships

* Bluebird/Wilny Mira

According to Wilny, they had a relationship together and with Rainbow.

* Rainbow

Not much has been revealed about his relationship with Rainbow.

* Fury
* Eddie

## Trivia

* Featherhead, Rainbow, and Bluebird were all involved in a relationship together.
* When Raoul gets thrown in Stormbite, Wilny panics and calls him Featherhead.

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Critters

Critters are the term for animal/non Sapiential synths. This includes Raptors and other creatures who are synthetically created.

## Volantae

Bird-like synths that are feathered, bipedal, winged, and toothed.

* Raptors
	+ *Drake Raptor*
	+ *Jewel Raptor*
* Talos
* *Quetzal*
* Zephyretta
* Renascit Aves (Recreated extinct bird species)
	+ Iridecent Dodar
	+ Molokai Moa
	+ Choiciel Pigeon
	+ Paradise Parrot
	+ Chickcharney Owl
	+ Elmley Dasornis

## Synthasauria

Reptile-resembling critters which have scales and wings but are not feathered. Not all Synthasauria critters have wings, such as the Boiúna, Inkari, Galiana, and Gentarra.

* Agami
	+ *Febris*
	+ *Amit*
	+ *Adno*
	+ *Olentya*
* Boiúna
* Galiana
* Gentarra
* Inkarri
* *Katari-Amaru*
* W*yver*

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## Mammal-Like Critters

### Carnignathia

Mammal-like critters which are carnivorous or predatory.

* Gattan
* Kurra
* Thryn
* Xiezhi Lin
* Nicha

### Theria

Mammal-like Critters which are herbivorous or are used as prey animals.

##### Artidactylian

* Anaura
	+ Anaura
	+ Short Haired Anaura
* Calara
* Ceratina
	+ Long Coated Ceratina
	+ Short Coated Ceratina
	+ Great Plains Ceratina
* Hadrotaurines
	+ Longhorn Hadrotaur
	+ Shorthorn Hadrotaur
	+ Scimitar Horned Hadrotaur
	+ Crested Hadrotaur
* Ossa

Short Coated CeratinaLong Coated Ceratina
##### Lapin

* Rabbuck
* Jackampi
* Burrowark

##### Other

* Langur
* Skytt
* Matta

## Aquaceto

Water dwelling critters ranging from cetan-like creatures to more bizzare creations that all live in water.

* Capricorn
* Hippocampi
* Ottilary
* Manttie
* Amitala
* Qy

## References

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Xiezhi Lin

The Xiezhi Linis a large mammalian-like critter that is covered with keratinous plates. It is a favourite critter amongst Atlas locations as it can be easily trained to heard large critters like the Ossa.

## History

As more critters were created, so were more needed to balance out the numbers of different types of critters and synths alike.

The Xiezhi Lin was designed with the idea of a dog in mind, that could run fast and was large enough to headbutt prey or targets to the ground.

#### **Uses**

The Xiezhi Lin is used as a guard dog. A very large guard dog that can travel over large areas and can gallop at speeds of up to sixty miles per hour with a long tail to balance. Used mostly in large woodlands, savannah's, and scrub desert areas such as Australia, Senegal, Libya, Mexico, and for longer furred variations, the Arctic circle, they can tackle humans to the ground with ease and can pounce upon larger synths. Although they are canine-like, they do not share any similarities with Canids beyond design form.

## Description

The Xiezhi Lin is a huge critter, larger than a horse and four times longer. Its long tail is used for balance when sprinting or galloping. Their 'armour' consists of keratinous plates similar to that of a pangolin, being made of the same material as hair, fur, and nails, hardened into overlapping scales to protect the upper back.

**Biology**

Due to their size and energy, Xiezhi Lin will pant and flap their ears to release heat, as well as sweating through their paws and along all softer areas of their bodies to keep cool.

#### **Senses**

The Xiezhi Lin's sense of smell is exceptionally strong, as is their hearing. They sense things close to them with exceptionally long and mobile whiskers like a cat. Their low light vision is comparable to that of a dog, being better than a human's, but not as affective as that of a cat.

## Behaviour

*"It clawed and headbutted every inch of fencing it could to find a weak spot and escape from with earth-shattering howls, and each time it was sent back inside the barn for the racket it made."*

Like most synths and critters, it has an element of critical thinking to it, able to test something and remember what the effects were, as well as investigate something new within its enclosure with quiet patience and analysis. It is very trainable however it has comprehension skills that allows it to understand human speech.

## Ecological Purpose

### Niche

Although they take on a role as a large predator, they are designed for more grassland-woodland biomes, targeting medium to large size herbivores such as deer or wild horses.

## Subspecies and Variants

There are no subspecies however there are several colour morphs.

## See More

* Synths
* ARCDA
* Critters

## Trivia

* The Xiezhi Lin is based upon the Xiezhi, a mythical creature that resembles a goat or ox and a lion with thick dark fur and bright eyes.

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiezhi

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Silverbird (Storm Series)

**Silverbird** (Storm series) is the 2nd book of the Storm series, written by T. Hearts and is published through Amazon.

## Synopsis

*"It'll all end up like last time, just you watch. It'll all go wrong."*

Tensions are running high between the Rogues and the Rioteers, and with every passing day Storm is waiting for the calm to break. She feels lost, directionless, and afraid of Rex and what ARCDA could do to them, as despite knowing where the Rogues and other Synths are, and all of their antagonising of the corporation, they have not yet made their move. That is until she gets a tip from an unusual source which sparks Storm into mission to investigate the former ARCDA doctor and uncover what he has stolen from them, and to solve the case, she and the Rogues must get help from the most unlikeliest of places.

## Plot

This page contains information that may spoil unread content.

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 Characters & Critters

### Main Characters

* Storm Fraser-Swann
* Beth Lovelace
* Wilny Mira
* Katana Tsume
* Malana Été
* Amell Rakena
* Palmer Hunter
* Comet Sang
* Wilheim Mira

#### **Secondary Characters**

* Rex Brisbane, The Rioteers
* Swann
* Eve Mira
* Sabre Merlo
* Fell Merlo
* Asena Canis, Asena's Pack
* Crow Corvus, The Daggers
* Freeborn
* Roux Cuélebre
* Raiquen

#### **Minor Characters**

* Swift Shun
* Owen Blackburn
* Mikele Merlo
* Zevallos
* Nil and Zero Lihn
* Friend

### Critters & Synths Seen

* Avios: Type-3, Type-4, Type-5, Type-7, Hasekuran Avios (Kuros)
* Canids
* Tribrids
* Pards
* Reptiles
* Pteros
* Kurra
* Katari-Amaru
* Inkari
* Febris

## Themes

* Fathers and their Daughters

## Promotional Art

 Trivia

* Silverbird has had the most revisions and changes to the plot.
* The title of Silverbird comes from the nickname given to Storm by the other Type-7 and Mullardoch kids, it also comes from the song *Flight of the Silverbird* by Two Steps From Hell

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Aura (Faction)

**Aura** is the most secretive faction of ARCDA. Though they are the producers of all the original sources of all Synths and Critters, they are highly guarded and private in what they do.

Their signature colour is sky blue.

## Purpose

The entire purpose of Aura is to create new Synthetic life. These often have many minor projects with specific intentions or sometimes more general experiments to see what happens under certain conditions.

#### **Study**

Aura has many different studies. Some of these are growth based. Some are psychological based. All are important to understanding the development of synthetic life.

There is a strong debate within ARCDA of "do synths act human-like because they are around humans?"

#### **Refinement**

Refinement is what happens when they achieve at least one success. A success for Aura is a synth who can survive independently for more than a year without medical interference and is capable of performing basic bodily functions. Other capabilities such as sentience come later on in development. After this they are often deconstructed and then altered a little more to make them function better.

## Products & Projects

**Products**

* Prototype Synths

#### **Projects**

* Synths
	+ Avios
	+ Type-7 Avios
* Critters
* Project Sirocco - Joint with Core
* Project Gregale - Joint with Delta
* Project Libeccio - Joint with Atlas
* Project Mistral - Joint with Risio

## People from Aura

#### **Doctors**

* Evelyn Mira
* Sandra Kelly

#### **Personnel**

* Zevallos
* Aidan

#### **Synths**

* Wilheim Mira
* Wilny Mira
* Willoughby Mira
* Storm Fraser-Swann
* Frost
* Sabre Merlo
* Fell Merlo
* Comet Sang
* Crow Corvus
* Asena Canis

## See Also

* Atlas
* Risio
* Core
* Delta
* **Aura**

## Trivia

* Aura was originally named Aurora as in the Aurora Borealis/Australis.
* It is a little joke between Samodiva to Mira, that Atlas is the giant that holds up the sky (Aura) and Aura would struggle without them.