Xabilysth

Xabilysth, the Scourge is a mindless beast that was once a pack of peaceful creatures. After being transformed by the shattering of the Arklight, they now are nothing more than a manifestation of primal urge to feed.

## Lore

### Backstory

The failure of the Arklight, a sign of the hubris of mortal kind, had permanently torn the entire fabric of the grand design, slowly polluting the immaculate garden of the All Mother. As the rest of the universe began to slowly feel the effects of it, Camar, the country where the Arklight had initially been created, was now permanently plunged into eternal darkness and unease, a permanent blight on the land absolutely writhing in fractured and mutilated world code. This blight came to be known as the Lightless Zone, and completed tainted everything within it, with the nations of Anrusha and Ninapau constructing gargantuan walls in order to protect themselves from this infection.

What life that existed in the immediate vicinity of the Arklight was either immediately obliterated by the sudden expulsion of such violent and unnatural energies, or some extremely alarming cases, mutated. Observed to carry the same essence as the prior breaches that originating from the World In-between the Walls, life there became very hostile, corrupting and changing to assimilate others into being infused with this new world code.

The Xabilysth, derived from the Helnti words for Lightless Scourge, is a terrifying monster originating from the Lightless Zone. Originating a pack of wild Camar hounds roaming the fields, they were unfortunate to catch the immediate effects of the Arklight's failure. But amidst the scorched earth around them, they were one of the few things left standing after the dust settled. Much like many minds that came into contact with the realm of the grand unmaker, it was corrupted and altered. A pack of creatures, now merged into one tormented consciousness. As the Scourge crawled out of the depths into our world, all it could think of was an insatiable hunger to feed on any and all of the All-Mother's creations. Attacking in a huge cloud with spectral illusions comprising the entire pack, should this thing escape the confines of the Lightless Zone, pray that you have the All-Mother's blessing, or you will find yourself on the other end of its fangs.

### Recent Events

The Xabilysth continues to stalk the lightless zone, its hunger insatiable as ever. A recent encounter at the Ninapuan border had it pushed back from consuming some poor border guards, thanks to the arrival of an unexpected hero to the prime timeline, and her cannon made of light.

## Personality

As a rabid creature mainly acting on its feral nature, the Xabilysth doesn't have much of a personality to speak of. Unlike a typical canine creature which can be domesticated that begins to display humanistic traits, the Xabilysth shows a compete disposition to that all. However, the physical Xabilysth does act as the leader of the group, with it being in control of the various packmates. These packmates are not just a reflection of the original through an illusion spell, but almost a spirit like situation, simply anchored to the main pack leader's body.

## Development Notes

* Xailysth's original concept was a horde of creatures, encapsulated within a cloud of smog to make them seem like 1 entity.
	+ The world code tie in was done later down the line when the backstory of Xabilysth was being made.