Kudram

* Kudram
* Old Kudram

**Kudram** is the homeworld of the Arcana, this rogue world roams through the plane of Kul'nedyr in search of of other worlds to consume.

## History

### Before the Arcana

There was once a young beautiful world with a very diverse fauna, flora and natural resources, a bright gem in the dark cold space brimming with life. The large mountains ranges would pierce the clouds, waterfalls would form large lakes and rivers, where creatures would gather to drink and feed themselves. Forests and jungles would colour differently the scenery with the change of seasons.

One day, a small meteor fell onto the world, leaving a trail of flames in the sky as it hit one of the largest jungles, incinerating and destroying part of it on impact. At the centre of the crater, there was a large dark-purple coloured crystal called Arcana, which would hum a soothing sound that was relaxing, but, at the same time, it made you feel uneasy. The creatures from the surrounding area would avoid the crater as they feared the crystal at its centre.

Time passed by and the jungle started to regrow, eventually reaching the Arcana with its roots. This was the moment that world had doomed itself, since the crystal of unknown origin had unique properties, which allowed itself to gather the energy and essence of all living beings in its vicinity.

As the Arcana absorbed the energy, its colour would shift slightly depending on what kind of energy it would take in and as soon as it had enough, part of the crystal would crack, fall to the ground and begin to grow by continuously consuming the surrounding elements and life-force.

Throughout the years, this young planet, once filled with life, became slowly a barren and dead planet, covered in these newly-formed multi-coloured Arcana, as there was no kind of lifeform capable of stopping the crystal’s advance over the landscape. This new world would be known as Kudram.

### The Pantheon of Arcana

Even though this world’s creatures and plants were no longer present in the planet itself, their essence still lingered within the crystals, these essences gave the Arcana a certain degree of consciousness and individuality.

However, on a lifeless world, the now conscious Arcanas were starving for more energy, as they had become unwittingly addicted to that which they had destroyed. As the hunger took over, they could feel losing sense of self and reverting into an unconscious crystal. Out of panic, the Arcanas started to drain each other, resulting in a sounding war with crystals humming and reverberating to the sound of a whole world turning on itself.

Amidst the war, there were Arcanas that were able reach great dimensions and became highly intelligent to the point of being able to use the energy contained in them to gain an advantage over others.

One of these Arcanas was able to shape itself into a living being that could walk over the land and speak to other crystals. This newly-formed being would eventually be known as the Arcana of Life.

Tired of the infighting among beings of the same race as herself, the Arcana of Life decided to travel to meet with other Arcanas that were spread all over the world.

In a mission of peace and in search of a solution for her race, she went on a journey, giving life and form to other Arcanas in her path.

Her presence soothed the surrounding crystals as she let them take some of her energy, which in turn would allow the crystals to shape themselves into Minor Arcanas of different types.

The Arcana of Life learned how to generate and recover her own energy during her travels, though these methods that she developed were not as efficient as consuming another being’s life-force, besides it didn’t seem to guarantee that she would be able to keep her consciousness if done for a long period.

As she travelled through the world she met with 11 Great Arcanas and aided them gain form. She taught these beings how to be self-sufficient, told them of the devastation she saw during her travels and how many of their kind had fallen to their addiction.

These 11 Arcana decided to band together with the Arcana of Life to find a solution for their people. These Arcana were known as: Beasts, Death, Dreams, Fate, Gravity, Illusions, Light, Madness, Space, Time and Void.

As more and more Arcanas, became single entities with their own personalities, forms and abilities, they found a need to seek for a leader, creating a great divide and power struggle among the Great Arcanas. As a solution to avoid all the conflict that was presenting itself before the Arcana of Life, she proposed to form a Council with the other Great Arcanas that would lead their race, called The Pantheon.

Gravity, Illusions, Madness and Void refused to join The Pantheon and decided to use their followers and own powers to attack the followers of the members of the Pantheon in an attempt to consume them. These four would be known as the Fallen Arcanas.

As the war raged on, the number of Arcanas dwindled and The Pantheon decided to intervene directly in an all-out fight against the Fallen Arcanas.

For days, a devastating clash between the two tremendous forces shifted the lands becoming unrecognizable.

The Arcana of Beasts would constantly change forms between massive creatures whose punch would make the earth quake and swift and nimble creatures that could escape and reach their targets easily.

The Arcana of Gravity would use its gravity manipulation to lock its opponents on the ground, crushed under its own weight or create miniature blackholes to absorb attacks or slingshot itself against another Arcanas to attack them.

The Arcana of Space was having difficulty against Gravity, since it made difficult to create distortions in space to allow itself or others through those and get into a more advantageous position to strike their opponents down.

Through the combination of The Pantheon’s powers they were eventually able to lock down the Fallen Arcanas one by one during fight and discuss with them the terms to end the war amongst their people. Even though The Pantheon was uncomfortable with the decision that was taken that day, though, at the time they didn’t see any other solution that would guarantee their survival.

A new Pantheon was now formed, with all 12 Great Arcanas united under a single cause, to search for other stars, planets, lifeforms and elements to consume them to allow their race to survive, at least until another solution could be found.

### The Purge

The gravity manipulation abilities from the Arcana of Gravity and the ability to bend space from the Arcana of Space allowed the Pantheon to pilot Kudram through space in search of prey.

Restless and never needing to sleep like most races throughout Kul’nedyr, the Arcanas went from world to world consuming all life, effectively slaughtering hundreds of thousands of species. Although, some were advanced enough to barely escape before the arrival of the Arcana to their world.

Years passed, countless worlds and stars fell to the Arcanas as they fed on all life and elements present in their path. The Pantheon would send several times Lesser Arcanas to scout ahead the neighbouring worlds, to evaluate the world in terms of materials, life and threat. These scouting Arcanas would carry a small shard, part of the Arcana of Space, to allow them to return to their home world, Kudram.

The wave of destruction caused by the Arcana hadn’t gone unnoticed by some of the most advanced races, some of them learned by having first contact with the Arcana themselves and witnessing the devastating powers that they possessed, some would only hear stories of a planet sailing the darkness of space and consuming entire worlds.

## Calendar

This world does not have a Natural rotation and roams freely through the plane, it does not follow conventional calendars.

## Geographic characteristics

### Regions

#### Grand Patheon

This is the Region home to the 12 Great Arcanas and their Pantheons as well as the central Pantheon where they convene regularly.

#### The Infinite Expanse

The great plain devoid of life and composed mostly of purplish hued sand and rocks.

## Languages

The Arcana speak mostly telepathically with each other, if other beings are present, they might hear a humming sound coming from the crystals that compose the Arcana, but not distinguishable what they are saying.